Huge Numbers of Salmon Entering the Tay System June 2024

Lots of fish entering the Tay system. Get out and catch some. Salmon Fishing, Salmon Fishing Scotland, Atlantic Salmon Fishing, River Tay, Fly Fishing, Salmon Fishing Scotland.

[@thedoggedangler]

Great to see so many fish moving up! Unfortunately as you say they were just not interested in anything, unlucky! Your comment about fish caught & released hanging around the same pool with new entrants was interesting. Thanks for producing & sharing.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Totally agree it's great to see. Fish definitely hang around once they've been caught and released. Thanks again for watching.

[@markVickers-kt5cf]

Wish we got runs of salmon on the river severn like that. Great video specially seeing all those running fish 👌🎣

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hopefully they'll come back everywhere. Thanks for watching 👍

[@ScottishExplorer5]

Another great video mate. Good to see so many fish, frustrating but also exciting and keep us coming back! I’ve never fished waulkmill but it looks like a cracking bit of water! Tight Lines👍🏼

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks for watching, yes very wxciting and encouraging seeing them coming on. You should try to get down to Walkmill. It's a lovely beat.

[@SuperGed777]

Jings, I hope the bridge engineer had new batteries in his calculator. If that span falls it will really hold the run back. Seriously excellent video despite no fish. Really felt the press of the river and pleased you remained dry. Keep up the good work.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks for watching, yes the bridge is pretty impressive, not long now before it's joined. Maybe another month or so. Worth getting out there to get a cast over them but sadly the line didn't tighten 😕

[@davep2322]

Seems to be big number of fish the last two weeks Ian, especially here in Ireland....good numbers entering the Moy, if you google Ridge Pool web cam , on the high tide you will see numerous fish head and tailing, like you have on your video.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi thanks for watching. That's great to hear. Hopefully they continue for a while yet. I'll take a look at the camera later. 👍

[@davidsammels2124]

Good flow of water this year compared to last , bit frustrating you couldn’t hook one or two today, plenty fish running though, next time , tight lines.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks for watching, I'd agree we need it down a little bit more hopefully, it'll be dry for the next week or so and slow them up a bit.

[@adam232king]

its like we are a month behind, lots of people saying fish are moving into the systems late this year, good vid as always mate.....

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi, thanks for watching. For us at the bottom end I would say this number of fish is slightly early but agree other rivers seem late. The spring run just didn't really happen on the Tay. There's certainly nothing wrong with the condition of them anyway, as long as they come in i suppose. Tight lines

[@stuartcrow1362]

Brave wading,great description of how to fish,can’t believe the line didn’t tighten Great viewing!

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks Stuart, still waiting on it tightening yet 🤣

[@paulwatson2712]

I never know if seeing fish and not getting an offer is more frustrating than seeing nothing and catching nothing!! Brave wading in a big river with no life jacket or wading stick all that while doing commentary…not sure if that’s really cool or really dangerous. Good to see some many fish on the run though…

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks for watching, not sure Paul both equally I think 🤣 I'm comfortable with my limitations in terms of wading. There are certain pools I'll not wade without a stick. Should really use a bouancy, but fond them quite restrictive. Great seeing so many fish. 👍

[@josephbrownisky9473]

I saw a good 15-20 go through in an hour where you started opposite those steps the Saturday of the 3rd week in June, they weren’t stopping though 🎣

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi, yeah this was that week. We were seeing the every day for about 3 weeks until the water the other day. I think the tides are at night now so they'll be running then

[@colinmurray6197]

Great stuff to see so many fish and was expecting the fly line to tighten up every cast. From my younger days it was believed for every fish you saw there was another seven you didn't see 🤷‍♂️

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks for watching, yeah I thought one in 10, but I think I'm confused with fish caught versus not caught. Certainly a lot going through, still surprised myself the line didn't go tight. That's fishing for you.

[@Hardlinesangling]

I've had quite a few days when I've seen lots of fish and never hooked any then had days not seeing any and have caught three. Tight lines for your next trip.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks Toby, me too. You never know that'll happen when fishing 👍

[@davesadowski6280]

Great videos, keep them coming. Nice to see the Tay getting a good run of fish, hope it continues. Out of interest what size Tobys do you fish this time of year? Is it still the Salmos?

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks for watching. It's a 28g I use at the time of year as I can throw it right across. Salmon later in the year normally.

