EsoxEcosse Magazine 15
extended events report
"...Kenny I think,
missed a run he
didn't hear and Davie
couldn't tell him about"
'Editors' Quote of the article!
Mark Wishart, fishing on his first
PAAS event, smashed his PB with an
impressive 21lb 8oz fish caught in only
2ft of water, so excited was he that he
nearly ran out the battery on my phone
telling me all about it. Well done Mark,
I couldn't be more pleased for you.
Rory Fitzpatrick and William Holt had
made a wise choice of swim though
and had the most success on the first
day, seven runs for 5 fish including
> Snow on the banks of Harelaw Fishery,
photo provided by Alex Cairnie
William's two low doubles and later
in the afternoon a fantastic 26lber for
Rory, again another PB and another
fish from a depth less than four feet.
Good on you guys and I was close
Bay as Alex calls it, Dale and Andy
enough to see all the action David and
took the chance to get on the vacant
I were missing.
> Rory Fitzpatrick with his new pb of 26lb,
from the PAAS Harelaw event.
island, Alex and Mark setup on the
point along to the left of the boat yard,
8 anglers decided to bivvy up and
with "half deaf" Kenny and the "on the
apparently it did get a little stormy
day voiceless" Davie pairing, heading
through the night, high winds and
round to the northern bay, must have
heavy rain being reported to me by all,
been some good conversation there
fortunately I managed to sleep through
guys, lol. Once everyone was ferried
it all, heard absolutely nothing and was
and settled in, that left just myself and
still there despite only sticking 5 pegs
Davie Hendry to find somewhere and
in my bivvy.
we chose an area I remembered had
a bit of weed in it only 150yrds from
Sunday, Kevin Lawlor, arrived and
Rory and William who by the time we
joined us for the day and did manage
got there had already caught a few
a small pike for his efforts though it
fish including two low doubles of 11lb
was slower for all, Rory and William
and 11lb 8oz for William, brilliant we
only picking up a couple more Jacks
thought some fish in the area, well it
to add to their Saturday catch, Danny
turned out there was, in their area! I
and Declan not adding to theirs,
tried to keep track of catches as and
likewise David and myself. Dale and
when they came along but it was
Andy Irvine took a few more fish from
difficult due to poor phone reception.
> Mark Wishart with his new pb of 21lb 8oz,
from the PAAS Harelaw event.
the island nothing of any real size,
until later when Andy caught the third
It wasn't as easy going as first
PB and biggest fish of the weekend a
seemed. On the first day Danny
stunner of 26lb15oz only a week after
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