Upper Mourne report
Posted by admin on July 14th, 2011 - Comments Off on Upper Mourne report
Fishing got underway in earnest at the end of June with five good sized fish landed in the last week. On 25 June J. Hutton caught an 8 lb salmon on the Halfwater and two days later visiting angler J Fending used a gold shrimp to land a fine 9.24 lb salmon, the largest fish for the month. A total of seven fish were caught for the month.
The first two weeks in July have seen a good showing of small pods of fish travelling through the river with a total of 11 fish landed. Many more fish have been reported lost, the blame being placed on fresh grilse with soft mouths! I. Gordon caught a fresh 6lb grilse in the Top Stream. Visiting angler S McCabe caught two good fish, 3lb and 7lb, both in the Snaa pool. J. Hutton landed the largest fish of the month at 11lb on Sunday 10 July in the Snaa pool. The fishery is now producing good and steady catches. There is some availability of rods for August; please see www.barons-court.com for further details.