Date:
2-9 June
Air
Temp: -2 > +8 C
Water
Temp: 6 > 7 > 5 > 6C
Water
height: +30 > +8cm
Number
of rods: 8
Number
of fish caught: 14 (+sea trout and ++kelts)
Biggest
fish: 26lbs Eric B
No
30lb+: 0
No
20-29lbs: 4
No
8-19lbs: 10
Grilse:
0
Weather:
Very
cold, windy, snowy and bitter.
Manager’s Comments:
After
a few great early spring fishing weeks (ignoring 2017 as a freak year), this
week reminded us what a hardcore place the northern Kola Peninsula can be in the early season. Wow,
that was cold!
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| Cold weather on the Yokanga |
 |
| Fresh Yokanga Silver |
Charlie
never stopped covering water – an accomplished caster now and kept Jake (his
brother in law to be) enthused and laughing. I think they are the first group
of Yokanga fishers to average two bankside fires a day – one with coffee and a
second with lunch.
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| Yokanga picnic lunch |
Dean
and Chris, who have seen it all before and had epic early weeks over recent
years, kept everyone laughing with great evening stories, nurturing a sort of
challenge mentality in the whole team to not let the tough conditions win.
It
was lovely to see Alan again, an experienced Yokanga fisher, who with guide Young
Vova fished all the hours and landed some nice overwintered salmon.
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| Alan into a fish |
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| Pete before the dancing |
Peter
Rippin
