You hardly need another comment telling you to get the line on the reel, so I won’t! But otherwise, well fished! You hooked it, played it, and landed it on the tackle you had, and you learned a lot in the process, shared your experience and sheer enjoyment, and responded to the usual keyboard slobs with dignity, humour and humility: all power to your rod elbow!
@@SiGmund63 Hi mate, I honestly really appreciate this comment! It’s a relief to know that there’s still positivity online 😁 As you said alot of negative feedback, which I’m still grateful for as I love to hear everyone’s opinion, as it can be very useful for me to improve as a angler! Clearly I’m not an expert nor have I claimed to be, I just enjoy the art of fishing, and trying to be as careful with fish handling as much as I can! Unfortunately as you know, a lot of people will take the negatives rather than giving the positives sometimes, but I suppose some are inclined with this mentality, Sorry for the long paragraph but it’s great to reply to another on the same wave length 🤘🏻🎣
The reason you were struggling to net it was each time you lifted it towards the net you walked forward towards it splashing as you went, thereby spooking the fish. Try standing still, crouch down to reduce your silhouette and slide the fish over a stationary net. Works every time. Also a folding net with a longer handle helps.
Well done, great fish, effort justly rewarded. I smiled seeing your hands shaking holding the line, its those moments that fishing is all about. A story to tell and a memory that will stay with you. Great job.
It was the boy and I that came across you on the beach. Well done (again). Great to see the fight it had put up, they really don't like getting caught. Timed it nicely, the weather became completely unfishable within the hour.
Hi Iain, that day I tried catching up with you and the lad after the catch unfortunately I couldn’t find you guys, I really want to thank you and the boy for helping me release the fish, really appreciate that, and yes that weather turned drastically! I walked back to my car absolutely soaking 😂 it was an absolute pleasure to meet you guys, hopefully I see you around the foreshore again, tightlines
Nice film, congrats on a lovely trout. Give a shooting basket a try. The tide makes loose line horrible to deal with. A basket makes casting so much easier.
Thank you man, really appreciate it, and you’re right! A line basket will be in my purchases for next season! Also it would be ideal for casting from the rocks also
My late uncle always dreamed of catching a sea trout like that. Now I see why. He never did but that’s okay… it was a good dream. Great video btw. Thanks for sharing.
Hi mate the feeling is surreal! As quite a few others mentioned it’s not the biggest sized sea trout but it was big enough to put a smile on my face that’s for sure and the fight on the fly rod was brilliant, really appreciate your comment 🎣
What an excellent fish!! Love seeing those size beauties cutting about the shoreline. And great effort getting after it in those weather conditions. Looking forward to getting you out on the boat soon and see what predators are lurking in the West coast depths! 🎣 🔥
Nice one mate, I'm seatrout daft and have done alot of seatrout fishing down that way and had them up to 11lb and been snapped off bigger as I only ever use 6lb line, I have moved away from that area and now I can catch seatrout from my front door, it's pure God's country
Lovely fish, well done. Nice to see someone handling them well and not guessing a stupid weight, 4lb odd looks about right. Beautiful colour, always amazes me the variety of colours you get with Seatrout.
Thank you Robert, really appreciated, the only thing I’d change is getting it on the reel but yeah I reckon it wasn’t far away from 4 pound, thanks for the kind comment 🤘🏻🎣
Thanks Stio, always appreciate your comments mate, it may not be the biggest but I am personally over the moon as that is my personal best sea trout on the fly, absolutely estatic!! Thanks for watching sir 🤘🏻🎣
Thank you Doug, really appreciate this, and it gave my 7wt a good test 😂 and I agree tickers trout flies are absolutely mega, thanks for watching as always mate, hopefully fishing has been good for you mate now the winds are gently dying down
What an absolute beauty. You should be well proud of yourself for landing it on 4 lb.line. And very sporting to release it as well. I had a similar experience with a brown trout of that size at dusk on a large Sedge fly. I looked in awe at its colours in my torch light and just had to return it. Well done you! Tony S.
Well done and a bonnie fish! As David says below, if you can get the line back on the reel as a priority you will make life easier. If your drag is set right you will enjoy the runs more and the sound is one of the best in the world! You will also greatly reduce the risk of losing fish. Thanks, really enjoyed that.
Nice fish. Congratulations! One thing that would change your life on the coast is a line basket. Keeps your line from being talen away by the current, less risk of a fish getting tangled in it and longer casts.
Well done Michael, lovely fish! Did you say you were using a 4lb leader! For sea trout in the sea I'd use 8lb. They are not usually line shy in the salt. Also a good idea to try get the line on the reel as soon as possible. I thought the fish at one point was going to get tangled in your line. You'll remember that fish for a long time!
