The salmon and Trout Conservation UK are pressing the Scottish Government to protect wild salmon from the sea lice generated from Scottisch Salmon Farms. Although many of you will be coarse fishermen, Read more “Sign our petition to protect wild salmonids from sea lice from Scottish salmon farms”
Below are a series of links to documents explaining why NRW are concerned about the decline of Salmon and Sea Trout stocks in the rivers in Wales. The first is the management options, the 2nd is an Annex giving catch and release options, the 3rd is the technical report of the decline of salmon and sea trout stocks.
nrw-b-b-4015-annex-1-catch-and-release-options-for-salmon-and-sea-trout
nrw-b-b-4015-annex-2-technical-report
The next links are firstly a covering letter by our Secretary and then an explanation by our Treasurer of our objections to this rushed NRW action
Decline of Salmon Stocks – Reply
Below is the NRW Questionaire regarding the above
Questionnaire_Eng salmon and sea trout (1)
Read about the launch of the Wild Fish Ambassadors here…..
http://www.salmon-trout.org/c/cymru-wild-fish-ambassadors-initiative/
David Fletcher fished Middle Pond today and what a start! First Cast a carp of 12lb 3oz picture below
Keith Jones took his camera for a walk up the Taf Mawr today and took the following 2 pictures, both show the new weirs installed by SEWRT and NRW.
Follow link to see latest newsletter MTAA DEc 2015
National Resources Wales have just published their River Basin Management Plans https://naturalresources.wales/water/quality/?lang=en
They have also published their Flood Risk Management Plan
http://naturalresources.wales/our-evidence-and-reports/flooding/?lang=en
The Chairman and the Committee would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. May your Xmas jumper sparkle…….
Doug Hawkins- Coarse Comp Sec would like to wish all the committee members. competition anglers and members of MTAA a happy christmas and peaceful new year – tight lines
On Saturday 5th Dec Dai Fletcher and his friend Jamie fished pegs 38,36 of Cyfarthfa Park and between them landed 5 carp to 8lb 5oz. On Sunday Jordan Howe from Fernhill landed a 7lb carp (see picture)
Pontsticill Reservoir
Dai Fletcher fished the reservoir last week and had 5 runs and landed 2 pike, as he was unhooking a pike of 9lbs his bite alarm on his other rod sounded, he said I’ve never put a pike back so quickley, he struck into the 2nd pike which decided to do an impression of a marlin and leapt out of the water, eventually Dai landed and weighed the fish at 22lbs picture below
Minutes of the 50th Annual General Meeting at the Ex-Serviceman’s Club on Wednesday 11th November 2015. Read more “MTAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015”
Note: Natural Resources Wales may make catch and release mandatory for salmon fishing. If this happens we will inform our members via the newsletter and on our web page.
Although the weather was terrible on Sunday 15th November, it did not stop Sean Thomas from Blackwood having a go at coarse fishing Dolygaer, he fished the roadside of the Reservior and when I spoke to him it was paying off, he had landed a lot of skimmer bream and larger bream to 5lb fishing an open ended feeder.
Follow this link if you would like to see a great video of sea trout moving from a pool up river, made by John Williams it is absolutely mesmerising, https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204708671308764
River Taff
Daniel Popp fished the lower River Taff fishing the exchange ticket with Glamorgan Anglers on 25/10/15. Daniel was fly fishing for Grayling with various weighted nymphs fished up river. Daniel managed to catch over 20 Grayling between 4 inches to 1 1/2lbs.
Cyfarthfa Lake
Owen Thomas fished Cyfarthfa Lake on 23/10/15. Owen was fishing a two rod setup with a rod rig and coconut cream and orange flavored boilies as hook bait. Read more “Weekly News 8th Nov 15”