Sick Kids Charity Comp - Eiliot Beach Arbroath

Sunday was the annual charity fishing competion to raise some badly needed funds for the Sick Kids Hospital in Edinburgh. I had been looking forward to this as it had always clashed with other things and this was the first time I was free to fish it.



Early arrivals wait for the start

Registration was 8 - 9 a.m. with fishing 9:30 a.m. till 3:30 p.m. and it was a pegged match which means you pull a number out of a hat and the luck (or lack of it) give you your stance on the beach for the day. I pulled out 22 from the hat and after exchanging a few hellos with some folk wnodered down to see where I was on the beach. Turned out I had been drawn right next to another Jedi SAC member, Sultzer. We were down at the peg early so had a lot of time to chat to others as they came down to the beach to find their own pegs.

Weather was absolutely beautiful and there was just a gentle breeze in the air and nice a warm. Perfect for a sociable days fishing catching up with some folk I'd not seen in a while and hopefully also catching a few :)

And we are off

My second wee flounder

After a waiting a while the time came to start fishing. As it was a catch and release competition everyone was limited to fishing with one rod and a rig with no more than three hooks on it. Fishing was slow for me all day long, but there were some really nice Turbot being landed all along the beach. Unfortunately now chanced by my hooks and all I had to show for the day was two small flounders. Still won a case of beers and another couple of things in the raffle.

Best of all the day raised over £2,000 for the Royal Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh. 

Scouting Crail

Saturday pasts plan was to scout some potential winter cod marks to see the lie of the land over a low tide and possibly winkle out a few fishes to boot. To cut a long story short the scouting gave some potential for winter and the fishing was a big fat blanker. I moved about a fair bit but to no end unfortunately. Ah well next time :)