Some of this years troots

[colin]

A wee brownie caught while sea-trouting at night this year on the Border Esk



And my best of the year, and probably my most memorable fish of the year as it was caught on a wee river less than 150 yds from my house. I'd never had a fish over a pound from here before so this 3.5 lber at dusk while fishing for sea-trout was a big surprise. perfect shape and colour.

[David1982]

cracking brace

[mo]

Colin,

A couple of beautiful brown trout there.

Do you catch that many browns whilst fishing for sea trout at night?
I used to get the odd one, but nothing of the size of the one in the pic, and usually on large tube flies. It is surprising how big a fly they will take.

Neil

[lochmor]

A couple of lovely troot well done that man

[colin]

Nov 21, 2009 8:15:34 GMT mo said:

Colin,

A couple of beautiful brown trout there.

Do you catch that many browns whilst fishing for sea trout at night?
I used to get the odd one, but nothing of the size of the one in the pic, and usually on large tube flies. It is surprising how big a fly they will take.

Neil

thanks guys,

Neil, like you I only get the odd one too. The one in the top pic took a large tube fly on a sunk line not too long before dawn. And the big one was caught about midnight not long after it had got dark on a size 10 (or maybe an 8) butcher on a floater. In reasonably shallow water, a foot or two at the most. Previously I had seen big bow waves as I'd spooked fish at the same spot in the day time, and put them down to some of the big chub that lurk around there but now I wonder if it was this guy. I need to fish there more often to see what turns up, it's right on my door step yet I've hardly fished it this year.

[dryfly]

cracking fish, brown trout - can't be beaten

[colin]

Nov 21, 2009 20:51:40 GMT dryfly said:

cracking fish, brown trout - can't be beaten

At first I thought you'd said Brown trout - can't be EATen!!


Incidently, I didn't eat either of these they both went back. So hopefuly i'll meet the big one again next year when it's a bit bigger. ;D I would have liked to have seen what colour it's flesh was to see if it was a slob or not.

[joeh]

is slobs trout flesh different colour

[colin]

Nov 23, 2009 21:21:47 GMT joeh said:

is slobs trout flesh different colour

So I have been told. Apparently the flesh from a slob should be more pinky, somewhere in between a trout and a sea-trout.

It would be good if someone with more experience in this could confirm this.

[kingfisher]

Nov 24, 2009 18:24:01 GMT colin said:

Nov 23, 2009 21:21:47 GMT joeh said:

is slobs trout flesh different colour

So I have been told. Apparently the flesh from a slob should be more pinky, somewhere in between a trout and a sea-trout.

It would be good if someone with more experience in this could confirm this.

Depends on what river and what their feeding on. For instance there used to be either a sewage or aonother type of waste pipe that flowed into the River Tay at Perth. (Martin might know about this?). My mate used to catch slob trout below this pipe and some were crackers, but he used to say he could hardly eat them due to the taste and colour of them.

Same with the wild brownies in my local river the Almond, they have a very strong "earthly" taste. Would have called it some thing else but the swear machine would have hooked it

[colin]

Nov 24, 2009 20:47:42 GMT @kingfisher said:

Nov 24, 2009 18:24:01 GMT colin said:

So I have been told. Apparently the flesh from a slob should be more pinky, somewhere in between a trout and a sea-trout.

It would be good if someone with more experience in this could confirm this.

Depends on what river and what their feeding on. For instance there used to be either a sewage or aonother type of waste pipe that flowed into the River Tay at Perth. (Martin might know about this?). My mate used to catch slob trout below this pipe and some were crackers, but he used to say he could hardly eat them due to the taste and colour of them.

Same with the wild brownies in my local river the Almond, they have a very strong "earthly" taste. Would have called it some thing else but the swear machine would have hooked it

That makes sense really. So if they did have a bit of pink to them, would that suggest that they had been feeding on shrimps?

Also Kenny, you say your friend couldn't eat the fish due to the taste and colour. What colour was the flesh? Was it a brownish colour?

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Colin

Trout (and Salmon and Sea trout's also) flesh takes on the predominant colour of either/both of what they have been feeding on. Most of the Farmed Salmon would have less colour in them if not given alternative items to their feeding - or the water they are predominatly feedin and around

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