Sunday 31 December 2023
Happy New Year
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Posted by
Mike Fitzgerald
May we wish all customers and friends a very happy new year and a successful angling 2024.
Best wishes
Karen and Mike
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Fishery Now Closed for Winter Season
The fishery is now closed and will reopen in mid-March. The actual opening date will depend upon the weather and will be posted on the Blog closer to the date.
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Tuesday 31 October 2023
Fishery Closed Sunday 5 November and Monday 6 November
The Fishery will be closed on Sunday 5th November and Monday 6th November for a private party. We will reopen on Tuesday 7th November.
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2023 Dunlichity Cup - Heat 5 and Season Results
10 keen anglers arrived for the final heat of the 2023 Dunlichity Cup, with the eventual season winner still to be determined.
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A lot of fish were caught and everyone scored points. Liam Skinner took 10 points with a bag of 5lb 15oz, with Graham Matheson second and Michael Gordon third.
The overall competition was won by Allan Dallas, who scored seven points or more in four of the season's five heats. Liam Skinner's ten points in the final heat secured him second place, with last year's winner, Graham Matheson in third.
Jamie MacGregor Snr, Neil Pirrie, David Skinner and Denis Howell all won fishery vouchers.
2023 Dunlichity Cup Final League Table
2023 Dunlichity Cup Winner Allan Dallas
Allan Dallas and runner up Liam Skinner
Next year's competition will begin in April. In the meantime, we hope all competitors have a wonderful winter.
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Monday 2 October 2023
2023 Dunlichity Cup - Heat 5 Saturday 7 October
The final heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup will take place on Saturday 7 October at 09.00.
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2023 Dunlichity Cup - Heat 4 Results
14 competitors attended for the 4th heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup.
With one heat to go, Allan Dallas is in a very strong position. With Jamie MacGregor Snr's absence from the final heat, only Liam Skinner and Graham Matheson can prevent Allan from taking this year's trophy. With prizes down to 7th place, 17 anglers could still win a prize.
Liam Skinner, who began the day in joint second place, had to leave after two pegs and was unable to add to his points total.
Martin Krop, in a change to his usual tactics, took both of his fish in the first peg and was rewarded with second place and 9 points.
The heat winner was Graham Matheson, with a bag of 6lb. Allan Dallas' third place saw him retain overall lead, with Jamie MacGregor Snr in second place.
With one heat to go, Allan Dallas is in a very strong position. With Jamie MacGregor Snr's absence from the final heat, only Liam Skinner and Graham Matheson can prevent Allan from taking this year's trophy. With prizes down to 7th place, 17 anglers could still win a prize.
The final heat is on Saturday 7 October at 09.00.
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Wednesday 27 September 2023
Fishery Closing Times
As the nights draw in, we are now basing our closing times to the sunset.
Today's sunset time is 19.03, so the today's last ticket will be need to be issued by 17.03.
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Our opening times will now be from 09.00 to sunset. The last ticket will be issued 2 hours before sunset and if there is nobody at the fishery at that time, the fishery will close.
We will be using the sunset time as on the bottom right hand corner of the BBC weather website for Inverness (see photo below as an example for today's closing times).
Today's sunset time is 19.03, so the today's last ticket will be need to be issued by 17.03.
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Tuesday 29 August 2023
2023 Dunlichity Cup Heat 4 - Saturday 2 September
The 4th and penultimate heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup will be held on Saturday 2 September at 09.00.
The top lochan will be closed for the competition until 14.15.
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2023 Dunlichity Cup - Heat 3 Results
15 competitors arrived for the third heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup. In particular, it was good to welcome back Gordon Haggart, Michael Gordon and George Skinner.
Although there were forecasts of lightning, thankfully, we escaped any really adverse weather.
The first peg was eventful, with Jamie MacGregor Snr catching 12 fish and George Skinner celebrating his return to the Dunlichity Cup by going for a dip in the lochan!
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As usual, most fish were caught in the first four pegs, with Jamie catching his winning 6lb 15oz bag in the first three pegs. Michael Gordon was second with 5lb 11oz and Liam Skinner third with 5lb 3oz. George Skinner won the bottle ( for the biggest fish outside of the top three and for the best dive of the day!).
With two heats remaining, anyone can still win this year's trophy, but Allan Dallas is the only competitor who can win it at the next heat.
The 4th and penultimate heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup is on Saturday 2 September at 09.00.
