Date: 20-27 June
Air Temperature: 8-21C
Water Temperature: 11C-21C
Water Height: -8cm to -21cm
No of rods: 16
No fish: 83
Biggest fish: 34lbs Soren Celinder
No of fish 30lbs+: 1
No of fish 20-29lbs: 14
No of fish 8-19lbs: 66
Grilse: 2
Weather: A particularly sunny and windy week, firstly upstream and then downstream for the last few days. With it came warm summer temperatures.
Manager's comments: Conditions were far from ideal for fishing but Yokanga certainly looked her beautiful best with water at a perfect height and every beat and pool fishing well with all features well defined.
The week had a great start but bright and sunny weather definitely hampered fishing and wind made for tricky casting at times. Dull conditions on the last day saw the fishing results pick up but it was definitely a week for perseverance.
The week did produce some quality fish with every fifth fish being 20lbs or more. At one stage of the week Colin J had 5 fish averaging 22lbs. There were some exceptional salmon in the high 20s. Straight in from the sea these gave people some great battles, some of which were won and one notable one which was lost. These encounters leave us all wondering what could have been and I suppose is part of the reason that makes Yokanga so unique and keeps us coming back hoping that we might be the lucky one. The fish of the week was a bright silver 34lb fish caught by Soren C.
The river is in good shape and if mother nature gives us some decent fishing conditions we should see catches increase week on week. We are seeing a few grilse entering the system so watch the space for updates in the coming days and weeks.
