Right , theres many a story about the sea trout and its behaviour and patterns , I understood that they can run in very low water in a river but what about when entering a river from an estuary ? Iv heard that they can come into the river system in the tidal water then drop back into the estuary if the the water isnt high enough ...... can anyone go into more detail and try an educate me on the sea trouts pattern/ patterns ?

knightfisher

great picture there knightfisher
did you take it yourself theres a lot of trout there
in my local they are entering now and can be seen in tidal pools one day but the next day they are gone, i dont know if they are heading upstream or falling back in to the estuary waiting for a bigger tide
i wish i knew though
macca

Great photo, I have never seen that before. I cant help I'm afraid but I will be watching with interest.

Sea trout will indeed run at times when a river is on its 'bones'. In very low summer flows it's not at all uncommon to catch very fresh sewin that have rubbed their bellies raw coming through the stickles.

I'm not sure that sea trout show the same enthusiasm for moving up and down the lower reaches of rivers that salmon do. From my observations sea trout will assemble in groups in the river mouth but once they enter the system they seem committed to running.

On the Teifi, in the heat of a July afternoon and in low water, I've watched countless sewin ascend the 'weir' above Newcastle Emlyn.

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Knightfisher you are correct on both counts. 2 weeks ago i followed a shoal of fresh sea trout up the river where I was trout fishing the river was 6" on the gauge. I watched them run over the shallows over the shallowest water during blazing mid day sun! Several years ago on my last trip to the Teifi we had very low water and the fishing was slow but on my last night fishing before returning home the fish decided to run through my beat. We could here the shingle rattling below their bellies and tails!! They do need water to enter the river but once in they are very determind fish. Ive given up trying to understand them Ive had perfect conditions with nowt doing or showing and Ive caught during low water and high water. Your best bet is to learn the water and how the fish react to your specific river your going to target. And good luck mate.

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Some Fishing photos!!

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...t=71c37867.pbr

The biggest sea trout I got last season was caught when the river was very low and had been very hot for a week or so and it had sea lice on it so a think if they want to nothing will stop them

thanks for the replies guys and the interest ! the tidal stretch where I have been watching them is alive with fish jumping as the tide turns and starts to go out , [ sadly it is abit coloured ] or I would be trying at that point ! Its just that I only see them jumping at that time and when the river is back down there is nothing !!! And no clues if they did pass me into the freshwater of the river .... they seem to vanish either back out or into the river .... but no fish have been reported to have been caught , looking at my diary it was this time last year and throughout may the catches were notable . I did notice that the big tides start next week traditionally so may be see what awaits next week . I just feel like I would be fishing blind and without a chance in the coloured tidal water even though they are showing . May be it is a mental block on my behalf but I just dont have that buzz when fishing there

Yep - sea trout will 'run over wet stones' ... if they want to.
Late June last season and the river was below summer level - the beats I fish were filling with very fresh fish every night, nearly 20 miles from the tide.

Although I've often sat by the side of a shallow tail to a pool and watched sea trout coming through one after the other with their backs out of the water they don't do this as a matter of course. I'm not sure what conditions are needed for them to do this but one would be the promise of rain on a warm night after a long period of low water.

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On the River Nith they will run in the lowest of water. They tend to run up the river from the estuary with the tide and will fill up the highest tidal pools on a regular basis.
The caul in the middle of Dumfries, makes them pause a wee bit, but probably just until dark and then they are over.

I have seen shoals of fish beaming into the caul pool just ahead of the tide, great to see.

Once they have ascended the caul, some will get on their bikes and continue upstream at a reasonable pace, others start to gather and shoal in the deep pools of the town water just above the tide until they get a wee bit of water.

As long as the water was clea we would fish the tidal pools quite happily at night for them, assuming that there were fish there.