The Sea Trout was a better fish than any of the daft big herring most people are chasing in our east coast rivers. They have been making a great comeback in recent years along the entire length of the coast and it is great to see. Had fish to 7lb 6oz in the salt in recent years (they go even harder in the sea) and seen a few much bigger. Friend of a friend had a 17lber on the fly in a small local river a few years ago, biggest Scottish east coast fish i know of.
Thanks for watching, it was a lovely fish. Never had a sea trout in the salt. Its something I'd like to do system some point. A 17lber that's a massive fish 👍
Thanks for watching, 5lb is a big sea trout. I think my biggest before that one was 4lbs and I was happy with that. Was that out of a river or the sea?
I went there in the 60's. Caught a sea trout with every worm on a rolling ledger. Problem was I didnt have many worms !!! Only ever coarse fished befor then. I also learned is wasnt just whisky to keep you warm, but the use of a tamishante..lol
Good video again cracking sea trout even if been in a while haven't fished the earn in years used to fish it quite a lot back in the day had some good days on it
I kinda of wonder, the two definite spots on the gill plate, has me considering if it might be a hybrid, with lowering numbers of salmon , i wonder if either precocious parr / or brown trout on the redds are doing their bit and salmon/trout hybrids might just be natures backup for seagoing stock, or its parents were a large female sea trout been watched over on the redds by smaller male salmon (or vice versa) , , maybe just the autumn colours confusing things a bit, but square tail and the two stand out gill plate spots seems to show the distinguish marks of the two in one fish . Cracking fish either way. Tight Lines for 2024 if your still throwing a line.
Hi, thanks for watching. For me, the square tail, the extended jaw and the spots below the lateral line point towards trout. I do agree the lack of fish in the rivers opens up the opportunity of hybrids. Nature will find a way.
Always good to see a fish treated with respect even if you were disappointed with a 7lb sea trout because it wasn't a salmon. Nice to have the differences pointed out and a bit of info. Regards fly and rod line set up would have been interesting .
Hi thanks for watching my rod set up is a 15ft Loomis NRX with a Rio Long Head Spey Floater and a 5ft Airflo slow sink tip. Can't really be disappointed with your biggest sea trout ever. I've fished the river hard all year, lost a few I just thought that was it. A great specimen it was. 👍
Thanks for watching, it's a great little river, just so dependant on water like most. Up and down within a few days, doesn't hold it's height at all like it used to.
Thanks for watching, well done on the 4lber, yes it was a challenge in that strong current. Thankfully the hook held enough to put the necessary pressure on it. 👍 I'd love to go to New Zealand at some point .
Iain that was a cracker of a Sea Trout that is one fish I miss here in Australia although we do have a run of Sea Trout in our smaller coastal rivers outside the fishing season. Tight lines with your first Salmon on the Earn.
Nice size a good one . Ive caught a few Sea trout i yrs back now when last there in the river Earn in Perthshire and were a bar eh Silver and so much different looking than this one seen ..Fight harder than any trout ive caught in lochs i recall Also have caught Brown trout in the river Earn yrs back now. Can i ask where can a person purchase a days permit these days and prices ?
Hi thanks for watching. I wouldn't have minded a look at that one when it first came in and was silver. You can buy tickets for Crieff on Fishpal they've a lot of water. The Dunning Angling Club sells them through the local shop in Dunning I'm sure. 👍
Hi thanks for watching. The fly was a Size 8 cascade if I remember correctly. That's good you've got your permit. You'll definitely get a sea trout or two. Its a great river for them, very underestimated. 👍
Excellent action video and some great angling skills, please correct me also, but isnt one of the differences that a Sea Trout has spots below the lateral line, when a Salmon doesn't, and historically a Sea Trout is a Brown trout, that went to sea ?
Thanks for watching and the kind comments, yes you are correct a sea trout has spot below the line when a salmon doesn't. It does become more difficult when bother are dark and in their spawning colours, for me the tail is always a giveaway, straight edged is always a trout. 👍
Hello, Canadian fisherman here. Is a sea trout a sea run brown trout? We have sea run rainbow trout here that we call steelhead. I was wondering if the fact that they live in salt water is the reason for the name change.
Hi Paul thanks for watching, I use a 15ft and 13ft Loomis NRX. Most of my videos are using my 15ft Loomis NRX and a Rio Long Head Spey Floater and a 5ft Airflo slow sink tip. I only really used shooting heads in the spring up until April.
