"Medium Fish"

 DATE: 28th July 2017

Air Temp: 27’C

Water Temp:13’C

Water Height: +.80m

Number of Rods: 16

Number of fish Caught:  10

Biggest fish: 25lbs Piam 

No 30+: 0 

No 20-29lbs: 3

No 8-19lbs: 7

Grilse: 0

Weather: 

Very clear day with a slight SE wind.

Managers comments:

I feel like today's conditions reflect well on our results. It truly was a blisteringly hot, calm day. The mozi’s where out in force and the breeze was, at times, non existent . However, being the Yokanga river, the fish we did manage to land where really quite fantastic. Arguably, by Yokanga standards they where “medium fish”, as Vova told Piam today when he landed his 25 pounder. But I'm sure most of you would agree that by any other salmon river, ten fish we caught to all be over thirteen pounds is really quite incredible, not to mention the three over 20. 

Sergie preparing lunch

Piam has had a wonderful week and finished off with a bang as he got a  beautiful 25 pound salmon in Lower Norcamp. Piam had his fish on a sunray shadow which seems to have been the flavour of the week. I think at least 80% of the fish have been caught on a sunray of sorts. If not on a variation of the Sunray shawdow, then on some form of black fly.

Safely in the net

Pierre T also managed a 20+ fish today. Interestingly his 23lbs fish today was in fact longer than his 25lbs earlier in the week. His fresh 25lbs fish was 100cm x 51cm. Today's 23 was 105cm x 48cm. An interesting contrast between fresh and old fish. Perhaps more significant with Yokanga fish because of the pure depth of fish that this river produces. The fish Pierre caught  today has potentially lost 4 pounds with its time in the river. Anyone who has set foot in the mighty Yokanga will know that you certainly burn a lot of energy just stood in the back eddies, never mind running the rapids! 

Flagging down the heli

Toby Burrell