brown trout

[howsshefrom 32]

do brown trout not move much in certain times of year ? like until the summer ?

[BEARINATOR 2,867]

They tend to stay in the same place when it's colder, I had my first trip out on friday with the rod and caught 2 and a salmon parr

[HuntandFish 31]

My first brown trout of the season 14 oz /13in my sister had asked for one to eat so I took him, I release 99 percent. From my local river took a mepp just as dusk was falling.

[neil cooney 10,416]

This year for the first time I made a little minnow trap and have been using fresh minnow to catch brownies on a trout river that's on my doorstep.

I never tried minnow before as bait.I usually fish the fly. All Winter I've been watching a good trout lieing under a Whitethorn and this years first cast was to him. I landed a minnow on his nose and he was 2 ounces short of 2 lbs. That's a big fish for this river.

So I've been catching some nice wild fish on the minnow recently and I let it slip to a mate who normally only fishes the fly.

Last week he won the competition with 2 good wild fish. He left his fly rod at home and used the minnow.

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Bit off topic here but, The gamekeeper next door always gives me a brace of rainbow trout this time of yr weekly, And to be honest i dont like them iv tryed them fryed in butter and oil in the frying pan and iv done them in the oven in tinfoil with salt/pepper butter and a bit of lemon,

 

Anyone got a decent recipes for them, As i just feed them too the dogs if im honest

[revij22 113]

Bit off topic here but, The gamekeeper next door always gives me a brace of rainbow trout this time of yr weekly, And to be honest i dont like them iv tryed them fryed in butter and oil in the frying pan and iv done them in the oven in tinfoil with salt/pepper butter and a bit of lemon,

 

Anyone got a decent recipes for them, As i just feed them too the dogs if im honest

get a smoker pal ,smoked trout is really good

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Funny you say that cause iv came too the same conclusion, I loved smoked fish can eat it till it comes out my ears...

 

Iv even looked at some home made smokers on the net that look easy enough too make with a few bits here and there, Think ill give it a try next time too see what the difference is,

[Mustard. 83]

This year for the first time I made a little minnow trap and have been using fresh minnow to catch brownies on a trout river that's on my doorstep.

I never tried minnow before as bait.I usually fish the fly. All Winter I've been watching a good trout lieing under a Whitethorn and this years first cast was to him. I landed a minnow on his nose and he was 2 ounces short of 2 lbs. That's a big fish for this river.

So I've been catching some nice wild fish on the minnow recently and I let it slip to a mate who normally only fishes the fly.

Last week he won the competition with 2 good wild fish. He left his fly rod at home and used the minnow.

What kind of rig did you use neil?

[neil cooney 10,416]

^{Mustard ,I hooked them through the spine beside the dorsal fin (minnow dead of course) with the point of the hook facing the head under a bubble float. One lead shot 6 inches from the minnow to get them down. I just let the current bring the bait to the trout. Sometimes in 18 inches of water.}

^{The lad who won the competition caught one of his fish freelining a minnow by putting the line through the mouth and the point of the hook sticking out through the vent. He cast into a run and retrieved the minnow slowly back to him. Again in 18 inches of water.}

[BEARINATOR 2,867]

I've just had another 3, smallest was 1/2 lb and biggest was a 4lb brownie , they made the 20 mile round trip worth it although sometimes it's worth it just to have peace and quiet

[revij22 113]

Funny you say that cause iv came too the same conclusion, I loved smoked fish can eat it till it comes out my ears...

 

Iv even looked at some home made smokers on the net that look easy enough too make with a few bits here and there, Think ill give it a try next time too see what the difference is,

there is a lot of difference pal belive me

[neil cooney 10,416]

Bit off topic here but, The gamekeeper next door always gives me a brace of rainbow trout this time of yr weekly, And to be honest i dont like them iv tryed them fryed in butter and oil in the frying pan and iv done them in the oven in tinfoil with salt/pepper butter and a bit of lemon,

 

Anyone got a decent recipes for them, As i just feed them too the dogs if im honest

Tiny if your cooking trout by that method and don't like it then maybe trout is not for you. That's usually a real tasty way to cook trout.

Is the river or lake the trout was caught in muddy or maybe recently stocked ?

A nice trout usually doesn't need much fuss made of it to be delicious.

[neil cooney 10,416]

A friend has just texted to say he had 8 today on the fly between 4 and 2 lbs. Dabblers and muddlers on a Westmeath lake.

Looks like the minnow wont be used much more this year.

[Mustard. 83]

^{Mustard ,I hooked them through the spine beside the dorsal fin (minnow dead of course) with the point of the hook facing the head under a bubble float. One lead shot 6 inches from the minnow to get them down. I just let the current bring the bait to the trout. Sometimes in 18 inches of water.}

^{The lad who won the competition caught one of his fish freelining a minnow by putting the line through the mouth and the point of the hook sticking out through the vent. He cast into a run and retrieved the minnow slowly back to him. Again in 18 inches of water.}

I must give it a go lol.The womans old man does be disgusted with me using anything other than the fly.

He's a Lough Sheelin man,he got a nice one a few years ago on a fly,over 13lb it was.

[Mustard. 83]

^{Mustard ,I hooked them through the spine beside the dorsal fin (minnow dead of course) with the point of the hook facing the head under a bubble float. One lead shot 6 inches from the minnow to get them down. I just let the current bring the bait to the trout. Sometimes in 18 inches of water.}

^{The lad who won the competition caught one of his fish freelining a minnow by putting the line through the mouth and the point of the hook sticking out through the vent. He cast into a run and retrieved the minnow slowly back to him. Again in 18 inches of water.}

I must give it a go lol.The womans old man does be disgusted with me using anything other than the fly.

He's a Lough Sheelin man,he got a nice one a few years ago on a fly,over 13lb it was.

Were you on Melvin yesterday?