Sea Trout and Atlantic Salmon in an estuary

[MayoMan]

Hi everyone,

Know an estuary thats renowned for Sea Trout and Salmon
Wondering what lures to fish them with got a few Black and Gold 3inch Rapalas are they any good?

What tackle to use as well got a 5ft a 7ft and a 10ft Spinning rod with Different sized reels
What breaking strain line should i have as well got 10lb

Also should i use a Wire trace??

TIGHT LINES

[eoghanb]

Try a small kilty for trout ,no wire trace,or bait fish with sprats or small sandeel make up light line traces

[MayoMan]

Thanks for the comment
Will try that

[fenitbob]

tobys are supposed to be good I would imagine anything that looks like a sandeel.

I would also try sandeel. a place we go fishing for bass has white trout and one lad i know caught them using mackeral twice.

[davyp]

bubble float and flies can be great for sea trout - patterns like claret bumble or bibio that make a 'wake' on the surface can be deadly. in a current cast straight across and let it swing round in an arc - in slack water cast and reel in varing the speed - sea trout seem to like a moving target

mack belly strip cut sandeel size also works well as does sandeel, with the smaller ones working best for sea trout ( though i have had the greedy feckers on a full fillet of mack!)

one thing i would love to try is live sandeel - fished with a bubble float and light spinning rod - i think it would be deadly.

[MayoMan]

Thanks for the replies everyone