Upper Mourne catch report
Posted by admin on July 19th, 2011 - Comments Off on Upper Mourne catch report
Last week we welcomed C. McKibbin from Aberdeenshire for his first experience to the Upper Mourne. Monday 11 July at Blackstone he landed a 7lb salmon; that morning in the Snaa he lost one good fish, 12 July he landed a 4lb grilse in the Halfwater, and lost a sea trout and another salmon. Sea trout fishing on the night of the 14th yielded a 1.5lb sea trout and a good number of brownies; 15th July in the Snaa he landed a 3lb and 5lb fish, and on the 16th caught a 5lb in the Halfwater. He was expertly guided by R. Freeborn. So for four days fishing he landed five salmon, and one sea trout, and played strongly three other fish. Other catches: 11th July R. Hill caught a 7lb salmon from Carniquin; 16th July N. Collins, a visiting angler from London, landed a 5lb salmon in the Snaa; and local angler J. Irvine a 4lb from the Halfwater. A total of nine fish were landed last week. There are prospects for some great fishing in the middle to later part of this week if and when the rain settles.