Stop Press – An 8lbs hen sea trout in excellent condition was caught on Saturday 29/8 in the tail of Indies Pool. This beautiful fish is the second largest sea trout from Finavon in nearly 140 years of records.
If fish are able to live long enough to grow to this size, and during their lives return many times to the river to spawn, there must be something going right in the environment! The important thing about this fish is its condition: I have not seen a better fish than this one, and it fought as well as a salmon of double its weight.
We normally would not kill a sea trout of this size (the best sze for eating is 2lbs to 3lbs) but it was badly hooked in tghe gills and was bleeding profusely, giving it no chance of survival. Reluctantly therefore I despatched the fish.
TA
The 8lb Sea Trout from Indies Pool