The first day of the Tarsan Competition was a super day weather-wise, sunny with a strong breeze. Eight competitors took part and all found the fishing to be very hard, compounded by seemingly malfunctioning weighing scales but the winner, by a convincing margin was Lee Lindop.
Nice wee brown trout (other two were slightly bigger) taken from Loch Tarsan this weekend, probably around the 12oz mark, just shows that they are there for the taking, but you have to work hard for them … try “black and red” 😉
The new season got off to a good start on Tuesday, with all boats on Loch Loskin booked, fish were caught in good numbers by all anglers, some taking catches to double figures (that’s numbers not weight ) So what are you all waiting for ? Book a boat and get down there.
Loch Tarsan fished well also, even though it hasn’t been stocked yet, anglers landed several perfect condition overwintered brownies.
Fish are valuable
members are reminded to return fish carefully when using “catch and release”
A lovely morning for boats in at Tarsan, even though it was a tad cold, the loch was frozen over at boathouse bay and we had a bit of bother at first freeing the mooring lines from the ice. Nine members turned out to help with the job, a big thanks to them 🙂 … thought maybe a few new faces would have turned out to share the workload, but was not to be ! Hey-ho that’s life 
Members are reminded that from now on, when booking a boat for either Loch Tarsan or Loch Eck, you must specify which type of boat you require, either long shaft or short shaft ! This saves disappointment when arriving at the water and your boat is being used by others.
Thanks for your help in this matter.
Help is required for the boats in on 6th March at 10am for Loch Tarsan and also 13th March at 10am for Loch Loskin it would be nice to see some new faces there apart from the usual lads who turn out religiously every time ! The job wont take long, and remember many hands make light work.
A cold and tranquil Loch Tarsan this morning, but look on the bright side, it’s only eight weeks till the start of the brown trout season, so get your rods and reels all ready for the big event …. It’s going to be a good year !
The result for the “Jimmy Docherty Rover Challenge Trophy” is shared this year between Bill Rankin and Paul McLean, well done guys ! The trophy was donated by Joe Docherty in memory of his father Jimmy, a member of this club in the early years.
The fifth and final Tarsan competition was held on Saturday, 8th August. The loch was high and the weather windy, making fishing challenging. Only five members weighed in and the top rod was once again Lee Lindop with 10 brown trout, at 6lb 4 0zs.
The top three competitors of this year’s Tarsan competitions will represent the club in the Scottish Nationals next season are as follows:
Ø Lee Lindop, 40 @ 27lbs 14ozs
Ø Bill Rankin, 22 @16lbs 3ozs
Ø Jake Chambers, 20 @ 14lbs 12 ozs
The P J Mackenzie trophy for the most fish caught over the four competitions was Lee Lindop. Paul McLean won the Tarsan cup for the heaviest fish of 1lb 12 ozs.
That’s it for the Tarsan competitions this season, see you all next season, new members always welcome.
Its the final round of the Tarsan Competition this Saturday (8th), here’s hoping for some better weather and good catches.
Dunoon and District Angling Club 