ANOTHER RIVER TO make a remarkable recovery in recent years, and with the help of a hatchery to jump start the run, is England’s River Tyne. The fishing is reported to be quite bouyant this summer, helped by some releases from Kielder reservoir, and the river now holds a good stock of salmon and sea-trout.
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Archive for July, 2008
River Tyne fishing
Posted in Fishing updates on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kylemore Fishery
Posted in Fishing updates, tagged Danny Goldrick, Dawros River, fishing in Ireland, Kylemore, lake fishing, lough fishing, salmon fishing Ireland, sea-trout fishing on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DANNY GOLDRICK kindly supplied an article for this year’s (unpublished) Salmon Annual which describes the delights of the Kylemore Fishery in his native west of Ireland. Rather than post the text and photographs here in the blog, it is available in PDF form by clicking on the link below:
kylemore-pdf
River Nausta, Norway
Posted in Fishing updates, tagged Fabel Aktiv, Nausta fishing, Nausta salmon fishing, River Nausta, River Nausta salmon, salmon fishing Norway on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
THE RIVER NAUSTA, or Nausdal, lies in the Sogn and Fjordane county, about 120 km (as the crow flies) north of Bergen. The river is 12 km in length. Not long compared to some, but over the last 20 years this river has been one of the most productive in the country for fish per [...]
Monster salmon taken in Alta fjord nets
Posted in Fishing updates, tagged 80lb salmon, 80lb salmon caught, Alta fjord nets, Alta salmon, monster Alta salmon on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a report about a monster salmon taken in the “krokgarn” nets in the Alta fjord – it is thought to have weighed 37.5kg or 82.5lb. I bet that one would have taken you down to your backing a couple of times if hooked on rod and line!
The nets have reportedly been taking a lot [...]
