Fishing Reports

River Leven

July can be a quiet month on the Lomond system but some encouraging news at the weekend. A  run of grilse and summer salmon appeaed on the river with good numbers moving in the upper reaches. Double Pipes, Top Pool and Stuckie Bridge featuring.

15 July, day ticket angler Sacha Vasiljevic is a happy man with a fresh (9lbs) fish on the fly at the Bonhill Pool.

22 July, Davie Robertson returning a (14lbs) salmon caught on a cascade fly at the Double Pipes.

22 July, day ticket angler John Burns with his first fish off the Leven (10lbs) at the Top Pool on the worm.

Also 22 July, Leven angler Graham Stewart (6lbs) Stuckie Bridge on a tube fly.

Loch Lomond

A   lean spell on the Loch though not many anglers venturing out. News of fresh fish on the Leven at the weekend will see more out on the hunt.

A lot of pike about this year and some big ones too..

Scott Laird hooked into this monster while trolling for salmon. It was reckoned to be about 27lbs.

Loch regular Dick Dickson recently hooked an even bigger Esox at Strathcashel. Took almost an hour to get it alongside. Dick estimated it at 4ft long and probably 40lbs+ in weight….said he was actually ‘feart’ when he saw it…not surprised.

Just heard that Balmaha angler Gerd Elsweiler had his first salmon of the season off the Loch this morning. A cock fish (10lbs) at Ptarmigan….perseverance pays at last!

Clyde Estuary

Estuary anglers enjoying good sport with sea trout as usual. Levengrove, Havoc and Cardoss all producing fish in the 2-5lbs class to the fly, lures and mackerel strip. Barry McGuigan seen with here with a nice fresh trout about the 3lbs mark.

JR

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River Leven

High water levels on the Loch last week brought Leven anglers a bonus with the gates remaining open all week. Now back at summer low again…….

28 June, Jim Patterson reports..

3.25lb seatrout caught behind the cricket pitch tonight. I was fishing for brownies on a little 5 weight rod with a size 14 yellow owl, dry fly. My rod bent double, luckily there were some young lads, who I’d like to thank, because they had a salmon net and landed this for me!! Not sure who was more surprised me or the fish!!

5 July, Davy Robertson took full advantage of conditions landing this cracker, estimated at (17lbs) on the fly at the Glebe. Earlier in the week he had another good fish (10lbs) also on the fly. Both were returned. Well done Davy!

Other catch reports: 3 July, Neill Sproull (6lbs) Bonhill Pool on the fly.

Loch Lomond

1 July, Ritchie Millar continues his ferox hunt this time landing another one of the Loch’s big sea trout….

‘Was targeting Ferox when I hooked into this in the first 15mins today. Weighed it at 9lb 12oz it’s my personal best for sea-trout from the Loch. My previous was 8lb.’

All fish that Ritchie catches are revived in this cold water tank and carefully returned to the Loch.

10 July, Donald McKellar reports…

‘After fishing the Loch for the last four weeks, losing a fish about 12lbs at the net, three sea trout to 4lbs and many pike…today I finally managed a (14lbs) fish off the south east of Inchmurrin in deep water. Copper toby in big wave…at last!’

Other reported catches: 28 June, Eddie Minnes (6lbs) sea trout off Inchmurrin. 30 June, Davy King snr (10lbs). 5 July, Jim Raeburn (4.5lbs) off Inversnaid – returned. 8 July, Stuart McBean (12lbs)

Pacific Pink Salmon

Fishery Management Scotland advise that Pacific Pink Salmon have been caught by anglers on the Rivers Ness, Dee and Helmsdale possibly having strayed from Rivers in Norway and Russia. Full information on identification is contained in the FMS Advice Note found by opening the link:

http://fms.scot/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170711-%E2%80%93-FMS-Statement-%E2%80%93-Pink-salmon.pdf