Hi Bobby it's just the local Angling Club water. It is membership only but plenty of tickets just above on the Crieff water on Fishpal. Thanks for watching. 👍
Hi thanks for watching, yes I was wearing a tie, I was in between work appointments and managed down for a couple of hours, take it when you can get it 😀
@@scottishoutdoorlife haven’t fished the earn for many years . But still my favourite river not the most productive I have fished but still have a soft spot for it. Fisherman I speak to tell me runs a pretty poor which is a shame
Hi thanks for watching, 6 and a half pounds is a big fish, this was my biggest by a long way, I think my previous biggest was only around four. I didn't know you got sea trout in Louisiana, what types of Salmon do you get there and are there any steelhead?
Thanks for watching, biggest one I've ever had by about 3lbs. Nice to see, we had a lot of smaller sea trout last year but fewer and bigger this year. 👍
That's a heavy water to be wading in... lose your footing especially with a fish on, too easy to find yourself drookit and heading downstream at - riverspeed!
Personally I do t delay my fish that long, they get stressed and I think it’s a bit unfair, if your not going to kill it, straight back is better I feel. Good fish though.
Hi thanks for watching, I respect your opinion. I have known lots of Salmon caught and tethered for a long time(hours on occassion) sent to the hatchery as brood stock and survive for years after to spawn each year. I don't think it harms them certainly not when they're in the water. I hope your enjoying the channel?
Hi thanks for watching, in the Tay District which includes the River Earn all sea trout need to be returned to preserve the stocks, that's the rules in place at the moment. 👍
Hi thanks for watching, I don't wear a life vest. Grew up without wearing one and tend not to use one unless I have to. Can't seem to get used to them.
@@scottishoutdoorlife wait was that your non dominant? Dang bro, my non dominant casts are just a joke whether air or water borne. Yeah can't wait till I get my 3wt trout spey fixed up which is what I normally have a scandi line on (I broke the dang thing at the cork when I slipped in the river a few months back). Right now just chucking big stuff on the 4wt with a skagit.
Yes it was, it could still be improved though. Thanks for the kind comments and I hope you get your rod fixed soon, an you enjoy the rest of the video's 👍
Very enjoyable video Iain. It’s good to see sizeable sea trout making a comeback and giving a good account of itself in heavy water
Thanks Andrew, been a few bigger ones caught off the Earn this year. Nice to see. 👍
Excellent,thank you for uploading 👍
Thanks for watching 👍
The Sea Trout was a better fish than any of the daft big herring most people are chasing in our east coast rivers. They have been making a great comeback in recent years along the entire length of the coast and it is great to see. Had fish to 7lb 6oz in the salt in recent years (they go even harder in the sea) and seen a few much bigger. Friend of a friend had a 17lber on the fly in a small local river a few years ago, biggest Scottish east coast fish i know of.
Thanks for watching, it was a lovely fish. Never had a sea trout in the salt. Its something I'd like to do system some point. A 17lber that's a massive fish 👍
@@scottishoutdoorlife get yourself over to Islay in may. I moved here for the seatrout fishing, best is 78cm.
Wow that's a big sea trout well done. I'll need to give it a look. It'd be nice for a trip away.
@@Dougtroutfisher.4046on route lol
I'm pleased you got the Sea trout and even more pleased that you didn't go for a dip in that current- regards from NZ
Thanks for watching, it was pretty strong, it's the only time I'm thankful of my extra few pounds, comes in handy when wading🤣, glad you enjoyed it. 👍
Lovely sea trout, nice to see the differences in the fish explained some more…
Thanks glad you enjoyed it. I think they are mis identified at this time of year pretty often.
Very nice fish. Was fishing the earn when staying at the we log cabins.makes me want to give it another go.
It's a great little river, didn't fish well at all this year.
I caught a 5lb sea trout down here in Brighton a couple of years ago. Fish of a lifetime. Well done.
Thanks for watching, 5lb is a big sea trout. I think my biggest before that one was 4lbs and I was happy with that. Was that out of a river or the sea?
@@scottishoutdoorlife the sea. If was using a metal lure for bass. Was a very pleasant surprise.
I went there in the 60's. Caught a sea trout with every worm on a rolling ledger. Problem was I didnt have many worms !!!
