Air Temp: 19 degrees C
Water Temp: 15
Water height: -15 cm
Number of rods: 14
Number fish caught: 16
Biggest fish: 30lbs Jonathan Murray
No 30+:1
No 20-29: 6
No 8-19: 9
Grilse: 0
30lber from Island
Weather: A hot and sunny Saturday with heavy rain late on. Warm and windy on Sunday with some cloud cover.
Manager's comments: After a smooth
transit through Murmansk, everyone arrived in good time at the lodge. After a
quick ‘dinner’, and in high spirits having heard the results of the previous
week, everyone was on the river keen to have a cast. However, high expectations
were not realised when the team scored a collective 3. After fishing
discussions at the bar concluded that the water increasing to a high of 16C was
to blame.
Hi Philippe!
Sunday dawned and the troops went
at it with renewed vigour. It was not easy casting in some places with high
winds putting a two foot swell on Poachers. Not the easiest of days there were
the inevitable few blank rods but people picked away and the results cannot be
sniffed at. 6 out of the 13 fish caught were over 20lbs! That is pretty
incredible fishing by any standard.
Notably Oliver D took a 25lber from
Lyliok which he fought for an hour and was just pipped by Pete W who managed
one of 27lbs. Marc G had a lovely 22lb fish. Sadly his brother could not make
the trip this year so did not witness his triumph. Next year Philippe! Lord
Bath was top of the leader board with 3 fish, 2 of them north of the magic 20lb
mark. He was even gentlemanly enough not to count the one that made it to the
net but was hooked in the ‘waistcoat’. Jonathan M, here for a 2 week test of
endurance, landed a cracking 30lber from Island having had a good rest on his
middle Saturday.
Sashimi time
All in all a pretty reasonable
start. Fresh fish were seen running but conditions conspired against us to
score highly. We look forward to the drop in temperature that seems to be
forecast for Monday morning although the likely outcome of water being warmer
than the air may hamper optimal fishing initially.
Beer o'clock on the Yokanga
