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Electro Fishing Survey

October 10, 2015 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Here are a few photographs from yesterdays electric fishing the Lower Water to assess the fish population. Casterbridge Fisheries Ltd. fished 100m in an upstream direction and retained every fish they caught (apart from minor species) they then measured and recorded species including all juveniles, returning them before fishing the next stretch. The results will …

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Plenty of Fish

September 18, 2009 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Today was spent with Kingcombe Aquacare to electro fish the Lower Water to remove those unwanted pike! For once the weather was kind and we had perfect conditions. It wasn’t long before we turned our first pike of the day and some wonderful big trout & grayling – plus one fantastic roach! We were joined …

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Electro Fishing 2008

October 3, 2008 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Today we electro fished the river to remove the unwanted pike. Conditions were fantastic, although a strong and rather cold down stream wind made the morning feel very chilly. From Dorchester Fishing Club 2008 We started at Lower Bockhampton and fished up to Loud’s Mill, where we encountered similar numbers of pike as last year, …

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Electric Fishing

September 28, 2007 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

We spent the day doing our annual fish survey, counting our Trout population and sending our Pike off to a new home. A big thank you to Rod Crane for spending the day counting from the bank, data available once sorted…. Also a big thank you to Scott, Matt, George, and Matt from Kingcombe Aquacare …

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Electrofishing Day

September 25, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Misty Morning The morning was still but very misty as we all met at Lower Bockhampton and the expectation was that the sun would burn through later in the morning. The kit and boat were unloaded and we were ready to go. As in the past few years we were joined by Anton Ibbotson and …

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