Kingtackle
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Salmon fishing under London Bridge
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byron
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I once found an empty Can of John West Salmon on the Foreshore.
Actionmat
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If I found a Salmond that close to Westminster I'd throw it back in
boatone
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No Byron - you found an empty John West Salmon tin on the foreshore
I'll get me coat ......
oldgit
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Fairly certain there are migratory salmon in ye lower Thames ,mainly due the clean up that has been going on in the past,possibly starting with Bazelgette.
Couple of reports from Rochester Oyster and floating fishery of salmon being caught by trawlers in the upper Medway.Pretty certain staff ay Allington Lock have reported salmon and sea trout at the lock.
Think the salmon and any Sturgeon still have to be offered to the Queen.
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byron
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A couple of years back a 13 year old boy caught a Salmon just downstream of the Brunel Bridge at Moulsford. It was kept very hush hush at the time.
bumperdump
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a salmon was caught in shepperton weir, on a lob worm.about 3 years ago.
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The powers that be have decided that salmon caught in the Thames are strays
The powers that be have decided that salmon caught in the Thames are strays
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sturmvogel190a
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Plenty of so called Salmon out of the Thames are actually large Brown Trout I have had a few over the years normally whilst livebaiting or lure fishing for Pike ,mate of mine had this one and wondered what he was attached to for a while 
not a million miles from your place but there are goodones the whole length of the river if you can get past the jack Pike to find them
not a million miles from your place but there are goodones the whole length of the river if you can get past the jack Pike to find them
bumperdump
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Plenty of so called Salmon out of the Thames are actually large Brown Trout I have had a few over the years normally whilst livebaiting or lure fishing for Pike ,mate of mine had this one and wondered what he was attached to for a while
Sturm was you fishing at goring bridge a couple of weeks back had an Alsatian with you ?
sturmvogel190a
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Yep guilty as charged did we meet?? had spent most of the winter chasing Chub from the meadows but turning up for a dog walk when the old bill were there in force looking for that poor old lady recently meant I gave up there ...most of my Browns have come from Pangbourne
byron
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Maybe you should consider joining South Stoke Angling Club. They have their own stretch here at at South Stoke. www.south-stoke-angling-club.co.uk
bumperdump
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My wife and daughter spoke to you had a bassett hound and shitzu, topping water up for the boat.
sturmvogel190a
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Byron thanks for the heads up I was a member the season before this one just finished and will join again next season ,Paul does a good job of running it and it does have a local feel about
rotrax
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Salmon have been entering the Thames for thirty years or more now the river is significantly cleaner. IIRC salmon fry are released annually by the EA. They will return to the river if they survive, so it is safe to assume that is what is occuring.
In the sixties I caught a Brown Trout of about a pound on a maggot at Hampton Court-just below where the Mole enters the river.
I suspect the Pang contributes to the population at Pangbourne-it rises in the chalk downs and holds trout. So does the Ock which runs through Abingdon.
One midsummer evening at Newbridge-in the garden of the Rose Revived pub-I saw a Thames Trout-a real big'un-chasing bleak.
Again, the Windrush, a trout holding river, enters the main Thames nearby.
In the sixties I caught a Brown Trout of about a pound on a maggot at Hampton Court-just below where the Mole enters the river.
I suspect the Pang contributes to the population at Pangbourne-it rises in the chalk downs and holds trout. So does the Ock which runs through Abingdon.
One midsummer evening at Newbridge-in the garden of the Rose Revived pub-I saw a Thames Trout-a real big'un-chasing bleak.
Again, the Windrush, a trout holding river, enters the main Thames nearby.
oldgit
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Chum of mine fishes a stretch of the Torridge in N. Devon near the Half Moon Pub.
They release every year.Their big problem was both legal netting and poachers down in the estuary.
He caught (and released) a beautiful 14 lb salmon last season.
They release every year.Their big problem was both legal netting and poachers down in the estuary.
He caught (and released) a beautiful 14 lb salmon last season.