West Is Best

[bell 3,599]

September equals a trip north for me. The weather gods always smile and we normally manage to winkle out a few fish. An overnight drive and a kip in the truck only disturbed by a couple of nosy plod and we were on the boat to the islands.

As is the norm it was scorchio as we stumbled over the moor trying to nail an elusive grouse and as usual they evaded us.........did manage to see 4 as they flew off laughing and a couple of ringtail hen harriers (which probably accounts for the lack of grouse )

The dogs were knackered after their mornings work and we came off the moor with nothing but a red deer antler Still, there was always the afternoon to go fishing and we took our rods to a spot that has always been good to us in the past. We baited up and settled down with a beer. I was first in and soon realized it was a good fish. A flash of silver as it hit the surface and you could have knocked me down with a feather as a 6lb salmon came in. Just time for a quick snap and it was released to continue its journey

My mate was next in with a dog fish and the we had some Pollock and a stunning cuckoo wrass

 

Well a bit of breakfast on the beach, some mackeral grilled straight of the sea and a tussle with a conger in a lobster pot and it was all over till next year............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Malt 379]

Good stuff! Those cuckoos are stunning little fish ain't they!

[jonnie bravo 572]

Brilliant. Hoping to head up north in mid October for a few nights fishing/camping

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

Jesus those dish have melted your face!

[tomburras 2,730]

That sounds like complete hevan! Nice salmon and lovely looking wrasse too - Bet you can't wait until next year.

[lurcherman 887 13,123]

Love the look of them rivers

[bell 3,599]

That sounds like complete hevan! Nice salmon and lovely looking wrasse too - Bet you can't wait until next year.

Was a nice couple of days r&r Tom.......

[Flacko 1,744]

Your a pair of weird looking feckers

[mackem 26,364]

How big was the conger mate?Are You going fishing in Thailand this year?

[bell 3,599]

How big was the conger mate?Are You going fishing in Thailand this year?

Conger was a strap mate, will put up a vid of us trying to get it back in the sea lol. Back from Thailand last month, didn't catch ! Had a few nights at Chatrium riverside in Bangkok, there was some real big fish by the hotel topping, but wouldn't take anything, big silver flanks .....flew to Phuket and some time with the family at Kaho Lak and then a few days at Kaho sok in the national park.......enjoyed....

[novice 25]

Did you catch the salmon on rod and line from the sea rather than river? A very rare catch as I understand it.

 

Novice

[mackem 26,364]

 

How big was the conger mate?Are You going fishing in Thailand this year?

Conger was a strap mate, will put up a vid of us trying to get it back in the sea lol. Back from Thailand last month, didn't catch ! Had a few nights at Chatrium riverside in Bangkok, there was some real big fish by the hotel topping, but wouldn't take anything, big silver flanks .....flew to Phuket and some time with the family at Kaho Lak and then a few days at Kaho sok in the national park.......enjoyed....

Right on the chao phraya itself,if you go again theres a few places in Bangkok itself your guaranteed at least a 70 lb'er and theres a few decent places for lure fishing barramundi.

[bell 3,599]

 

 

How big was the conger mate?Are You going fishing in Thailand this year?

Conger was a strap mate, will put up a vid of us trying to get it back in the sea lol. Back from Thailand last month, didn't catch ! Had a few nights at Chatrium riverside in Bangkok, there was some real big fish by the hotel topping, but wouldn't take anything, big silver flanks .....flew to Phuket and some time with the family at Kaho Lak and then a few days at Kaho sok in the national park.......enjoyed....

Right on the chao phraya itself,if you go again theres a few places in Bangkok itself your guaranteed at least a 70 lb'er and theres a few decent places for lure fishing barramundi.

Yes mate, the river really is the lifeblood of the city. Really enjoyed the place from the people, the food and the contrasts of modern day living and the history of the place. The put and take places didn't float my boat if I'm honest, but would have been pleased to hook up,with one of the leviathans in the river......any ideas on what they were ?

[NEWKID 27,151]

Cracking stuff mate, love the west coast of Scotland

[mackem 26,364]

 

 

 

How big was the conger mate?Are You going fishing in Thailand this year?

Conger was a strap mate, will put up a vid of us trying to get it back in the sea lol. Back from Thailand last month, didn't catch ! Had a few nights at Chatrium riverside in Bangkok, there was some real big fish by the hotel topping, but wouldn't take anything, big silver flanks .....flew to Phuket and some time with the family at Kaho Lak and then a few days at Kaho sok in the national park.......enjoyed....

Right on the chao phraya itself,if you go again theres a few places in Bangkok itself your guaranteed at least a 70 lb'er and theres a few decent places for lure fishing barramundi.

Yes mate, the river really is the lifeblood of the city. Really enjoyed the place from the people, the food and the contrasts of modern day living and the history of the place. The put and take places didn't float my boat if I'm honest, but would have been pleased to hook up,with one of the leviathans in the river......any ideas on what they were ?

Chao phraya catfish most probs mate,i am meeting one of my kids in Bangkok before the end of the year,i am not the best

photographer in the world but i will try and get a pic of some feeding at one of the tourist spots where they are fed like wat arun.