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EsoxEcosse Magazine 15
Butterstone
extended events report
loch event
water and so anchors dragging along the
bottom is not acceptable, perhaps time for
It shows you how hard a day it
was when the featured photo
is of our new Alliance member,
Mark Wishart, washing out his
extremely muddy boat!
those who struggled to upgrade to heavier or
This w
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better anchoring systems.
round
two
of clea
ning!!
Another couple of points I'd like to bring up
after complaints following the event, regard
consideration concerning minimum distances
between boats and that shown to other
anglers and stationary boats when trolling. I
understand in windy conditions many boats try
to get in to more sheltered water particularly
around the peninsula and the islands and
the 100yrd rule may be difficult to maintain,
but please try. A boat being anchored almost
or within casting range of others is simply
unacceptable.
If anglers decided to troll, whether it be with
lures or baits, that same distance should be
afforded when passing others, paying great
The
downright ugly!
attention to where anglers floats are.
Also regarding the number of rods in use, I
had a few complaints. The rule states only two
rods may be in use at anyone time and that
should an angler wish to throw a lure around;
one of their bait rods must be removed from
the water. This is a fishery rule for our events
on Menteith and although other venues may
allow this to be relaxed somewhat, is one that
should be adhered to unless told otherwise.
Rant over folks and should anyone have any
questions they can speak to me directly at any
time.
My thanks to all who attended and for putting up
with the blustery conditions.
To be honest there’s not really much I
Steven Mitchell, Mikey Wilson, Andy
can say about our visits to Butterstone
Jensen and Andy Irvine being the
Loch on the 29th and 30th of March
only anglers too catch Pike and all fish
except that it was the worst results
were less than 10lb.
we have had on the venue over past
years, the thirty anglers over two days
Alex Stark did manage a fish on
catching only 4 Jacks. A very cold east
Saturday that were more Pike
wind made it very difficult to catch,
caught, normally wouldn't get much
affecting not only Butterstone, but
of a mention, but on such a tough
many other waters over the weekend.
weekend, a 13lb 6oz Brownie was
That cold easterly also made it a real
very welcome.
endurance test for those who tried so
Scott Lawr
ence
hard for such a poor return.
A special mention of thanks has to go to Rehman
Malik, who’s boat partner Tracey Smith’s train from
London was delayed on the Friday forcing him to
miss out on h