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Week ending: 15th June 2008

The fish have been up on the surface taking small black midge in the Bankside pool this week.During the day flies like diaw bach,black spider,c.d.c's and floating fry are all worth ago. The average is up this week with fish averaging over the 3lb mark with 6lbers not uncomman. The evenings are seeing some tremendous cannis hatches and some excellent sport.

Best fish this week was caught by Mr Muir from Broughty Ferry 6lb 40z on a green diaw Bach, Other good catches as follows; Mr Phinn Dundee 3/14lb, Mr swankie Forfar 6/21lb 3oz, Jimmy and John Milne Dundee 6/22lb, Mr Clark Dunblane 4/19lb.

The Specimen pool saw 8 doubles caught this week biggest weighing in at 13lb 8oz on a miller skunk caught by Pat Mitchell from Dundee.

Top flies this week have been orange nomad and gold hughmungus fished on intermediate lines. There is still a good mix of browns and bows coming off best brown was a lovely 8 pounder caught by local angles Bob Swift from Wellbank. Other good catches as follows Mr Wright from Invergowrie 4 29lb Mr J smith Dundee 4/30lb 8oz Mrs Butchart Glasgow 4/31lb 4oz.

Week ending: 8th June 2008

This week saw regular angler mr boab miller catch his first double figure fish at kingennie he was fishing with his home tied miller skunk ,he was just about to end his session when his rod was near pulled from his hand after about 20 minutes of playing the fish he had another fight on his hands trying to fit the huge fish into his net .most of the fish being caught this week on the specimen have been on intermediate lines with flies like the hummugus, green pea and white bobby cat notable catches as follows B Miller 2/19.5lb  with 1 at 12lb 12oz J Pettigrew 3 for 24lb Mr Thompson 2 for 18 lb 8oz

The bankside this week at kingennie has seen most anglers reach limits with no trouble at all some anglers on catch and release tickets returning 20 to 30 fish most of the action has been on the surface with floating lines and dries .cdcs have been doing very well with a single fly doing much better than two or three. Some anglers have had success with intermediate lines and lures such as the yellow dancer and the green pea notable catches as follows Mr Dixon 30 returned J Small 22 rtn Mr Wright 15 and 19 rtn Mr Miller jr 6 for 17.5lb G Gall 6 for 16lb
biggest fish of the week on the bankside went to Shane busher a fine rainbow of 7lb 6oz

Most anglers on the any method pond have had bag limits with ease all methods seem to be doing well with bait and spinners all catching

On the coarse pond season ticket holder Barry Bagnal had the first 20lber from the new pond he caught the huge mirror on his home made boilies some new fish have been ordered for the pond and should be here very soon watch the website for updates on the arrival of the new fish

Week ending: 1 June 2008

The past week at Kingennie has seen the Bankside catches, always good, get even better as the temperature slowly rose. Calm conditions are dusk are seeing some huge rises of fish on the Bankside Pond. At the beginning of the week, Mr Armstrong, fishing catch and release, had 8 for his session. By the end of the week, he recorded 20 for a catch and release session, mostly to small green buzzers fished on floating line, the line of choice for most Kingennie anglers.Other catches included Mr Kemlo, 2 for 8lbs, Mr Waldron, 2 for 9lbs and 2 for 10lbs. Whether on 2 or 6 fish limits, many anglers enjoyed limit baskets, with the quality of the fish remaining consistently high as evidenced by catches by Mr Small, 6 for 13lbs, Mr Gibb, 6 for 15lbs, Mr Harvey, 6 for 14lbs 8 ozs, and Mr Berner 6 for 15lbs 8ozs. As always on the Bankside, having caught their limits, they were able to fish on on a catch and release basis. Kingennie continues to hold a monthly Bankside competion on the Sunday nearest to the end of every month, with some great prizes of tackle and vouchers for fishing. Entry fee includes a snack lunch.

For entries or details phone the fishery team at 01382 350777. it is also intended to release a tagged fish or two soon on the Bankside, and to get Kingennie's fish pot underway again over the summer months, with a £1 entry going into the 'pot', and the pot, whatever it stands at, going to the captor of the tagged fish.

