Thankfully, the flooding tide saved him.
Yesterday, I met Ben Norrington, EA man and all round good egg, who was carrying out an eel survey at the weir. I recorded our conversation for the podcast, it's well worth a listen and I'll put a link up when it's uploaded.
It's amazing, these little three inch "glass eels" are three or four years old and still look like a recently hatched fry. Incredible life storey of an interesting fish I dont want to catch.
I recorded fifty two species of bird on the walk to meet Ben yesterday, falling a few short of "the record", which will fall very shortly I reckon.
Heard a cuckoo for the first time this year and there's whitethroat, blackcap, several nightingales, swallow and warblers too. Swifts a few weeks away I guess.
I've been doing well on the mullet, having a fish most trips, even if there just twenty or thirty minute sessions. I'm tempted to say I've got it sussed....but won't tempt fate.
In the week I spied a decent bass in a few inches of water by some "structure", more specifically a shopping trolley. It's very attractive to the mullet too , which feed off the algae that's built up on the metal.
A session on the lures after the bass is forthcoming, if I can put down the fly rod.
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