A very interesting day. The rain encountered while driving down went off, just as we arrived. It stayed off the whole day, giving a heavy overcast light for much of proceedings, together with a light, cold sea breeze. A brief spell of sun, mid-afternoon, brought a welcome burst of warmth. I was fishing with Derek…
A day with Jimmy, hunting fish out in the middle on dries. Amazing number of last year’s fish feeding on early season buzzers.
The day was typical in several ways, and untypical in one or two very important ways too. Typical, in that many of the wettest days I have been out fishing have been on Menteith, and this was a doozy. It stopped for about 15 minutes at one point in the afternoon, and the rest of…
These 2 albums consists of selected photos of rainbow trout to help identify fish that are relatively recently stocked, and those that have been in the water for several months and/or over the winter period. This album features RESIDENTS AND OVERWINTERED fish. Identifying features include:
Sharp, pointed edges to fins, particularly the tail and pectoral fins. (The dorsal is nearly always rounded to some extent in both stockies and resident rainbows.)
Slim body condition (in a Rusky fish)
Scales in good condition with no patches of displacement (this can happen during play/landing, or be the result of a cormorant encounter, but tends to be a line in both cases)
No scuffing or reddening on the front edge of the mouth
These 2 albums consists of selected photos of rainbow trout to help identify fish that are relatively recently stocked, and those that have been in the water for several months and/or over the winter period. This album features STOCKIES. Identifying features include:
Ragged and/or rounded edges to fins, particularly the tail and pectoral fins. (The dorsal is nearly always rounded to some extent in both stockies and resident rainbows.)
Chubby body condition
Scales showing patches of displacement
Front edge of mouth showing scuffing, often with reddening
