Look after those salmon parr
Salmon parr and fry are the future of the Salney salmon fishery. See how to tell them apart from trout and photos of reecent electrofishing work. See salmon parr July 2011
Sea Trout report 13 July
Sea trout fishing on the upper river remains productive. No sign of a run of grilse at present. See 13 July Report
Interesting News from the Atlantic Salmon Federation
The Atlantic Salmon Federation website contains a number of interesting articles on issues facing the salmon see http://asf.ca/news.php Recent articles worth a look include reports on the increased number of fish returning to UK rivers use of scales to identify where … Continued
Fishing report 6 July 2011
Salmon fishing now very slow but there are reports of good seatrout fishing. See 6 July Report.
4 Million Alaska Salmon Landed
Reports from Alaska of commercial landings of 4 million salmon suggest that feeding at sea in the pacific must have been good this year. See report
Water brings at least 12 Salmon and good seatrout in places
The 3 foot flood at the weekend has resulted in good salmon fishing for the time of year with, on the basis of limited reports, at least 12 fish landed for the week. The fish were well spread throught the river. Excellent … Continued
Water at last
A 3 foot flood has provided a very welcome lift to and flush out of the river with reports of fresh fish moving upstream from Enniscorthy where they have been held back by the low water. The Boro has had a big … Continued
Salmon Watch Ireland Submission re proposed Castlemaine Draft Net Fishery
Salmon Watch Ireland have put a very detailed submission into the Department in relation to the proposed mixed stock draft net fishery in Kerry. They recomend that the proposal be set aside until the Habitats Directive has been complied with. See submission
Sea Trout Now Running
As the 15th of June report relates seatrout are running in reasonable numbers while salmon fishing is still very much limited to the lower reaches of the river close to Enniscorthy due to the drought. Can seatrout anglers please take … Continued
More Salmon Seen Off Greenland
The Greenland Government recently agreed to maintain its commercial fishery quota at zero for 2011 despite protest from local netsmen who claim that there are now more Salmon off the Greenland coast and point to the failure of countries such … Continued