Ian Powell of the Munster Blackwater’s Blackwater Lodge reports that the water levels are begining to drop and that there might soon be a chnce to get some real fishing done…
03/04 There are continuing showers that are keeping the river topped up, but the overall level is slowly but surely starting to reduce, & hopefully this will continue in the coming days as the weather forecast – whilst continuing to be broken – is certainly not as wet as it has been in recent weeks (he said optimistically!).
The overall reduction in the level can be well seen on the upper river at Millstreet @ 03.00 today Monday. Last night it was down to 1.02m which is almost as low as it was on February 20 (0.99) and January 30 (0.98m) – the previous lowest levels since the start of the season.
A similar picture can be seen on the lower river which got down to 1.77m yesterday. Just a couple of rods ventured out and three fish were briefly hooked, one of which was a very heavy fish and definitely a springer from the way it fought.
Prospects
If the river drops just a little more, the conditions for (albeit heavy) spinning will be much better and the likelihood of springers being met will increase dramatically.
Ian Powell
Blackwater Lodge
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