Only ever coarse fished befor then. I also learned is wasnt just whisky to keep you warm, but the use of a tamishante..lol
I bet the fishing was something else it the 60s, my dad fished it then. Often went to Jack's pub in Forteviot after the river. Thanks for watching 👍
Good video again cracking sea trout even if been in a while haven't fished the earn in years used to fish it quite a lot back in the day had some good days on it
Thanks Neil it's a great little river but really suffering with it back end run like all others
Bravo ! Thank you for sharing
Enjoy your fishing bro
Your welcome, thanks so much for watching, glad you enjoy them. 👍
I kinda of wonder, the two definite spots on the gill plate, has me considering if it might be a hybrid, with lowering numbers of salmon , i wonder if either precocious parr / or brown trout on the redds are doing their bit and salmon/trout hybrids might just be natures backup for seagoing stock, or its parents were a large female sea trout been watched over on the redds by smaller male salmon (or vice versa) , , maybe just the autumn colours confusing things a bit, but square tail and the two stand out gill plate spots seems to show the distinguish marks of the two in one fish . Cracking fish either way. Tight Lines for 2024 if your still throwing a line.
Hi, thanks for watching. For me, the square tail, the extended jaw and the spots below the lateral line point towards trout. I do agree the lack of fish in the rivers opens up the opportunity of hybrids. Nature will find a way.
Some flow in that river !
There is in that bit, worth the wade though. Thanks again for watching 👍
11:00pm, fish breaks the surface and I am excitedly yelling....poor neighbors. 🤫 Nice catch though!
Thanks for watching Paula 👍
Well done Iain. Excellent demonstration of sea trout identification.
Thanks for watching again. I never even looked at it properly until it was in the net. Just thought at that size it was a salmon. Big trout 👍
Hi Lain,
What size and type of fly were you using? I assume it was a salmon fly as you were targeting salmon.
Cheers.
Hi, thanks for watching, it was a size 10 partridge patriot double, the tying is one of my own. A bit of a dark cascade pattern with a red butt.
beautiful sea-trout in greeding colours, excellent catch mate 👍👍
Thanks for watching, yes it was a cracker, beautiful colours on him. 👍
Always good to see a fish treated with respect even if you were disappointed with a 7lb sea trout because it wasn't a salmon.
Nice to have the differences pointed out and a bit of info. Regards fly and rod line set up would have been interesting .
Hi thanks for watching my rod set up is a 15ft Loomis NRX with a Rio Long Head Spey Floater and a 5ft Airflo slow sink tip. Can't really be disappointed with your biggest sea trout ever. I've fished the river hard all year, lost a few I just thought that was it. A great specimen it was. 👍
What flie were you using? Also did you have a sink tip on? I've just joined the broomhill beat on the earn this year, just trying to figure it out 🙈🎣
Hi Gavin, I was using an orange fly I tie myself. Along the lines of a Cascade. I'm sure I had 10ft of brown fast sink tip on.
@Scottish Outdoor Life perfect thank you🎣👍
Very good fish well done looks like a great river I must give it a go
Thanks for watching, it's a great little river, just so dependant on water like most. Up and down within a few days, doesn't hold it's height at all like it used to.
@@scottishoutdoorlife same as the river i fish mate i fish the river leven its a nightmare
These long dry spells in the summer aren't helping anyway.
@@scottishoutdoorlife very true
Lovely fish, must of been quite a challenge in the strong flow of the current, greetings from New Zealand just landed my first 4lber for the season 😎
Thanks for watching, well done on the 4lber, yes it was a challenge in that strong current. Thankfully the hook held enough to put the necessary pressure on it. 👍 I'd love to go to New Zealand at some point .
Best fish there are in my opinion, demon scrappers, id have them over salmon all day long, iv caught alot over 7lb biggest are low doubles they motor😮
Yes they give you a fair fight pound for pound. Nearing double figures, that would be a dream fish. Thanks for watching 👍
Iain that was a cracker of a Sea Trout that is one fish I miss here in Australia although we do have a run of Sea Trout in our smaller coastal rivers outside the fishing season. Tight lines with your first Salmon on the Earn.
Thanks Norman, I bet you've,sone freak fishing out there though. Would love to go one day 👍
Old kipper...love it😀
It had been in a while that one. Thanks for watching 👍
@@scottishoutdoorlife I fished the Earn in 1969,and only saw a seal.
