Fishery Record Broken

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Gaz

Gaz

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As a management member of my local fishery I thought some of you fishermen would be interested in the following post.
Llyn Clywedog is a 415 acre upland lake in the heart of Mid Wales, 5 miles from the town of Llanidloes. This is a fly only venue with miles of bank fishing and also offers 15 boats for hire.
On Friday the fishery record was broken when an elderly gentleman weighed in a specimen rainbow trout, tipping the scale at 25LBS 04OZS.
What a quality fish this was having grown on in the lake from approx. 1lbs to 2lbs. Don't know of any other trout in the country bettering that !!!


mr hart big trout.webp
 
I know everyone likes to blow their own trumpet Doug but this fishery is know as the Hidden Gem. We have had many big fish between 15lbs to 18lbs weighed in throughout some gone seasons. We have had some scales tested from big fish in years gone by. Surprisingly the results came back with the fish not being incredibly old. If I remember a big brown of 18lbs was estimated of being 8 ish years old. atb Gaz
 
what a belter ! full fin and an absolute picture , well done to the old guy , big fish stocked as big fish dont really appeal but that is a fish of a lifetime !
 
Very nice. Out of interest, do you have rearing cages on site? Just wondering whether it made that size on natural food or free offerings falling through the bottom of the rearing cages?

I'm also very impressed by the results of the scale testing. I was talking to a guy at a fishery local to me where they rear their own fish, who suggested that rainbows normally grow at about 1lb per year.

Novice
 
That's very impressive, especially as it's grown to that size under its' own steam. I sometimes fish at Albury Estate Fishery, just because it's accessible from where I am, and they have a lake that's specifically stocked with big trout. I find this pointless and it also ruins the carefully constructed illusion that this is proper fishing and not a pick-your-own-strawberries set-up. Put there are plenty of people who are happy to pay lots to chase after these big trout.
 
Wow.

And not a pellet pig either.

I once caught a 7.5lb grown on rainbow in Rutland, and that took me almost half an hour to bring in. I can only imagine what this one must have been like.

Sadly, since moving North, I can't find any venues where there's a reasonable population of grown on rainbows. Completely different beasts to stockies and pellet pigs.
 
novice said:
Very nice. Out of interest, do you have rearing cages on site? Just wondering whether it made that size on natural food or free offerings falling through the bottom of the rearing cages?

I'm also very impressed by the results of the scale testing. I was talking to a guy at a fishery local to me where they rear their own fish, who suggested that rainbows normally grow at about 1lb per year.

Novice
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Novice, Yes we do have rearing cages on the reservoir and is undoubtedly a magnet for many fish to scavenge underneath on excess pellets that fall through the layers and are missed by the fingerlings or stock fish. We know that after one of these scavenger fish gets to a certain size they switch onto eating smaller fish (fish up to 1lb have been witnessed) which obviously have great protein and put a lot of weight on these fish in a small time, just like a Ferox. As the water temperature heats up and the pellet food is reduced due to wastage because the growing fish's appetite reduces these monster fish go walkies from the cage area in search of better pickings. This resulting in a chance of a specimen anywhere on the lake. Two years ago an 18lbs fish was taken on a Zulu :lol:
 
Stonker of a fish with full tail and good shape.

It will have been pellet fed to reach this size and will only be 4 years old. I believe tripliod rainbows only live to 5 years max whereas browns can live much longer, 20 years. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Fish of a lifetime.
 
Another great fishing season on my local. Best fish of the season 14lbs 03ozs Rainbow Trout was caught earlier this week by Mr Farrel on a size 12 black buzzer. Great sport to be had on dry flies at the moment with the Coch y Bonddu and cow dung taking the majority of fish. Gaz

 
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243varmint said:
Some great fish there Gaz.

Not long until the fallow mate.

ATB
Jon
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yes Jon, I'm fortunate to have this quality fishing available to me virtually on my door step. Have to get a catch up one evening when passing after Aug 1st. Cheers Gaz
 
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