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Fish are biting at local waters
It has been busy at Linlithgow Loch who launched 63 boats with 104 anglers with 103 fish kept weighing over 229lb and 255 returned.
Included...
East Coast sea fishing latest
Aquamarine Charters bosses say there are cod, pollock and coley to be hooked into currently off the Berwickshire coast.
They have spaces on charter boats...
Pottishaw fund-raiser and Linlithgow fish concerns
Bosses of Pottishaw Fishery near Whitburn are holding a fund-raiser on Sunday, December 1, in aid to two West Lothian-based organisations.
One of them involves...
Captain McCabe confident ahead of international test
Scotland captain Kevin McCabe believes his strong team can successfully defend the Autumn Trophy against England, Wales and Ireland in a one-day Autumn Fly...
Mackerel bonanza for Aquamarine anglers
The rod tip dipped. I struck and the fish darted away underneath our boat drifting off Eyemouth. It streaked away so I tightened the...
Brindle regains Canal title, but it was tough
Gus Brindle has won the Scottish coarse fishing canal championship for the third or fourth time, but he had to work hard to claim...
Mackerel have certainly arrived in the Forth
The catamaran powered out of Burntisland Harbour at 8.30am. It was flat calm under a slate grey sky and we had eight passengers on...
Trueman debut as Euro Scots bounce back
Scotland finished 18th in the 28th European Coarse Angling Championships at Spannenburg on the Prinses Margriet Kanaal in The Netherlands.
The Tartan Team (pictured courtesy...
Salmon fishing fears detailed in new book
Just arrived is a new book by Drew Jamieson who has researched, followed and commented on the management and conservation of salmon for the...
Harlaw and Threipmuir, two ‘superb’ trout fishing waters near Edinburgh
Season tickets are still available for fishing throughout the season which starts on April 1 at Harlaw and Threipmuir reservoirs situated in The Pentland...
Sea and trout fishing latest plus retail news
Match 5 of the seven leg Edinburgh New Year Shore League is at the west end of Portobello Beach on Friday, fishing from 7pm to...
Bass emerges from surf to kick-start Reid title chase
It was fair but dull leaving Edinburgh. Crossing the River Forth at Queensferry you could see darker clouds over to the right. The twisty...
Carp attraction at Eliburn, but there is so much more
Alastair Wicksted had been bankside for four hours from 7am waiting for a bite at Eliburn Reservoir. He had even started tying some rigs...
Bowden Springs closed for a week
Popular Bowden Springs Fishery near Linlithgow will be closed on Monday, August 14 until it re-opens on Monday, August 21, owner Jim Gargaro has...
Fishery now under 24-hour watch after ‘poaching’ claim
A popular Scottish fishery is now under 24-hour surveillance as the owner believes he has become target of "poachers".
Connor Newcombe (pictured teaching at the...
Bowden Springs Fishery for sale
A popular trout fishery in the Lothians is for sale with offers over £1.2m.
Bowden Springs near Linlithgow has a two-acre fly fishing pond and...
Free tasters bid to get people hooked on fishing
Let's Fish! aims to encourage young people, and those possibly not so young, to be hooked on angling and sessions have started at The Kelpies...
Mackerel reported to have arrived in the Forth area
This is the news that many sea anglers have been waiting for, the mackerel are in and Derek Anderson, boss of Eyemouth-based charter boat...
Davies bags Kingdom fly title plus Bass Rock and coarse angling results
Sam Davies won the Kingdom Fly Fishing Championship for the first time and took home a £400 cash prize thanks to a cracking bag of ten fish.
It is...
Kailzie re-opens and interest is high
A new era begins for Kailzie Trout and Salmon Fishery near Peebles who have confirmed that they will re-open on May 6 under new ownership...
Fishing – Bass Rock league starts, Docherty wins at Orchill
Torness worker Alan Brown (pictured) from West Barns is the new chairman of the Bass Rock Shore Angling League. The former club secretary steps...
Competition time at The Tarn
There will be a full house at Allandale Tarn on Sunday when the Scottish National Stillwater Bank Angling Championships hold centre stage with 28...
Linlithgow Loch is open for business
Fishery bosses at Ljnlithgow Loch have confirmed that they are open for business after reports on confusion among anglers about the start date.
Tom Lambert...
Fishery bosses re-open after winter shutdown
It's a big week for fishermen in the Lothians. Linlithgow Loch re-opens on Wednesday, March 1 for the season and several others are set...
Morton Fishings set to re-open in early March
Sandy Mabon is currently racing against the clock to complete a raft of remedial work before opening day at Morton Fishings near Livingston.
And the...
Stillwater Championship dates confirmed
Local venues have been confirmed for the The Scottish National Stillwater Championship qualifiers and the winners will represent Scotland in the Home Internationals.
Brian Quinn,...
Latest from Bass Rock and Cramond
Round ten of the Bass Rock Winter League is on Wednesday, January 12 and it's a Dunbar Rover with boundaries between Belhaven Beach and...
Empson hosts Big Fish Match
Well-known East Coast competition angler Chris Empson is organising the East Coast Big Fish match on Sunday, November 21 and it is free to...
COP26 – Merpeople take the Ocean Rebellion message to the First Minister
Three Cornish "merpeople" washed up outside Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland, on Wednesday evening.
Their plea to the First...
Fishing – Kettles battles to Army silverware
Jock Kettles, Scotland's international fly fishing skipper from Bonnyrigg, won the Army-run Celtic Cup, at the Lake of Menteith. Kettles also claimed the associate...
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