[@colinjohnston5465]

Great to hear that you're seeing good numbers of fish running through the system. Do you think this is down to the work being done across the head of the system and the tributaries? If it is, then hopefully, we have a blue print to show the clever, desk jockey, theoretician scientists how practical conservation really works.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi Colin, the only work in reasonable numbers is on the Tummel system looking at the boards report. Bits and pieces elsewhere but nothing significant. The fish are a week or two earlier but in very good numbers as far as I've seen. My worry is it won't last. We around start to see grilse from 2020 appearing this year hopefully in good numbers.

[@colinjohnston5465]

@@scottishoutdoorlife might be a good idea if we all get after it. There is so much desk top theory which gets in the way of on the ground proper conservation and "re-naturing" rather than rewilding which is a crows charter.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

@colinjohnston5465 totally agree. I'm involved in the River Earn quite heavily and it takes up most of my spare time. The Tay Trust needs to up their game, nothings happening in the system. It's embarrassing compared to other rivers.

[@deanevans1139]

Great video and good description of where the fish will run. What was the state of the tide when you were fishing?

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Thanks for watching, this was between high and low tide. We've noticed nearly always the morning tide they'll run unless high tide is in the dark.

[@simonartley1645]

Reassuring to hear this... bit of a stretch to jump in the car up M6. Pleased to realise all is not always gloom...we are after all casting to a wild traveller who has its own..agenda.. ie more salmon !!

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi Simon, yes it's been very encouraging, hopefully the run continues for a good while yet.

[@malcolmbrown5261]

What about a close up of that fly

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi, thanks for watching, I might do a video on the tying of it. 👍

[@JerryGloverAngling]

Maybe name it “Ma Beard”

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

🤣 could do. I've not been able to think of one yet. Thanks for watching 👍

[@jamesstephen7640]

God that must have been frustrating for you so many fish showing not looking at anything if you saw that many in front of you there must be a hell of a lot comming into the system great to see though

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Yes, very frustrating, but nice to see them as you say. Good numbers being caught upstream now which is good 👍

[@johnclark6754]

Hope you are wearing a boyouncy jacket? Looks dangerous there mate

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

I've been wading about that neat since I was 10, no excuse really. I don't but should. Never liked them.

[@MrJc201222]

Could you pin a comment in future videos? It’s just KZbin’s new set up of rotating comments sometimes means the top comment spoils it before we get a watch lol

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi thanks for watching, I'll have a look at that. Didn't realise it did that. 👍

[@jamesgreig4805]

That's the norm fish everywhere and no hook up 🤞next time

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Totally agree. Nice to see them coming in such numbers. I'll get one next time 👍

[@jamesgreig4805]

@@scottishoutdoorlife 🤞👍

[@tombown9960]

I think they should have fishing ban for every three years

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi Tom, thanks for watching, i presume you mean in the ocean, yes I think that would help massively. 👍

[@jamesgraham4242]

Grilse run. Too much fresh water, low temps and high oxygen. Most run at night. We'll see how long it lasts. In the past they would start running about now and keep coming till spawning time. It's lower now but the avg weight was about 6lbs increasing as the season progressed. The R Plym in Devon had a late run avg weight 10lbs. The record weight for a grilse was about 18lbs. Reported catches include "grilse error" the misreporting of grilse as salmon.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Hi, yes I'd agree with that although the majority were salmon I would say. Difficult to tell unless you catch them, wouldn't have minded connecting with them all. 18lbs that a huge grilse, it amazes me how quickly they can grow out at sea and the difference in size between an early and late grilse.

[@jamesgraham4242]

@@scottishoutdoorlife Check the catch data. I was the first person in the UK to beat ScotGov on an FOI request they refused to comply with. I got all of the mandatory salmon fisheries catch return forms released into the public domain going back to 1952. All inclusive, rod and line and net catches. I knew David Summers. I'm not up to speed as I once was but I still like watching you guys flogging a dead horse. lol By the way, since you East Coasters are releasing all of your wild catch what salmon are you eating? Surely, you aren't eating farmed salmon, are you?

[@kemback1086]

huge numbers ? since when did 20 salmon constitute "huge" numbers.

[@scottishoutdoorlife]

Given the amount of time I was there, I would say for that time of year 20 was a lot and as I said in the video they'd been coming in steady everyday. Everyone else who commented agreed it was encouraging but I respect everyone's opinion.