David continues good run
Last updated 08:45, Friday, 20 June 2008
David Bamford kept up his fantastic run of form this season, by hooking and landing another Eden salmon at Warwick Hall on Monday.
He took the fresh run eight- pounder whilst spinning in the Gravel Bed.
After landing a 10lb Eden salmon at the beginning of the month Gary Kulaszewski's early start on Sunday paid off when he hooked another lively 10 pounder which put up a quite a struggle before being landed and returned.
On Tuesday evening Garry, of Carlisle, was fishing the Carlisle Angling Association water and hooked and landed a 7½ pounder once again the killing fly was an Autumn Boyo. Also in action on the CAA water on Tuesday was Steven Beckett who landed a 10 pounder on the fly.
Jimmy Singer-Wright from Whitehaven won the latest Harrington Sea Angling Club match on Saturday at South-Heads, St Bees with a 3lb 2¼oz cod which was the heaviest fish on the day.
The Carlisle and District Coarse Angling Club's second summer league match of the season took place on Whins pond Sunday and Bob Youdale of Keswick took first place with 10lb 13oz of small roach and skimmers on the pole.
Carlisle's Peter Brown also adopted pole tactics to take second place with 10lb 2oz of small roach and skimmers for second place. In joint third place were Andy Davidson and Shaun Corless with 8lb 14oz small roach and skimmers although Andy included one tench in his bag. Andy and Shaun also share a section win, winner of the other section was Frank Birtwhistle with 8lb 10oz.
Alan Edmondson drew peg seven and landed the biggest fish caught during Tuesday evenings match at Whins Pond; a male bream of 7lb 3oz caught on spicy shrimp and prawn boilies in conjunction with a PVA bag.
Together with a couple of roach caught on the whip Alan weighed in 7lb 7oz for first place taking him to fifth in the league. Ian Corri moved back to top spot with a net of silver fish weighing 5lb 11oz from peg 27.
Ian hooked three large fish on the pole but lost them all in weeds. In third place was Jeff Whittle with 4lb 6oz of roach and skimmers on the pole from peg 24. Tony Harrison from Carlisle fished the waggler and weighed 3lb 2oz for fourth place. Tony Whear had 3lb and Mike Clusker landed 2lb of skimmers for sixth place.
I know that many sea anglers from this area travel over the Border to sample the fishing along the varied Dumfries and Galloway coastline.
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The Macmillan Cancer Support Big Fish competition was held at Broom Fisheries, Annan on Saturday and £4,300 was raised for the charity by 37 anglers who competed in fly fishing and coarse fishing events.
There were four specially tagged rainbow trout in the waters this year with secret prizes attached, and Rob Jarman from Penrith managed to catch one of them during the 6 hour session which netted him a £300 cash prize.
The heaviest bag winner was Hagen Patterson from Thornhill, who had 10 fish weighing 25lbs 1oz, and the biggest fish prize was won by Sandy Kirkpatrick from Annan with a beautiful rainbow at 3lbs 4ozs. Sandy, a well known local fisherman, also won the prize for the most money collected in sponsorship for the event.
