Findhorn salmon

[jan]

So at last the scottish springer is bought to heel, with these two fish for my 3 1/2 days on the findhorn last week - thanks malcolm, pretty good for a hot and dry week. First two pictures are a fish from monday taken on a size 8 ness c, and the bottom picture is a fish taken on saturday on a size 10 ness c

[rrw35]

Beautiful fish Jan. The spring run seems to be very good all over this year.

Did you have to return them under C & R regulations?

[jan]

i didnt have to, but i did anyway - they make your bag smell on the plane home and push you over the excess baggage limit ;D

[rrw35]

Its ironic that some places specify you return them before June...then someone can catch the same fish in August and kill it......

[G Ritchie]

Well done Jan, you have broken your duck with the Scottish springers and we didn't get the extreme weather events which usually accompany your visits. ;D

[jan]

I think malcolm thought that 3 days of unbroken sunshine and 20+degrees was pretty extreme and totally my fault! fortunately the locusts held off.

[3lbgrayling]

fabulous fish jan.still to break my springer duck.do i see seal damage on two of the fish.?

jim

[RobMason]

3lbgrayling said:

fabulous fish jan.still to break my springer duck.do i see seal damage on two of the fish.?

jim

More likely signs of WG's lusty grip.

Well done Jan. No better river to break your springer duck.

[jan]

3lbgrayling said:

fabulous fish jan.still to break my springer duck.do i see seal damage on two of the fish.?

jim

thanks. malcolm was elsewhere fishing other pools - he thought that it looked like a seal nip - the bottom fish had marks on the other side too - must be quite a gauntlet to run at the estuary

[johnny]

Bonnie fush Jan!

9/10lb?

[jan]

i thought the top one woudl be about 9lb - bottom one might have made 10lb i guess