Salmon Catches Up in May 2010

Friday, 28th May 2010

News Item by Ken Reid at FishDee 

What an exciting start to the salmon fishing on Deeside for some of the FishDee beats this week. It’s been a hectic time for anglers and Gillies landing fish where there has been a really good amount of fish movement which has led to catches exceeding 200 salmon and 88 sea trout for the first 3 days of the week. I was wondering as I wrote this week’s report if we would see 250 salmon caught. I was pretty optimistic given the fish catches over the previous 10 days and a good lift in water levels at the end of last week. As I write I am now wondering if we shall see the 400 barrier breached for salmon catches this week? It is a tall order and the weather forecast is causing some concern if we do see forecast thunderstorms materialise. What I am delighted to report is that the catches for the spring have exceeded the 5 year average which looked perhaps doubtful during March when there had been so many days lost to poor weather and river conditions. Congratulations must go to our loyal group of visiting anglers who have toughed it out when it has been difficult and of course our expert team of Gillies up and down the length of the river. More at www.riverdee.org.uk/_fishing_reports.asp