Fen trap

[DIDO.1 22,638]

[DIDO.1 22,638]

[DIDO.1 22,638]

[DIDO.1 22,638]

Last one.... photos start getting boring

[DIDO.1 22,638]

The nipper took 4 more out of the traps tonight. Still all around the first pen. Had a cracking night with him, saw some deer, watched some young buzzards in the nest, chuffed when he identified some different trees. Found a cracking pool on the river miles from anywhere. 

 

[EDDIE B 3,162]

2 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

The nipper took 4 more out of the traps tonight. Still all around the first pen. Had a cracking night with him, saw some deer, watched some young buzzards in the nest, chuffed when he identified some different trees. Found a cracking pool on the river miles from anywhere. 

 

River looks very nice. Any salmon run it?

[DIDO.1 22,638]

2 minutes ago, EDDIE B said:

River looks very nice. Any salmon run it?

A few. Usual story.....they did in numbers once (actually not that long ago) perhaps this will be the year they do again, probably not

[EDDIE B 3,162]

2 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

A few. Usual story.....they did in numbers once (actually not that long ago) perhaps this will be the year they do again, probably not

Yea it's sad the way it went. Even small little rivers around here used to have plenty, but no more I'm afraid 

[hambone 950]

Lack of management and mis guided conservationists don't help. Seals, Salmon farming, Pollution, Cormorants, Mergansers and the spread of Otters have not helped the migratory fish situation. My local club have stopped stocking in the interests of rewilding the river and cant understand why the returns have plummeted and the Parr have disappeared.

[DIDO.1 22,638]

First one in the Koro. Need to find a better way of presenting these traps 

[EDDIE B 3,162]

3 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

First one in the Koro. Need to find a better way of presenting these traps 

Best finger catching trap, I've come across 

[albert64 1,882]

[albert64 1,882]

Another 2 this morning 

[albert64 1,882]

Got to the yard earlier on and got another one 

[DIDO.1 22,638]

After catching 30 squirrels fairly cleanly in fenns (though I'm still not convinced a side strike kills quickly) yesterday I had 2 caught by back legs. Fenns will constantly throw up bad catches. 

I've got a load of bodygrips. Just need a good outdoor presentation for them now and I'm hanging the fenns up