South Wark

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John Lovett
Hetton House
Wooler
Northumberland
NE71 6ET

Telephone: 01668 215421
Mobile: 07836 370661
Email: john@warkestate.co.uk

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beat overview

The South Wark beat is situated approximately 2 miles up-stream of Coldstream Bridge on the English side of the Tweed between Cornhill and Carham.

The beat has a big fishing history and has been a prolific rod fishery over the last hundred or so years. On 15th February 1935 Lady (Joan) Joicey landed 28 salmon (having hooked 42 in all) from the Jefferies, Dub and Annaside pools. For many years this remained a UK record for the most salmon caught on rod and line in one day.

The beat performs at all river heights but particularly well at medium and high water levels. Automatic readings of the exact water height from the Wark gauge are updated hourly and shown on the beats webpage.

Tenants have the use of the 19th Century Boat House at the foot of Wark Castle. It has heating and includes a comfortable sitting/dining room, changing room, small kitchen (with fridge) and 2 WCs.

Typically tenants take whole or half weeks but invidual daily lets will be considered on enquiry. Fishing is offered direct to tenants and no commission or other charges are payable.

beat facts

5 year average of 121 salmon and 19 seatrout
2.25 miles of right bank fishing
9 named pools
Maximum 3 rods
4 Boats
2 Boatmen spring, 1 Boatman summer and 3 Boatman in the autumn
Electronic water heights updated hourly and displayed on-line
Boat House available with fish larder, deep freeze and rod storage
Provision for Wheely Boat access
Vehicle access to all pools

<>September 2022

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
28th August	29th August	30th August	31st August	1st - 0 Rods	2nd - 0 Rods	3rd - 0 Rods
4th - 0 Rods	5th - 0 Rods	6th - 0 Rods	7th - 0 Rods	8th - 0 Rods	9th - 0 Rods	10th - 0 Rods
11th - 0 Rods	12th - 0 Rods	13th - 0 Rods	14th - 0 Rods	15th - 3 Rods	16th - 1 Rods	17th - 1 Rods
18th - 0 Rods	19th - 0 Rods	20th - 0 Rods	21st - 0 Rods	22nd - 0 Rods	23rd - 0 Rods	24th - 0 Rods
25th - 0 Rods	26th - 3 Rods	27th - 3 Rods	28th - 3 Rods	29th - 3 Rods	30th - 3 Rods	1st October

recent catches

	Tue 27th	Mon 26th		Sat 24th	Fri 23rd	Thu 22nd	Wed 21st	Tue 20th	Mon 19th		Sat 17th	Fri 16th	Thu 15th	Wed 14th	Tue 13th	Mon 12th		Sat 10th
SALMON	-	0		1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	2	3		0
SEA TROUT	-	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0

archived catch statistics

Salmon	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2017 Salmon	5	5	2	1	9	4	33	31	48	9	147
2018 Salmon	3	1	3	2	1	1	6	19	16	1	53
2019 Salmon	7	7	4	2	5	4	34	35	45	0	143
2020 Salmon	0	6	0	5	1	23	46	54	49	1	185
2021 Salmon	0	2	0	4	2	1	13	11	31	15	79
AVG Salmon	3	4	2	3	4	7	26	30	38	5	121

Sea Trout	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2017 Sea Trout	2	2	1	1	5	10	4	5	4	1	35
2018 Sea Trout	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	2	0	10
2019 Sea Trout	0	1	2	1	4	1	10	2	5	0	26
2020 Sea Trout	0	0	0	0	1	12	4	1	0	0	18
2021 Sea Trout	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	7
AVG Sea Trout	1	1	1	1	2	5	4	2	3	0	19

season to date

Salmon	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2022 Salmon	1	5	3	2	1	1	1	8	0	0	22

Sea Trout	Febr	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Total
2022 Sea Trout	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

fish catches

Taken from information gathered within the last 7 days by our automated SMS & telephone systems.

Salmon & Grilse 1

This information is updated every day.

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