The Area is still Fishing well from Boat and Shore for Tope,some over 50lbs been landed in the Boats and from rock Marks there have been Fish over the 40lbs caught. The weather has been a bit windy lately and the small Boats and sometimes even the Charter Boats have not been able to get out ,however when they can get to marks of their choice the Fishing has been really good,still Spurdogs,Tope ,Bullhuss and lots of other species as well as Common Skate being hooked. the Mull of Galloway Sea Angling Festival was held at the end of August ,the wind blew up on the Sunday but the Organisers extended the Saturdays Fishing time . Details of this Comp which was well attended and organised can be found on South West Scotland Sea Angling( Facebook ) or this is a write up in this months Boat Angler. Lochryan Sea Angling Association held their 2Day Angling Festival on 1st and 2nd of Sept. Over 50 Senior Anglers attended the event as well as Junior Anglers.The Open Competition was ran on a measure and return basis and 3 hooks were permitted. Saturday,s Match was 3 Zones on Terrally Bay,Grennan,and Kilstay Bay. Kilstay was a new venue and a bit snaggy but still over 20 metres of Fish were measured and specie over all Zones included Smoothhound ,Gurnard,Dogfish,Mackerel,Pollack,Rockling,Conger and Bass.
Saturdays Results – Zone A 1st Mark Dewar (L.S.A.A Stranraer)2nd Ken Mc Coy ( N.E England) 3rd David Goupillot ( l.S.A.A Stranraer) 4th Mike Kyle ( Ultima Team Scotland )and 5th Paul Tuck ( N.E.England)
Zone B 1st Billy Buckley ( Ultima Team Scotland ) 2nd Gavin Mc Crae ( L.S.A.A Stranraer) 3rd Neil Cutler ( N.E.England)4th Bruce Mc Lean ( Stranraer)5th Sir Bob Gasgoine( N.E.England)
Zone C 1st Dave Delaney ( N.E.England)2nd Tom Whithead ( Cumbria) 3rd Adam Scholes ( Ultima Team Scotland)4th David Neil ( Ultima Team Scotland)and 5th Bobby Laughlin ( N.Ireland)
Sundays Results -ZoneA 1st Mike Kyle ( Ultima Team Scotland)2nd Coco Mc Garva ( Castle Douglas )3rd David Goupillot ( L.S.A.A Stranraer)4th Stevie Potts ( N.E England) and 5th Gav Owen (N.E.England)
Zone B 1st Neil Cutler (N.E.East England) 2nd Simon Hogan ( Cumbria) 3rd Brian Maxwell ( Ultima Team Scotland)4th David Dobbie ( N.E.Scotland) and 5th Craig Ogilvie ( N.E.Scotland)
Zone C 1st Bob Drennan ( Peever S.A )2nd Billy Buckley ( Ultima Team Scotland) 3rd David Neil ( Ultima Team Scotland)4th Eric Mc Lean ( L.S.A.A Stranraer) and 5th equal Barry Mc Ewan ( N. E .Scotland) and Sir Bob Gasgoine ( N.E.England) Zone C was also a new venue which was a bit snaggy with a few Rig losses but still over 17 metres of fish were measured and the Longest Fish of the weekend came from here ,a Bullhuss of 82cm which won Gavin Mc Crae (L.S.A.A Stranraer) the Superpool of £ 250.00. There was also a new Pairs pool incorporated over the weekend which was won by Mike Kyle and Coco Mc Garva on 15pts.
The Overall Winner over the weekend on 3pts was Billy Buckley who also won the Stenaline Ferry ticket plus cash prize of £250.00 2nd Neil Cutler and 3rd Mike Kyle whom also won cash prizes
The Junior results over the weekend Sat . 1st Thomas Copeland ( Stranraer) 2nd Bruce Copeland ( Stranraer)
Sun .1st Andrew Mc Lean ( Stranraer) 2nd Thomas Copeland ( Stranraer)
Thomas also won the Best Junior over the weekend winning an Alc-Mag20cs Reel and a Days free Boat Fishing on Steve Stringers Boat Lucky Dip11 Charters from Portpatrick. All other Juniors recieved Prizes ,so a big thankyou to all the companies that helped us with prizes, these included Daiwa,Pure Fishing Uk,Shimano,Dennets, CJT,Swift,Leeda,Snowbee,Svendsen Sport,Breakaway Tackle,Spring Water fishery. Thanks must also go to Stenaline our main Sponsor and to Zone Sponsors SVM Port Services,South West Plant Hire Ltd,Alan Mc lelland Roofing, The Sports Shop,George White Plumbing Services and P and A Motors ( Castle Douglas) and a Final thanks to Paul Agnewfrom The Commercial Inn,Stranraer for the use of his premises for the registrations The Best Lochryan angler over the weekend was David Goupillot with6pts
