Sea trout in the sea

[Dude]

Have any of you had much luck fishing for sea trout in the sea?
I've never had any luck and most of the catches i have heard of seem to be accidental. I've fished mothercombe and bantham estuarys which look like great low tide pools but they seem to be more elusive than in the rivers:)
I know of guys that have good success in Pembrokeshire way.
Cheers
Will

[Pete Tyjas]

Hi Dude, I've not really tried it here with any success but have been lucky enough to do it Denmark a few times now and love it. I did once have someone out for bass who hooked into something really big that came off after 5 mins or so and think that was a salmon but that is as near as I have got.

I watched the gaelic prog on BBC Alba the other day and watched some guys fishing for sea trout just before the tide came in and were catching them too. I think there was another episode where they went after salmon in a similar situation and were targeting sighted fish which sounded really interesting.

Here's something about one of the trips I went on. There is a bit on fjords and sea.

eat-sleep-fish.co.uk/content/2013/05/danish-sea-trout

[JJO]

Hi Will,

Have speculatively tried a few bits of sea near sea trout rivers while mainly focussing on bass. Caught this one a few years back off the groyne at Hengistbury Head in Dorset.



Further into the estuary there, around Mudeford and Nunnery Meadow, there are plenty of opportunities to catch Sea Trout in the tidal water they share with mullet, bass, carp, roach, eels etc. Tickets from Davis Tackle.

Cheers

Jon

[Dude]

In Patagonia some of the tidal pools hold some of the best sea trout. As soon as the pools get defined by the outgoing tide the fish get kinda agitated and snappy and often they are gorging on sandeels in these channels.
I was wondering if in lower water sea trout would wait around the estuarys for fresh water like salmon do before running?

[johnesmithson]

Got my first ever seatrout in the salt on North Uist in 1985. 4lb to Claret Bumble on Shakespeare/Rimfly starter outfit. A real knee-trembler! It's a great location and the seatrout run big by Scottish standards. As Dude says, the seapools tend to fish best on the ebb tide as the channels become more defined, and you feel like you're fishing a rapidly falling spate river. Fantastic brown trout all over the island too. BBC Alba did a feature there (which may be the one Pete is referring to; it sometimes pops up on YouTube or iPlayer).