Albury Fisheries September News

It has been a very wet summer this year, so lots of grass cutting on the fishery and estate.

Fishing became very hard here at Syon before the drain down due to high water temperatures. We had the Conver weed cutting boat out on the lake at the end of July, and a lot of elodea was cut and collected before we commenced the drain down. We began a drain down first week of August. Everything went according to plan once the pumps arrived. A lot of elodea in the lake this year, so constant monitoring of the pumps to ensure they did not become blocked with weed. Mike fell into shallow water when trying to unblock one of the strainers, which the team found amusing. The team at Albury came down to net the lake, and 150 fish were taken away, including a nice brown trout that had eluded our anglers. We have had some unusual bird activity on the lake since the drain down. A flock of Little Egrets visited the lake daily, and were seen wading and feeding in the shallow waters. When our anglers return, they will notice bank works we have been undertaking during the closure. We have a small digger and have been removing some reeds and flag iris around the lake.