No this is not a new episode from Jeremy Wade.....
On the latest trip to the Irwell predator fishing all angles (deadbait, lure and worm) my Dad and i started off near Granada studios - just short of the Granada fishing club signs (i wasnt sure if they are still an active club so decided to abide and fish short of the sign.
12ft pike rod with a mackeral deadbait, a lure rod and a cage feeder rod filled with breadcrumb with worm on the hook.
Dad was marshalling this rod - same set up as many times before - this time a bit of luck for once - 10mins in and dads tip swung round - he was in on the worm.
The fish lepted from the water some four times and each time dad kept saying to me - i hope you tied this hook on right - a reference to the many grinner knots i tend to tie wrong-.......
10mins later and it graced the net - a lovel 3,5lb fish - bit what was it..... i am no expert on game fish but it wasnt a browny,nor a rainbow - i dont know - it was either a salmon or a sea trout!!!!
what do you think - please comment your help identifying this is appreciated
what else lives in the irwell???? hopefully the SalfordFriendlyAng
lers fish in will tell....
lers fish in will tell....
Sea Trout - no doubts about it - congratulations
ReplyDeleteCould it just be a Salford Brownie that got glammed up in silver for a night out clubbing in town?
ReplyDeleteNice! I had one abit further up in summer and I still ponder to this day was it a sea trout? Check out my blog I've been watching them rise at the evenings.
ReplyDeletei watch migratory fish trying to get up the weir in bury but the website says they can get in ? Since the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, it is now impossible for Migratory Fish to enter the River Irwell, as they find the lock gates and hydro electric plant at Irlam impossible to negotiate. how can this be
ReplyDeleteHi Peter
ReplyDeleteAll trout migrate upstream at certain times of the year - the fish you see are probably brownies making their way upstream to spawn.
But....... as proved above - they may just be sea trout:)
well done
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