Burnhouse Lochan Fishery – Weekly Report: 23.04.21 – 30.04.21

WEEK OVERVIEW

The sun has been glorious this week but the prevailing wind from the east has kept us all wrapped up warm with its chill.

The fish have still been sitting deep during the day when the sun has been at its strongest, however the second there is cloud cover the water comes alive! Evenings are still providing the best returns, especially on dries and buzzers.

FISH OF THE WEEK – This week’s top spot goes to AARON KIRKWOOD with his new P.B a 12.5lb rainbow. Well done, Aaron!

FLIES OF THE WEEK – This week’s top 3 flies were BUZZERS, DAMSELS and YELLOW DANCERS.

Other successful flies were –  Orange lures, Ally McCoist, cormorants, fabs, black pennell, eggs, olive dancer, millennium bugs, shimmy worms, rabbits, double humpy, wotsits, foam daddy, pheasant tailed nymphs, hares ears, zonkers, nomads, daiwl bachs, blobs, gold dancer, black & green lure, apps, green & white lure, smoker, hoppers, shipmans, yellow owls, olive fluff cat and sedges.

CATCHES OF THE WEEK

  • BENN KELLY – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an orange lure on an intermediate line.
  • GORDON BARR – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using an Ally McCoist and a cormorant on an intermediate line.
  • DONALD FORBES – Safely returned 10 rainbows including 1 weighing 11lb caught using a black and green fab and buzzers on a floating line. On a return visit he safely returned 1 rainbow.
  • JORDAN COLLINS – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an Ally McCoist on a floating line.
  • BILLY HOEHLE – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a black pennell on a floating line.
  • BRIAN SKINNER – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a black & green fab on a floating line. On a return visit he safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a mojito shimmy worm fished static under a sight indicator.
  • AARON KIRKWOOD – Safely returned 5 rainbows caught using buzzers on a floating line. On a return visit he safely returned 8 rainbows including is new P.B weighing 12.5lb caught using damsels and an olive fluff cat on a slow intermediate with a fast figure of 8 retrieve.
  • KEVIN MUIR – Safely retuned 2 rainbows and 1 tiger caught using a yellow dancer on an intermediate line and a coral egg fished static under a sight indicator.
  • DAVID MCROBERT – Safely returned 11 rainbows including 1 weighing 10lb caught using damsels and an olive dancer on an intermediate line.
  • GLEN MCNEIL – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using millennium bugs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • RORY STEWART – What an exceptional young angler! On a day with bright sunshine and flat calms where a lot of the adults were struggling, young Rory safely returned 13 rainbows including 1 weighing 8.5lb. All the adults were asking him for tips! A yellow dancer and buzzers on an intermediate line was his answer! Well done, Rory. Keep up the good work and you will go far in this sport!
  • ROBERT GRANGER – Safely returned a 6lb rainbow caught using a shimmy worm fished static under a sight indicator.
  • JAMES JARVIS – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using buzzers on a floating line.
  • THOMAS KENNEDY – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using a cutthroat damsel and a black rabbit on an intermediate line.
  • JIM VANN – Safely returned an 8lb rainbow caught using a blue flash damsel on an intermediate line. On a return visit he safely returned 1 caught using dries on a floating line.
  • EDDIE HIGGINS – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using a green shimmy worm fished static under a sight indicator.
  • LEWIS KIDD – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a double humpy on a floating line. On return visits he safely returned 5 rainbows caught using a double humpy and buzzers on a floating line and a pink egg fished static under a sight indicator.
  • BRIAN LEITH – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a green wotsit fished static under a sight indicator.
  • RICHARD TAYLOR – Safely returned 9 rainbows caught using buzzers and a double humpy on a floating line. On return visits he safely returned 8 rainbows caught using buzzers, a double humpy and a black shipmans on a floating line.
  • JOHN HUNTER – Safely returned 1 rainbow weighing approximately 7-8lb caught using a black & green cormorant on a floating line.
  • WULLY GEARY – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a lime green buzzer on a floating line.
  • WULLY GEARY – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a wotsit fished static under a sight indicator.
  • DERICK SAVAGE – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 9.13lb and safely returned 1, using a foam daddy on an intermediate line, gold rib hares ear and PTN on a midge tip.
  • GEOFF APPLETON – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using a black & yellow zonker on an intermediate line.
  • ROBERT HUNTER – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 10.38lb caught using a green nomad and a yellow dancer on an intermediate line.
