Record breaking salmon season on Highland river
The improvement in fortunes on the Thurso River in Caithness has seen a remarkable turnaround in catches over the last seven years.
In 2003 just 249 fish were caught during the whole season which runs from 11 January to 5 October. This is about a quarter of the number of salmon netted in August alone this year - 1,026.
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Hide AdThe August total exceeds the entire season's catch for the river in five of the last ten years.
Before this year the Thurso had ten and five-year average catches of 962 and 1,245 salmon per year in a season. In 2010, however the total catch of salmon was about 3,500.
During the season more than 700 anglers fished the Thurso River which has 12 beats over its 26 miles. .