Date:
8-15 June
Air Temp: -1C to 30C
Water Temp: 11.5C to 6C
Water height: +5cm to -3cm to +40cm
Water height: +5cm to -3cm to +40cm
Number
of rods: 14
Number
of fish caught: 42
Biggest
fish: 35lbs Andy E
No
30lb+: 5
No
20-29lbs: 15
No
8-19lbs: 22
Grilse:
0
Weather:
Yes
we are on the Kola Peninsula but still it has been a wildly changing weather
week! After the high of 30C and then the dramatic drop down to 0C it has still
remained cold for the latter part of the week with air temperatures struggling
to get much above 5C in the morning and then only rising a touch later in the
day when the sun has put in a brief appearance.
Manager’s Comments:
The
combination of rain earlier in the week and melting snow from Tuesday meant the
river rose significantly for Wednesday which combined with very high winds made
the fishing tricky. Conditions improved for the last two days of the week and
this was reflected in the scores.
David
M landed his personal best, a mint 33lber fishing at Boris’ Rock in Home Pool. The
same day, Sam A had a successful evening on the right bank of Lyliok and landed
a 19lber and 18lber.
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| David M and his 33lber from Boris' rock |
Carl
A also joined the 33lb club with a large cock fish which interestingly was also
hooked close to Boris’ Rock. That is now the third 33lber taken from the middle
of our Home Pool. They are definitely not the same fish but keep them coming!
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| Carl A joins the 33lber club |
Markku
L had a 28lb hen fish on Thursday from Golden Reach. The fight took some 35
minutes with the fish using the current to its advantage. In fact it took so
long that Markku was obliged to hand the rod to the guide for a short time
while he answered the call of nature before resuming the battle!
On
the last day, having already landed a 22lber from Lower Norcamp, Erkki K landed
a 31lber from Poachers. Shortly afterwards he then landed a third fish for his
day, an 11lber. What a great way to finish. His 31lber brought the weekly tally
of 30lbers to five.
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| Lyliok looking good |
Weather
and water conditions have been far from ideal this week so congratulations to
the team for sticking at it all week. All of the rods have fished this week before
and appreciate that it is spring fishing where you fish hard for a smaller
number of fish but are likely to encounter a quality salmon when you connect.
With nearly 50% of the catch being over 20lbs this was certainly the situation
this week. With everyone knowing each other there was plenty of banter around the
dining room table and it felt very much a team effort on the river.
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| Different water colour from the Lyliok tributary |
Given
the very high percentage of larger fish, it is clear that the main run is still
to come. The weather seems set to stay cool for the next week which will hopefully
mean they will move through the system slowly so that we can have a good go at
them.
Peter
Rippin and Henry Mountain
Gremikha
Camp, Lower Yokanga
We
have received the following from James B, one of our Gremikha regulars.
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| Greg on the first evening |
Gremikha
Camp caught a total of 26 fish with Greg getting at least two over 30lbs and
Tony one over 30lbs and 4 over 20lbs. Tony was top rod with 8 salmon, his best
week ever at Gremikha.
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| Greg with another over 30lbs |
