Category: Fishing

  • Chairman’s Response to Big Fish Caught & Killed

    Chairman’s Response to Big Fish Caught & Killed

    The River Stinchar Board will be convening in the month of October. On the Agenda one of the subjects to discuss will be the event that occurred on the river last week. Members of the Board will be looking again at our voluntary ‘Code of Practice’ and addressing why under such exceptional circumstances, its guide…

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  • September

    September

    August was a very difficult month with only the very odd freshet. Dalreoch faired best with a few Grilse as did Balnowlart but overall the fishing was very slow. September started the same with very low water until Sat 7th heavy rain in the morning lifted the river by 2ft. This was very slow to…

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  • June 30th 2013

    June 30th 2013

    Monday June 17th, Billy Morrison was up bright and early and headed up to Almont and was rewarded with 3 salmon. He landed a 7lb fish in the Hut Pool which he kept, then down in the flat one around 10lbs and back up to the Hut where he beached one around 14lbs. These two…

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  • June 2013

    June 2013

    Bruce Hamilton landed the season’s first fish on Monday 20th May from Kirkhill. This was a 10lb sea-liced fish which was quickly unhooked and returned. Bruce also had the honour of the first one in 2011, two days earlier if I remember correctly. No other fish have been reported despite many rods out in the…

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  • Oct 1st half

    Oct 1st half

    The water levels for the first week of Oct could only be described as perfect. Showers throughout the week kept it topped up, and yes some days had it creeping up but even though it can unsettle the fish, one would of thought given these conditions catches would surely improve. Not so, in fact it…

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  • End of Sept

    End of Sept

    As I type this report (Sept 30th) the river is sitting at 6ft on the marker at Colmonell. The forecast for the coming week remains unsettled. That is just music to the ears of the anglers who have just arrived for their long awaited, weeks fishing. I can’t help feeling this has been part of…

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  • wk ending sept 23rd

    wk ending sept 23rd

    The week ending 22nd September was challenging to say the least. The water was on the low side at the start of the week, but the showers soon lifted it to a nice level by mid-week, followed by heavy rain on Thursday afternoon. This had it at 4ft and clearing by Friday morning. At Ballantrae…

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  • sept 1st half

    sept 1st half

    First week of September the water had dropped away slightly and this reflected on the catches. Roger Pirie returned a very coloured fish around 9lbs on Tues 4th. Balnowlart had 4 on Fri 7t Knockdolian had 7 for the week. The following week saw better conditions with Ballantrae landing 8 for the week. Steven Holiday,…

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