  • ROSS DUNN – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 7.4lb and safely returned 2 using daiwl bachs on a floating line.
  • SCOTT MCCARROLL – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a lime green blob on an intermediate line.
  • JIM ANDERSON – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using buzzers on a floating line.
  • BRENDON MCREADY – Thinks he has found his new regular fishery. He weighed in 2 rainbows for 10.73lb caught using a yellow dancer and a cormorant on an intermediate line. He was also left heartbroken by a double.
  • IAN RODGER – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 13.05lb and safely returned 1 using buzzers and a ptn on an intermediate line.
  • LEON MASON – Safely returned 3 rainbows including 1 weighing 8lb, all were caught using a yellow dancer on an intermediate line.
  • BRIAN MCCLUCKIE – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a yellow dancer and a pink zonker on an intermediate line.
  • BERNARD ROBERTSON – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using a gold dancer on an intermediate line.
  • KEVIN HAUGHTON – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a daiwl bach on a floating line.
  • WILLIAM HAUGHTON – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a black & green lure on an intermediate line.
  • STUART BELL – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a yellow apps and a pink apps on an intermediate line.
  • IAN TELFORD – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a John Irvine lure (green & white lure) on an intermediate line.
  • ALEX ROOK – Weighed in 4 rainbows for 12.54lb and safely returned 14 rainbows and blues caught using buzzers and daiwl bachs on a floating line, damsels on an intermediate and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • STUART MCINTYRE – Loved his first visit to Burnhouse! He weighed in 4 rainbows for 12.5lb and safely returned 9 rainbows and 1 tiger caught using buzzers and nymphs on a sink tip line.
  • RONNIE TURNBULL – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a hot head damsel on an intermediate line.
  • JIMMY MILLER – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using a hot head damsel on an intermediate line.
  • ANDY MCALPINE – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 8.47lb caught using buzzers on a floating line.
  • ALFIE SPENCE – Safely returned 14 rainbows and blues caught using damsels on an intermediate line, a smoker and buzzers on a floating line and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • ANDY DAVEY – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • ROBIN LAMBERT – From the Scottish Flyfisher magazine and Facebook page enjoyed his first visit to Burnhouse. He weighed in 1 rainbow for 4lb 3oz and safely returned 5 including 1 weighing approximately 10lb caught using daiwl bachs and a yellow owl on a floating line.
  • GORDON MARSHALL – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an olive and purple blob on an intermediate line.
  • MAY ANDERSON – Safely returned 19 rainbows and 4 wild browns caught using buzzers, a double humpy, bibio hopper and a g&h sedge on a floating line.
  • ROSS MORRISON – Safely returned 6 rainbows and 1 brown caught using buzzers on a floating line, an olive apps and damsels on an intermediate line and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • DARREN MCPHERSON – Safely returned 14 rainbows, 1 brown weighing approximately 6-7lb and 2 wild browns using an olive apps and polar bear on an intermediate line and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • JOHN LOWE – Safely returned 3 caught using a damsel on an intermediate line.
  • ALAN SMITH – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using hoppers and buzzers on a floating line. On a return visit he safely returned 2 rainbows using a deer hair hopper.

 

SAFE CATCH AND RELEASE PROCEDURE

  • Only use single, barbless hooks. Strictly no multiple hook snakes, double or treble hooks. Not just for catch and release but for kill tickets too.
  • Due to the size and strength of our fish we ask that ALL anglers use a minimum of 8lb line, this is to reduce the number of fish being lost and over played.
  • Bring the fish to the net as quickly as possible. Over playing a fish causes stress and exhaustion and decreases the chance of survival.
  • Unhook the fish as quickly as possible, keep the fish in the water. Never bring the fish onto the banking or podiums as this removes the protective slime, increasing the chances of infections and diseases.
  • If you have to handle the fish do so with wet hands, never with gloves on, this avoids removing the protective slime.
  • If the hook is too deep to be removed, cut the line as close to the hook as possible.
  • Avoid squeezing the fish as this can cause damage to internal organs.
  • Take time to recover the fish, be patient as this can take some time especially in warmer weather. Support it gently until the fish is strong enough to swim away from you.

If you are struggling to recover a fish, please call the bailiff for assistance, the decision to kill any fish whilst on catch and release must only be made by the bailiff.

Tight lines for the week ahead!