Thankfully not too many seals up into the main river. One every now and again into the lower reaches.
Great bit of footage and a cracking sea trout…..what’s a CROY ? It looked pretty dangerous wading on it !
Thanks for watching. A Croy is a row of stones out from the bank designed to direct the flow and speed up the current.
Nice to see you turned out on the river in a shirt an' tie!
Thanks for watching, I was actually working before this. 🤣👍
Absolutely amazing fish. I am a member on the earn, what stretch is that? Looks very similar to where I'm a member of
Hi thanks for watching. It's the Dunning Angling Club water. 👍
Great, a place for a sea trout, it's what I think,not a lot of people know that this fish like the flow. 👌
Thanks for watching, your right, a lot of people don't look for them in these faster pools but I have had so many from pools like that 👍
Are pools in the Earn also where fish tend to have a rest before heading onwards .
Excellent video. Also demonstrates how to handle sea trout correctly.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Great fish well done
Thanks for watching 👍
Great looking fish.
Thanks 👍
Nice size a good one .
Ive caught a few Sea trout i yrs back now when last there in the river Earn in Perthshire and were a bar eh Silver
and so much different looking than this one seen ..Fight harder than any trout ive caught in lochs i recall
Also have caught Brown trout in the river Earn yrs back now.
Can i ask where can a person purchase a days permit these days and prices ?
Hi thanks for watching. I wouldn't have minded a look at that one when it first came in and was silver. You can buy tickets for Crieff on Fishpal they've a lot of water. The Dunning Angling Club sells them through the local shop in Dunning I'm sure. 👍
What a fish. Deadly. What fly line you using here? I have just got a permit for the earn at forteviot for this year. Hopefully get a few sea trout 👍
Hi thanks for watching. The fly was a Size 8 cascade if I remember correctly. That's good you've got your permit. You'll definitely get a sea trout or two. Its a great river for them, very underestimated. 👍
Excellent action video and some great angling skills, please correct me also, but isnt one of the differences that a Sea Trout has spots below the lateral line, when a Salmon doesn't, and historically a Sea Trout is a Brown trout, that went to sea ?
Thanks for watching and the kind comments, yes you are correct a sea trout has spot below the line when a salmon doesn't. It does become more difficult when bother are dark and in their spawning colours, for me the tail is always a giveaway, straight edged is always a trout. 👍
Incredible Sea Trout mate, Great video, Well Done 👍🏻
Thanks for watching, it was a cracker 👍
Hello, Canadian fisherman here. Is a sea trout a sea run brown trout? We have sea run rainbow trout here that we call steelhead. I was wondering if the fact that they live in salt water is the reason for the name change.
Hi thanks for watching, yes they are just sea run brown trout. Same idea as steelhead. Hope you enjoyed the video. 👍
Beautiful stream
It is Jonathan thanks for watching 👍
Hi which rod reel and line do you use?
Hi Paul thanks for watching, I use a 15ft and 13ft Loomis NRX. Most of my videos are using my 15ft Loomis NRX and a Rio Long Head Spey Floater and a 5ft Airflo slow sink tip. I only really used shooting heads in the spring up until April.
Nice fish. How much is a permit there? Or is it an english landowner only shot?
Hi Bobby it's just the local Angling Club water. It is membership only but plenty of tickets just above on the Crieff water on Fishpal. Thanks for watching. 👍
@@scottishoutdoorlife thank you very much. Great video. Keep on keepin on
Thanks Bobby you too 👍
Congratulations! Can you tell me who owns the left bank on that stretch?
Hi, not too sure but I do know there has been a long term syndicate on it. Thanks for watching 👍
@@scottishoutdoorlife OK thanks
Bug!! Nicee work and a good reward. :-)
Thanks for watching 👍
Brave man to fish a fly in that height of water ! Well done
It was a bit tricky right enough. Thanks for watching 👍
Fantastic to see 🎣
Thanks for watching Callum, glad you enjoyed it. 👍
Could you do a video on your favourite salmon lure and why when you use them
I can Matt I'll try and organise it. Thanks for watching. 👍
Cheers
Cracking seatrout well done.
Thanks Toby 👍
Nice fish 🎣👍
Thanks for watching. It was a cracker 👍
Well done! 👍
Thanks for watching 👍
did you have official suit under the tie and fishing :D ? real fish gentleman
Hi thanks for watching, I was actually in between work appointments and nipped for a quick cast. 🤣
Just found your channel✌ what a fish🔥
It was a big one for the Earn anyway, thanks for watching, I hope you enjoy the rest of the videos, let me know what you think of them. 👍
Are you wearing a tie??
