An early morning trip proved to be very productive for Levi Caffrey who had two migratory fish species from the same river system at the weekend.
Levi started out the day by catching and safely releasing a tide fresh male spring run Atlantic salmon of approximately 10lb. Not a man to sit on his laurels he then headed to St. Mullins where he managed to catch some tide fresh female Twaite Shad, which were all safely released.
A nice mornings fishing even with the relentless rain.
Twaite shad are a delicate species and it is no important that anyone who wants to fish for them has the correct gear to ensure they go back safely. Every anglers targeting shad should have a long handled landing net, an unhooking mat and tools like forceps etc. Moving to single barbless hooks also helps.
