Air Temp: 15C to 21C
Water Temp: 12C
Water height: -2cms
Number of rods: 16Number of fish caught: 18
Biggest fish: 21lbs Lucas Rotllant
No 30+: 0
No 20-29: 2No 8-19: 15
Grilse: 1
Weather: Blue sky and sunshine from
start to finish with a breeze that died as the day progressed.
Beach in bright afternoon sunshine
Manager's comments: It certainly
did not seem ideal fishing conditions when we were all eating breakfast! While
catches were not as impressive as the day before, the result was not at all bad
given the wall to wall sunshine. Certainly plenty of running fish were seen so
they are still coming even if they are proving hard to catch.
Take your pick!
Rae B and Peter F have adapted
techniques and seem to be catching many of their fish within feet of the bank
using various types of sinking tips. Colin J is sticking to his tried and
tested intermediate and doubles and that is working well for him as he landed 3
and lost others. The majority seem to be taken on relatively small tubes (some
coneheads or bottle tubes) or doubles but lightly dressed for normal Yokanga
patters. Chris A succeeded in landing three salmon on a traditional sized Yokanga
tube tied at least two inches in lengths. If you are heading this way in the
coming weeks, I can’t draw any conclusions so will let you decide for yourself!
Federico S has his own deadly
Spanish technique. While crossing the lake in the boat on the way down to Crows
Nest he threw his line out in the hope of catching a trout. Much to his
surprise the line did go tight to which his guide, Sergei Science, commented
that it was a pike. To everyone’s surprise it turned out to be a fresh grilse!
Federico and Lucas then finished their day with a fish each from the main Crows
Nest draw. Lucas’ fish was a fresh 21lber.
Stunning skies over the Yokanga
More bright weather and warm
temperatures seems to be on their way so you don’t have to be a rocket
scientist to predict that the water temperatures will rise. Having said that, the
forecast out here can be remarkably unreliable and the weather hugely
changeable so we may well be building snowmen by the weekend for all I know!
Henry Mountain
