Disappointment!! Lost chance of salmon.

Olwas2014

I was spinning for sea trout and brown trout not even expecting what happened next. I caught no brown trout or sea trout as conditions were not right, but a 5/6 lb salmon hen followed my mepps aglia size 2 spinner right into the shallows. I was stayin low so the fish did not see me and turn. I saw the salmons mouth opening for the spinner until soneone roared and scared her and it stopped her in her tracks of taking the spinner and she swam off. I nearly had my first salmon.

Blast the person who scared her away

Tight lines,
Olwas2014

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I suspect the person who shouted was Maddog1999.;)

Tippjohn

Never met a fish with ears yet. They can refuse at the last moment, usually if the spinner slows down. As with all lure fishing we see about 1% of those that take a look.

Olwas2014

No it was my dad that roared

Tippjohn

If the fish did not see movement, roaring would not matter. I guess it made you hesitate your wind in for a split second. Seeing a fish puts our hearts in our mouths, that is why we fish. I recall the nearly first salmon I missed. I thought it was a log coming down river towards my lure, it was an enormous fish that put its mouth round my lure and did not close it, just swam off. The older I get the happier I am just to see them. I am not fishing this year because I really feel they need a break.

twin_beacon

fish don't have ears, but they can hear as sound is just vibrations. If the person shouting had any effect we will never know! might have had no effect at all.

Olwas2014

Thanks for your replies

Tippjohn

I shouted at my Goldfish, nothing :-). If angling was about catching fish we would all be madder than we are :-).

SeaFields

The instinct sometimes in that situation is to slow down your retrieve. Just remember a trout or salmon can swim a lot faster than you will ever retrieve your lure. Speeding up the retrieve may make the fish accelerate up and strike the lure. Split second decision but could make all the difference.

popsy09

Keep trying that's all I say

I have a spot in a small river that I get a few salmon off every year where you can see the fish from a high bank an I hold flies /worm/shrimp right in front of them for what seems like ages and they might not move

I often hit them in the head they would move away and come back to the same spot

You are better off not seeing them I reckon, but keep spinning away and hopefully you can get your first and it's a fish you will never forget

Olwas2014

Would a 10' 5-6oz casting weight rod cast a 15 gram flying c. It's the only rod I have at the moment. Would it cast the flying c or would it drop like a stone? Would it cast the average distance in width of this river photo i am putting up.
Thanks,
brownie1999

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

Would a 10' 5-6oz casting weight rod cast a 15 gram flying c. It's the only rod I have at the moment. Would it cast the flying c or would it drop like a stone? Would it cast the average distance in width of this river photo i am putting up.
Thanks,
brownie1999

What were you using when you lost the salmon?

Trying to cast 15g on a rod rated 140-170g is rather pointless.

Use the fly if you have no spinning rod.

Olwas2014

Gianluca Gorgeous Winner wrote: »

What were you using when you lost the salmon?

Trying to cast 15g on a rod rated 140-170g is rather pointless.

Use the fly if you have no spinning rod.

I don't have fly rod for salmon. I was spinning for sea trout not salmon.

Tippjohn

In the right hands any rod will cast anything. Whether it will give best performance is another. The important thing for spinning is to load the reel as much as possible. You will soon know if you load it too much.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Olwas2014 wrote: »

I don't have fly rod for salmon. I was spinning for sea trout not salmon.

What rod did you use for the sea trout?

twin_beacon

SeaFields wrote: »

The instinct sometimes in that situation is to slow down your retrieve. Just remember a trout or salmon can swim a lot faster than you will ever retrieve your lure. Speeding up the retrieve may make the fish accelerate up and strike the lure. Split second decision but could make all the difference.

Interesting, for some species I find a total stop can trigger a take.

coolhandspan

was fishing Boyne last week i noticed that fly was followed in numerous times , trout backed out at very last second. was using 6lb ungreased leader.
never again .

trout/salmon are curious and will follow a bait in often without taking. try and try again mate,