Fishing Holiday on Isle of Skye again

Colin Aitchison · 08-09-19, 08:06 AM

This what happens when you buy a season permit for the Portree Angling Club on Skye, you try to get your moneys worth from the permit by having a second holiday on Skye in the same year, anyway, arrived on Skye yesterday about 2pm ish at my favourite fishing spot, the tide was at the right level and the fishing rod was in the boot of the Vw Golf, after a few casts and two missed offers I hooked in to what I can only say is the biggest brown trout I have seen for many years, after negotiating all the seaweed and getting the net from further up the banking the trout was landed, photo below, the trout was around 4 pound in weight, maybe a little more and in very nice condition.

garry1 · 08-09-19, 08:58 AM

That's a fair catch colin

tractor Dave · 08-09-19, 09:18 AM

Wow! Lovely fish. Brown trout in the sea are rare here. We call them slob trout. I had one on the Nevern estuary years ago and it was full of crab.
Sea trout abound in the estuary but don't take a fly very often like they do on the Ythan. Bass will though. Nice

Duffy3074 · 08-09-19, 03:09 PM

That’s a big fish!

SwallownAmazon · 08-09-19, 05:13 PM

That's dinner sorted then!

npv · 08-09-19, 06:59 PM

nice catch colin hope u put it back in

Colin Aitchison · 09-09-19, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by npv

nice catch colin hope u put it back in

HaHaHa what do you think!

slacky · 10-09-19, 06:44 AM

Very nice

John. · 15-09-19, 05:50 AM

Sounds like you had a good time Colin.

The Golf go ok?

Colin Aitchison · 15-09-19, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by John.

Sounds like you had a good time Colin.

The Golf go ok?

Yes John the fishing was Ok, it rained mid week and rivers had some small seatrout moving up them, Golf did well 63mpg from a 1.9 Tdi 2008 was good and did not leak oil.
How was your holiday, you must have photos???

08-09-19, 08:58 AM	#2
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08-09-19, 09:18 AM	#3
tractor Dave Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Wales Posts: 1,157	Wow! Lovely fish. Brown trout in the sea are rare here. We call them slob trout. I had one on the Nevern estuary years ago and it was full of crab. Sea trout abound in the estuary but don't take a fly very often like they do on the Ythan. Bass will though. Nice

08-09-19, 03:09 PM	#4
Duffy3074 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Dalgety Bay, Fife Posts: 2,078	That’s a big fish!

08-09-19, 05:13 PM	#5
SwallownAmazon Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Tonbridge, Kent Posts: 511	That's dinner sorted then!

08-09-19, 06:59 PM	#6
npv Grown up member Join Date: May 2010 Location: isle of lewis Posts: 649	nice catch colin hope u put it back in

15-09-19, 05:50 AM	#9
John. 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Scottish Borders. Posts: 7,520	Sounds like you had a good time Colin. The Golf go ok?