Last week’s note was about poaching in the UK – the recent conviction of 2 men for netting in the Waterford estuary and lots of comment on the forums about alledged illegal netting on for example the Nore and other rivers indicates that … Continued
The seatrout fishing has slowed down considerably as you would expect given the fact the trout have been in the pools for several weeks now. As far as salmon go there have been no widespread reports of grilse in the … Continued
In light of reports of poaching incidents across the country, the attached article on poaching on the Wye, shows that this is a problem big problem abroad as well. Although it would appear that the widespread netting river pools is more typically a … Continued
The Atlantic Salmon Federation news letter includes reports indicating that Canadian and even Maine rivers are having improved runs of MSW atlantic salmon. See North America. Closer to home the grilse seem to be arriving at last with Simon Ashe at Ballynahinch … Continued
Salmon parr and fry are the future of the Salney salmon fishery. See how to tell them apart from trout and photos of reecent electrofishing work. See salmon parr July 2011
Sea trout fishing on the upper river remains productive. No sign of a run of grilse at present. See 13 July Report
The Atlantic Salmon Federation website contains a number of interesting articles on issues facing the salmon see http://asf.ca/news.php Recent articles worth a look include reports on the increased number of fish returning to UK rivers use of scales to identify where … Continued
Salmon fishing now very slow but there are reports of good seatrout fishing. See 6 July Report.
Reports from Alaska of commercial landings of 4 million salmon suggest that feeding at sea in the pacific must have been good this year. See report
The 3 foot flood at the weekend has resulted in good salmon fishing for the time of year with, on the basis of limited reports, at least 12 fish landed for the week. The fish were well spread throught the river. Excellent … Continued