We cannot stress enough the importance of making quick and accurate returns of salmon catches, even if nothing has been caught. Recording catch data is one (perhaps the best, certainly the most cost effective) way of determining the success of our river restoration works. Although affected by short term variations in weather and water conditions, the longer term data set will build an accurate picture of our salmon runs. Catch returns can be made quickly via our online form for both Passport and non-Passport waters. Most of our reporting is from the Wye. Where a salmon has come from another river we will state accordingly.
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Last Update: 4:48 pm, 21st October 2025
What does my fish weigh?
The data for this calculation is provided by Natural Resources Wales and based on lengths and weights from the Welsh Dee over ten years.
Saturday 8 April 2023
9:38 am
Golden Mile had a 20lb fish on a Devon Minnow yesterday and Ballingham also had a fish. A couple were lost on the upper river.
Wednesday 5 April 2023
10:28 am
Spreadeagle : 21lb 5oz fresh cock fish from Adams this morning.
Thursday 30 March 2023
3:10 pm
Weirend (Ross Angling) : First salmon for the club this season. Silver fish with no lice. 20.5lb from Hom Pil on a flying C for Richard Woodhouse. Ross gauge at 1.27 metres. Richard was fishing in the dip after one flood with another on its way down the river.
Tuesday 28 March 2023
9:38 pm
Upper Wye is now down to 2ft 4" which is a lovely height for the higher water pools. Not sure how long it will be through given tomorrows weather forecast. Beats such as the Speadeagle, the Rectory, Lower Llanstephan, the Nyth and Glanwye all have pools that will fish well tomorrow.
9:36 pm
Ingeston: 12lb fish for Dave Roberts last Tuesday.
Wednesday 22 March 2023
7:32 pm
Salmon seen moving through Glanwye yesterday. Both rivers are back in spate and are carrying a large amount of Welsh farmer's soil away.
Tuesday 21 March 2023
2:52 pm
Aramstone : 18lb (approx) fish on a spinner for Laurence Birken today. Water still on the high side with around 2ft visability. A couple more fish also spotted.
Friday 17 March 2023
10:52 am
After 9 days of high water, both rivers are now starting to drop back and with a drying weather forecast. The middle Usk and the high water catches on the upper Wye should be be worth a cast this weekend.
Tuesday 14 March 2023
9:26 am
Both rivers have had bank high floods as rain fell on lying snow. There is more rain to come this week. When this drops off the fish will be well distributed and there is every chance the upper Wye will produce a fish or two.
Friday 10 March 2023
11:47 am
Wyesham: 2 perfect springers this morning 16lb and 19lb. Caught above Monnow junction as it is coming laden with soil..
Tuesday 7 March 2023
3:35 pm
Wyesham : 25lb'der for Mark Brittain on a Green Highlander this morning.
Sunday 5 March 2023
4:44 pm
Wyesham: 17lber yesterday morning.
Saturday 4 March 2023
3:38 pm
Bigsweir: 2 on the opening day 20lb and 8lb
Friday 3 March 2023
4:03 pm
Holme Lacy 3 & Lechmeres Ley : 16lb fish for Colin Richardson at lunchtime on a flying C.
12:31 pm
Coedithel : 18lb silver sea-liced fish for Nathan Jubb at 9:15am today. 3 others lost.
12:30 pm
Upper Bigsweir : 15lb bar of silver from the Cockpit at 7:25AM today for Nathan Jubb
11:58 am
Wyesham: 15lber caught a fly at 10am this morning. We are up and running for 2023
Wednesday 26 October 2022
9:32 am
Goodrich Court : Late report from 16th October, Approx 12lb hen fish from Maddox for Dale Owen.
Thursday 20 October 2022
10:33 am
Usk : Reports of around 20 salmon caught on the Usk in the last few weeks of the season, mostly from the lower beats.
Tuesday 18 October 2022
4:22 pm
Newbridge (Usk) : 4 takes in 3 hours for Stuart Macoustra yesterday. 1 stuck... an 18lb'der on a Rev. Mole (Fishing with the fly inventor!)
Monday 17 October 2022
9:15 pm
And with that the salmon season comes to an end on both rivers. We are still getting reports from beats but it is one that will be remembered for how low both rivers were for so long and the 2 extreme record breaking heatwaves. If it wasnt for the Elan release we would have dropped below 1976's water levels on the Wye.
There were mortalities, probably more than we know about as previous studies have shown that when the rivers are so low for so long C.20% of the stock can be lost in the estuaries and inshore waters. On the Wye, despite last week's spate a considerable number of fish are still in the lower reaches and we still need another decent spate to shift them to their spawning grounds.
We don't get many reports from the Usk, but it appears to have had another disappointing season, possibly even worse than last year.
Let's hope 2023 sees more water in the spring and summer and no extreme heat waves.
9:13 pm
Bigsweir: 39 in Oct including 3 over 20lbs and some clean fish taking their total to 127 for the season.
9:12 pm
Rectory: 14lb fish in good condition from Island stream today.
Friday 14 October 2022
11:32 am
Newbridge (Usk) : After a very high tide. A slightly coloured 10lber on a Curries Red Shrimp in bright afternoon sunshine. Stuart Macoustra yesterday
Wednesday 12 October 2022
9:29 pm
Glanwye: 10lber yesterday. Other reports of catches coming in from beats that dont report till season end.