Thanks mate, really appreciate it, funny story with the line, when I walked the distance to the shoreline my car is parked maybe a mile away? And low and behold I didn’t have my 8 Pound Diawa sensor with me, instead it was 4 Pound kamasan, something that I could have regretted, thankfully it just stayed on, but your Totally right, 8 pound minimum and also agree with you getting it on the reel ASAP my friend Logan is always advising me to do this! Thanks for the advice mate, really appreciated
Now is the time to get the big one , the water is getting warmer and the fish super active . You did brilliant , I might just cut across some days down that way , you’r doing great .
Thanks Mike, appreciate the advice too, as you said before, get it on the reel!! A bit advice said by many which I will incorporate into the next fish I catch by fly, 🤘🏻🎣
@@chrissmiles788 Thank you Chris really appreciate that, I managed another bigger one after this, it was also a bar of silver too 😁 unfortunately the weather here on the west of Scotland has been absolutely abysmal, not been out fish much, let’s hope it improves soon
Thank you very much Shaun, really appreciated, and I was astonished when I forgot to bring my 8 pound tippet with me that day! 4 pound is a bit sketchy, for salt water use 😂, thanks for commenting and hopefully the fishings has been good on your end 🤘🏻🎣
My father used to catch some cracking Sea Trout from a mark in Helesburgh and just further up. That was a proper Clash of the Titans, and one you'll remember for a long time :)
@@theanglingfront it's such a different experience isn't it... stating the obvious but... casting into salt water with tidal movement, etc as compared to a river!
Thanks for the upload, my smile watching it is nearly as big as yours. Well done for persevering. As per some of the comments I would defo look to get some line back on the reel and you do need a bigger long handled net, the scoop net made it far more difficult for you and I’d have cried for you if you lost it at the net😂. Check out the Sharps Belmont 20” seatrout net or their seaforth. It clips to your belt or coat loop is easy to deploy and is extendable. Well done again Pal, belter of a 🎣
Thanks rob, yeah I agree with you, definitely need to get into the habit of getting it on the reel, and I wil have a look at those nets, really appreciate the advice rob, thanks for commenting 🤘🏻🎣
Thanks Pete, and I agree, the only thing I like about the net is that is small and light enough to carry when I’m moving across the shoreline, but yeah maybe a investment would be worth to get a longer handle, thanks for watching Peter
@@theanglingfront Hi Michael, just a suggestion, they do a similar net with a longer handle that you can still fix to the back of your coat with a magnet, cheers Peter.
Beauty Michael and the fight it put up was fantastic. Tight lines from myself currently in California but when I get back to N Ireland I will try that kind of fly on the old bombarda at my local shoreline.
@@theanglingfront There is a huge lake about a mile from me called Chabot that holds large mouth bass , golden & rainbow trout, catfish and carp. Fished it in the past a little bit Michael but never landed anything they all got off. I will be doing some sea fishing though very shortly and hope to catch Leopard sharks, Stripper, and maybe Bat rays etc ! Keep you posted buddy. Just before I left for here, back home a huge Sea Bass followed my savage gear inline seeker right to my feet. Roughly in latitude I’m the same across the Irish Sea from you and it’s good to know they are moving up our coastline. Tight lines
Well done, but two suggestions, a long handed large net and a heavier rod and leader (7 or 8lbs) to play the fish in quicker and tire it out less for release.
Well done bud that was a fish and a half no wonder you were over the moon especially on those conditions you were fishing in a would have looked out the widow and sais mmm nah..lol so well done you won at the end of the day well in
@@theanglingfront happy days mate can't wait for more action from you..videos are cracking.. should see so.e good fishing soon once the weather picks up and heats up aswell
@@jonjames7328 Thank You John, really appreciate your comment mate, and to be honest this one was totally different to the ones I had been catching prior! Was a great day, was absolutely over the moon 😁
@@theanglingfront no worries, it must be a trout fishers thing as I used to do it as well until a ghillie on The Dee while I was playing a salmon gave me a right bollocking as I had line all round my waders with the bloody fish screaming up and down the pool!! I did somehow land it but he wasn’t impressed!!😂
great catch - but please get it on the reel much faster - that slack line all lying in a heap in the water was driving my OCD mad lol. Just trap the loose line under your pinky and wind the slack onto the reel asap. Raising the rod behind you while keeping the net in the water will make landing easier also. So happy for you that you got it though - what a fish!
LOVE THE VIDEO, TYVM FOR THE 4K QUALITY :) BIG BEAUTIFUL TROUT, DORSAL FIN LIKE A SMALL SHARK :P * WHAT BRAND LINE? 4LB LEADER??? JUDGING BY HOW TIGHTLY UR' FINGERS ARE GRIPPING THAT LINE, I'D SAY UR WELL OVER THE RATED 4LB'S, WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADVERT FOR THE MANUFACTURER! **WOULD YOU DO A GEAR LIST? BOOTS / WADERS / ROD, REEL & TACKLE..?
