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Heat causing fishery owners to close
Allandale Tarn bosses have confirmed that the trout fishery near West Calder is now closed due to the current high temperatures.
Iona Allan, the fishery...
Three sea fishing matches this week
Bass Rock Shore Angling League host Round 11 in their winter league on Wednesday, February 4, and they have confirmed a late change of...
Consistent Falconer in pole position
Stewart Falconer leads the charge for top spot in the Edinburgh New Year Shore League after impressive results in the first two rounds.
The Arbroath-based...
Allandale re-opening, price rise at Drumtassie
Good and bad news for local anglers. First, the good news. Allandale Tarn is free of ice and, all going well overnight, the popular...
Pozzi going for gold and Bass Rock back in action
Scotland's stillwater bank international side are in action in Ireland hoping to win gold, but captain Scott Pozzi said it will be tough.
The squad...
Dornom in Scotland side for Celtic Cup test
James Dornom from Currie has been selected as part of the 11-strong Scotland coarse fishing team which defends the Celtic Cup this weekend.
He is...
Irish eyes smiling after fifth straight fishing gold
Scotland youth were edged out in the Home International fly fishing match, Ireland taking the title for a fifth year in a row.
The Tartan...
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...
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