Air
Temp: 12-20C
Water
Temp: 12C
Water
height: -9cm
Number
of rods: 14
Number
of fish caught: 21
Biggest
fish: 31.5lbs Paul I
No
30lb+: 1
No
20-29lbs: 7
No
8-19lbs: 13
Grilse:
0
Weather:
We
woke to yet another sunny day and the forecast afternoon cloud failed to materialise.
There was a very strong upstream wind hampering casting for many.
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| Heading upriver |
Manager’s Comments:
There
were smiles all round on the returning helicopter this evening with salmon
landed from all beats above the lodge. The fish are all absolutely mint fresh
from the sea and everyone is reporting fish going ballistic jumping a handful
of times during the fight.
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| Weighing John H's 15lber |
Colin
J and Martin V had an epic day at Upper Norcamp. Colin landed a 17lber and
21lber. Martin had a 10lber, 18lber and also a 20lber. The latter on a 5 foot 4
inch rod. His rod broke when bringing the fish in to the net…
As
I sit typing, Colin has just returned from an evening session on Lyliok. He
hooked a large fish close to the bank which then towed him up and down for 15
minutes, breaching several times in full view of him and Big Andrei before coming
loose. Colin reckons it was easily the largest fish he has hooked on the
Yokanga. He also lost a fish during the day which wrapped him around a rock and
eventually broke him.
The
story of the day was Paul I, who bettered yesterday's personal best when he
landed an absolutely stunning fresh 31.5lber at Cliff. His fishing partner Ken M
had three in the morning and a nice 16lber to finish the day from Pump.
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| Paul I with his 31.5lber from Cliff |
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| Valery N with his 24lber |
It
is worth mentioning that guides all have engines for their boats now. It makes downstream
progress (particularly across the lakes) that much faster particularly in a strong
upstream wind like today.
As
you might suspect, spirits are high and we all look forward to what is to come.
Henry
Mountain
