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Brown trout relocated as Cumbria waits for rain

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Trout Fisherman, 02 July 2010 11:20

Brown trout have had to be relocated from a Lake District tarn after long spells of dry weather left the oxygen supply dangerously low as water levels dropped. Volunteers from the South Lakes Rivers Trust and the Coniston and Crake Partnership stunned the trout in Yew Tree Tarn with electrical signals and then fished them out for transportation to a ...

 

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Brown trout relocated as Cumbria waits for rain

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Trout Fisherman,
02 July 2010 11:20

Brown trout have had to be relocated from a Lake District tarn after long spells of dry weather left the oxygen supply dangerously low as water levels dropped. Volunteers from the South Lakes Rivers Trust and the Coniston and Crake Partnership stunned the trout in Yew Tree Tarn with electrical signals and then fished them out for transportation to a ...

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Largest Irish trout caught for 100 years

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Angling Times, 11 May 2010 15:46

Chaotic scenes of swearing and screaming were the result of a Czech anglers’ first sight of this 25lb 2oz Lough Corrib ferox trout, the biggest trout caught in Ireland for more than 100 years. Remarkably, captor Karel Sourek and friends only fulfilled their date with destiny after returning to their fishing when flights back to the Czech Republic were cancelled ...

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Chance to try the River Noe brown trout fishery management course

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Trout and Salmon, 11 May 2010 11:01

The River Noe is the idyllic setting for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s one day fishery management course in Derbyshire on 9 June 2010.  The day, which will cover a wide range of practical issues relating to the management of trout on a rain fed river, will be led by experts from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s fisheries ...

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Rutland Water produces superb 13lb 8oz brown trout soon after opening

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Angling Times, 20 April 2010 19:13

The recent opening of one of the UK’s premier trout fishing reservoirs got off to a flying start with the capture of this superb 13lb 8oz brown trout. Allan Wood, of Owston near Oakham, was hoping to boat fish the popular day-ticket venue Rutland Water, but was forced to fish from the bank when strong winds prevented the boats from ...

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Loch Leven brown trout on the increase

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Trout Fisherman, 22 March 2010 15:25

After three decades in the doldrums, Loch Leven’s brown trout population is believed to be undergoing a revival. Scottish Natural Heritage officers have found an increase in spawning levels in rivers serving the Kinross loch. They claim that fishermen are now returning to the loch and that trout measuring up to 50cm had been caught. The loch declined in the ...

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Norfolk river trout given help to reach spawning ground

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Trout Fisherman, 08 March 2010 11:34

Fish in Norfolk’s River Nar have been given assistance in reaching their spawning grounds. Brown and sea trout, the latter entering the Nar from the sea at King’s Lynn, have previously struggled to negotiate a three feet-high weir at nearby Pentney but now the Environment Agency and the Wild Trout Trust have spent £10,000 on special ramps to help the ...

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Trout and salmon eggs saved by Rivers Trust staff

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Trout Fisherman, 13 January 2010 12:22

Rivers Trust staff braved the snows of north-east Scotland to rescue some 100,000 fertilised salmon and trout eggs, after a hatchery collapsed on the Drummuir Estate near Keith. Several feet of snow had built up at the tunnel-type hatchery, which eventually collapsed despite attempts to support the structure with timber. The accumulation of snow and ice not only made the ...

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New Zealand trout anglers benefit from mice population explosion

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Trout Fisherman, 11 January 2010 16:39

While the talk on this side of the world is of frozen rivers and impassable roads, trout fishing is booming Down Under, where a population explosion in mice is being credited with some mighty browns falling to New Zealand anglers. Fish and Game manager Maurice Rodway, whose son Ewen caught a 10lb fish on Boxing Day, said anglers are catching ...

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Trout catch reports from Lake District stillwaters

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Trout Fisherman, 22 July 2009 11:07

On Lake District stillwaters, high water temperatures and heavy showers have made fishing intermittent. Trout have been rising at Bigland but are reluctant to take dries. Damsel nymphs or lures have been an effective alternative. At Esthwaite Water, fish are between 10 and 20 feet down and focusing on daphnia and fry. Fast sinking lines and lures, often on the ...

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Great catch returns recorded at Midlands trout venues

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Trout Fisherman, 15 July 2009 09:21

Last week saw 284 anglers take 604 fish at Draycote Water. The best was a 7lb 12oz brown caught from a boat near the Draycote Dam. The week’s best rainbow tipped the scales at 8lb 12oz. The best areas for boats have been the Cornfield and Draycote Dam. Bank areas have varied with the wind, but Cornfield, Rainbow Corner, Tower ...

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