Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Report and Prospects for October 2009.

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Report and Prospects for October 2009.

Tay Reports

Weekly Report for week ending 3rd October 2009.


Last week reported 170 Salmon and 4 Sea Trout which was a reasonable catch despite the tough season so far. The weather was settled with a high pressure giving us perfect river conditions during the week until Friday when the pressure dropped like a stone.

There were other fish being caught and not reported. There does now seem to be a spread of Salmon throughout the district as all the beats are catching but not in the usual numbers for the time of year.

Quite a few good fish were caught this past week yet again which is quite heartening. Best salmon of the week was a 21lbs salmon off the Cargil beat and Upper Islamounth beat.

Several beats recorded good individual day catches which is very encouraging for the week to come. They included 10 off the Waulkmill beat on Saturday when everyone else struggled.

Many thanks to John Stephenson sharing with us that his wife Annabel Stephenson (7 1/2 months pregnant) caught a 12lb fish from the Bridge Pool at Dalguise, the salmon was caught harling on 30/09/09.
This was her first fish on her first fishing trip!!! Many thanks to Stan the man.

The river temperature has now dropped to around 52 degrees Fahrenheit or 11 degrees Celsius.

There is no doubt the river is having a very hard season and a number of anglers are responding by returning the majority of the salmon they catch. The Tay would like to thank you for that which will hopefully show benefits for the future.

May I remind anglers coming to the Tay about the Catch and Release policy which is that all hen salmon and sea trout caught should be returned and large male salmon over 15 pounds to preserve sport for the future. It goes without saying that all red fish should de returned as well.

If you have any news or pictures of catches or experiences on the Tay and you would like to share them please email me on stanley.fishing@ukonline.co.uk
Thank you for the contributions so far .


Annabel Stephenson (7 1/2 months pregnant) with a 12lb fish from the Bridge Pool at Dalguise, caught harling on 30/09/09.
Her first fish on her first fishing trip!!! Many thanks to Stan the man.

Prospects for the week commencing 5th October 2009.
The river has a bit of fresh water from the end of the previous week which can do no harm for this coming week for most beats. Again the weather for this coming week looks settled. Hopefully any showers will not be too heavy to alter the river levels.
Last week reported reasonable catch for the season so far so let us hope this continues over the next 10 days and there is a late surge of autumn salmon.


The water temperature is now just below 52 degrees Fahrenheit or 11 degrees Celsius with colder autumn weather arriving.

The river is running at a good height which will allow salmon to run the entire river Tay.

There is good availability throughout the river so why not have a go.

As to methods, the river is settled and at a good height, the most likely method of catching Tay Salmon this week will favour all methods with settled water. There will certainly be good conditions for fly fishing with a higher river temperature now encouraging floating lines. Spinning from boat and bank are also favoured.. The rise in river temperature should encourage baits spun upstream and retrieved quickly.

Finally all anglers are reminded that the Tay's policy for Catch and Release in 2009 we now recommend that every angler should release all hen salmon caught each day and all Sea Trout. We also recommend that all male salmon over 15 pounds should be released and certainly any red fish . Salmon are an extremely precious resource. Please do what you can to ensure their numbers are allowed to conserve them and produce more salmon for the future.

If you have any news or pictures of catches or experiences on the Tay and you would like to share them please email me on stanley.fishing@ukonline.co.uk


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