Yearly Archives:: 2016

Thornton weekly report week ending 29th  August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Warmer weather at the start of the week once again drove our surface temperature towards 19 degrees and with it the algae bloom increased. By the weekend our water temperature was once again down to below 18 degrees, but our algae bloom… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 21st August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Water temperature crept up during the week at one point it pushed 20 degrees, however the windy, cooler unsettled weather over the weekend kept rods off the water it did help reduce the water temperature, by Sunday morning we were at 17 degrees… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 15th August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Surface water temperatures in the main hovered at 18.5c last week, considering it August that’s cool for  us, combined with overcast conditions, stiff breeze & cool nights we enjoyed a far better weeks fishing with our rod average at 1.8 Surprising for… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 8th August 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Our surface temperature was all over the place this week, Monday to Thursday 18.5C by the weekend it was 20.5C and by today (Tuesday 9th) its dropping again down to 19C, this up and down water temperatures does little to promote consistent… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 31st July 2016 70 acres Tel: 01530 230807 Our surface water temperature is dropping & is below 19 degrees allowing us to restock all three reservoirs in the group this week, (stocking occurred 2 August) The deeper cooler water in front of the stones, green bay & dam has generally… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 3rd  July 2016 Tel: 01530 230807 With the water clarity improving and our water temperature at 17.5 degrees our fishing improved from the week before although it’s fair to say, no two days fished the same. Our rod average for the week was 1.8 Generally mornings are producing best with… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 26th June Tel: 01530 230807 A tough week for us at Thornton, the showers when they came were at times torrential. We have however been left with a brown algae which has made the fishing difficult at times, reflected in a rod average of 1.0 We are fortunate to have… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 19th June Tel: 01530 230807 Unsettled weather for most of last week, with heavy downpours towards the end of the week which pushed up the water level in the reservoir, on this occasion our clarity remained good at 6ft, the bonus of the influx of water was the reduced surface… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 12th June Tel: 01530 230807 Although it was great to feel the sun on your back last week the bright conditions and high temperatures quickly pushed the surface water temperature up and by Thursday we registered a surface water temperature of 21 degrees, not surprising therefore the trout moved off… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 5th June Tel: 01530 230807 For most of last week we had ideal conditions, overcast with a breeze resulting in great surface sport, by the weekend the forecast indicated warmer brighter conditions which arrived, however most anglers still caught their fish high in the water. Monday T Pegg used cruncher… Read more »