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Post by diverdave on May 5, 2010 12:04:06 GMT
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Post by diverdave on Jul 1, 2010 20:19:40 GMT
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Post by diverdave on Jul 5, 2010 19:11:39 GMT
FishDon is now being updated regularly. It has a season so far section that gives historical information a month or so in arrears, this is written each month by Jim Kerr, river superintendent.
The fishing reports will be done monthly, though if and when i get any interesting stories i will add them as i go. However i dont get enough catch data to do a complete weekly report, and also, some anglers do not want bang up to date reporting so at the moment this is the best i can do.
Prospects will be updated weekly, i have a good number of anglers who are interested in different types of Don fishing, a couple of specialist trout anglers and a couple of salmon anglers who are going to advise me on their thoughts on the prospects for the following week. i thought that this would be better than simply my thought on what to try and where.
Additional beats have been added and each page will be reviewed and updated over the next month or so.
Hopefully in time it will become a more valuable resource for the Don angler.
Dave
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mdh
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Post by mdh on Sept 20, 2010 11:43:58 GMT
Had a good day out upstream of Inverurie on saturday. I didn't get a fish on the bank but the beat had 8fish total so great conditions and plenty of fish there!
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Post by diverdave on Sept 21, 2010 0:10:03 GMT
The don is fishing its socks off at the moment, really well. Fish are entering every day and really good numbers are being encountered. I really must get out  |
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Post by stuart on Jun 14, 2012 20:11:51 GMT
I Had an invite to fish the upper Don today on a beat I've never fished before which I eagerly accepted. I had had a few days on the lower Don this week and had caught a few trout up to 1 Lbs but had seen no salmon or sea trout about. A couple of the trout from the lower Don.   I met up with John and we headed up to our beat. The conditions were good, overcast but breezy at times, so we were both looking forward to getting started. After a quick look at the bottom of the beat we headed up to the top to start. I decided a single handed rod was the order of the day due to the river being quite small up there. We fished through the first pool, I had a brief encounter with a trout which didn't stick and John saw a salmon jump above him which gave us hope. Further down I connected with a nice trout of 1 Lbs. First trout  Nothing else was caught except a few 6" trout so we headed down to the middle of the beat and after a quick bite we started again. No sooner had I started I was into another small trout which was quickly released after a photo. Second trout  Continuing on down a few more small trout were caught but nothing big. Both John and myself fished through one pool without success but john had had a trout have a go at his fly so he suggested I have another run through. Just as I was getting to the spot where he had had the bite my line went tight and I initially thought I was into a good trout. A few seconds later all hell broke loose and I knew this was no trout. The fish ran up and down the small pool and after what seemed like an age on the SH rod, I managed to beach a fairly fresh fish of 11 1/5 Lbs. A quick photo, measurements and couple of scales were taken then the fish was released to continue its journey. My fish  Pool where caught.  John fishing down same pool  We finished down at the bottom of the beat where John caught another small trout then called it a day and headed home happy. I finally broke my duck for this year. |
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