Spelga Reservoir Fish Survey 2021
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The survey was carried out by AFBI Fisheries Scientists in October 2021. It found the Spelga fish community consists of three species, brown trout, a sizeable three spined stickleback population and pike. The capture of a single pike in Spelga reservoir during this study is outlined, although in terms of Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) is currently at the lowest end of the scale when considering Irish lakes were both species are present.Spelga has a relatively small surface area (55ha) and is generally shallow except for a small deep depression close to the dam wall, for these reasons the