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Please remember that once anglers have kept their allocated rod limit of fish they must stop fishing and leave the water.
Where fishing catch and release (using barbless or de-barbed hooks) anglers must stop fishing when they have their limit, and have released 15 fish.
RETURNS 2025
Week Ending May 26
Excellent sport this week on the Island Pond with fish feeding on or near the surface, and lots of fly life.
But it should be remembered the limit for catch and release is 15 per angler after which you must stop fishing.
This rule is to prevent damage to fish and to combat them being caught too frequently.
The fish appear eager to take a fly, but equally eager to spit it out! They’re fighting hard, not inclined to give up easily.
Successful lines included Floating, Sink Tip and Midge Tip lines as fish are fairly high in the water looking for food.
Coupled with Buzzers, Top-hat buzzers, Red and Black Nymph, Sunburst Fab, Tequila Fab, Crippled Midge, Hoppers, Diawl Bach, Crunchers, Orange Blob, Hot head Damsel, Ally McCoist, Alexandra, Midas, Dunkeld, or Hare’s Lug, they’ve been fished to great effect. Dry flies also proved successful.
Island Pond, Day
14 boats (21 rods), 41 fish for 71 lbs 2 ozs, 78 returned.
Island Pond, Evening
27 boats (44 rods), 25 fish for 38 lbs 14 ozs, 205 returned (includes Stuart Brymer Trophy).
North Pond, Day
No boats out
North Pond, Evening
One boat (1 rod), no fish.
Notable Catches
Calum Walker and Roddy McKay, 3 for 6 lbs, 12 returned.
Frank Ross, 15 returned.
George Stewart, 1 for 3 lbs 11 ozs, 13 returned.
R Shepherd (visitor) 4 for 9 lbs, 11 returned.
Aaron Phillip, 11 returned.
Week Ending May 17
Things are really hotting up on the Island Pond, with fish being taken in all areas of the water, particularly in the margins. Evening sessions also picking up with some good catches in the last hour.
But some anglers are catching and releasing more than the limit of 15 fish.
THIS IS AGAINST CLUB RULES.
When you have caught and released 15 fish you MUST come off the water.
Floating, Sink Tip and Midge Tip lines have all been successful fished with Buzzers, Top-hat buzzers, PT Nymph, Sunburst Fab, Tequila Fab, Muskins, Crippled Midge, Hoppers, Diawl Bach, Crunchers, Orange Blob and Hot-head Damsel.
Island Pond, Day
17 boats (29 rods) keeping 49 fish for 98 pounds 11 ounces, 134 returned.
Island Pond, Evening
21 boats (37 rods), 11 for 22 lbs 5 ozs, 291 returned. This included the two Club Championship heats.
North Pond, Day
No boats out.
North Pond, Evening
No boats out.
Clubs Out
Balbeggie AC, 5 boats (9 rods), 22 for 37 lbs 9 ozs, 10 returned.
Laurencekirk AC, 3 boats (6 rods), 8 for 17 lbs 6 ozs, 18 returned.
Notable Catches
Too many anglers into double figures to mention, with lots of fish over 3 lbs.
Week Ending May 10
Much better catches this week. More anglers out and fish feeding on plentiful fly life. Evening sessions offered some good sport, with some tantalising rises in the last hour.
Successful lines included floaters and midge tip. Coupled with flies such as Black Buzzer, PT Nymph, Sunburst Fab, Green Sedgehog, Blue Flash damsel, Hot head Damsel, Ally McCoist, Hopper, Diawl Bach, Kate McLaren Snatcher, Black Lure, Cat’s Whisker and Jenkins Muskins they attracted fish feeding fairly high in the water.
Island Pond, Day
17 boats (23 rods) keeping 39 fish for 90 lbs, with 90 returned.
Island Pond, Evening
5 boats (7 rods) keeping 6 fish for 13 lbs, 56 returned.
North Pond, Day
No boats out.
North Pond, Evening
No boats out.
Clubs Out
Perth Anglers Club, 2 boats (3 rods) keeping 8 fish for 14 lbs 8 ozs, including one at 4 lbs 4 ozs, 2 returned.
Aberdour Angling Club, 4 boats (7 rods) keeping 8 for 20 lbs 12 ozs.
Notable Catches
Darren Shepherd (visiter), 13 returned.
Duncan Inglis, 5 returned.
Sandy Miller, 13 returned.
Ian Fraser, 5 returned.
Mike Tidcombe, 9 for 5 lbs 8 ozs, 6 returned.
Week Ending May 3
Fish were more difficult to catch this week but if you can work out the right method (see Notable Catches below) the fish will oblige!
Successful flies included Black Buzzer, Claret Dabbler, PT Buzzer, Sunburst Fab, Midas, Grunter, Yellow Dancer, Claret Hopper, Diawl Bach, mostly on floating and midge tip lines.
Island Pond, Day
23 boats (34 rods), 7 fish for 18 lbs 1 oz, 46 returned.
