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Originally Posted by atlanticspringer
It's a smolt isn't it? Not a grilse
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Aye, it has certainly never been to sea, that much we are sure of. Looking at the map, I think Loch Bhac drains into the River Garry - but it's a long,
long way downhill! Is the Garry still a spectacular display of boulders and pebbles, or have they reduced the abstraction - I remember there being talk of trying to return it to being a salmon river???
Meanwhile, up at the loch... haven't seen the outflow, but as the loch is stocked with rainbows there is a good chance it has a grating over it to stop the rainbows escaping. So, all in all, we are guessing the chances of salmon reaching the burns that run into Bhac - and spawning - must be v slim.
I remember catching the odd wee fellow like this one 30-odd years ago. It was in our club water, a loch with a grating over the outflow. The fishery advisor back in those days used to electro-fish the local burns and put the catch into the loch. As the burns fed the Teith and the Forth the catch inevitably included the odd salmon parr along with the brownies.
The salmon used to develop into 'enlarged smolts' for want of a better term, maybe up to half a pound or so. They were always silver - like they were always ready to go to sea but just couldn't. Mini landlocked salmon!
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Salmon taken on dry fly by Wee Jimmy...
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