[Iain Cameron]

Had a relaxed half day's boat fishing with a good mate on Monday - anchored up in a small loch, bobbing about, casting a few dries, and just chilling out. Cloudy, sunny, overcast, rain, sun, variable breeze/wind. Normal summer's day then!

it's a water stocked with rainbows, with a head of natural brownies, and I think in recent years it's been stocked with small brownies, which seem to have fattened up rather nicely:

My best was 18" on the nose, and fat as a fat pig:



Dan's best brown came in at 15", and was also a porker:


It's a nice wee loch; the boathouse has been sympathetically renovated, and one new boat added, and it's fit for purpose. Sadly, the two other boats are still pants - comically worn rowlocks bollox. Fortunately, it's not far to row.

You may recognise from the photo (no names, please). Looks like a ghost fish captured on camera here too.



cheers
Iain

[Hamish Young]

Nice 

[Rob Brownfield]

Tiz a bonnie brownie Iain!

I shall have to have a wander up for a cast. Do they still do evening tickets?

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Iain

[Allan Liddle]

Looks like you had a cracking wee spot of angling there Iain. 

[Euan Innes]

Now that's a fish Iain! 
I see that that loch might have to get a throw soon. I always new that there were Browns of that size in there as they used to go nuts for a muddler at dusk. 

 

[Iain Goolager]

Nice Trouts Iain 

Lovely location.

Iain

[Iain Cameron]

I see that that loch might have to get a throw soon.

we could get a wee mini-forum get together there. 4-6 rods if anyone is interested

[Mike Barrio]

Sounds like a plan Iain ..... I'd like to come along

Cheers
Mike

[Noel Kelly]

Me 2! Maybe!

[Jim Eddie]

I'd be up for that 

 

Jim

[Allan Liddle]

Aye that sound good, happy to come along as well if room (and time allows?)

[Mark Zhang]

Had a relaxed half day's boat fishing with a good mate on Monday - anchored up in a small loch, bobbing about, casting a few dries, and just chilling out. Cloudy, sunny, overcast, rain, sun, variable breeze/wind. Normal summer's day then!

is this a normal summer's day? ??? or an action movie? The picture shows you had a peace for a while. Well done, and nice trout.

Tight lines,

Mark

[Marc Fauvet]

good on ya Ian 

that fish seems to have a gill-plate edge-eating parasite.  (on the fin as well)
i've been seeing this more and more at the fishery where i work. my (unscientific) thoughts are that it might spread and am awaiting more info from the local biologist. you might wanna tell the owner about this ?
maybe Super-Hamish could chime in on this subject ?

cheers,
marc

[Eddie Sinclair]

Iain,
nice troot, I would be up for a day up there.

Do they allow electric outboards?

Eddie.

[Euan Innes]

You won't need one Eddie, the loch's not that big!
It's the kind of place you just anchor up, kick back, relax and have fun with fish.

 

[Eddie Sinclair]

Sounds good.

I was on a loch not too far from my house for the first time yesterday. We caught some small trout up to about 10 ounces but I feel that a bit more research is needed to fish it properly. I cant believe that this particular loch has boats on it and I have been travelling to Assynt and Durness for years and I can get to a decent sized loch in under an hour.

Eddie.

[Iain Cameron]

...that fish seems to have a gill-plate edge-eating parasite.  (on the fin as well)

hi Marc

that's worrying - i don't like the possibility of spreading infection. :-(
Any more info?
Here's a close up of the gill & fin:



cheers
iain

[Iain Cameron]

You won't need one Eddie, the loch's not that big!
It's the kind of place you just anchor up, kick back, relax and have fun with fish.

Ed, Euan & others - i'm trying to arrange a couple of dates (needless to say finding one date when all can manage isn't easy!).

Bit concerned re Marc's comment about parasites though, so let's see if any more info about that surfaces. In meantime, my boat net has been outdoors all week drying, so it should be clean anyways. (not that I was safety conscious, I just left it at the back door and forgot about it)

[Eddie Sinclair]

Iain,
next week during the week is out for me. The weekend is okay and the following weekend I have something on all weekend but after that I am good to go.

Eddie.

[Ewan Lindsay]

That's one of my favourite lochs Iain. As you say, there has always been a head of small wild brownies but they started including stocked brownies last year and they have really over-wintered well. The boats are completely useless I agree, way too light and no draught. Ancor ropes not long enough for the deep part either.  There used to be a bigger heavier fibre glass boat but it has disappeared this year for some reason? Maybe because with it and the other two 'coricles' in the boathouse, one of them always stuck out and got filled with rain...

Evening tickets still available from 17:00hrs Hamish.

Ewan

[Noel Kelly]

If its known that they now stock with fully grown brownies wouldn't damage like in the pic be common enough in stockies?

[Mike Barrio]

If its known that they now stock with fully grown brownies wouldn't damage like in the pic be common enough in stockies?

No, that should not happen Noel, as long as you're getting grade one stock and checking them before you allow them off the pick-up

Cheers
Mike

[Broontroot]

Some bonny troot there Iain, sounds like a great wee place for a day oot

[Broontroot]

Iain, do they allow float tubes on the water, i wouldnt fancy a dodgy boat.