Air Temp: 8 > 10 degrees C
Water Temp: 14 degrees C
Water height: -12 cm
Number of rods: 14
Number fish caught: 27
Biggest fish: 34lbs Michael Gumener
No 30+:1
No 20-29: 7
No 8-19: 18
Grilse: 1
A 34lbs personal best for Michael
Weather:
A cool day with a stiff upstream
wind. Sunny in the afternoon with dropping wind speeds.
Manager's comments:
Who ever said
that you do not catch salmon when the water temperature is warmer than the air
temperature? This is the second time this week that we had inverse temperatures
and on both occasions we have had our best days. Had we been fishing in
Scotland we might have headed straight to the golf course!
Alan M had a good start with a
20lber in Golden Reach and then had a further three smaller sized from Lyliok
after dinner. Valery N had a 22lber in Island keeping up his personal record.
John H added a 22lber to his growing tally of impressive fish and Helmut Z also
got a 24lber in the net boosting the score of over 20lbers for the day still
further.
Another one breaks the 20lbs mark
Either Simon B is an incredibly
skilled fisherman (stifle the laughter please!) or Martin V has had a run of
bad luck. However things were to change today… At one moment the score was four
nil to Martin. Martin offered his gold hooked flies to Simon at 250 Euros each
and even more generously did not raise the price after each successive fish.
Martin finished the day with an absolutely outstanding 8 fish from Lyliok and
Crows Nest, the three best weighing 23lbs, 25lbs and 25lbs. It just goes to
show that you have to keep the faith and that perseverance will eventually pay
off. Simon landed a more than respectable three fish weighing 14lbs, 15lbs and
16lbs.
One of three over 20lbs for Martin V
The fish of the day fell to Michael
G. After a tough morning with no action, Michael was fishing the left bank of
Lyliok when he hooked a fish from the boat. It appeared a decent fish and was
clearly going to take some time so fishing partner Marc continued fishing away
from the bank. During a lull in the wind Marc got perfect timing with his
Skagit and threw out a long cast to which Michael shouted that he was casting
over his line and fish. Marc denied that he was anywhere near it and only
seconds later realised that he had in fact hooked Michael’s line! The conundrum
was then whether to admit that he was attached or simply hope the problem would
go away!
Tidying up the camp
For five minutes both Michael and
Marc had to reel unison until thankfully the fly came free of the flyline and
Michael was able to resume playing the fish on his own. The result of this
crisis was an absolutely stunning 34lb hen fish and a personal best for
Michael. Check out the incredible spotting on the head of the fish (top picture). It has been
suggested that it may be a repeat spawner but as scale samples were taken we
will get to find out the fish’s history.
Much to look forward to for the
last day of the week.
