Sea trout also known as brown trout live complicated lives. Like salmon, they begin their lives in a river hatched from eggs that were laid in a small nest called redds. As the young fish mature they go through several development stages, all of which involve substantial physiological changes. The most important stage from this …
Yesterday I touched on tides, temperature, light and the moon, re our success rate and one other factor is Barometric pressure. This has a big effect on Fish Behaviour. Trout have large bladders and when the air pressure is dropping their bladders expand and the fish becomes uncomfortable. They relieve their discomfort by moving deeper in …
Yes, we are already heading into the second month of 2018 and a new#sea trout season is dawning…April 17! Feels like it’s just around the corner so it’s time to get the tackle and oil can out. Every year I lose days due to bad weather. I have had to cancel the occasional day here …
Good sea trout fishing continues on the Moy estuary. We have had weeks of dry weather through April and May with the odd sprinkle and the land is soaking it all up. This is perfect water for sea trout and I have not had a blank day on Pegasus since the start of the season, …
UK visitor Peter Jackson was my May Day guest and he set the standard with 10 fish to his rod. Best fish 4lb + 9 fish returned. On Tuesday my guest was Frenchman Bernard Pelle with twelve fish, the best 3 lbs + 10 fish returned. Wednesday 2 more Frenchmen landed 14 and all returned. …
My old buddy Francis Loftus (effectionately known as the Fat Yank) has a saying… “all anglers are liers except you and me. Now I’m beginning to wonder about you!” I don’t have a scale on Pegasus so if someone asks the weight of a fish I give a ‘guesstimate’. As a kid I would wonder …
My clients yesterday (27th) came from the town of Hundsangan, Germany… Michael Kraemer and son Felix. The morning session was slack due to the North wind blowing against the morning ebb. However, the lads were rewarded in the afternoon… with the wind and tide working in unison some nice fish arrived on the flood producing …
Moy Estuary sea trout fishing is special within my family and last week my daughter Carol and her son Ben (daddy had to work) joined me for two hours on my first day out… they landed 7 sea trout in two hours. Four of those fish were fresh run bars of silver… nice start! On …
January 1st 2017… I hope all of you enjoyed the festivities last night and are not too hungover today. A few salmon fisheries have opened today and good luck to all anglers who venture out but we sea trout folk must wait for another few months to wet a line. In the meantime here’s a …