Loch Etive

We headed up to Loch Etive to fish our club match. There were a few delays on the way up with road work's going on. Finally arrived and the wind had picked up a bit but was to die down later on. A few guy's I had talked too were fishing for Pollack but had no success due to the fresh water in the loch.

We headed to our fishing place and started the match. The first few hours the spurs were about.

Then the rain started around 6pm and did not let up till the end of the match at 10pm. There was still a few spurs around but the main stay were whitting codling doggies and thornies. 

Results were 

Shane 1st with 15 fish for 613pts

Mark 2nd with 14 fish for 449pts

Frank 3rd with 9 fish for 381pts

Stewart 4th with 9 fish for 350pts

John 5th with 2 fish for 115pts

Well done guys for staying the course in the wet conditions and getting home safely with the road conditions and detours. 

ASAC Sweepstake Results

Results from last night’s sweepstake at Prestwick  …

 

1st - Stuart Ballantyne with 166cm (5 fish – 3 Flounders, 1 Bass and 1 Coalie)

2nd - Nico Wilson with 129cm (5 fish – 4 Flounders and 1 Bass)

3rd - Willie Kennedy 115cm (4 fish – 4 Flounders).

 

Longest fish .. Stuart Ballantyne with a 41cm Flounder.    

 

Conditions at the start of the match were good with a nice surf rolling in, however the wind dropped away and the sea calmed. Things started off great for Willie with a double shot of good Flounders at 40 & 34cm on his first cast. I heard through the grapevine though that Stuart Ballantyne also had a double shot of Flounders at the start. Flounders were the main catch through the daylight hours and as it got dark there were a number of small Cod and a few whiting.

 

All in all a good night with most guys catching fish.