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Sept 1, 2016 6:33:36 GMT -1
Post by davidbennett on Sept 1, 2016 6:33:36 GMT -1
Caught these yesterday brown trout and maybe a sea trout? anyone clarify?? Attachments:
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Sept 1, 2016 10:04:37 GMT -1
Post by davidbennett on Sept 1, 2016 10:04:37 GMT -1
got to be a sea trout!!
It is sometimes quite difficult. Fresh-run, silvery, black-spotted, sea trout are obvious, but maturing specimens gradually darken on their return to fresh water, becoming more and more like brown trout. This fact, coupled with the extensive morphological variation among brown trout, can make recognition tricky. Normally, adult sea trout are bigger than brown trout found in the same waters, but there are many exceptions. Male sea trout tend to lack the truly red spots found on many resident brown trout, although they often have orange ones. Other useful indicators of brown trout, such as haloes around spots and black and white edging to fins, are not always present. Scale reading by experts provides some scientific validation or, more certainly, biochemical analyses for levels of strontium in scales (or bones), or marine oils in tissue samples. The species composition of internal parasites is another useful indicator of feeding at sea, but this is another test that requires the specimen fish to be sacrificed. In practice, judgement by anglers as to whether a coloured trout is a sea trout or a brown trout must take account of the likely prevalence of sea trout in that system.
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Sept 5, 2016 12:32:58 GMT -1
Post by davidbennett on Sept 5, 2016 12:32:58 GMT -1
confirmed by Foxtons angling in st asaph! Its a sea trout! fyi
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Sept 5, 2016 19:29:35 GMT -1
Post by deerphil on Sept 5, 2016 19:29:35 GMT -1
Both nice fish David, Well done. What did they take ?
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Sept 6, 2016 14:46:46 GMT -1
Post by davidbennett on Sept 6, 2016 14:46:46 GMT -1
size 3 silver mepp spinner
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Sept 6, 2016 21:28:43 GMT -1
Post by deerphil on Sept 6, 2016 21:28:43 GMT -1
Ah ! mepps spinners take some beating for trout and perch
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