HEAT WAVES AND MIGRATORY SALMONIDS DONT MIX! Im across on the West Coast in Argyllshire where yesterday the temperature reached a humid 27C and an afternoon siesta became obligatory. I took my new Highlander boat out in the Bay of Kentra and trolled for a mackerel or sea trout with no result. The two Dogs kept polite company with Ms Tinca Labrador getting very excited when a seal surfaced close to the boat; And very perplexed when it sank quietly below the surface. This was beyond her Labradoresque understanding. She remained perched on the gunwhales searching the mirror calm sea for its reappearance. It never did, and she soon turned her mind to other matters. Later in the day we came upon a young sea eagle, and brought the boat to within 25 yards of it as it attempted to predate on a clutch of shelduck chicks. The eagles problem was that its mum had clearly failed to explain to it that a white tailed sea eagle is not a bird that folds itts wings and dives beneath the surface of the sea to spear its prey. The young eagle was clearly in a state of confusion as to whether it should be spearing, as terns or gannets do, or grabbing, as grown-up eagles are designed for. The indecision caused our eagle friend to go hungry, much to the relief of one very worried female shellduck. While all this was going on the young white tailed sea eagle took no notice of the boat, me or two rather laconic labs. Eventually the eagle was mobbed by so many terns and hoodies that it gave up the chase, and like a great barn door, slowly flapped away to a more peaceful place. Later in the day I briefly had hold of a big sea trout and caught one mackerel. Judging by the conditions I think I was lucky to have any action at all, and I guess the situation was much the same at FCW. TA
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 07:24:11 +0000
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