@@theanglingfront oh dude, we are back in NZ now unfortunately. We will be back. I tell ya mate. we come from a beautiful country but scotland is bloody beautiful too. We were so busy looking at castles and other awsome stuff! but having the chance to fish over your way will be on my to do list!
You should go and take a course on hook and release, the trick is to land it as quick as you can and release it. you should keep your line on your reel and let yuour drag do it's job.
Asking for trouble with loops of line floating about..get the line on the reel ..thats what it's there for..could have walked that fish to the shore no problem ...nice fish.
Congratulations on a magnificent fish. I am surprised you don't use a stripping basket of any sort. That would keep your line out of the tide and any chance of getting it caught in the bladderwrack or barnacle covered rocks. All that loose line is a danger for the fish to run into, or get caught in floating weed. A stripping basket made from a potty-training step, or a washing up bowl works perfectly.
@@xpresscolourart5531 Thank you man, really appreciate this! It was some scrap on the fly rod! Hopefully I can get another one before the end of the season, I am based around the West of Scotland (Helensburgh area) what about yourself?
@@theanglingfront Clyde valley area Some right good salmon been caught over past few months amazing stuff man I have never fished for sea trout but now i absolutely must 😵💫 I pass Helensburgh area on the bike now n then but as for The fishing I haven’t a clue where tae start haha
@@xpresscolourart5531 Yeah man, seen some crackers online getting caught, and yeah sea trout are good fun, especially on the fly, as for the area, the whole place fishes really well for them, unfortunately we are nearing the end of the season which is a shame, gonna have to think what to target during the winter now 😂
Thanks mate, appreciate it, just seen the name of your channel, I used to do a lot of metal detecting myself a few years ago, itching to get back into it! Is this a hobby your still currently doing mate?
@@theanglingfront - born and bred. Approx 40 years ago my parents had a caravan at Roseneath before we migrated to Australia in 1981. I gave me pleasure to think I was looking at the caravan park in the distance as you were playing the sea trout and bringing it to your net
Cracking fish that mate, big shoulders unusual markings , is that a strain of sea trout , they call slob trout they stay really close to the estuary to feed ?
Cracking video, and Troot.👍 Hope you don't mind me saying I've never seen a Sea Troot that colour, any chance it was a Slob Troot? Either way you got the sport out of it, well done.👌
Hi mate, yes it’s a slob trout! It’s not long been in the salt water from the river, I really like the colours on them personally and the fight was tremendous! Thanks for commenting really appreciated 🤘🏻🎣
Bin that silly "squash racket" type landing net & buy a proper one for gawd sake!! You're bound to regret it if you don't 😉 lol (from a 67 year old Welsh sewin angler) 👍🎣
He was driving me crazy with the lack of line control….the fish gods are just waiting to throw a tangle in that line! Let the fish take as much as possible by relaxing your fingers under control or reel in some line while fighting the fish! True … both are risky no doubt but to do nothing isn’t a better choice, imo!
You should have slowly and calmly walked the fish back to the shore and it would have followed you like a dog in the same way that a salmon does. Anyway congratulations to you on your sea trout catch, well done 😊
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You hardly need another comment telling you to get the line on the reel, so I won’t! But otherwise, well fished! You hooked it, played it, and landed it on the tackle you had, and you learned a lot in the process, shared your experience and sheer enjoyment, and responded to the usual keyboard slobs with dignity, humour and humility: all power to your rod elbow!
@@SiGmund63 Hi mate, I honestly really appreciate this comment! It’s a relief to know that there’s still positivity online 😁 As you said alot of negative feedback, which I’m still grateful for as I love to hear everyone’s opinion, as it can be very useful for me to improve as a angler! Clearly I’m not an expert nor have I claimed to be, I just enjoy the art of fishing, and trying to be as careful with fish handling as much as I can! Unfortunately as you know, a lot of people will take the negatives rather than giving the positives sometimes, but I suppose some are inclined with this mentality, Sorry for the long paragraph but it’s great to reply to another on the same wave length 🤘🏻🎣
Catch and release, well done, lovely trout.... Greetings from Germany.
Thank you very much, really appreciate it, 🤘🏻🎣🏴
Bloody hell, one of the best videos I've seen in a long while,, that was some fight,, excellent result, thanks for sharing 🎣🎣👍👍
Thanks Anthony, really appreciate that! Looking forward to next season!! 🤘🏻🎣
The reason you were struggling to net it was each time you lifted it towards the net you walked forward towards it splashing as you went, thereby spooking the fish. Try standing still, crouch down to reduce your silhouette and slide the fish over a stationary net. Works every time. Also a folding net with a longer handle helps.
