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2013
Angling Photos
Send your angling photos to bill@caithness.org for inclusion here. 11 July 08
New boat quite a catch for disabled anglers
- Press & Journal
Custom-built vessel opens up Kyle of Sutherland even to wheelchair
users. The new boat is available for the Kyle of Sutherland at
Bonar Bridge. Details - Bookings and inquiries should be
made through Mr Williams on 07720 890711, angling association secretary
John Blackman on 01549 421303 or the fisheries trust office on 01863
766536.
The article claims this is the first boat of its type for disabled
anglers and this may be true if not exactly correct in that the
St John's Loch
Improvements Association right here in Caithness has offered a
wheel chair accessible boat for disabled anglers for many years.
See details
HERE
4 June 08
Caithness Angler Takes Record Fish
 When Caithness anglers Ronald MacKenzie and Raymond Millard
set out for the day fly fishing on Loch Heilan, little did they
know that they would end up in the record books for the second
time in the space of 12 months. On 8th June 2007 the pair were out
fishing on Loch Heilan when Millard hooked a huge Brown Trout
which eventually tipped the scales at 10lbs 12ozs. At the time,
this was recorded as the biggest wild Brown Trout to be caught in
Caithness in living memory. That record stood until Monday 2nd
June 2008 when this time it was Ronald MacKenzie who successfully
hooked and landed an absolute monster of a fish weighing in at
11lbs 10ozs!
11 June 07
Report From
Stormdrift Davey Benson
 Saturday
10th June 2007 saw us doing general sightseeing work for a charity that
supports local people with disabilities. So whilst very rewarding I’m
afraid there is not much to report on the fishing front.
However, Sunday was set aside for angling with a party of
individual anglers all getting to know each other and fishing together.
We set of as the morning fog wrapped herself around us
and embraced us with her misty presence, this was coupled with
mirror-like seas. Our first stop was The Grounds which producing very
little apart from Coalies and a few sparse Mackerel – After assessing
the conditions I decided to take the lads east as we drifted along
Brigga the fog lifted and the scenery unfolded before us. Nick decided
to open the day with a
mini-species hunt and landed a bonny male Cuckoo Wrasse.
3 June 07
First Fish Of the Season Caught At Forss
  Christopher
Brocklebank Fowler and his dog Simba with the first fish caught on Forss
River this season. The fish weighed 9 1/2 pounds and was caught with a
Lazy Mediator. Another similar sized fish was caught the next day.
17 May 06
Caithness Sea Angling Association
Open Boat Championships - Over 1000 Fish Landed
Anglers from as far south as County Durham visited Scrabster last week to
fish in the annual Caithness Sea Angling Association Open Boat
championships.
Despite a strong south easterly the winds the competitors
aboard the Karen and Hebridean Warrior found excellent fishing with cod
and pollack the main species. Over 1000 fish were landed, the majority of
which were returned after being marked on the angler's score sheet. The
cod, pollack and ling were of a good average size and the largest of each
as around the four kilo mark.
The keenly contested event was won by Colin Mackay of
Thurso who picked up £250 for his efforts. In a close second place was Gus
Mackenzie of Inverness followed by Fife visitor Robbie Robertson.
Colin Mackay Thurso - Overall Winner
The team prize went to the local duo of Derek Yuille and
David
Proudfoot.
Best fish of the competition was an 87 cm ling captured by
George Bell of Stirling.
The Association will be organising a shore league this year
with the first leg taking place at Scrabster harbour on the afternoon of
Sunday 21st May. Full details of this event are available in the Wick and
Thurso fishing tackle shops.
Caithness Sea Angling
Association
Karen and Scrabster in Fishing Magazine in June 2006
The Karen and the Sea Angling competition and Scrabster are featured in a
five page article in the June issue of "Total Sea Fishing" magazine
- out from May
Loch Calder Opens For
2006
 The
2006 season started at Loch Calder on 15 March and anglers looking for
some of the best value fishing around should head over. At £2.50per
week or £5 for the whole season this is superb value. Boats are
available for hire separately and lessons can be booked.
1 November 05
'Go Fishing Ladies,' Says UK Government - OhMy news
23 August 05
Sea Angling Competition Hotting Up
The latest sea angling competition of Caithness Sea Angling Club took
place on Reiss Sands on Sunday 21st August the catches were made up with
Flounders and small Turbot. Overall winner was ex England international
Patricia Heath from Freswick with a catch of 118cm, in 2nd place was
Graham Finn from Freswick with a catch of 113cm and in 3rd place was Jim
McCrenk from Bower with 78cm.
Pools winners were Patricia Heath with the longest flat fish and Dina
Hilton for the longest round fish.
This years competition series points so far ,
Patricia Heath 20 points
Graham Finn 20 points
Steve Nicholas 17 points
Paul Moffett 15 points
Malcolm Heddle 11 points
Jim McCrenk 10 points
With just 2 more matches left to fish this year the pace is starting to
hot up for the top league position and things are really close so good
luck to every one.
Now is a good time to get your rods out as catches all around Caithness
are excellent there are good catches of Cod coming from the boats at
Scabster.
 Good
catches are coming in from boats on sea angling trips at the moment and
here is Patricia Heath again with a 13lb Cod caught from
the "Karen" this week). Shore fishing is also good with Flounders to 2
1/2lbs and large numbers of Bass from Dunnett Bay. The next competition is
The Caithness Open Shore Angling Championship and will be fished from
Scrabster Pier on 23rd of September for further information call Graham
Finn on 01955 611496.
19 April 05
Biggest Salmon Caught On The Wick River
In Recent Years
 Wick
Angler William Newlands landed this 24lbs 5oz Salmon on Monday 11th April
2005 from the Taroull Pool on the River Wick. It is the biggest
Salmon landed from the river in recent years. The last one over 20lbs was
caught by Willie More back in 1979 and this weighed in at 22lbs 2oz, but
the record for the Wick is held by Mr Jaspair Mckain at a whopping 30lbs
8ozs. He caught this from the corner pool in August 1958.
31 March 05
Another First Timer In Luck
With The Salmon On Wick River
 This
is another "first" This time the lucky angler is Dr Borja Echavarren from
Lybster. He landed this 7 1/2 lbs springer from the Tarroul Pool at Watten.
This is his first Salmon on the Wick. When not away fishing he can
some times be seen at the Caithness General Hospital. Looks like all
you anglers should be heading for Caithness pretty quick before these guys
catch them all.
25 March 05
Salmon Season Gets Off To A Good Start
On The Wick River
 The
first Salmon to be landed from the Wick River this year was caught by Wick
Angler Mike Henstridge on Tuesday 22nd March in the Flag Pool. The Killer
fly was a 1 1/2inch Willie Gunn Waddington and weighed in at 7 1/2 lbs.
This was Mikes first day ever fishing the Wick as he just joined the Wick
Angling Association on Saturday. It's been a good season so far for Mike
as he caught a 9lb Salmon on Monday from beat 9 on the River Thurso.
Want To Learn About Sea
Angling?
Perhaps Get Close To Dolphins And Whales?
See The Caithness Coast?
 Well
now you can do all three with the help of a new venture to be
launched shortly in Caithness "The Caithness Sea angling Experience".
Graham and Pat Finn who live near Freswick already run a fishing
tackle business Kingfisher Activities manufacturing a wide range of items
for fishing shops are now setting out to give the benefit of their
experience to others. The new venture will bring anglers to
the north to learn about sea angling from start to finish.
With breaks of up to five days a wide range of skills will be covered as
well as enjoyable trips out in the boat to catch fish and
experience the sea life around the Caithness coast.
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