Mediterranean ‘bath’

lems for fish and marine wildlife.

With April registering temperatures above 38ºC in some parts of Alicante, the sea off the province’s coast is currently at 20ºC - but this is expected to increase gradually as the summer sea -

Some tight lines

CARP-R-US fishing club returned to El Bosquet last week for Round 5 of their Spring Series.

Fortunately, the high temperatures of the previous days had gone and the match was fished in very pleasant conditions. At the draw ‘Golden Arm’

Steve Higgins drew the favoured peg 16 and was expected to win the match easily.

As it turned out it was ex-England international Vinnie Smith who gave a master class in fishing floating pole on peg 12 to take 44.06kg using pellets and maggots as bait. son arrives.

Steve Higgins did manage the runner-up spot with 22.74kg using pole and pellet tactics. Third place was for Steve Fell on peg 8 with 16.80kg, again using pole and pellet, and fourth was Paul Burton on peg 15 with 7.66kg caught using pole feeder and pellet.

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Coastline Ecology Institute technician Juan Guillén is cautious when it comes to making a prediction for this year, as he reveals that rising sea temperatures “is not lineal” and not always related to atmospheric heat.

With swimmers last year describing the Mediterranean as “a bath” that was up to 10ºC warmer than usual, Sr Guillén explains that this often depends more on personal perception than scientific evidence, as “average sea temperatures have ‘only’ risen by half a degree over the last 20 or 30 years.”