NOT MY 4th
Jun 30, 2011 11:11:23 GMT 1
Post by chainman on Jun 30, 2011 11:11:23 GMT 1
I am now in my 39th year of fishing the Dee and yesterday I had the pleasure of witnessing something for the first time ever.
As I arrived at the river another rod had just caught a beautiful fish of 11lbs........as soon as I saw it I thought "I wonder". I examined the fish and my suspicions were confirmed - it was a sea-liced specimen.
It's 15 years since I last saw a sea liced fish in the Upper Dee and I was surprised to see that one of the lice still had it's tail and breathers. However, I was amazed to see that one of them was still alive and moving
. This is a truly remarkable occurence when you consider the distance from the estuary to Corwen. I will make further enquiries about the estimated time that it took this fish to reach us and I'll report my findings.
I took the liberty of photographing the fish and one of its passengers: -
Happy Days
Chainman
As I arrived at the river another rod had just caught a beautiful fish of 11lbs........as soon as I saw it I thought "I wonder". I examined the fish and my suspicions were confirmed - it was a sea-liced specimen.
It's 15 years since I last saw a sea liced fish in the Upper Dee and I was surprised to see that one of the lice still had it's tail and breathers. However, I was amazed to see that one of them was still alive and moving
. This is a truly remarkable occurence when you consider the distance from the estuary to Corwen. I will make further enquiries about the estimated time that it took this fish to reach us and I'll report my findings. I took the liberty of photographing the fish and one of its passengers: -
Happy Days
Chainman
