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Wildlife Briefs
Anglers continue to experience good to excellent fishing for largemouth bass at Adams-McGill, Cold Springs and Haymeadow reservoirs. Many of the bass were in the three- to four-pound range. Trout fishing slowed due to higher water temperatures. The upper ends of Adams-McGill and Dacey reservoirs reopened to fishing Wednesday. Daytime temperatures have been in the upper 80's while evenings have been dropping into the 50s. EAGLE VALLEY RESERVOIR Trout fishing continues to be slow with most of the fish being caught using Powerbait and nightcrawlers. Boaters have been more successful than shore fisherman with most fish being caught during early morning and late evening hours. ECHO CANYON RESERVOIR Fishing for trout continues to be slow due to warm water temperatures.
Low flows compound a high drama
This summer has certainly been one of great joy for holiday-makers and sun worshippers. The sun has been working overtime while the rains have been on strike - until this last weekend. River fishing has been virtually at a standstill except for some trout fishing around dusk and sewin fishing at night. Rivers like the Towy and Rheidol have produced a few quality sewin intermittently despite the low water levels. Sewin, often referred to as the children of the tide, have been scarce on most rivers and even on rivers where stocks appeared more numerous, the fishing conditions have been atrocious. Anglers sometimes equate catches with stocks when in fact the catches often reflect the fishing conditions. Anglers are very concerned about the future of sewin and salmon stocks especially as several of those important nursery streams are drying up.
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