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Sportscast Scotland Dates 2010

2010-02-06T23:32:44+00:00

Sportscast Scotland Forthcoming Dates

21st FEB
28th MARCH
25th APRIL
23rd MAY
20th JUNE
18th JULY
22nd AUGUST
26th SEPTEMBER

All events will be held at the Cults Castlekennedy near Stranraer unless stated.

Registerd Anglers for Dalvik 2010 EFSA Boat &line; championchip

2010-02-11T18:13:28+00:00

http://www.efsa.is/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:registered-anglers&catid=41:dalvik-2010&Itemid=18

cheers Miel

O.T- Paradise in a Storm

2010-03-08T05:00:17+00:00

You may see in the news over there that Victoria had its worst storm in 40 years of so some would say, for three crazy casters it was just another opportunity to put skill from the field to use on the beach.

Heres the report

Well three brave souls went out to face the ever challenging weather that is what we have come to expect from Victoria but must say that we didn’t quite expect what we had dished up to us.

With all the warnings being put up on the news and weather channels one would have expected that any sane people would have stayed at home and done something less daunting . But as we are all tournament casters as well as fishermen some would see us less than sane.

The drive up to Sale saw us following a similar path to the storm front and must say that the hail , lightning and rain that came down were something else. However the ever reliable Toyota that I have the privilege of driving took it with ease and at no stage did I thing that we wouldn’t get to our destination, though the falling trees, flooded roads and limited visibility did slow us down.

( Rearward view of the storm front coming up behind us as from the side window of the Toyota )

( The road starting to flood from the car window as we drove through to Sale )

As our luck held we were able to get to Sale with only one accident of a tree falling into the path of an ambulance on the freeway ( No one hurt to our knowledge ) and the service centre that we had a coffee break at getting flooded as their doors locked open as the storm hit sending hail and rain streaming into it. Thankfully they were in clean up mode as we were still able to get the much needed coffee that would help us see through the evening session.

The weather gods did look down on us and took pity as we didn’t cop the full force of the storm and thankfully the surf was very reasonable given the wind forecasts we had been expecting to be casting into gale force wind.

( Mark “ Gummy “ Johnson setting up his Zziplex and ABU 10000 with the storm front building all around )

Results for our efforts were reasonable and we did get a bit of action from a number of different species throughout the night, no real show stoppers but plenty of activity to keep us going hoping for the big one.

( Mark with the first one for the Night , much smaller than his previous sessions but great to see the little ones in the system )

Graham amazed us once again with his ability to pull a Flathead out where we would have expected it. Sadly it was only a small one but with good bait and conditions being better than we had anticipated he held out hopes of getting into something much better.

( Yet another Flathead to add to Graham’s tally )

As it turned out the night only produced smaller gummies for both Mark and I as well as the usual assortment of rays and smaller sharks that we have been taking in our previous outings.

(Yours truly with the small Gummy taken on my Squid and garfish cocktail bait.)

( Banjo Shark “ Fiddler ray “ taken with my Tip Tornado Super match )

( Mark with a slightly bigger Gummy taken during the night )

( Baited up pulley rig showing the 7/0 circle clearly exposed and rig ready to cast )

It was good to put the casting practice to use in the wind though it didn’t hit us anywhere near what we had expected . Rigs set with 6 oz grip leads and using clipped down baits were easily sent out to the gutter that was close to shore. Based on the prior weeks results I decided to fish the closer bank as the beach formation had put the outer sandbar further out and the beach had deepened a lot in close. Therefore there was no need to try and belt the rigs out . I do however normally fish wit two outfits putting one in close and the other out past the breakers or outer sand bar. Given the amount of electrical activity and the open nature of the beach we decided discretion would be a bit safer and limited ourselves to one rod apiece and had them set much lower in the stands than what is normal for us.

( Mark having a safety brealk during the hight of the electrical storm with the rods laid down and him sitting further up on the dunes )

(Another small banjo taken during the night at this stage it had cleared for a short period and we were amazed at how warm the evening was )

Another interesting visitor for the night was a lone dog that was racing along the beach , obviously scared by the lightning and thunder in the area. He decided we were a good bunch of blokes and sat around whilst we fished through till around 3.00 am

( The pooch that decided we weren’t a bad bunch of blokes to hang with during the night )

So as it turned out the weather gods were very kind and held of the worst till after we finished the session. And even though we didn’t get into any big fish we had a top session with plenty to keep us wanting to come back for more. And for three slightly crazy casters & fishermen Paradise beach once again made us feel like we really were in a fisherman’s paradise.

Roll on next weekend .

26 pound cod for guest, shore fishing Norway!! Skarnsundet

2010-03-07T21:48:43+00:00

Hi everyone

Had 3 guests from the South of England here this week, Stu and Ray made this there 3rd visit over to try and beet there previous PBs, they braught Wayne with them this time to join in on the action!! The lads had a great time from the first session when Wayne got stuck in to a nice 14 pounder!

That first session also produced some quality to haddock to over 5 pound and many other codling!!
Ray had a great afternoon from the end of the pier on the second day with this lovely 20 pounder!

We fished a new mark on the 3rd day that I had had a couple of nice sessions on before they arrived but Stu had the best fish of the week with this loveky 26 pounder!!

The last day the lads had a session on the dabs with plenty of fish for all of them during the week the lads had a fantastic week and so did I!!

I now have 6 weeks remaining for next winter season, if anybody is intrested in coming over please email me for details!

Thanks for looking

Phill

www.skarnsundet.com
phill dot dale at hotmail dot co dot uk

Scotland World Shore Team raffle at the GAC open day

2010-03-07T20:59:33+00:00

Many thanks to all who bought tickets on both days in support of the Scotland World Shore Team, the winners were:

Football Card (Sat) Man City - Audrey McAtashey winnning £20
Football Card (Sun) Man Utd - David Duffes winnning £20

Raffle 1st - Raymond Fosbury winning an Abu 5500C3 CT Mag Elite
Raffle 2nd - Brian Clarkson winning a delux Drinks Hamper
Raffle 3rd - Billy McPherson winning a Jarvis Walker Boat Rod
Raffle 4th - Paul Lauder winning a days casting/angling coaching
Raffle 5th - William Gray winning a days casting/angling coaching

John Holden Book On-line

2010-03-07T13:53:15+00:00

http://www.planetseafishing.com/catchreports/read/john-holden-book-on-line/

Give aways

2010-03-06T12:15:01+00:00

Have a couple of ESCA lures to give away - http://eng.escaglobal.com/

They’ll go to the best fishing report with pictures and or videos posted on the forums between now and the end of April.

David

Rods and Reels Forsale

2010-03-06T11:18:55+00:00

Penn International 16vs 2-speed - Still boxed brand new £299
Shimano Tyrnos 30 - used once mint condition £170
Abu AG seven - still boxed b/n £45
Ron Thompson Carbostick 30lb class rod as new £25
Shimano Speedmaster 12-20lb class as new £45
Mustad Viking Uptider 4-8oz as new £30
Shimano Beastmaster uptider 2-6oz as new SOLD
Fladden Maxximus 6lb class new £25

Survey on Bass Angling in Ireland

2010-03-06T10:09:58+00:00

As you are probably aware, there is a proposal to open a commercial Bass fishery in Irish waters. To support our case that this fishery should not open we are collecting data on the value of the Bass angling fishery to the Irish economy.

To take part in the survey, click the link below.

Bass Survey

Fishing in Chad

2010-02-25T09:46:48+00:00

Off to Chad in a few weeks on a trekking holiday,just wondering if theres any fishing out there.