Saturday 18 July 2015

Weekly Report

Date: 11-18 July

Air Temperature: 5C-10C
Water Temperature: 6C-9C
Water Height: -21cm to -19cm
No of rods: 7
No fish: 156
Biggest fish: 33lbs Rudi Navratil
No of fish 30lbs+: 2
No of fish 20-29lbs: 8
No of fish 8-19lbs: 59
Grilse: 87

Weather: A remarkably cold week for mid July. Mostly overcast with occasional rain preventing the river levels from dropping.

Manager's comments: What an outstanding week. While known for big salmon, many people forget that Yokanga has good runs of grilse and smaller salmon all through July and even into early August. This is unusual for the rivers on the north coast.
First time salmon fisher, Rudi Navratil, took the best fish of the week, a sea liced  33lber from Cliff.
The week averaged 22 fish per rod. There are not many places to do that and know with certainty that you are fishing over salmon of 20lbs and 30lbs on a daily basis!