Seth Johnson wins the 2016 Millennium Trophy.

 

The Junior competition was fished today for the Millennium Trophy. The winning fish was weighed in at 1lb 1oz by Seth Johnson to round off a cracking weeks fishing for the young man. Proud grandad Eric will be taking a few tips from this young angler in time for the Dr Chester’s Senior Trophy in July.

Well done Seth. Congratulations from everyone at W&DAC.

The 1st stocked fish of the season have now had a little time to settle into the river. They can be recognised by a black dot (similar to the picture but maybe a little closer to the mouth and gills).

The stocked trout are infertile, Triploids, in line with EA regulations. This presents the club with a Catch and Release opportunity.

The club does not have a hard and fast rule for C&R other than to encourage anglers to practice this whenever suitable. If you are considering taking fish for the table then please remember that the marked, stock fish, will not breed while the non-marked wild fish will. Keeping the stocked fish and returning the wild fish will have a real benefit to the river.

Warming up nicely ! Seth Johnson has today (Sunday 15/05/2016) weighed in the 1st Trout of the season by a junior member. Taken on a ledgered worm this little beauty weighed in at 2lb 50z.

This fantastic catch bodes well for next Sunday’s junior competition for the Millennium Trophy which Seth shared last year. He now leads the standings for the largest trout by a junior member for the 2016 season.

Well done Seth.

The junior competition for the Millennium Trophy (for the largest Brown Trout), will be fished next Sunday (May 22nd).

Junior members please meet at The Jubilee Bridge car park for a 2:30 pm start.