Lochter Report – Hints of Spring at lochter
Down Lochter way there was an uncertain and hesitant stirring in the air, which could be, dare we say it, an anticipation that Spring might be round the corner.
With the somewhat milder weather our Lochter wildlife are already showing that for them we are on the cusp of Spring and in reality they should know better than us anyway.Our ducks needed no dating website to be smugly paired up, our little grebes have also done so and can be seen energetically bobbing and bouncing about the water.Our oyster catchers have returned to feed then fly in tight formation about the ponds and the lapwings it can only be said - lap about a lot.
If you are very lucky you may see the electric blue flash of our kingfisher as it flies to its next favourite fishing perch but with nature there is always balance and we have that in the well honed and formidable sparrow hawk who swoops past daily to catch the weak, unwary or the wondering.
Last week, however we saw neither of these 3 qualities in the calibre of angler who swooped past Lochter to have a bit of fishing relief after the wholly unnecessary trauma of Valentines week.
Charlie Will used a fab and hares ear set up to good effect netting 20 fish,Colin McLeod firstly used a yellow dancer and then a hothead damsel on an intermediate line for his 17 fish, Barry Morgan ‘pulled lures deep’ which did well on the Muckle troot loch as it got him 16 fish and Mike Skene had 15 fish on buzzers.
Michael McDonald used either a bloodworm or white cat lure for his 13 fish,Davy Christie had 12 fish on a yellow lure and green cormorant,Nathan Cowie fished buzzers and apps bloodworm for 10 fish as did Jim Brown for his 10.
Albert Trail used an assortment of cormorants for his 10 fish, Graeme Sangster stuck with his favourite mop fly for 9 fish and I Goodlet had 8 on buzzers and small lures.
They say Spring is a time of ‘fresh hope’ so why not swoop past Lochter way and try a bit of fishing while the conditions are so good.
Tight lines – SRP 21/2/23