The Specimen Pond saw the bright conditions necessitate intermediate or sinking lines for day session anglers, but some good catches came off, including Mr Grant, 3 for 21lbs, Mr Rankine, 4 for 28lbs, Mr McHardy, 4 for 29lbs Mr Miller, 2 for 19lbs 8ozs, Mr Morrison, 2 for 14lbs and Mr Baxter 2 for 17lbs.

The Woodside any legal lure pond continues to produce good catches for beginners and experienced anglers alike, including many limit bags, often including rainbows to 2lbs and over. Worm, maggot, fly, sweetcorn and powerbait are all proving of interest to the Kingennie trout. Water clarity in all ponds is excellent, and good numbers of quality carp are being seen cruising at the surface on the coarse pond.

Week ending: 25th May 2008

Most of the fish being caught on the bankside at kingennie this week have been on intermediate lines as the fish have been put down by cold easterly winds and bright sunshine .when the wind has died down the fish have been up on the surface with fish being taken on various dries .cdcs have worked very good aswell as hoppers and foam ants. Fish of the week on the bankside goes to mr willoxs of dundee he had a fine rainbow of 7lb in a bag of 2 for 9.5lb other catchesas follows r miller 6 for 18lb j duncan 6 for 17.5lb kildrum ac

36 fish 102lb for 6 rods The specimen pond has been a hard fish this week with sinking or intermediate lines needed as the fish seem to be going deeper as a result of the bright sun and the strong east wind .bright lures blobs and booby have all done well this week mr bichard had the biggest fish of the week he managed a rainbow of 11.8lbs the fish was caught on a damsel also this week the mchardy party had 16 fish for 81 lbs .on the any method pond anglers have had no problem in getting their bag limits with all methods working well .

Week ending: 18th May 2008

Warmer weather during the day has seen good hatches of flies and fish feeding throughout the day. The bright conditions have necessitated fine leaders, but Bankside anglers ready to use small flies, buzzers and CDC's, have been rewarded with some lovely fully finned, hard fighting trout.

Evening sessions have seen some massive rises of trout as dusk approaches, and some catch and release regulars have enjoyed double figure catches. The average size is between 2 and 3 pounds, but a number of bigger fish from 4 to 6 pounds have been reported.

The Specimen Pond has produced several double figure fish this week, including 15 year old Matthew Fulton from Greenock's 12lbs 4ozs Rainbow, N Mitchell from Lochgelly's rainbow at 12lbs 1oz, and Jim Tait, Forfar at 10lbs 8ozs.

The Woodside any legal lure pond has also fished well this week, with fish averaging one and a half to two pounds. Among the Woodside catches were Mr Livingstone 2 for 3lbs, Mr Whitecross, 3 for 6lbs, Mr Martin, 6, 9lbs and Mr Miller, 2 for 3lbs 8ozs.

Water clarity in all ponds is excellent, with water so clear that anglers on the Bankside have even been able to watch and stalk fish feeding within sight of the platforms when conditions are calm.

Week ending: 11th May 2008

The long awaited improvement in the weather was welcomed by anglers at Kingennie with the rise in both air and water temperature bringing some good rises of fish on all ponds. The Bankside Pond in particular saw some prolific rises in the evenings, though day rods also reported fish moving steadily throughout day. Many went away happy with limit baskets taken on small black buzzers and black bodied CDC's which proved to be the most successful combination. Even those who found them hard to tempt were astonished by the numbers of fish they saw rising.

Mr Godfrey and Mr Gunn, fishing catch and release together, had 15 for their session, including a superbly conditioned brownie of around three and a half pounds. Mr Martin and his fishing partner had a great day on Saturday, taking 12 for 29lbs 10ozs.

The Specimen Pond also saw fish cruising and feeding at the surface, and Mr Willis and guests, fishing for two days, had 23 fish for 174lbs, including 3 doubles.

The any legal lure Woodside Pond saw good numbers of fish to 2lbs taken, with worm, maggot, spinner and powerbait all taking their share of trout.

