blue11265 Â Â 10 #1 Posted December 7, 2014 i was in the new beer Garden at Rawson Spring pub and was watching numerous fish attempting to jump up the weir, I know that salmon do this but surely these won't be salmon. Can anyone tell what types of fish these could be and also will they eventually make it up the weir ? The furthest I saw them get was about one third of the way up. Â Any info would be appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
montyzuma   10 #2 Posted December 7, 2014 I would have thought they are trout. but will be interested to see next time I'm in Rawson's.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andyofborg   11 #3 Posted December 7, 2014 I would have thought they are trout. but will be interested to see next time I'm in Rawson's.)  they might be on the menu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
leosharpe   10 #4 Posted December 7, 2014 The beer garden is great shame about the beer though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hyper   10 #5 Posted December 8, 2014 ...shame about the beer though.Yeah, why is there a large selection of casks at 5.5% plus, very little session ales at 4%ish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Goldhead   10 #6 Posted December 8, 2014 They are trout, which migrate (or try to migrate!) upstream to spawn. The rivers of Sheffield now contain both trout and grayling, neither of which will tolerate polluted water, in addition to a healthy head of coarse fish.  If more of the man-made barriers to migration were removed from the Don, we probably would get salmon back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tzijlstra   11 #7 Posted December 8, 2014 Wow, didn't realise that the rivers were doing so well now. Excellent news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mumkin   10 #8 Posted December 8, 2014 Wow, didn't realise that the rivers were doing so well now. Excellent news.  They've been doing well for a number of years now...quietly and steadily. Species to be caught.........or just looked at, are Barbel, chub, roach, bream, dace, pike, brown trout and grayling. The last two are great indicators(particularly the Grayling) of the presence of any pollutants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Goldhead   10 #9 Posted December 8, 2014 Yes, the water quality is now very good ..... but the river bed, where the bottom of the food chain exists, still has its industrial legacy. I wouldn't want to eat anything from the river, even if it were acceptable to do so! The rivers are wonderful wildlife havens through the city, although still poorly treated by flytippers.  If you are interested in Sheffield's rivers, see the SPRITE (Sheffield Partnership for Rivers In Town Environments) website: http://www.sheffieldsprite.com/. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blue11265   10 #10 Posted December 8, 2014 They are trout, which migrate (or try to migrate!) upstream to spawn. The rivers of Sheffield now contain both trout and grayling, neither of which will tolerate polluted water, in addition to a healthy head of coarse fish. If more of the man-made barriers to migration were removed from the Don, we probably would get salmon back.  Many thanks Goldhead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MrSkinner   10 #11 Posted December 8, 2014 Salmon have been caught from the Don in the past couple of years, not far from the City centre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longy67 Â Â 23 #12 Posted December 8, 2014 Yeah, why is there a large selection of casks at 5.5% plus, very little session ales at 4%ish. Â They have a couple of nice Bradfield beers on at the mo, Farmer's Blonde-4% and Belgian Blue (my fave)-4.5% (I think).... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...