I haven’t had a sea trout at night all last season & still yet to catch one this season - only managed sprods!
Like you I very rarely see any at all, unlike 5 yrs ago where fish would show right through the night on most nights from July onwards…
I‘ve fished 7 times at night in the last 2 weeks & I can’t say I’ve seen one show let alone catch one.
I thought I’d broke my duck last weekend when I got a 3.5lb brownie in the net.
Still time yet 🤞🎣
If it carries on like this pattern, in the next year or two I can see me throwing the towel in…
But I love being out at night - but do need to know there’s fish about to keep me motivated.

welcome to the forum 😀

 

My worse season for years. I fish the Lune, Ribble and Hodder with a preference for the Lune as noticed Ribble fish tend to run later. The previous 2 years were'nt too bad as caught majority of fish during the day on fly with extra water. N
ever saw any other anglers and wonder if some seatrout anglers think you only catch fish at night. Normally I book a week on the Lune in July every year however the last 3 years the best runs have been in June so June it is next year.
I belong to the The Lune River Trust and we check the spawning becks after November and spawning has been amazing on one particular beck for the past 2 years with large numbers of fish. When I saw the video of these fish you'd think it was Alaska. Many were commenting " where did these fish come from ". Again, I have always say they are coming later and later.
I can count myself lucky as have great memories from the early 2000s when I caught fish up to 12lbs, those were the days.
Anyway, this year my fish of the season was a 10lb cock salmon on light trout tackle fishing a size 14 Black Pennell so can count myself lucky.
So now it's hibernation till next season.

 

The pattern is clearly a downward spiral for fish numbers, certainly on my local river Clwyd. Summer droughts and big Winter floods do a lot of damage and affect survival, as well as timing of runs.
I've been out much less this season, because the fish aren't there.🙁

 

Welcome to the forum, I thought I was off to a flyer this year with 3 fish in early July. Never touched one since!

 

Just like to comment on how this forum has now lost its passion since the upgrade.
Hopefully it’s not going to go back to what it do 5yrs ago….

 

Maybe. But also the extreme low river levels as a result of the prolonged drought in the southern half of England & Wales and the resultant lack of effort certainly doesn’t help. Nothing to report.

 

No passion lost here just the lack of fishing with low water and hot weather, the Lune is in for a good rise and I'm waiting. I turned my attention to bank improvement and walking the banks looking for fish, it gets me out of the house.

 

I fished the Lune yes evening at Arkholme as a guest - very low with the weed & algae building up.
They were salmon & sea trout showing but neither interested

 

It has been a tough year, no Spring rain and then drought with high temperatures, now we have had rain I couldn't go ! Only 3 sea trout for me this year and a few lost, I'll be there next year.