Water clarity is excellent on all Ponds, and with more good weather forecast for the next week, prospects for fly hatches and more good rises of fish are excellent.

Week ending 4th May 2008

The change in wind over the last few days have really stirred up the fish in the Bankside pool.The slight rise in temperature have really got the fish feeding off the surface.Floating lines teamed up with a dry on the point and a buzzer on the dropper seems to be the tactic of the week.Mr Robert Hunter from perth had a blinding session on Friday catching and returning over 30 fish on drys and buzzers.Craig Dixson from Newport on tay also had a fantastic day when fishing size 18s and 16s on the surface returning  over 20 fish. Other notable catches;Season ticket holder Craig Horsbrugh from Fife c&r 50 fish for the week mainly on drys,Mr D Norrie from Dundee 6-15lb Buzzres,Mr Hill from the  Ferry 6-18lb c.d.c,MrSandy Bruce 6-18lb G.R.H.E.The April comp has been Moved to Sunday 4th May anyone interested please contact the fishery desk.

 The Specimen pool is fishing best in the morning when the fish are sitting in the first 3-4 feet of water .Lures such as Black Dancer ,White cat and Hot head damsels are all worth a go fished quite slow on a intermediate line.Mr Murdoch from Glasgow had a good bag of browns 4-28lb all on a Black Dancer,Mr Mark Watson From Aberdeen 4-29lb 8oz on a orange blob,Mr G Laird from dundee 4-27lb 12oz on a damsel.Mr Ken Masson from Blairgowrie managed to tempt a 11lb rainbow off the surface when he fished a sedge hog during a evening session he finished up with 3-26lb. 

Week Ending: 20th April 2008

The cold north winds put the fish down on the Bankside pool this week. Those who braved the winter like weather were rewarded with some heavy bags of fish. Mr J ward had 4-12lb on buzzers, Mr G Gall, Dundee 6-19lb on a hot spot damsel, Craig horsbrugh from Fife c&r 12 on buzzers and snatchers, Mr David Watson from Blairgowrie had good evening session when taking advantage of a calm night he had c&r 20 most of which fell to olive c.d.c. The Monthly Comp is on Sun 27th April call the shop for more details.

Invergowrie angler had a good day on the Specimen pool on Tuesday he had 4 Browns for 36lb biggest weighing in at 9lb 12oz he took all 4 on a salmon pink stalking bug! other good catches; Simpson party from Glasgow 5-30lb, Mr Rotherty from Montrose 8-43lb on a white nomad, Mrs Wood from Inverness had her heaviest fish ever after a 20 minute battle she finally landed a lovely fined perfect Blue trout weighing in at 9b 4oz.

Woodside pool is still producing good bags of fish with the average above the 2lb mark, the top tactic seems to yellow power bait fished about 2 feet under a bubble. Best fish this week was 4lb caught by junior angler Stewart Miller on a worm. Other notable returns; MrBurns from Dundee 2-6lb 4oz, MrF Waddle 4-8lb 7oz, Mr J Morison 4-8lb 2oz.

Week Ending: 28th March 2008

The warm start to the week got the fish looking and willing to take a dry off the surface in the Bankside pool. Early morning or late evening seems to be when the fishing is at its best, Mr Smart from Dundee c+r 18 on a black hopper.

As the week went on the weather just seemed to get worse and worse this putting the fish down and making them feed near the bottom making them abet harder to catch on dries.

Those who fished lures found Black and greens, silver humungus and damsels working the bestother notable return -

Mr Anderson 6-28lb 8oz
Mr Sutherland 6-15lb
Mrs Taylor returned 17 on buzzers
Mr Small, Dundee returned 10 on sedge hoggs.

The Specimen pool is still producing more Browns than rainbows. Best fish this weeks was a 9lb 9oz Brownie caught by Harry Whiteford from fife he landed the lovely fish on a size 16 olive buzzer. Mr Duncan from Ceres was the first person to use the new boats in the speci pool using the boat to his advantage in the blustery conditions catching 4 -29lb 3oz including 2 browns other notable returns; Jim tait forfar 4-25lb on the good old green pea, Mike Broomfield 4-28lb 8oz lures,Lodge guest Mr Thompson 2 browns for 11lb.Woodside pool is back to its usual self after the algae bloom.

