hey peeps have any or do any off you's fish in scotland?im up at the ness or the lochy at least twice a month, the lochy has some really mice big rainbows and the ness is for the wild brown trout cant wait thr new season

A'right big yin!! Jst joined uk420 yesterday, and am a mad fisher. Fished Loch Lochy a few years back, and got 8 good broonies all over 1lb, and a 3 an a haf pun raindow. All the broonies i kept had worms around their intestines, so i binned them jst in case. You no anyfin about that?

Becareful you could hook yourself a " Monster " in there.

rSc

aye i love fishing mate, though i aint been for some time.

best fishing trip ever was when me my dad and a few of his mates went up to ullapool for a week we hired a static caravan on some farmers land and hiked round loads of lochs up there.

The wild brownies up there give an amazing fight, i caught one that was only about a pound and a half but it fought like a 5 pound rainbow!!

however we usually go stockie bashing at the lochs local to me, springwater is one of my favourites and not too far from here, other ones we go to are moffat, and new mills trout and deer farm, i love going there, the venison burgers are out of this world!! and theres a piccy of me up on the hall of fame wall, when i was a wee fella only about 9 year old with a 6 lb rainbow.

T1

You binned them? WTF?

Intestinal worms in fish are not something to worry about mate, & are in no way harmful due to consumption!

Cheers Bish, but it was the first time i had seen worms in a troot's guts, an i couldnae bring masel tae eat them. Wuz pretty pissed off at the time, as i only kept 2 to eat. I hated chuckin them oot. Well, ye live an learn!!

Brownies often have intestinal worms mate. No idea why, but the trout seem to live with them.

A fresh Brownie pan fried, with a wedge of fresh bread & butter - lush!

Don't bin 'em, put them back LIVE next time

yah nothing better than a fresh brownie pan fried with butter

i'm sure he would have put them back live if he wasnt going to eat them.

T1

Ats right enough T1 - i don't usually take many fish for the table, but i wuz gettin plenty, so i kept a couple. It's no' like i could huv a keek inside tae check fur parasites!!

i've not been out for about a year, but theres always at least one fresh local caught rainbow in the freezer, my mum's partner is the president of 2 of the local clubs so is up at the loch or river at least 5 times a week. most times he fishes catch and release, but if ever i have the fancy for it he'll keep a couple for me.

i like it slow roasted in the oven in tinfoil with some butter and thyme inside.

nothing better!!

T1

Sounds tasty! i like mine coated wi sum nice sweet oatmeal, an pan fried in butter.
Am plannin on doin more fishin this year - i seem tae say that every season. I fish the fly on lochs, but still love fishin the worm on rivers and burns - that's the way i learned and i still luv it. I luv driftin aboot on a boat wi a spliff an enjoyin ma ain company aswel, or tryin new burns/rivers, wi the water pourin in ower the top ae ma waders!

Cheers Moreoutdoor - mite take a wee wand next time i'm wormin', jst 2 see if i can get intae it. Ma luv of worm fishin runs deep tho!!

i fish the river isla quite reguraly for grayling you also get brownies & perch there, also fish the tay for monster pike!! (& a couple of other seceret locations !!) planning some expaditions 2 loch ness & lomand this summer for the chance of a big pike & hopefully get a pb perch !!!!

howdi....

loch awe is my favorite hotspot.....
i held the record for the biggest bank caught pike......36lb4oz...for 4 years only to be beaten by a 40 pounder 2 years ago....caught in the same swim I'm sure its the same fish!!!!!!the night i caught mine i had about 12 other fish....started with a 9lb,er and got progressively bigger as the night went on...for bait i use whole brown trout up to a pound in weight caught from the meig or the river connan....both provide bait size fish in abundance...

loch awes a class loch one o the harder ones to fish fae a boat ive had well over 20 doublers from it dont go their much now tho,im butterstone mostly apart from when the river seasons on of course ill take the river over any loch.

i fish in the middle of Glasgow .the river kelvin