Forth and Clyde Canal

Took a trip out on the canal on my yak tonight. Had no luck with the fishes but it was enjoyable all the same

Pike Anglers Alliance do well on Harelaw

I had a wee update on events over the weekend at Alex Cairnie's Harelaw Fishery near Nielston where he had a privileged access event for the Pike Anglers Alliance of Scotland. Saturday and Sunday produced some outstanding specimens two of which were into the high twenties.

The pike were taken on ledgered baits supplied by Gadda Baits.

The P.A.A.S. were invited by Alex as they don't have bank access on any private protected waters such as Harelaw and were delighted with what was put on offer.

Mark Wishart doubled his personal best catch with a 21lb 9oz specimen off the twin points in two feet of water that fought extremely hard for nearly ten minutes.



Rory Fitzpatrick had a beauty and a p.b. on the Moyne Shore with a huge fish at 26lb 10oz taken on a ledgered lamprey with Rory also commenting on it's incredible power.



Best fish of the event went to Andy Irvine with another p.b. achieved when he caught this lovely 26lb 150z specimen in 3 ft of water at the back of the big island.



A very succesful outing for the P.A.A.S. in tough conditions and they'll be returning in May for a one day lure only boat event.

Pike fishing ceases on March 10th except for restricted access events and trout fishing commences on 15th March. For further information, Alex and the fishery can be contacted via the fishery website or via the following facebook pages. Harelaw Fishery Website

Harelaw Fishery Facebook

Alex Cairnie Facebook

Large fish rescued from Worcester Racecourse

I picked this up on the BBC news site today which shows there could be a long lasting impact on the piscatorial environment due to the recent flooding down south.

Fish rescued from Worcester Racecourse





I wouldn't think these Pike would pose a problem to any other species on Worcester Racecourse but put them or the odd Wells Catfish into a system they're not already in and it could drastically change the environment for the resident population.

Some Pike Flies

I've finally got round to tying some Pike flies I promised to do for someone a while back.

Perch

Roach

Rainbow Warrior

Harelaw Wild Weekend

An epic weekend of wild, wild weather at Harelaw for all the Pike anglers Club ( P.A.C. ) and Pike anglers association of Scotland ( P.A.A.S. ) guys. 20 pounders came out on both Saturday and Sunday. The biggest pike at 28 LBS six Ounces was taken by Declan McCusker of Paisley on a ledgered trout just off the big Island.

Another fine specimen typical of the Harelaw Pike.

Harelaw is a troutmasters water but the owner Alex Cairnie runs a pike syndicate over the winter and occasionally has some open boats or pegs available for visiting anglers.

This is a link to the Harelaw Website and Alex can also be contacted via the facebook page.

Harelaw Trout Fishery Open Boat Offer

Alex Cairnie at Harelaw has made a very reasonable open boat offer to fish Harelaw Dam near Neilston after the brown trout season ends and before the winter pike syndicate on the dam starts on Nov 1st the details of which are as follows:-

There are five boats available each day at Harelaw Fishery on October 26th (lure only) and 27th (deadbaits) for priveliged access pike fishing in conjunction with the Pike anglers club of Great Britain.

2 anglers per boat 8.30-5pm £50 per boat pm me for details payment required in advance to secure. This is a rare chance to fish prior to the winter syndicate opening on nov1st.

Non members welcome

Highly recommended that you snap up a boat while they are still available to give yourself a shot at one of the Harelaw pike the calibre of which can be seen below.

Corsican Dave goes Large !

Corsican Dave a well known local mountaineering instructor in the Aviemore and Cairngorms area caught this lovely and Large Pike the other week from one of his secret waters.

Would you believe that he caught it on this tiny wee lure that nearly had him straight up in a high stakes game of Texas Hold em without a net ! He did the right thing though and put the big guy or gal - straight back.

(Just goes to show size isn't everything when it comes to big Pike)

Measurements on the fish were 40" or 1.01m in metric putting the pike well into high single doubles at anywhere from 16 to 20lbs.

Here's Dave just back from a nice wee catch while using his fishing kayak in the salt.

(All pictures courtesy of Corsican Dave - All rights reserved)

Dave is a keen all round angler with his main interests in lure, fly and salt water fly fishing on or off his kayak in remote and unexpected locations.

Highland Pike

Here's a nice pike I caught on a highland loch some time ago. To give you some idea of the size, the handle on the Ugly Stik rod in the photo is about 24" long.

Lovely markings and taken at a deep place in the loch where the sun don't shine on a sprat deadbait using a bit of a special rig -up.

Tight Lines ;-)

Coming soon - The Tail of the Twice Caught Pike

A wee photo taster of Friday's fishing outing

Bill with the " Twice Caught Pike "