END of salmon season

**KingFish1987** · 31-10-2008, 14:46

seen as well its the end of the season was just wondering what was your best catches and how yous caught them weather it was a fly, worm or spinner and where yous caught them.mines was this 16lb 4oz'er my only one of the season but worth the wait

**tamhem1** · 31-10-2008, 19:41

Originally Posted by KingFish1987

seen as well its the end of the season was just wondering what was your best catches and how yous caught them weather it was a fly, worm or spinner and where yous caught them.mines was this 16lb 4oz'er my only one of the season but worth the wait

remember steven the river nith in dumfries is open till the 30th of nov its worth a try ,big fish water, check out the web site ,river nith fishings.

**steyrman** · 06-11-2008, 18:34

hi sorry to see the end of the salmon season im a gillie on a very good salmon river in ireland this year we fished catch and release single hook from 13 of march till june first month fly and spinner then the rest fly mixed year our beat had 38 fish landed and released 20 more lost at the net we also fished c&r on sea trout with 400 fish caught on fly i had 16 salmon from 3 lbs grilse to 14 lbs bar of silver and 90 sea trout up to 3 lbs along with a good catch of brownies up to 2lbs

**tamhem1** · 07-11-2008, 19:57

Originally Posted by steyrman

hi sorry to see the end of the salmon season im a gillie on a very good salmon river in ireland this year we fished catch and release single hook from 13 of march till june first month fly and spinner then the rest fly mixed year our beat had 38 fish landed and released 20 more lost at the net we also fished c&r on sea trout with 400 fish caught on fly i had 16 salmon from 3 lbs grilse to 14 lbs bar of silver and 90 sea trout up to 3 lbs along with a good catch of brownies up to 2lbs

sounds like you had a not bad year , especialy with your sea trout ,well done on your catch and release policy.

**longlands legend** · 17-01-2009, 17:44

hello, i enjoyed my 1st year river fishing this year i got 2 salmon biggest 10lb silver bar as you can see in my picture and i also caught a 5lb salmon which was also very silver, cant wait till next season

**lewi2k4** · 03-02-2009, 18:26

i had four salmon in my first year. biggest was 12 and smallest was 4. i have a picture of the 12 and the one in the night was estimated at 10. both nice silver fish.