Yearly Archives:: 2017

Thornton weekly report week ending 13th August 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 7 0 acre Monday to Thursday of last week the fishing remained challenging, on Friday we saw the first signs of the fishing starting to pick up, Saturday continued to see an improvement in the fishing with Sunday producing the best days fishing we… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 13th August 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre We did need the rain & the cooler temperatures helped drop the water temperature to 18c most mornings. Despite another stocking of 625 trout bringing the total stocked since the 1st August to 1025 trout our sport remains stubbornly slow. We are… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 6th August 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Our water temperature at 7.30am for most of the week was just under 19c degrees allowing us to introduce some fresh stock fish last Tuesday with another stocking due this week. We still have algae on the water although any breeze is… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 30th  July 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre At last our surface temperature has dropped to 19c with the odd cooler morning opening at 18.5c with a the current forecast for the coming week we should see our surface temperature remain around the 18.5c -19c On the overcast cooler mornings… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 23rd  July 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre The toughest week of the season for the fishing at Thornton, July & high summer temperatures does us no favours. This past week we have recorded surface temperatures of 21.5c at 7.30am & seen them climb to 23c by 5.00pm, not surprising… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 9th July 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre Weather turns hot again, pushing our surface water temp to 23 degrees by the weekend, not great for fishing, not surprising therefore we have had our first proper algae bloom of the year. Fishing best described as difficult, we have been advising… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 2nd July 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre The cooler forecasted weather did come and certainly helped with surface water temperature starting most days at 17.5 degrees Most anglers concentrated their fishing over the deeper water located in front of the dam, orange buoy and green bay. As the cooler… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 25th June 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre A tough week at Thornton with the heat of the day by Wednesday pushing our surface water temperature to 21+ degrees although a change in the weather, thankfully cooler nights helping by the weekend to bring the water temp back down to… Read more »

Thornton weekly report week ending 18th June 2017 Tel: 01530 230807 70 acre With the longest day upon us summer has arrived with our water surface temperatures creeping upwards all week. Monday and Tuesday we were still seeing an evening rise, Clive Holt caught 6 for his evenings visit, Russ Martin caught 3 with Peter… Read more »