We are now well into the game fishing season and anglers have been enjoying some fantastic sport, although reports of Salmon are few and far between with only 2 fish reported caught and one lost, all on our lower beats and all on fly. Hopefully we get a late run and Salmon catches improve.
Grayling and Trout fishing has been excellent and the number of Sea Trout reported has steadily increased throughout June. Below is a photo of a beautiful Sea Trout around the 2lb mark, caught by Keith on Sutton Green.
There are plenty of fish to be caught but, as always, you have to get out onto the bank to catch them.
In recent years, the Coarse Fishing Section of BODSA has flourished with an increased membership now enjoying access to the Village Beat, Chicken Sheds and Old Lower Hall. There are a range of species to target including grayling, dace, pike, chub and eels.
As a club, we are lucky to count in our number a handful of well-known, local specimen anglers, who catch some amazing fish but go about their business quietly and I would urge all our members to do the same. Poaching and anti-social behaviour are on the increase, and we can all help by keeping publicity to a minimum and remaining vigilant when on the bank.
To whet your appetite, below is an image of our Coarse Fishing Manager, Richard with a cracking Chub.
Following the damage caused by the floods earlier in the year, it has been a head on challenge for our River Manager Kearney and his team to get onto the bank to get things tidied up and perform much needed maintenance.
Our Sutton Green fishery was the initial target and as you will see in the photos below, it is looking fantastic. There is now an easily walkable, clear path all the way around the entire beat, free from wader pucturing Thistles and Brambles. All the marker posts have been re-painted and access to the river cleared. A job well done, I'm sure you will all agree!
We see that Welsh Water has been fined £180,000 over the Clywedog pollution incident. This was an incident that reportedly killed more than 3000 fish and was reported as the largest fish kill recorded in North Wales. It seems a paltry fine for discharging 675,000 litres of untreated sewage into the river but as least they have been brought to task by the NRW, however we can find no information regarding a potential restocking effort. We live in hope that one day the fines imposed will be more realistic.
As ever, keep us posted on fish catches and if you have a photograph please send it to fishing@bodsaa.org.uk and we can share it, either on the blog or via the members newsletter.
