sea trout in wicklow/wexford

minark

Hi i was just wondering if anyone knew any rivers in the wicklow /wexford area that get a run of sea trout cheers

coolwings

All of them, in their lower reaches.

wgsten

minark wrote: »

Hi i was just wondering if anyone knew any rivers in the wicklow /wexford area that get a run of sea trout cheers

You can check out here http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://fishinginireland.info/salmon/salmontagging.htm&usg=AFQjCNGCV2UcwJDQ-2oxtd01Ro9IuPx0zQ
for the rivers that are open for the fishing of sea trout. You can also look at the rules & regs governing the same.
wgsten
http://http://www.irishflyfisher.ie/

cj salmon

plenty of seatrout running already in wicklow......please if you observe poaching ring the fisheries board or gardai,,our rivers are being hit hard in the lower reaches,with very big runs this year its heartbreaking to see this going on,so do your bit
cheers

Catch and release for seatrout over 40cm,,please practice catch and release anyway for under 40 cm!!!!!
enough has been taken by the poachers!!!!!!!!
people have been caught with specimen seatrout :mad:

jwshooter

cj salmon wrote: »

plenty of seatrout running already in wicklow......please if you observe poaching ring the fisheries board or gardai,,our rivers are being hit hard in the lower reaches,with very big runs this year its heartbreaking to see this going on,so do your bit
cheers

Catch and release for seatrout over 40cm,,please practice catch and release anyway for under 40 cm!!!!!
enough has been taken by the poachers!!!!!!!!
people have been caught with specimen seatrout :mad:

the nets out at sea are the problem ,small sea trout getting up the slaney .with the nets off it we should be seeing bigger and more trout were not .

the last 3 years have been terrible

minark

Thanks for the replies lads all info is greatly appreciated . I have been flyfishing for a number of years now mainly catching rainbows and brownies . However I now feel its time to put in more effort with a few late night expeditions.

SeaFields

cj salmon wrote: »

......please if you observe poaching ring the fisheries board or gardai,,

Would the gardai take something like this seriously?

I know its against the law but would they be bothered? Genuinely interested as I would never think to ring them. Anyone ever tried?

coolwings

You know what poachers hate seeing when operating at night.
Camera flashes!

cj salmon

the garda are pretty good in my area for it,as it is such a major problem,,it is done in a public park in the centre of my town,,lads snaging seatrout and salmon,setting up nets etc.!!
the bailiffs wont go down without garda escorts anyway,,thats what were dealing with !!!!
large seatrout are still running our river,,have seen plenty of fish to 3 to 5 lbs go over the weir,and speciman fish have been poached,,thats confirmed,so they are coming in .
i have heard the average size is reducing on most rivers, from a lot of people.

viper123

[QUOTE=cj i have heard the average size is reducing on most rivers, from a lot of people.[/QUOTE]

Must be them pesky perch.....

jack01986

cj salmon wrote: »

the garda are pretty good in my area for it,as it is such a major problem,,it is done in a public park in the centre of my town,,lads snaging seatrout and salmon,setting up nets etc.!!
the bailiffs wont go down without garda escorts anyway,,thats what were dealing with !!!!
large seatrout are still running our river,,have seen plenty of fish to 3 to 5 lbs go over the weir,and speciman fish have been poached,,thats confirmed,so they are coming in .
i have heard the average size is reducing on most rivers, from a lot of people.

I think I know where your talking about its sad to see. Id say it can be pretty intimidating for the baliff's.

jwshooter

sea trout are scare on the slaney and tributaries so far ,a flood would help .

thehamo

question. Why would you be aloud to hold anything under 40cm, but not over it? Surely it would be the other way around no? Let the smallies grow and take the big ones? Not that im saying you shuold, im very much in the catch and release camp, but logic would suggest thats how you would go about it no?

coolwings

You got to protect the married couples if you want more babies!!!

jwshooter

coolwings wrote: »

You got to protect the married couples if you want more babies!!!

are all sea trout not heading up river to spawn ? or are they just on hols .

leave the big ones for the trawlers off our shores .

coolwings

The finnock, those sea trout about 1/2 to 3/4lb size are usually mature and can spawn. But a 2-4lbs trout carries much more spawn, and even the individual eggs are bigger and far better quality. This would be carried through into a better survival rate both at and after hatching for the little alevins.

jwshooter

coolwings wrote: »

The finnock, those sea trout about 1/2 to 3/4lb size are usually mature and can spawn. But a 2-4lbs trout carries much more spawn, and even the individual eggs are bigger and far better quality. This would be carried through into a better survival rate both at and after hatching for the little alevins.

im fishing the slaney and her tributaries man and boy for 30 years ,i have never landed a sea trout over 2 pound .

most fish sea trout on lite tackle 2-3 pound breaking strain line ,fish over 40 cm will take a lot of play to land ,are we just fooling ourselves returning a spent fish

Shotgun_TEXAS

what part of wexford are you in the urrin gets a few but the boro gets some decent whites

jwshooter

just in from my first nite on the trout landed 4 dropped one as i de hooked it got back:eek:,so had 3 all about a half pound .

ironbluedun

SeaFields wrote: »

Would the gardai take something like this seriously?

I know its against the law but would they be bothered? Genuinely interested as I would never think to ring them. Anyone ever tried?

Once reported nets on the lower reaches of the river Clady in Donegal to a local Gardai at the local station and to my utter amazement he jumped across the counter, burst the door off its hinges, ran at the speed of light out of the station jumped into the car raced down the road towards the river leaving a trail of burning tyre smoke and the sound of chilling siren in his wake, leaped out of the car, tore across the fields and reprimanded the culprits…….not……..