The Black Rock Lave Net Heritage Fishery

Over the years many fishing baskets have been found by our fishermen buried in the clay and silt ,exposed from time to time by the tides , carbon dated to 12th - 14th century . folk have fished here forever........

The average age of the fishermen has dropped considerably in recent years . This bucks a trend in the few remaining traditional fisheries on the severn . Matt is our youngest ,a baby at 29 !

Fantastic sunny weather but the wind is brisk and will not shift from the North east. For our fishery this i a kiss of death ,we are highly unlikely to catch. Several fish seen so we know they are about . Things will change ,its just a waiting game !

With calm tides few & far between the fishing has been hard. Lots of early mornings with no joy. But at last Martin cowered a fine fish in "The Gut " as the wind swung around to a more favorable quarter. 12lb which won him the Bob Leonard cup for the first salmon of the season , this will also be a contender for the Doug Brown shield for the biggest fish.

Desperate measures , with strong winds & from the wrong direction a night trip was undertaken ( the only calm weather window of the week ) . Richard Harris & Martin took the boat over to "Gruggy " and fished by the light from the second severn crossing .

After all the pre season problems Bob passing , Stolen boat & trailer , The new NRW lease issues we are fishing again. The wentwood fly fishermens boat which they gifted to us will be used until we find a bigger one. Not to many salmon fishing tides until the middle of the month but at lest the weather is calm !