Fish being caught all round the pond spinners seem to be the favourite of the week with some good fish coming off most fish averaging over the alb mark.

Week Ending: 21st March 2008

SPECIMEN POOL

The specimen pond fished well this week despite the terrible weather we had most of the Fish caught were on lures fished on intermediate lines. Lodge guest Mr Cook from Dumfries managed to tempt a rainbow of 7lb 3oz to a cdc.

Local angler Bob Miller had a couple of cracking browns to a weight of 14lb both caught on his self tied lures.

Other notable catches -

Mr Traynor 3 for 18 lb 8oz
Mr R Grant 2 for 15lb 4oz
B Miller 2 for 14lb
R Coleman 1 for 12 lb 2oz

BANKSIDE POOL

The wind has made fishing conditions almost impossible for most of the week the few anglers that braved the Weather found the fishing hard going sinking lines with booby has been the most productive method the Bank of Scotland angling club had a good day on Saturday with 25 fish for 49 lb

Other catches -

G Steven 16 returned E west 4 for 11lb 3oz
T Brown 2 for 6lb 8oz
J Brown 1 for 5lb

WOODSIDE POOL

The woodside is now open again after we had to drain the water it has now been restocked and is ready to fish.

Week Ending: 28th March 2008

Cold winds in the early part of last week kept anglers at home and the fish 'down'. However, those who did venture out found fish willing to take when the temperature rose even a degree or two.

On the bankside pond, small flies were successful, with good fish from two to three pounds being taken with several going to 4lbs and over. The Woodside pool saw baits ranging from worms to maggot to powerbait all taking fish. The recently re-opened Specimen Pond has been fishing really well, and anglers have been delighted to enjoy taking quality browns and rainbows. The stocking of big browns has been a great success, and has seen fish to eight and a half pounds taken, with more browns than rainbows coming off. The colder weather meant lures fished deep were most successful, but any warmer spells around late morning/early afternoon saw fish being taken closer to the surface.

Among the returns were -

Specimen Pond
Mr Bairner, 4-23lb 8oz
Mr Melville, 4-25lb.

Bankside comp winner was Willie Agnew from Dundee with 7 fish for 14lb. Second place Tam Kemlo 5-13lb 12oz including a brown of 8lb.

Mr Maddox, 6-19lb 6oz
Mr Downie,6-23lbs 8oz
Mr Dobbie, 2-8lbs
Mr Broomfield, 2-8lbs 4oz.

There have also been encouraging signs that the coarse fish are settling well into their new home in the former Specimen Pond with reports of sightings of the big carp in the Applehill Pond stirring up mud and bubbles as they feed hard on the bottom, giving grounds for optimism that 2008 will be a good season for Kingennie's coarse anglers.

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Week Ending: 21st March 2008

SPECIMEN POOL

The specimen pond fished well this week despite the terrible weather we had most of the Fish caught were on lures fished on intermediate lines. Lodge guest Mr Cook from Dumfries managed to tempt a rainbow of 7lb 3oz to a cdc.

Local angler Bob Miller had a couple of cracking browns to a weight of 14lb both caught on his self tied lures.

Other notable catches -

Mr Traynor 3 for 18 lb 8oz
Mr R Grant 2 for 15lb 4oz
B Miller 2 for 14lb
R Coleman 1 for 12 lb 2oz

BANKSIDE POOL

The wind has made fishing conditions almost impossible for most of the week the few anglers that braved the Weather found the fishing hard going sinking lines with booby has been the most productive method the Bank of Scotland angling club had a good day on Saturday with 25 fish for 49 lb

Other catches -

G Steven 16 returned E west 4 for 11lb 3oz
T Brown 2 for 6lb 8oz
J Brown 1 for 5lb

WOODSIDE POOL

The woodside is now open again after we had to drain the water it has now been restocked and is ready to fish.