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Post by stincharlad on Sept 5, 2015 19:28:26 GMT
Hi Guys, I have had the fishing on the Stinchar's Ballantrae Bridge beat all week (1st wk. Sept). Now this would be regarded as a prime time week. We had low water and bright conditions which is not ideal, but we had a good wind that can be as good as a foot of water on the tidal stretch. The bottom half of the beat from the bridges down to the sea is tidal and we couldn't believe when down there during the tide we never seen a fish. It wasn't until Wednesday when talking to a former nets man,he told me fish won't come in with the wind in the North. He said they will come in when the wind goes back to a West or Southwest. Are any of you familiar with this.
thanks SL
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Post by devronmac on Sept 6, 2015 9:27:38 GMT
I have heard that salmon don't like rough water on the coast and are more likely to run the rivers when the sea is calmer. We have had a strong northerly wind up here in the Moray Firth all week long and the Spey fish still seem to be coming in, but perhaps things are different on the west coast. Sounds a bit like 'an old netsman's tale' to me, or an excuse for a lack of fish. I would say however that a southerly or westerly wind is preferable for catching salmon. Easterlies and particularly northerlies are bad news.
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Post by burnie on Sept 6, 2015 17:00:27 GMT
When the winds comes from the north, the fisher goes forth, if the wind is from the south it blows the hook into the fishes mouth. If the wind blows from the west, the fishing's the best and if the wind is from the east, the fish bite the least.
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Post by Willie Gunn on Sept 6, 2015 18:37:01 GMT
When the winds comes from the north, the fisher goes forth, if the wind is from the south it blows the hook into the fishes mouth. If the wind blows from the west, the fishing's the best and if the wind is from the east, the fish bite the least. The Bonefish Guide told me something very similar on Long Island in the Bahamas, strange how it all works.
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Post by burnie on Sept 7, 2015 7:33:15 GMT
Don't forget there's barometric pressure too fish only bite when the pressure is stable or rising. I've a whole string of excuses for not catching fish.............................
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Post by G Ritchie on Sept 7, 2015 7:35:31 GMT
Don't forget there's barometric pressure too fish only bite when the pressure is stable or rising. I've a whole string of excuses for not catching fish............................. Fortunately the fish never read the book.
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Post by builnacraig on Sept 7, 2015 20:11:53 GMT
Disappointing to hear Gordon. I remember a day on that beat - 19th Oct 2007. There were some fish that day, Robert reckoned there were 1000 fish in the beat and I wouldn't have argued with him. I eventually managed one on a Red Ally's below the road bridge.
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Post by davidturtle on Sept 8, 2015 10:52:07 GMT
In my day, the poem went:
"When the wind is in the north, the fisherman he goes NOT forth".
David
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Post by stincharlad on Sept 8, 2015 20:43:46 GMT
Hi David,
yes I would say that version makes sense. How's the big B & W doing, have you been getting it well bent this season?
SL
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Post by burnie on Sept 8, 2015 21:27:37 GMT
I was told the rhyme by an old famous Norfolk Broads Pike angler, so maybe it has regional/species variations.
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Post by davidturtle on Sept 8, 2015 21:48:14 GMT
Hi Gordon
Yes, the B&W has had a good airing and got bent but not as often as I would have wished! It will get another try out on Sunday at Bigsweir. I am sure that you miss it!
Have followed your own success with interest. Keep the reports going.
David
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Post by Willie Gunn on Sept 9, 2015 21:37:41 GMT
In my day, the poem went: "When the wind is in the north, the fisherman he goes NOT forth". David David those days are long past, I would change the word fisherman to gentleman. These days most would continue to fish even if the river was burning!
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Post by davidturtle on Sept 9, 2015 21:59:57 GMT
I am inclined to agree with you, Malcolm. The trouble is that for many, the opportunities to fish are themselves rare so one cannot be too choosy. One knows in one's heart that conditions are hopeless but you never lose that valuable scintilla of optimism! There is sometimes a fish about that is just a little more stupid than the rest or has not read the book.
David
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Post by tweedsider on Oct 3, 2015 9:09:53 GMT
A friend of mine who fished the Tweed estuary for a lifetime always says that when heavy swell is breaking on the bar fish are less inclined to enter the river.
Tweedsider
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