north Donegal

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headed off this morring at first light to gather up some bait, and took the rod with me.gathered bait for about an hour, plenty of lug an good amount of mussels,so set the rod up to try for a few flaties,kept the cast to about 80 yards out for i know this area well.waited and waited with no joy,so put a bell on rod tip and started digging more lug. i heard the bell and turned to the rod it was nearly been pulled off the tripod, grabbed it an give a firm strike, was a very dull fight so i thought it was a doggie,ended up landing a 3lb sea trout ( SPENT ) :shock: recon when at himself he would have been over 5lb. so quickly released him safely. :)

Fair play...good call....would have been interested to see a pic

sorry no pic; had left my phone in the car, if i went up to get it the trout would have been out of the water to long. so wouldn't take the chance an just released him.

nice fish 8)

:lol:
headed off this morring at first light to gather up some bait, and took the rod with me.gathered bait for about an hour, plenty of lug an good amount of mussels,so set the rod up to try for a few flaties,kept the cast to about 80 yards out for i know this area well.waited and waited with no joy,so put a bell on rod tip and started digging more lug. i heard the bell and turned to the rod it was nearly been pulled off the tripod, grabbed it an give a firm strike, was a very dull fight so i thought it was a doggie,ended up landing a 3lb sea trout ( SPENT ) :shock: recon when at himself he would have been over 5lb. so quickly released him safely. :)

Was probably a her, not a him!! :)
Nice fish...

fair play on letting it go without a photo mate, welfare of the fish came first, ps where do you dig lug?

no bradan it was a cock fish, his bottom jaw was sticking up like a gaff.good big head an tail, but the body was like an eel. he was well spent, recon he was about 20'' in length. if got at right time of year it would have been over the 5lb mark..........mc....know a cracker spot for lug just 5min; drive from derry, will pm you!.....cheers lads ..fish safe!!

thanks

ps where do you dig lug?

Anywhere on the Inishowen side of the foyle from Culmore to Greencastle!

thanks for the info, never dug there, will do, thanks again

no bradan it was a cock fish, his bottom jaw was sticking up like a gaff.good big head an tail, but the body was like an eel. he was well spent, recon he was about 20'' in length. if got at right time of year it would have been over the 5lb mark..........mc....know a cracker spot for lug just 5min; drive from derry, will pm you!.....cheers lads ..fish safe!!

Unusual capture so, as the majority of sea trout are female. The kype is a dead giveaway though!