Thanks for the advice Jim, will do this next time 🤘🏻🎣
Well done, great fish, effort justly rewarded. I smiled seeing your hands shaking holding the line, its those moments that fishing is all about. A story to tell and a memory that will stay with you. Great job.
Thank you Paul, really appreciate this comment mate the feeling was absolutely amazing, 😁
It was the boy and I that came across you on the beach. Well done (again). Great to see the fight it had put up, they really don't like getting caught. Timed it nicely, the weather became completely unfishable within the hour.
Hi Iain, that day I tried catching up with you and the lad after the catch unfortunately I couldn’t find you guys, I really want to thank you and the boy for helping me release the fish, really appreciate that, and yes that weather turned drastically! I walked back to my car absolutely soaking 😂 it was an absolute pleasure to meet you guys, hopefully I see you around the foreshore again, tightlines
We were having a cast in the bit with no fish, just before getting drenched:)
Nice film, congrats on a lovely trout. Give a shooting basket a try. The tide makes loose line horrible to deal with. A basket makes casting so much easier.
Thank you man, really appreciate it, and you’re right! A line basket will be in my purchases for next season! Also it would be ideal for casting from the rocks also
Great fish and well done for letting it go.
Thank you Tony, really appreciate that mate 🤘🏻🎣
Fantastic showed my other half the excitement of fishing....she wasn't as excited as me but there you go
Thanks Mikey, really appreciate that! And what a buzz you get when you catch 😁
My late uncle always dreamed of catching a sea trout like that. Now I see why. He never did but that’s okay… it was a good dream. Great video btw. Thanks for sharing.
Hi mate the feeling is surreal! As quite a few others mentioned it’s not the biggest sized sea trout but it was big enough to put a smile on my face that’s for sure and the fight on the fly rod was brilliant, really appreciate your comment 🎣
What an excellent fish!! Love seeing those size beauties cutting about the shoreline.
And great effort getting after it in those weather conditions.
Looking forward to getting you out on the boat soon and see what predators are lurking in the West coast depths! 🎣 🔥
Thanks Nic, really appreciate it, and yeah hopefully get the boat out soon again
That had me on edge of chair briliant 😊 nice size
👍🏴😁✌️
Thank you mate, really appreciate this 🤘🏻🎣🏴
Nice one mate, I'm seatrout daft and have done alot of seatrout fishing down that way and had them up to 11lb and been snapped off bigger as I only ever use 6lb line, I have moved away from that area and now I can catch seatrout from my front door, it's pure God's country
@@finlaymclaren2263 Cheers mate and nice one, where did you end up moving to?
Lovely fish, well done. Nice to see someone handling them well and not guessing a stupid weight, 4lb odd looks about right. Beautiful colour, always amazes me the variety of colours you get with Seatrout.
Thank you Robert, really appreciated, the only thing I’d change is getting it on the reel but yeah I reckon it wasn’t far away from 4 pound, thanks for the kind comment 🤘🏻🎣
Congrats Michael, absolute beauty of a sea trout..
Thanks Stio, always appreciate your comments mate, it may not be the biggest but I am personally over the moon as that is my personal best sea trout on the fly, absolutely estatic!! Thanks for watching sir 🤘🏻🎣
Congratulations Michael, awesome fish, going by the colours it’s probably not long back in salt water. Tickers flies are awesome👍
Thank you Doug, really appreciate this, and it gave my 7wt a good test 😂 and I agree tickers trout flies are absolutely mega, thanks for watching as always mate, hopefully fishing has been good for you mate now the winds are gently dying down
What an absolute beauty. You should be well proud of yourself for landing it on 4 lb.line. And very sporting to release it as well. I had a similar experience with a brown trout of that size at dusk on a large Sedge fly. I looked in awe at its colours in my torch light and just had to return it. Well done you! Tony S.
Thank you Tony, really appreciate your comment, i would love a brownie of the calibre you had, that would amazing,
Had me on the edge of my seat. Class vid
Thank you Steven, really appreciate this man 😁🤘🏻
Well done and a bonnie fish! As David says below, if you can get the line back on the reel as a priority you will make life easier. If your drag is set right you will enjoy the runs more and the sound is one of the best in the world! You will also greatly reduce the risk of losing fish. Thanks, really enjoyed that.
Thanks for the tip Andrew, and thanks for the comment, really appreciate this 🎣🤘🏻
What an inspiring video, and well done on landing, and releasing that cracking fish. Now subscribed. Looking forward to more!
@@peternicholas4323 Thank you Peter, really appreciated mate, 🤘🏻🎣
Great job i really enjoyed it 💯👏👏👏
Thank you Dave, really appreciate that mate 🤘🏻🎣
Well desetved Michael, a belter of a Seatrout on a tricky day.
