Air Temperature: 6C-12C
Water Temperature: 14-12C
Water Height: -22cm
No of rods: 10
No fish: 13
Biggest fish: 22lbs, Pat Butler and Michel Terrasse
No of fish 30lbs+: 0
No of fish 20-29lbs: 3
No of fish 8-19lbs: 10
Grilse: 0
Weather: What a difference a day makes! The new arrivals were greeted by chilly weather, overcast skies, occasional drizzle and a light upstream wind.
Manager's comments: Finally we seem to have good fishing conditions! The water has dropped back a couple of degrees and the skies are grey. More like normal weather on Yokanga.
Enric S had a good start taking two beautiful hen fish, both of 18lbs and in the river for a day at most, from Upper Norcamp. The beat has not fished so well over the last couple of weeks so it was great to see it perform as the water is a perfect fishing height.
Pat B, having had some casting practise on another river on the Kola Peninsula, landed a fresh 22lber from Sand Island. Michel T from France also landed one of the same size from Lyliok.
What the figures do not show is the actual sizes of the fish. So many are in the middle to high teens. For the benefit of Yokanga blog readers, here is a summary. 1x10, 2x12, 1x14, 1x15, 2x16, 1x17, 2x18, 1x20, 2x22. Every single fish is a bar of silver straight in from the sea and fights like crazy under the conditions we have. If conditions remain then we hope to have similar action tomorrow.
