John Aston
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The Wild Trout Trust magazine, Salmo Trutta, had a fascinating article last year about restoration of a small drain/stream system near Martin Delph , I think on Dyson farmland , which focussed on burbot habitat . The species apparently had very precise requirements for spawning which has almost completely disappeared from the Witham system due to farming use , silting up and drainage .
Whenever I fish the Yorkshire Derwent or the lower part of the Rye, its principal tributary , I can't help wondering if there is still the tiniest chance of encountering a burbot . It is reputed to be one of the last areas in which burbot were found in the UK , and the rivers are far less 'managed' than in Lincolnshire . That said , Lincolnshire has much more fitting names for places such an almost mythical creature might lives - who wouldn't fancy their chances at a Billinghay Skirth , Pode Hole or Fishtoft Drove ?
Whenever I fish the Yorkshire Derwent or the lower part of the Rye, its principal tributary , I can't help wondering if there is still the tiniest chance of encountering a burbot . It is reputed to be one of the last areas in which burbot were found in the UK , and the rivers are far less 'managed' than in Lincolnshire . That said , Lincolnshire has much more fitting names for places such an almost mythical creature might lives - who wouldn't fancy their chances at a Billinghay Skirth , Pode Hole or Fishtoft Drove ?