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Thursday 13 July 2023
2023 Dunlichity Cup Heat 3 - Saturday 15 July
The third heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup will be held on Saturday 15 July at 09.00. the top lochan will be closed until 14.15.
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2023 Dunlichity Cup - Heat 2 Results
18 competitors arrived in bright, sunny conditions for this year's second heat. Scott Fraser and Robert Stronach appeared for their first outings in the competition this year.
The third heat of this year's competition s=is on Saturday 15 July at 09.00.
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Jamie MacGregor Snr completed his bag within two pegs for a weight of 5lb 7oz. However, this was only good enough for second place after Allan Dallas caught his second fish in the fourth pegs (one of the big ones!) to finish with a winning weight of 7lb 0oz.
Graham Matheson took third place with 4lb 13oz and Lian Skinner took the bottle of win for the best fish outside the top three for the second consecutive time.
Current league positions are as follows:
The third heat of this year's competition s=is on Saturday 15 July at 09.00.
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Monday 12 June 2023
2023 Dunlichity Cup - Saturday 17 June
The second heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup will be held on Saturday 17 June at 09.00. the top lochan will be closed until 14.15.
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2023 Dunlichity Cup - Heat 1 Results
It was great to welcome 17 competitors to the first heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup, after an absence of a year.
Heat 2 of this year's is on Saturday 17 June.
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Conditions were good and fish were moving, and tactics played a large part in the outcome of the heat. The lure of a 10lber meant that a lot of smaller fish were returned and resulted in only three competitors taking their full bag.
Allan Dallas led the way with two great fish in the first peg and set a target that nobody could match. David Skinner came second with his two fish caught in the last ten minutes of the last peg. Denis Howell came third and Liam Skinner won a bottle of wine for the best fish outside of the top three.
Current league positions are as follows:
Heat 2 of this year's is on Saturday 17 June.
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Thursday 18 May 2023
2023 Dunlichity Cup Heat 1 - Saturday 20 May
The first heat of this year's Dunlichity Cup will be held from 09.00 on Saturday 20 May. The top lochan will be closed until 14.00.
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Friday 31 March 2023
Fishery Update for April - New Prices and Opening Hours
Just to make everyone aware of a few changes that will come into effect from tomorrow, Saturday 1 April:
Pricing
We are increasing our prices by £2 per ticket. This is the first time that we have announced a price increase for over 3 years. We are also introducing a 3 hour ticket, either Catch and Release or one or two fish.
Opening Hours
We will now close at 20.00, so last tickets will be issued by 18.00. If nobody is fishing at 18.00, we will probably close for the evening.
We are currently experiencing problems with the website, so the above information will be updated on the site as soon as the issues have been resolved.
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Monday 20 March 2023
Road Closure - Wednesday 22 March for 3 days
The road from Slackbuie to Inverarnie via Tomfat Woods will be closed from the morning of Wednesday 22 March for three days for resurfacing.
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Visitors to the fishery should either use the A9 to Daviot or the Essich road.
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Monday 20 March - Fishery Reopens
The fishery has reopened this morning. Banks are damp so care is needed when moving around.
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Wednesday 15 March 2023
Fishery Closed. Reopens Monday 20 March weather permitting
An overnight frost has resulted in the lochans remaining frozen this morning.
There are varying weather forecasts over the next few days. However, we have a number of jobs to carry out at the fishery and bothy so intend to remain closed until Monday 20 March, at which point we will reopen, weather permitting. If there are any changes to this, we will update the Blog.
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Wednesday 8 March 2023
Wednesday 8 March - Fishery Closed
The fishery reopened as planned on 1 March, with Gary Russell catching the first 3 fish of the season.
Fish have continued to be caught but the cold weather has made conditions difficult.
After very low overnight temperatures, both lochans are frozen. Given the forecast for the next few days is more very low temperatures, we have decided to remain closed over the weekend. We will review the status of the fishery next week, with a view to reopening on Wednesday, conditions permitting.
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Wednesday 11 January 2023
Fishery Update - January 2023
Happy New Year to everyone.
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We are still here and just want to give everyone an update regarding the fishery.
We have been frozen since before Christmas and given the usual weather profile for this time of the year, we have decided to remain closed until 1 March, when we will reopen subject to weather conditions.
We hope you are all well and look forward to seeing you later in the year.
Best wishes
Karen and Mike
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