Thanks Angus, really appreciate that mate
Nice fish. Congratulations! One thing that would change your life on the coast is a line basket. Keeps your line from being talen away by the current, less risk of a fish getting tangled in it and longer casts.
What a cracking sea trout and fight!! 🤙
Thanks Ryan, really appreciate it mate 🤘🏻🎣
Well done Michael, lovely fish! Did you say you were using a 4lb leader! For sea trout in the sea I'd use 8lb. They are not usually line shy in the salt. Also a good idea to try get the line on the reel as soon as possible. I thought the fish at one point was going to get tangled in your line. You'll remember that fish for a long time!
Thanks mate, really appreciate it, funny story with the line, when I walked the distance to the shoreline my car is parked maybe a mile away? And low and behold I didn’t have my 8 Pound Diawa sensor with me, instead it was 4 Pound kamasan, something that I could have regretted, thankfully it just stayed on, but your Totally right, 8 pound minimum and also agree with you getting it on the reel ASAP my friend Logan is always advising me to do this! Thanks for the advice mate, really appreciated
A beautiful fish and great that you released it after resting
Thank you mate, really appreciate this 🤘🏻🎣
Now is the time to get the big one , the water is getting warmer and the fish super active . You did brilliant , I might just cut across some days down that way , you’r doing great .
Thanks Nico, really appreciate that, hopefully get to see you down the shore sometime this season,
@@theanglingfront That's the only downside of filming catches, all the winder inners will be heading that way and it will get busier.
Holy moly what a fish, and what a fight too. Congratulations.
Thank you very much mate, much appreciated 🤘🏻🎣
Congrats! Oh me nerves! Very nice …. Excellent fight, you captured it and live released it to fight another day! 😊
Thanks Mike, appreciate the advice too, as you said before, get it on the reel!! A bit advice said by many which I will incorporate into the next fish I catch by fly, 🤘🏻🎣
Looking forward to this one Michael 👌
Thank you Dougie, really appreciate this 🤘🏻🎣
You definitely need a longer net , great fish well done fella 👌🏽🎣 that seatrout was in phenomenal shape
@@Rossco-o9c Thank you Rossco appreciate that and also appreciate the advice too 🎣🤘🏻
Great video, and what a spectacular fish. well done
Thanks Lewis, really appreciate that 🎣🤘🏻
Lovely , beautiful trout it put up a great fight
Thank you Patrick, really appreciated, and yeah it definitely tested my 7wt fly rod 😁 Thanks for commenting
Lovely fishing ♥️
@@JariP Thank you man, really appreciated 🎣🤘🏻
Eye absolutely love your passion for fishing mate a clonker of a sea trout well done brother 🎣👌
Thanks James really appreciate that 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🎣
That's a sea trout to remember, well played.
Thank you Josh, really appreciated mate 🤘🏻🎣
Well done. What an awesome vid ….. nice fish too
Thank you man, really appreciate that! 🤘🏻🎣
Good fishing, that's a well earned fish. I hope that's the start of many big seatrout for you.
@@chrissmiles788 Thank you Chris really appreciate that, I managed another bigger one after this, it was also a bar of silver too 😁 unfortunately the weather here on the west of Scotland has been absolutely abysmal, not been out fish much, let’s hope it improves soon
Absolutely belting big fish on the fly. Well done man. Yer a braver man than me on 4lb tippet in the salt! Superb fish 🐟
Thank you very much Shaun, really appreciated, and I was astonished when I forgot to bring my 8 pound tippet with me that day! 4 pound is a bit sketchy, for salt water use 😂, thanks for commenting and hopefully the fishings has been good on your end 🤘🏻🎣
What a fight that fish is given you nice catch big like from me bud tight lines and catch you on the next video thanks for sharing my friend
Thanks mate, really appreciate it mate
What a fish!!! Can’t believe how long it went for! Great vid
@@DaibhidhBiy Thank you Man, really appreciate that, 🤘🏻🤘🏻🎣
My father used to catch some cracking Sea Trout from a mark in Helesburgh and just further up. That was a proper Clash of the Titans, and one you'll remember for a long time :)
Awesome stuff, and thank you mate, was a great tester on the 7Wt fly rod 😁🤘🏻🎣
Magnificent estuary specimen 👏
Thank you mate, not the biggest but definitely a PB for me on the fly, was absolutely over the moon 😁
@@theanglingfront it's such a different experience isn't it... stating the obvious but... casting into salt water with tidal movement, etc as compared to a river!
Thanks for the upload, my smile watching it is nearly as big as yours. Well done for persevering.