Fishing is serious business 🤣
Hi thanks for watching, yes I was wearing a tie, I was in between work appointments and managed down for a couple of hours, take it when you can get it 😀
Good solid fish those.
Thanks Marco I was chuffed with it.
Which beat are you fishing mate
Hi David thanks for watching, that's the Dunning Angling Club beat. Do you fish the Earn?
@@scottishoutdoorlife haven’t fished the earn for many years . But still my favourite river not the most productive I have fished but still have a soft spot for it. Fisherman I speak to tell me runs a pretty poor which is a shame
ive caught several sea trout in Louisiana around 6 1/2 pound but never broke 7.
Hi thanks for watching, 6 and a half pounds is a big fish, this was my biggest by a long way, I think my previous biggest was only around four. I didn't know you got sea trout in Louisiana, what types of Salmon do you get there and are there any steelhead?
Brilliant thanks, that would be interesting, email sent. 👍
@@scottishoutdoorlife I think he was talking about "speckled trout", a saltwater species.
Amazing fish
Thanks 👍
what beats that mate
Hi thanks for watching, it's the Dunning Angling Club water on the River Earn. 👍
Flying c or a long bronze 4, preferred by many a sea trout
They certainly like a flying c that's for sure, some of them inhale it, thanks for watching
Well done 👏
Thanks for watching 👍
@@scottishoutdoorlife mate love it 💙💯
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Kind words, glad your enjoying them
Are you wearing a shirt and tie?
Hi Dan yes I was, just nipped down for a couple of hours in between appointments 🤣🤣
@@scottishoutdoorlife thats dedication mate.
🔥
Thanks for watching 👍
WELL DONE
Thanks for watching 👍
Well done. Not easy to get sea trout that size.
Thanks for watching, biggest one I've ever had by about 3lbs. Nice to see, we had a lot of smaller sea trout last year but fewer and bigger this year. 👍
Nice 🥃
Cheers Mike 👍
That's a heavy water to be wading in... lose your footing especially with a fish on, too easy to find yourself drookit and heading downstream at - riverspeed!
Yeah it's pretty heavy going but I was only a few yards from the edge. Thanks for watching 👍
Looks more like 3
The second one was, the first definitely 7lb, weighed in the net. Thanks for watching
Must be fucking nice sir. I'm jealous
We're lucky where we live with so many nice rivers close to us. 😀
Personally I do t delay my fish that long, they get stressed and I think it’s a bit unfair, if your not going to kill it, straight back is better I feel. Good fish though.
Hi thanks for watching, I respect your opinion. I have known lots of Salmon caught and tethered for a long time(hours on occassion) sent to the hatchery as brood stock and survive for years after to spawn each year. I don't think it harms them certainly not when they're in the water. I hope your enjoying the channel?
They are delicioius to eat. Why catch them, just to let them free?
Hi thanks for watching, in the Tay District which includes the River Earn all sea trout need to be returned to preserve the stocks, that's the rules in place at the moment. 👍
Brilliant.
Thanks for watching 👍
superb fish skilfully done. hope you wear a life vest looks dangerous
Hi thanks for watching, I don't wear a life vest. Grew up without wearing one and tend not to use one unless I have to. Can't seem to get used to them.
You make that single spey look way too easy....took me so long to learn that cast and I still suck at it 50% of the time.
Over my right arm is still far better for me. Its just practice and thankfully I get plenty of it. Keep at it and it'll happen 90% of the time 👍
@@scottishoutdoorlife wait was that your non dominant? Dang bro, my non dominant casts are just a joke whether air or water borne. Yeah can't wait till I get my 3wt trout spey fixed up which is what I normally have a scandi line on (I broke the dang thing at the cork when I slipped in the river a few months back). Right now just chucking big stuff on the 4wt with a skagit.
Yes it was, it could still be improved though. Thanks for the kind comments and I hope you get your rod fixed soon, an you enjoy the rest of the video's 👍
Hard to unterstand the solang.. what a pitty
Thanks for watching, you should be able to put subtitles on for translation. 👍
Siri……show me Heaven please
Thanks for watching 👍
Big its schooly sewin
Thanks for watching 👍