salmon and flood water

dvae

anybody got any views on fishing brown flood water.
Ive been waiting for ages for the rain to fill up the river, but now that its here, its a mucky brown.
some of the lads i fish with, reckon theres no point fishing until the silt settles down. there probably right, but i cant wait that long.
I'm back in work Monday, and id like to get some fishing in before then.
am i wasting my time or is it worth a go?
also what would be the best method? i usually fly fish, but I'm not superstitious when it comes to spinning.

pollagh prince

i imagine the salmon wont be able to see your lure if it is murky water??:D

realrebel

pollagh prince wrote: »

i imagine the salmon wont be able to see your lure if it is murky water??:D

When I was fishing a river in Wales a few years back we had a huge flood and it was very brown, we thought that it would be a waste of time but our gillie said we would get fish no problem in it
I know salmon anglers don't like it when it's brown but we got plenty of seatrout in it so you never know unless u try

fisherking

Try a large fly round the edges....
Like a templedog......

realrebel wrote: »

pollagh prince wrote: »

i imagine the salmon wont be able to see your lure if it is murky water??:D

When I was fishing a river in Wales a few years back we had a huge flood and it was very brown, we thought that it would be a waste of time but our gillie said we would get fish no problem in it
I know salmon anglers don't like it when it's brown but we got plenty of seatrout in it so you never know unless u try

wwwboof

big yellow flying c with a silver/copper blade

dvae

went down today, river was huge. at least 6' higher than normal, and a bit like willy wonka's chocolate river in color.
i stead for about an hour since i was already there, and left.
caught nothing except plenty of broken branches and a silage bag.

croo

I believe fish see in diffent wavelength to us... in infrared the mud is probably not all that much an issue. But the strong current would probably keep them in their lie where it's safer.

jkchambers

I hear guys are catching a lot of salmon on worm in the current floods. I know worms are banned on catch and release and some other waters but 2 rivers were mentioned. I am a pike angler and dont fish for salmon. I wont mention the 2 rivers that I was told about but was told that huge numbers of salmon were being caught in the last couple of days

Bizzum

jkchambers wrote: »

I hear guys are catching a lot of salmon on worm in the current floods. I know worms are banned on catch and release and some other waters but 2 rivers were mentioned. I am a pike angler and dont fish for salmon. I wont mention the 2 rivers that I was told about but was told that huge numbers of salmon were being caught in the last couple of days

Have you reported this to IFI?

jkchambers

worms are allowed on these waters. checked the list

deerhunter1

dvae wrote: »

anybody got any views on fishing brown flood water.
Ive been waiting for ages for the rain to fill up the river, but now that its here, its a mucky brown.
some of the lads i fish with, reckon theres no point fishing until the silt settles down. there probably right, but i cant wait that long.
I'm back in work Monday, and id like to get some fishing in before then.
am i wasting my time or is it worth a go?
also what would be the best method? i usually fly fish, but I'm not superstitious when it comes to spinning.

Salmon dont generally travel when a river is coming into flood, nor do they take bait/fly etc, it is when a flood is dropping that it fishes best, that is when they start moving, in colour worm or yellow belly devon or flying C works best or bright tube flies. When a river is rising due to flood fish tend to lie low due to all the debris that drifts down.

EastTyrone

a boy told me that he found the best time to catch a salmo was as soon as the river was black from the rain, in the haf an hour after the flood starts and then itl go back to brown, thats when he catches all his fish

thekevin4540

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Salmon dont generally travel when a river is coming into flood, nor do they take bait/fly etc, it is when a flood is dropping that it fishes best, that is when they start moving, in colour worm or yellow belly devon or flying C works best or bright tube flies. When a river is rising due to flood fish tend to lie low due to all the debris that drifts down.

salmon do take when the water is rising i got plenty of salmon when the flood was coming on i was out on sunday and i was fishing below a bridge and thare was 4 peaple shrimping off it thare was nothing cought all day but when the water started to rise one lost a fish and i tailed a fish for another man i think the fish are more likely to take when the water is rising becouse the fish are on the move and more likely to take something that passes them

J. Ramone

I have had good fishing in rising water but the window is very short. I would think fish get very uncomfortable when the water gets dirty. Fishing should be good once the flood starts to receed and the water takes on a sherry or ale colour. At the moment rivers are rising and falling on a daily basis and you would need to keep a close eye on the water to find good conditions.

Ned_led16

jkchambers wrote: »

I hear guys are catching a lot of salmon on worm in the current floods. I know worms are banned on catch and release and some other waters but 2 rivers were mentioned. I am a pike angler and dont fish for salmon. I wont mention the 2 rivers that I was told about but was told that huge numbers of salmon were being caught in the last couple of days

Are these worms from the garden you mean? can they be used in the sea for salmon and does it need to be next to a river entrance?

danbrosnan

Ned_led16 wrote: »

Are these worms from the garden you mean? can they be used in the sea for salmon and does it need to be next to a river entrance?

Big blue heads dug in any garden great for salmon!!

dvae

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