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Post by fredo on Jan 10, 2010 7:58:28 GMT
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Post by fenton on Jan 10, 2010 11:50:23 GMT
V interesting Fred, what bait were you using? Cheers F
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Post by fredo on Jan 10, 2010 12:18:03 GMT
Fresh mackerel. Another trout ate a cooked prawn (Tesco`s finest), but it fell off. Sea trout in the sea will eat just about anything. We have had them on lug,rag,cockle,mussel, mackerel, sandeel, herring and squid.
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Post by G Ritchie on Jan 10, 2010 12:56:26 GMT
That is quite a lot of sea lice for one fish, will they survive this amount of infestation?
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Post by builnacraig on Jan 10, 2010 15:59:08 GMT
Although that one looked in good condition that lice burden could hardly be doing it any good. I wonder how many others had a fatal loading.
Nice bit of research there Fredo, those photos could come in very useful.
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Post by fredo on Jan 17, 2010 19:30:50 GMT
Here are two pictures of a 3-4lb sea trout (not caught by me) just after it was released. It was not a kelt, which surprised me! We had a few other fish some of which were covered in 50+ lice. Some were in a mess after what I suspect was a close encounter with a net (sadly, no pics). 5 years ago we never used to catch sea trout when sea angling, but now we cannot help catching them!
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Post by G Ritchie on Jan 17, 2010 19:37:41 GMT
Can you think of any reasons on why you are catching them now and not 5 years ago. Changes in fishing method, are the sea trout inhabiting different areas or are you fishing different areas, has the diet of the sea trout changed because of the absence of a former foodsource. At least it is a good sign that you are catching so many, although the numbers of sea lice on them is worrying.
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Post by fredo on Jan 17, 2010 19:54:56 GMT
I can think of a few reasons. We have been working hard to stop netting in the area for 9 years. Sea trout were targetted by the netters 12 months of the year. The Gress and Laxdale rivers are no longer a free for all......all finnock and most sea trout get released. There is no longer a commercial sandeel fishery in the area.
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Post by G Ritchie on Jan 17, 2010 19:58:50 GMT
Sounds promising. Hopefully the fish farm will not get the go ahead and spoil all the good work.
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Post by sinkingtip on Jan 17, 2010 20:10:33 GMT
Interesting stuff fredo - just out of interest what were they caught on ?
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Post by fredo on Jan 17, 2010 20:15:08 GMT
Tesco cooked prawn, squid, mackerel, lugworm. They do not appear to be choosy!
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Post by sinkingtip on Jan 17, 2010 20:23:15 GMT
Thanks. Never knew Tesco did lugworm. ;D
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Post by fredo on Jan 17, 2010 20:29:36 GMT
Haha. I forgot to add this picture.
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Post by Roobarb on Jan 17, 2010 20:49:38 GMT
Fredo.
Lice aside they are good looking fish. Why are you surprised at them feeding on sandeels, are sandeels not normally present at this time of year around Lewis?
Our sea trout down here in the south west are almost never caught in the sea. Not even in the estuaries of rivers producing hundreds of fish. I guess they must all push off somewhere else to do most of their feeding.
Andy
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Post by conwyrod on Jan 17, 2010 21:26:31 GMT
Nice looking fish Fredo.
It's the same in N Wales - estuaries are not noted for catching feeding sea trout. I suppose places like the Ythan and Moy estuaries must be richer in food?
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Post by builnacraig on Jan 17, 2010 22:57:54 GMT
Nice fish Fredo, very pale colouration, I presume due to the sandy beach. The lice are very dark, look like old overwintering lice, probably picked up elsewhere You rarely see pictures of winter caught sea trout from the open sea. Yours photos should be very useful to someone. Surprised that sea trout are not caught in the estuaries down south, there are many excellent sea trout fisheries in estuaries in Scotland, the best of which nowadays is without doubt the Dornoch Firth/Kyle of Sutherland Maybe that beach should be closed for winter sea angling to protect the sea trout stocks (..just off to get my hard hat...) BnC
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Post by fredo on Jan 18, 2010 8:26:52 GMT
Fredo. Lice aside they are good looking fish. Why are you surprised at them feeding on sandeels, are sandeels not normally present at this time of year around Lewis? Our sea trout down here in the south west are almost never caught in the sea. Not even in the estuaries of rivers producing hundreds of fish. I guess they must all push off somewhere else to do most of their feeding. Andy We never used to see sandeels at this time of year. There were never any birds feeding inshore ( the Arctic Terns do not show up here until 10 May) or many fish to be had. Warmer seas leading to an abundance of sandeels all year round?
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Post by fredo on Jan 18, 2010 8:31:25 GMT
Nice fish Fredo, very pale colouration, I presume due to the sandy beach. The lice are very dark, look like old overwintering lice, probably picked up elsewhere You rarely see pictures of winter caught sea trout from the open sea. Yours photos should be very useful to someone. Surprised that sea trout are not caught in the estuaries down south, there are many excellent sea trout fisheries in estuaries in Scotland, the best of which nowadays is without doubt the Dornoch Firth/Kyle of Sutherland Maybe that beach should be closed for winter sea angling to protect the sea trout stocks (..just off to get my hard hat...) BnC We normally fish the North end of the island at this time of year as there are more flatties there. Last year there was an infestation of sea trout there so we better avoid the place. Harris beaches?.............cannot go there either as our Harris friends are having the same problem..........cannot catch proper fish because sea trout keep getting in the way? Maybe I should try golf!
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Post by fredo on Jan 25, 2010 7:10:11 GMT
Anyone ever see damage like this on fish before? Weights were from 12oz-2lbs. The marks do not go right round the fish so encounters with nets can be ruled out as the cause.
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Post by butler106 on Jan 25, 2010 10:06:04 GMT
cracking fishing Fredo. the rivers around you must be pretty good too. not sure about that marks though..... very weird. Craig
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