Fish Reports and Water Conditions

News, Fish Reports and Water Conditions

Updated: 30 Jun-08

With a good rise in the water last week there was a run of both salmon and sea trout through. Country member Jim Duffy caught a sea liced fish of 7lb and lost another on Weds. I heard rumour of other fish being caught but have no details. Some sea trout in the 2lb range were also reported. The hydro was generating for much of the week so the water level remained at a good height of about two feet but that dropped off noticeably on Saturday afternoon suggesting that the generators had been turned off. Rain is forecast at various times throughout the week. Further runs of salmon will depend on the water rising again. Similarly, we are entering the prime time for sea trout and this would benefit from more water to encourage them up.

Both lochs Drummond and Turret are fishing well with good fish of around 2lb regularly being caught on the former and excellent hard fighting fish of 8-10 oz on the latter. There are also some bigger fish to be had on both lochs.

Circle Hooks - A FREE packet of VMC 7381BN Special Circle hooks is now available from Boyd’s Newsagents to each member that wishes to use them. (The TDSFB advise that these hooks significantly increase the chance of fish surviving when put back as they are unlikely to hook in the throat or gills). Non-member may purchase them there or via the Internet (Google search will bring up suppliers).

Beaver Re-introduction – Do you have a view? An article on the potential effect is here

The River Earn Improvement Association (REIA) welcomes membership from those interested in angling and matters related to the River Earn. By joining you will help to preserve a unique part of Perthshire's natural heritage.

Information on the Earn water level is available based on the Dalginross (Comrie) and Kinkell Bridge monitoring stations. This is updated on an hourly basis and gives a good idea of the current level - visiting anglers would be well advised to check this when planning a trip. The graph shows the river level relative to a 'base level'. The base level represents a typical summer level in the river and has been calculated as the level that is exceeded for 95% of the time - it does not indicate the 'actual' height of the water. Anglers will therefore find it helpful to check the level given prior to setting out and then compare that with the actual water level in the area where they plan to fish. Future visits to the Earn site will therefore given them a point of reference on which to base any proposed trip to the river. As a guide, 0m in practice means very difficult conditions with slack water and increasing amounts of weed during the summer; so, it's not worth really venturing out. A level around +6-9 inches is a good medium height. A level at Comrie that is considerably above that at Kinkell often means either it has rained in the catchment area, or the Hydro Board have started generating, and the level over the whole length of the river is likely to rise as a consequence. For details of other, non-Tay system, rivers go the SEPA interactive map.

Club Rules:   A full list of the Club Rules can be found here.

Rainbows:    In the interests of indigenous fish preservation all rainbow trout should be killed.

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