Island Pond, Evening
3 boats (4 rods), 1 fish for 3 lbs, 11 returned.
North Pond, Day
No boats out.
North Pond, Evening
No boats out.
Clubs Out
Perth Ex-services Angling Club 3 boats, (6 rods) 3 for 8 lbs 8 ozs.
Notable Catches
B Heggie and boat partner (visitors), 12 returned, fishing Fab and Buzzer washing line combo.
Week Ending April 26
Better weather and catches are on the up with a lot of fish over the 3 lb mark!
There were many reports of fish being difficult to hold, with some casts being broken by the energetic rainbows.
Floating and midge tip lines were the most effective with fish lying near the surface, and successful flies included Black and Green, Buzzers, Blobs, Hot Head Damsel, Cormorant, Cruncher, Diawl Bach and small Goldhead Buzzers.
Island Pond, Day
12 boats (16 rods) keeping 30 fish for 108 lbs 6 ozs, with 34 fish returned.
Island Pond, Evening
4 boats (6 rods) keeping 4 fish for 13 lbs 6 ozs, with 23 fish returned.
North Pond, Day
No boats out.
North Pond, Evening
No boats out.
Clubs Out
Aberdeen BT Angling Club, 2 boats (4 rods) keeping 8 fish for 19 lbs 11 ozs.
Notable Catches
First and foremost, it's congratulations to D Rollie who caught his first-ever trout with a beauty at 3 lbs 6 ozs!
Frank Ross, 5 returned.
Jim Watson, 2 for 4 lbs 8 ozs, 3 returned.
J Stephen, 4 for 10 lbs 14 ozs, 3 returned.
Dave Anderson and Ian Walton, 5 for 16 lbs 10 ozs.
Murray Ferguson, 5 returned.
D Hamilton, 2 for 6 lbs 12 ozs.
Ken Forbes and George Bruce, 6 for 19 lbs 8 ozs, 2 returned.
Week Ending April 19
Very cold weather over the last month has had a huge effect on the fishing but, happily, the last couple of weeks has seen a big increase in the numbers of fish coming to the fly. Successful lines include floating, midge tip and intermediate, which, coupled with Dunkeld, Diawl Bach, Snatchers, small Cats Whisker, Damsels, and small black and green lures, proved to be the most productive combinations with fish often taking just sub-surface.
Island Pond, Day
46 boats (78 rods) 52 fish for 149 lbs 4 ozs, 99 returned.
North Pond, Day
3 boats (5 rods), no fish.
Island Pond, Evening
2 boat (3 rods) 6 fish for 14 lbs 6 ozs, 9 returned.
North Pond, Evening
No boats out.
Clubs Out
Dundee West End, 5 boats (10 rods), no fish.
Aberdeen BT Angling Club, 2 boats (4 rods), 5 for 6 lbs.
Ferry Flydressers Angling Club, 3 boats (6 rods), 6 for 17 lbs, 6 returned.
Notable Catches
B Heggie and R Gibson (visitors) returned 23 fish.
J Stephen, 9 returned.
D Roy returned 5.
D Hamilton and D Ross kept 4 fish and returned 4.
D Nicoll and W Ramsay, 5 returned.
A Carmichael and B Gall, 3 for 9 lbs 8 ozs, 3 returned.
B Selvie and M Selvie keeping 1 at just over 3 pounds, 4 returned.
R Smith, 2 for 6 lbs.
D Coupar, 2 for 8 lbs, 2 returned.
Week Ending March 22
Another cold week, which may be putting anglers off fishing. On a brighter note, big hatches of flies were being reported towards the end of the week with anglers having to walk through dense clouds of buzzers, etc, to get to the boats.
Island Pond
9 boats (14 rods) 3 fish for 3 lbs 11 ozs, 3 returned.
North Pond
No boats out.
Clubs Out
Arbroath AC, 5 boats (9 rods) 3 for 3 lbs 11 ozs.
Notable Returns
Davie Roy, 2 returned.
Week Ending March 15
A chilly week with two days lost to strong winds.
Island Pond
15 boats (19 rods) keeping 2 fish for 4 lbs 13 ozs, with 2 returned.
North Pond
No boats out.
Notable Catches
Colin Warden, 1 fish for 2 lbs 12 ozs.
Week Ending March 8
(Includes Opening Day, March 1)
Weather hasn’t been the best, but anglers are reporting fish being caught all over the Island Pond, many around three to four feet below the surface.
Successful flies included, Diawl Bach, Wee Kate, Yellow Dancer, Sunshine Cat and Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear, fished on floating or intermediate line.
Island Pond
29 boats, 45 rods, keeping 21 Rainbows and returning 53.
North Pond
1 boat, 2 rods.
Notable Catches
R. Malkowski with a superb fish weighing in at 2 lbs 12 ozs.
K. Robertson with another beauty at 2 lbs 8 ozs.
A. Brown and S. Richmond, 2 for 4 lbs 14 ozs.
