Air Temperature: 7C-15C
Water temperature: 11C
Water height: -11cm
No of rods: 16
No fish: 24
Biggest fish: 32 x 2 Michael Gumener and Jack Meredith
No of fish 30lbs+: 2
No of fish 20-29lbs: 5
No of fish 8-19lbs: 7
Grilse: 0
Weather: Gentle westerly building a little in the afternoon as cloud cover rolled in.
Comments: Our fishers are still seemingly targeting smaller numbers of fish than at this time in a regular year, however the quality is there for all to see! Michael was invited to Poachers by his great friends Marc and Philippe and proceeded to use his Park Shrimp (3/4" copper tube) to "poach" their water to great effect landing a 27lb fish from the main top draw and a 32lb hen from the "badlands" between Poachers corner and Beach - a great fish and rare spot for anything other than summer grilse!
7 Islands was good again producing lovely fresh fish to 27lbs for Jonathan and Berndt and Norcamp began to produce with Andrew and Donald landing a few in the upper section. Generally the team are fishing sink tips and tubes still with brighter patterns taking the lead.
Michael B kindly invited Jack to fish his Lyiok left bank evening rotation - an invitation that did not go to waste as Jack hooked a huge fish in the top "pot" which when landed 45 minutes later in the top of Crow's Lake weighed in at 32lbs. A great moment for Jack and really exactly what Yokanga is all about. You can have a lean few days and just when you feel luck is not on your side you have an epic battle and land the fish of a lifetime.
Oleg, the night guide, also reported a small number of very large fish showing at midnight as they moved up through Lyliok and Home Pool.....wonder if anyone will connect with them tomorrow?
