River Tyne 20th October 2016
Kielder release
The current 9.3 cumec release will finish at 07:00 on Monday, 24th October.
The proposed release for this coming week will start at 19:30 on Wednesday, 26th October and is expected to run at 9.3 cumecs until 19:30 on Monday, 31st October.
Kielder release is subject to change without prior notice.
Tyne salmon counts
The counter at Riding Mill recorded 3,048 for October up to 08:00 on the 20th. Over 1,000 upstream counts were recorded on the 15thand 16th, many of these fish are thought to be sea trout.
The count for the year to date is 30,159 this is above the long term average of 28,789 which is based on the counts from 1997 to 2015.
The Riding Mill fish counter recorded 3,624 for September. This is much lower than the long term average for the month which is 6,954 and the five year average of 6,585.
The fish counter revised figure for July is 9,919.
The Environment Agency has confirmed the total for June was 7,113, arecord count for the month since 1996 (when the counter was commissioned).
River reports
The recent rains increased river levels throughout the system, the fresh water moved large numbers of fish which had been in the river for some time.
Rods on the North Tyne at Chesters saw lots of salmon splashing about as the river lifted. The vast majority of fish are well coloured, indeed many of the fish leaving the estuary are coloured, as are fish entering the river from the sea.
Rods are catching fish, however most rods are putting in a lot of effort with many fish showing a reluctance to take.
Tim Taylor caught his first ever salmon at Chesters, the fish was estimated to be 16lbs. Gary Vidler had two salmon during his short visit, the largest was a 14lb fish from Waters Meet, the other fish coming from Chesters.
The river has cleared nicely whilst falling slowly. The Bywell gauge was at 0.817 mtrs today, Warden was 0.305 and Reaverhill was showing 0.816.
Water temperature is 9.5C.
Little rain is forecast until next week giving rods on all beats an increasing chance of a fish.