As per some of the comments I would defo look to get some line back on the reel and you do need a bigger long handled net, the scoop net made it far more difficult for you and I’d have cried for you if you lost it at the net😂. Check out the Sharps Belmont 20” seatrout net or their seaforth. It clips to your belt or coat loop is easy to deploy and is extendable. Well done again Pal, belter of a 🎣
Thanks rob, yeah I agree with you, definitely need to get into the habit of getting it on the reel, and I wil have a look at those nets, really appreciate the advice rob, thanks for commenting 🤘🏻🎣
That was the most stressful video I've watched in ages!
Cracking fish!
Thanks Dave, really appreciate that, in hindsight I will get it on the reel next time! 🤘🏻🎣
and it has inspired me to get one caught in the salt.
Once the wind stops, obviously.
@@davecosgrove8787 Thats awesome, and yeah I don’t mind fishing in the rain but the wind is absolutely horrendous, tightlines
Well done, a beauty, you really can't bully them!! Longer handled net if fishing alone maybe?.Cheers.
Thanks Pete, and I agree, the only thing I like about the net is that is small and light enough to carry when I’m moving across the shoreline, but yeah maybe a investment would be worth to get a longer handle, thanks for watching Peter
@@theanglingfront Hi Michael, just a suggestion, they do a similar net with a longer handle that you can still fix to the back of your coat with a magnet, cheers Peter.
@@peterlocke5204 Thanks for the advice Peter, I will have a look, much appreciated
@@theanglingfront Tight lines!!
Absolutely superb, well done indeed 👏👏👏
Thank you Andrew, really appreciated, the adrenaline rush from finally landing it was surreal 😂🎣
@@theanglingfront I'll bet it was!
Good on ya 🎣
Eat the bloody thing, best fish on the planet. Hats off for putting it back young fella.
Superb geezer as always. Well done 👏
Thank you very much mate, really appreciate this!! 🤘🏻🎣
Beauty Michael and the fight it put up was fantastic. Tight lines from myself currently in California but when I get back to N Ireland I will try that kind of fly on the old bombarda at my local shoreline.
That’s awesome, thank you for the r comment, really appreciated, are you doing much fishing in Cali just now?
@@theanglingfront There is a huge lake about a mile from me called Chabot that holds large mouth bass , golden & rainbow trout, catfish and carp. Fished it in the past a little bit Michael but never landed anything they all got off. I will be doing some sea fishing though very shortly and hope to catch Leopard sharks, Stripper, and maybe Bat rays etc ! Keep you posted buddy. Just before I left for here, back home a huge Sea Bass followed my savage gear inline seeker right to my feet. Roughly in latitude I’m the same across the Irish Sea from you and it’s good to know they are moving up our coastline. Tight lines
@@Dannyspinningtails that’s awesome, hopefully you get the fish the lakes mate, please let me know how you get on, tightlines
Well done, but two suggestions, a long handed large net and a heavier rod and leader (7 or 8lbs) to play the fish in quicker and tire it out less for release.
Well done Michael what a belter of a sea trout .
Thanks Tom, really appreciate that mate
Nice one, I'm going to have a go myself this year with the fly rod. 👍
Thanks mate, really appreciate that, hopefully you get a few this year, tightlines 🎣🤘🏻
Awesome! Loved it! From B.C., Canada.
Thanks Sam, really appreciate that mate 🤘🏻🎣
What a fish mate brilliant tickers is a great shop to
Thanks Alex, really appreciate that! And yeah I really like his trout flies, there top class!!
Wel done catch and release awesome fish
Hi Peter, really appreciate that mate thanks 🤘🏻🎣
Lovely fish. Well done! It might be worth investing in a new larger net will extending handle for your next trip.
Thanks mate, really appreciate that, and I totally agree with you!
Well done bud that was a fish and a half no wonder you were over the moon especially on those conditions you were fishing in a would have looked out the widow and sais mmm nah..lol so well done you won at the end of the day well in
Thanks Scott, really appreciate that, and yeah, what I thought may be a waste time turned out into being totally worth it 😃
@@theanglingfront happy days mate can't wait for more action from you..videos are cracking.. should see so.e good fishing soon once the weather picks up and heats up aswell
@@scottmckean4611 Really appreciate your feedback mate, and yeah, fingers crossed we don’t see those horrible winds again
Nice catch!
Thanks mate, really appreciate that! Was great fun trying to fight it 😁
Need to get yersel a line basket bud. Bonnie troot wel done
Thanks Callum, really appreciate that
Great video mate ...well done
Thanks Mikey 🤘🏻
On you go michael 🎉stunninh fish pal and gave you some run around 🎣🎣🎣cheers ed
Thanks Ed, really appreciate that! And the run around was insane, best fight I’ve had on the fly rod in years 😁
Well done sir .stonking brute of a troot as well
Thank you very much mate, really appreciated, and best fight I have had on that fly rod so far, hoping for a few others like this 😁
Beautiful fish. Lovely markings and colour. It looked like it almost had a kype is that how they are in your neck of the woods? Congratulations.
