Its been a while since weve seen anything like this come out of local rivers !
A 7 1/2 lb Brown Trout was caught by a first time Angler in the River Aire – Bingley Length.
Novice angler – Brendan Bailey , 23, caught the ‘zoo creature’ after purchasing a starter kit from KL Tackle , Keighley and a Bingley Angling Club Yearbook.
He has been recovering from a serious accident some years ago and had to have the assistance of a friend to land the fish which took more than 1/2 hour to get in.
The fish fell to a maggot on the feeder after a short while of Brendan starting to fish.
Just goes to show you that there are some very big fish where you least expect them!
Apparently – according to the T & A Article there are salmon in the River Aire – despite the fluke reported catch of a salmon caught at Saltaire a couple of years ago (how true I don’t know!) – I thinks that this is much more likely to be caught on the Aire http://www.flickr.com/photos/noshowerfamily/248100870/
Hi
I have just read the report of the 7 1/2lb trout caught on the Aire well done Brenndan. I also fish the Aire further upstream near Skipton & also have had a similar sized Brown trout whilst dead baiting for Pike in January the fish took a 6″ hearing on the drop.
Again well done these fish will be talked about for many years to come.
Tony
it has come to are attention when you caught this fish you didnt have the right to fish the bingley stretch due to it been private.
RE Mr “Environment Agency”
Well it’s come to OUR attention that the author of this mail needs to go back to school and learn some basic spelling.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spelling-Today-Ages-6-7/dp/0713670835/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251358923&sr=8-13 might be useful.
By the way – since when has the Environment Agency had a residential Blueyonder IP Address in Bradford – 82.42.250.161 ? You’ll have to get up earlier in the morning to catch me out mate 🙂
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whats the recorded biggest trout in the river aire please reply thanks
Hi Paul – soory for the late reply! There wasnt an official weight but approx 7.5lb big hook jaw! I have seen what i think was an even bigger one a year or so ago – but due to diffraction ect it’s difficult to put a figure on it. I would push the boat out and put it into double figures though! The River Aire has some very big natural fish in it now – on all the local Keighley, Bingley & Saltaire lengths. Trout and Grayling are becoming specimen size. I personally have trout in excess of 5lb and Grayling pusing 2lb and above on a regular basis at the said venues. There are not many waters in the country that can claim this – and Im still in disbeleif of what the Aire (as a once “dirty” river is capable of throwing up. Just goes to show that combined efforts over the years have made the Aire a formidable place to fish. The introduction of Barbel is also a great thing , and I am sure we will see the river going from strength to strength over the coming years.