Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Kai Iwi lakes?

You'd not be the first to use trout for snapper bait.

Works great on Blue cod and Grouper out of Milford sound that I can personally attest to.

Had 2 that I'd frozen for a few(5) years.

Also note to self when dry fly fishing always keep stripping the line in as it comes down towards you otherwise you'll miss 11 strikes in 2 hours!

Haven't been trout fishing for a while so I took dog, gun,and rod for a mission.Results 1 trout and a duck on my F&G licences.

Originally Posted by berg243

did you use the rod?

Cause I did choon into Ch 23 or 13 for purefly tonight 2030hrs Andrew was the first fish to introduce me to the Rapala lures

Originally Posted by Dundee

Cause I did choon into Ch 23 or 13 for purefly tonight 2030hrs Andrew was the first fish to introduce me to the Rapala lures

Decent dude Andrew Harding. Glad you reminded me Pure Fly was on.

@Dundee. Good little segment about how to release fish too.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

@Dundee. Good little segment about how to release fish too.

I release them onto my plate!

Caught no trout. One touch. But it was a great afternoon wet fly fishing the river Derwent in Cumbria, England.

Originally Posted by MB

There's probably more trout in the north than most people realise, however, they're often muddy-tasting due to the environment. Good fun for C&R if that's your thing.

a fair bit of the muddy taste thing is because people DONT bleed trout or gut them fast enough or properly,if you cut across behind the gill join at throat and break neck,then within short time frame (sooner the better) open up belly and remove guts THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY get the black line out of pointy bit of gut cavity nearest to the spine...this is sort of the fish's kidney and will add muddy taste to even a clean water fish...kawhawai are the same.
smoker fish...those a bit pale or in not so good condition...split open and debone,cover with fine layer of 50% salt n brown sugar,leave overnight or longer allowing fish to drain moisture off...mums cake rack on the meat/carving dish works well...

Bush rash's trout on page one is a classic case in point.....99% chance it was muddy tasty...smoker might have sorted it.

@Tahr, how much did it cost to fish the river ?
I have an Irish boss who reckons it wouldn't have been cheap.

Originally Posted by viper

@Tahr, how much did it cost to fish the river ?
I have an Irish boss who reckons it wouldn't have been cheap.

I was lucky. It didn't cost me anything but it was a very select piece of the river that the "Lord & Lady" owners keep closed for themselves. It had salmon, trout and sea run trout in it.

My son-in-law lives in the local village and arranged it for me through a generous work mate. Its like that - who knows who and all that stuff.

Not quite a trout.....much better. I avoided the madness of the canals last weekend after the breakout . Thought I would leave it a week for the scene to die down and maybe pickup a fish .
Upon arriving at Ohau C the Circus was still in full swing with maybe 100 + anglers going for it.
I did Ok with a 6 and then 8.5 lb fish. Very scrappy and really pulled some line .
Saw plenty being caught still, awesome day.... very happy wife and cats getting the scraps.

Got this 13lb Brown this morning, spinning off Lake Tekapo. Grin says it all really

Picked up a couple fish this evening in quite different conditions. Nymphing a lake at night. Dropped another 3 as it's bloody hard to keep in touch with with the gear. No photos as it was a challenge juggling a touch and flyrod.

Manawatu River has been high and dirty a fair bit lately,the wind wasn't right for a hunt so I decided to go for a flick.

Not long after landing that brownie I landed a second one.

Both caught on yellow blackfury lure no3.As river is still high and dirty for using no.2 lures or lighter.

Then photobombed by the dog.