@@jonjames7328 Thank You John, really appreciate your comment mate, and to be honest this one was totally different to the ones I had been catching prior! Was a great day, was absolutely over the moon 😁
Cracking fish…get the line on reel man!!
Thanks Paul, totally agree with you mate!! It’s a bad habit that I’ve picked up many years ago!
@@theanglingfront no worries, it must be a trout fishers thing as I used to do it as well until a ghillie on The Dee while I was playing a salmon gave me a right bollocking as I had line all round my waders with the bloody fish screaming up and down the pool!! I did somehow land it but he wasn’t impressed!!😂
You need to get him on your reel. A small brown maybe 3 lbs but a nice trout anywhere.
Great experience and careful handling, enjoyed that, maybe the wind drew the fish to the shore
Thanks Iain, appreciate that, and yeah good possibility 🤘🏻🎣
great catch - but please get it on the reel much faster - that slack line all lying in a heap in the water was driving my OCD mad lol. Just trap the loose line under your pinky and wind the slack onto the reel asap. Raising the rod behind you while keeping the net in the water will make landing easier also. So happy for you that you got it though - what a fish!
Thanks mate, and yeah your right, i panicked 😂
@@theanglingfront nah you did great - a lot would have lost it - did well to land that beauty on the light gear. GRATS!
@@5RustyBin Thanks man, appreciate your kind words, if I ever get into that situation again, I will 100% get it on the reel as soon as it’s hooked 🤘🏻
Belter of a fish mate, unbelievable fight!
Thanks as always matey, really appreciate it, and it may not be the biggest Sea Trout but it’s a personal best for me, so pretty happy at that 😁🎣
@@theanglingfront it would be a PB for me too mate, absolute specimen of a sea trout
LOVE THE VIDEO, TYVM FOR THE 4K QUALITY :)
BIG BEAUTIFUL TROUT, DORSAL FIN LIKE A SMALL SHARK :P
* WHAT BRAND LINE? 4LB LEADER??? JUDGING BY HOW TIGHTLY UR' FINGERS ARE GRIPPING THAT LINE, I'D SAY UR WELL OVER THE RATED 4LB'S, WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADVERT FOR THE MANUFACTURER!
**WOULD YOU DO A GEAR LIST?
BOOTS / WADERS / ROD, REEL & TACKLE..?
Thank you mate, really appreciate that, it was stunning to see the dorsal thin when I first managed to get eyes on it when bringing it in 😁
Brilliant !! well done
Thanks Gordon, really appreciate this 🤘🏻🎣
Great video dude. There are times we would like go go gadget arms huh? Mate we were over from NZ only a week or so! well done!
@@GoffyTv Thanks my guy, really appreciate it, and yeah so true 😀 Have you got any plans to fish while you were over here?
@@theanglingfront oh dude, we are back in NZ now unfortunately. We will be back. I tell ya mate. we come from a beautiful country but scotland is bloody beautiful too. We were so busy looking at castles and other awsome stuff! but having the chance to fish over your way will be on my to do list!
@@GoffyTv That’s awesome, and yeah you definitely need to have a fish over here, even if I don’t catch, the scenery is worth it 😁
Great stuff 👍
Thanks Robert, really appreciate this 🤘🏻🎣
A kelted sea trout recently returned back to the salt… not particularly big but looked like great fun on the fly rod.
Yeah mark, was a great fight, might not be the biggest, but a PB for me on the fly, so was pretty happy 😁
Cracking fish mate 👍
Thank you rob, appreciate that mate
Some fight that mind! Mint 👍
Thank you mate, really appreciate that 🤘🏻🎣
Them Sea Trout don't half hang on 😂
😂 Totally agree Stephen, absolute power houses, 🎣
Beauty mate 👍
Thanks Iain, really appreciate that mate 🤘🏻🎣
You should go and take a course on hook and release, the trick is to land it as quick as you can and release it. you should keep your line on your reel and let yuour drag do it's job.
Asking for trouble with loops of line floating about..get the line on the reel ..thats what it's there for..could have walked that fish to the shore no problem ...nice fish.
Hi Hugh, couldn’t agree anymore, hindsight is a wonderful asset! Definitely a learning curve, thanks for the compliment on the fish and advice 🤘🏻🎣
Congratulations on a magnificent fish. I am surprised you don't use a stripping basket of any sort. That would keep your line out of the tide and any chance of getting it caught in the bladderwrack or barnacle covered rocks. All that loose line is a danger for the fish to run into, or get caught in floating weed. A stripping basket made from a potty-training step, or a washing up bowl works perfectly.
Thanks Simon really appreciate the comment and advice 🤘🏻🎣
Cant wait!!!
That may be the best fight I have seen and well done absolutely epic man 😅
Where were you at ???
