jannjulie Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 i have a little kick boat i bought a couple of years ago - its great - it only weighs 18lbs in the bag and terrific to fish off - your bum is out of the water so warmer than a float tube - i fitted some oars to it but that ddint work - so i took them off again - easier to fin around and fish at the same time - with the oars i had to keep putting the rod down to row. Caught the trout in the avatar on opening day. any fish in the pontoon yet michael? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suuusssiiieee Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Anybody tried fishing Gossawater (behind hill of shurton), or the Loch of Wick in same area? Tried to look into getting Loch of Wick stocked but would'nt know who to ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyumpi Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 I tried Gossa Water at the back end of last season with the spinner. Only managed a couple of tiddlers from the north shore. I have been told it has some better fish - but what loch does somebody not say that about .It was fairly shallow with good areas of shingly/sandy bottom but there were also some nastier bits so I'd be careful of wading in this dark water. Might try it again on a warmer summer night this year.Never tried the Loch of Wick as we ran out of time so somebody else may be able to help you out on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Not been to Gossa Water recently but have had some nice fish around 1 1/2lb in the past, usually at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gricylipper Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Can anybody tell me whats sporting about "anglers"? catching vast amounts o troots to boil for somebodys dog? .If thats all the respect you have for the lochs and the fish its a pretty poor show, moving fish from one loch to another ,restocking etc would not be needed if people could enjoy fishing for the sake of fishing.Why must you have to catch more than everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachy Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 There's a new website for Shetland Anglers Association just been published. It's at http://www.shetlandtrout.co.uk Any thoughts on the site just let me know. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 As I have seen people out fishing today I would just like to remind everyone the brown trout season only opens on March 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachcaster Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 ^ Perhaps they wern't fishing, they might have been "cleaning their gear", the pelagic trawlers do it all the time. Joking aside, I would have thought it was far too cold for the fish to be biting yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 ^^^^^^^^^Just looked at the website mentioned aboveIs it illegal to fish for trout in Shetland without a permit?I've been trooting in Shetland for ower 50 years and this is the first I've heard of needing a permit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Angling law is a difficult subject but I found this - Fishing for freshwater fish, including trout, without right or written permission is generally a civil offence.As Shetland Anglers Assoc has rights to fish the majority of local lochs a permit from them covers you to fish most lochs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandcars Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 From what I can gather, if the loch has a protection order issued against it then its illigal to fish without a permit OR the land owners permission, but otherwise there is no legal requirement. but theres a possibility that Shetland is slightly different from Scotland and that Udal law dictates it requires the land owners permission(but that might just be for Salmon!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Fishing out of season like the people I saw today is a criminal offence though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachy Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 The Shetland Trout Fishing book is out of print, but an updated version of the book is now available for free download at the Shetland Anglers Association website. There's no maps on this download, but it's a very useful guide still, with a huge number of lochs detailed. A new edition of the book will hopefully be in print before too long. The free download is on this page:http://www.shetlandtrout.co.uk/lochs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Zulu Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 On the point of otter boards, me auld man un some folk wis goin tae da Big bannock last year and saw a man right aside da road in a loch towing an otterboard in broad daylight, he even waved and smiled!! The same man was seen at Tingon by a local angler doin da same thing. He waved but the angler just walked by him i tink kinda fed up. I know its not the reason but i cant help tinkin its partly to reason why the fishing is so poor there now. I've also personally heard o 1 guy goin there we a spinner and catching and keeping 19 troots?? Ridiculous eh! Myself And a few others, i think even the SAA have stocked there in the past but i Personally will not or don't want to stock it again which is a shame but if they are just goin to be hauled out en-masse, whats da point. Rant over, seasons started poorly i hear. No good catches so far, heard of 1 or 2 fine fish coming fae Tingwall, Always a good early season loch. Anybody hed any fish yet? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madfish Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 It is good to see some effort being made to help the local trout stocks survive.The problem with restocking with introduced trout, are many - are you not just diluting the natural Shetland brown trout, by introducing it with other non native strains. Before long you wont have a Shetland pure strain left, as these farmed genetic mongrels pollute the gene pool. As in other areas you will find that you have to keep up the restocking, as these introduced fish cannot be expected to do as well as fish that have adapted to our local conditions, over thousands of years. I know that the fish they are stocking with are not pure Shetland. In the long run it may not be a very clever thing to do, but restocking can be the solution, when done with care and thought, to protecting the genetic integrity of our brown trout stocks. At the moment dumping thousands of fry into our lochs and burns is the right idea but needs the right kind of advice and a long term genetic plan to really work well and not end up damaging the stocks we already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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