Ghille Vincent Appleby reports from his blog at Waterville Fishery :
13,500 fry have now been released into the upper catchment! Tom O’Shea has produced 20,000 fish from the hatchery this year, a massive increase from the same number of broodstock salmon. A total of 15 hen fish and 9 cock fish, caught up on the Cummeragh River last December have produced this amazing result. This week the fish were graded for size and the smaller fry released. The grown on parr are to be finclipped towards the end of November and a proportion released into the system. As reported earlier, 5 fin clipped grilse were caught this last season from the stocking in 2011, a very good result from the 4500 total of fish stocked.
The Waterville Fisheries will be represented this coming weekend at the Fly Fair in Galway! Tadhg O’Sullivan, chairman of our local steering committee and Secretary, Kevin O’Sullivan will represent us at this popular fair and hopefully generate new business for the Waterville Community!
Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge
Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
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