@@xpresscolourart5531 Thank you man, really appreciate this! It was some scrap on the fly rod! Hopefully I can get another one before the end of the season, I am based around the West of Scotland (Helensburgh area) what about yourself?
@@theanglingfront
Clyde valley area
Some right good salmon been caught over past few months amazing stuff man
I have never fished for sea trout but now i absolutely must 😵💫
I pass Helensburgh area on the bike now n then but as for
The fishing I haven’t a clue where tae start haha
@@xpresscolourart5531 Yeah man, seen some crackers online getting caught, and yeah sea trout are good fun, especially on the fly, as for the area, the whole place fishes really well for them, unfortunately we are nearing the end of the season which is a shame, gonna have to think what to target during the winter now 😂
@@theanglingfront
Tuna 😄
@@xpresscolourart5531 Could be worth a shot with the recent sightings 😂😂💪🏻
Well done . I know that bay well
Thanks mate, appreciate it, just seen the name of your channel, I used to do a lot of metal detecting myself a few years ago, itching to get back into it! Is this a hobby your still currently doing mate?
wow well done mate
Thanks Thomas, really appreciate it 🤘🏻🎣
Good fish. Theres some biggies this year got one yesterday good 4lb
Cheers Scott, appreciate it, and that’s awesome mate, must have gave you a good scrap?
Greetings from Australia - are you fishing the Gare Loch near Roseneath?
Yea, it’s the Gareloch Robert! And are you from here?
@@theanglingfront - born and bred. Approx 40 years ago my parents had a caravan at Roseneath before we migrated to Australia in 1981. I gave me pleasure to think I was looking at the caravan park in the distance as you were playing the sea trout and bringing it to your net
@ That’s awesome Robert! Thanks for sharing that piece of history with me, I really appreciate it
Cracking fish that mate, big shoulders unusual markings , is that a strain of sea trout , they call slob trout they stay really close to the estuary to feed ?
@@JWFitnessHealth Hi James, thanks mate, and yeah your right it’s a slob trout! 🤘🏻
Cracking video, and Troot.👍 Hope you don't mind me saying I've never seen a Sea Troot that colour, any chance it was a Slob Troot? Either way you got the sport out of it, well done.👌
Hi mate, yes it’s a slob trout! It’s not long been in the salt water from the river, I really like the colours on them personally and the fight was tremendous! Thanks for commenting really appreciated 🤘🏻🎣
Nice fish! Where abouts on the Clyde was this? 🎣🎣🎣
Hi Adam, appreciate that man, this is the Gareloch buddy 🤘🏻🎣
@@theanglingfront Got ya! Fished Cardross last night, no joy. Been up to Rhu previously, but only the mackies were biting 🎣
@@adamfergusson1 Yep same here Adam, had a few follow ins but mostly mackerel unfortunately! 🎣
W ell done some battle to get it in, it might have been helpful to fight the fish on the reel.Let it take a few runs to tire itself out
Thanks mate, and I totally agree with you, I have a bad habit of bringing fish in without the reel, thanks for the advice mate 🤘🏻🎣
Guess what the reel is for ?
So!When's your twenty foot landing net handle being delivered?Joking aside wonderful fish well done 👏
😂😂 Thanks Nick really appreciate that, starting to think I should just duct tape a broom handle to it 😂😂
Amazing 🔱 I love Fish-but can't eat them-same as mushrooms 🔱
Bin that silly "squash racket" type landing net & buy a proper one for gawd sake!! You're bound to regret it if you don't 😉 lol (from a 67 year old Welsh sewin angler) 👍🎣
😂😂 Thanks mate appreciate the advice, a longer handle would be absolutely perfect I reckon 🤘🏻🎣
Hi, imagine what a 20 pounder would feel like!
ATB
That would be a shock to me mate 😂 maybe one day I will experience a double figure sea trout, would be absolutely amazing
Looks good. What set up you got 8wt
Hi James, this is a greys lance 7wt
Great😊
Thanks Col, appreciate you
He was driving me crazy with the lack of line control….the fish gods are just waiting to throw a tangle in that line! Let the fish take as much as possible by relaxing your fingers under control or reel in some line while fighting the fish! True … both are risky no doubt but to do nothing isn’t a better choice, imo!
Thanks for the advice mate, thankfully the fish gods were in my favour that day 😁🤘🏻🎣
You should have slowly and calmly walked the fish back to the shore and it would have followed you like a dog in the same way that a salmon does. Anyway congratulations to you on your sea trout catch, well done 😊
@@markkelly4983 Thank you Mark, really appreciate the advice my friend 🤘🏻🎣
Slob trout, sea trout going in and out of the estuary, hence brown as well, do you have that name on them too
Yes mate, we call it slob trout also, love the colours on them,