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Electro Fishing Survey

October 10, 2015 / John Grindle / 0 Comments
Electro Fishing Survey

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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The Club

The Club is a private one, founded in 1877, of approximately sixty-four members and six Town Rod subscribers. The Club’s waters consist of about 12 miles of wild brown trout & grayling fishing in the main River Frome, River Cerne and River Piddle, together with attendant carriers and side streams. The waters extend both above and below the town of Dorchester and the Club employs a part-time keeper.

Important Dates

  • Friday 15th February 9.00am Poundbury - tree clearing
  • Saturday 23rd February 9.00am Affpuddle - tree clearing
  • Friday 8th March 9.00am River Cerne - tree clearing

Illegal Fishing

If you see any fishing, netting or trapping you think is illegal, please don’t tackle it yourself.
Contact the Environment Agency on 0800 80 70 60
For more details
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Cormorant Watch

Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has a web site for anglers to record sightings of cormorants, goosanders and mergansers throughout the UK: www.cormorantwatch.com The site is easy to use and will gather vital data to help persuade government of the need for action to protect fisheries.

Webcam & River Level

River Frome Webcam
River Level @ Louds Mill
River Level @ Stinsford
River Piddle Level

Casterbridge Fisheries

Frome, Piddle & West Dorset Fisheries Association

Dorset Wildlife Trust

Westcountry Rivers Trust


Environment Agency


Salmon & Trout Conservation


The Wild Trout Trust

Angling Trust


Dorset Chalkstreams Club