Gold rush.

[Arry 26,027]

Been known to actually jump in a boat Kev. There was a chap we called Walkie who own one of the licensed boat it Totnes and his boat was mooed up just above Totnes old bridge. He would never believe a salmon would jump in a boat, well one day a chap came it the pub and said just watched a Salmon jump in your boat from the bridge. He thought he was pulling his leg. In the end he went down and checked the boat sure enough the fish was in the boat.

Cheers Arry

[mackem 30,931]

I always wanted to try Haaf netting as a kid,I knew the perfect place,it looked a lot more predatory than Gill netting,but the idea of standing stock still for a while actually in the water a visible target for the bailiffs put me off.I think back then I took salmon with every method known to man,I was always experimenting but Gill nets got the big numbers,I started with a small net made some cash then learnt to hang sheet netting and progressed.Nothing is better than seeing or hearing fresh run fish jumping at night.I have seen and fished some incredible salmon the last few years but if I could turn the clock back to just one tide and fish as a small school kid I would jump at the chance.

 

 

[Halfhound 625]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

I always wanted to try Haaf netting as a kid,I knew the perfect place,it looked a lot more predatory than Gill netting,but the idea of standing stock still for a while actually in the water a visible target for the bailiffs put me off.I think back then I took salmon with every method known to man,I was always experimenting but Gill nets got the big numbers,I started with a small net made some cash then learnt to hang sheet netting and progressed.Nothing is better than seeing or hearing fresh run fish jumping at night.I have seen and fished some incredible salmon the last few years but if I could turn the clock back to just one tide and fish as a small school kid I would jump at the chance.

 

 

Would you never chance one or two nights a year? I get the more of a thrill now shooting a net at my age than I ever have. Having a smoke and a chat with my pal while we do a drift they are times that no money could ever buy 

[mackem 30,931]

1 hour ago, Halfhound said:

Would you never chance one or two nights a year? I get the more of a thrill now shooting a net at my age than I ever have. Having a smoke and a chat with my pal while we do a drift they are times that no money could ever buy 

I would love to go back and try again in the same river,it was a great time,I am about to go to Canada for a while,I will be fishing next month in pools with hundreds of fish in front of me,but I had a greater thrill netting at night.

[Halfhound 625]

28 minutes ago, mackem said:

I would love to go back and try again in the same river,it was a great time,I am about to go to Canada for a while,I will be fishing next month in pools with hundreds of fish in front of me,but I had a greater thrill netting at night.

Give it a go even if you blank I guarantee you’ll enjoy every minute. Will bring you right back

[THE STIFFMEISTER 17,758]

On 09/08/2025 at 14:17, jukel123 said:

I wouldnt like to have your body washed up in my haaf net. Lots of people including kids drowned in my lifetime on the Solway. I've haaf netted over fifty years. Used to be good fun and you could earn a few bob, but even in the old days it was only beer money.

Going way back, before the war it was possible to make a living in the summer months.

It's all catch and release now and not many are willing to risk their neck for no reward. I still go but I pick my tides and weather conditions. It's a young man's game but I just like being out there.

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@Bendigo

[mackem 30,931]

Half netting reminds me a little of dip-netting when the fish are running.

 

[mel b 4,473]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

Half netting reminds me a little of dip-netting when the fish are running.

 

That looks fantastic mack.  Is it a good vibe ? , do they all get on OK being so close to each other ? .

[mackem 30,931]

9 minutes ago, mel b said:

That looks fantastic mack.  Is it a good vibe ? , do they all get on OK being so close to each other ? .

I could imagine everyone just gets on mate,I haven't netted like that,but I have fished streams where people are packed into pools when the fish are piling up,even my lady hooked one at the end of the clip (she had quite a few thatcday).

 

[WataWalloper 4,620]

13 minutes ago, mackem said:

I could imagine everyone just gets on mate,I haven't netted like that,but I have fished streams where people are packed into pools when the fish are piling up,even my lady hooked one at the end of the clip (she had quite a few thatcday).

 

Ever see any them salmon wheels on ye travels mate?

[mackem 30,931]

8 minutes ago, WataWalloper said:

Ever see any them salmon wheels on ye travels mate?

No mate,those wheels are illegal in Canada,maybe legal for first nations indigenous?Wheels are Alaskan.

 

[WataWalloper 4,620]

Just now, mackem said:

No mate,those wheels are illegal in Canada,maybe legal for first nations indigenous?Wheels are Alaskan.

 

Didn’t know that cheers, jist remebwr seeing a young lad who had left lower an went to Alaska an had a team a dogs he needed to feed so used a wheel, I was amazed haha saw a few others since then but didn’t realise they was all in Alaska

[mel b 4,473]

42 minutes ago, mackem said:

I could imagine everyone just gets on mate,I haven't netted like that,but I have fished streams where people are packed into pools when the fish are piling up,even my lady hooked one at the end of the clip (she had quite a few thatcday).

 

That's excellent mack. It would end up with a huge squabble in this country .

[mackem 30,931]

5 minutes ago, mel b said:

That's excellent mack. It would end up with a huge squabble in this country .

I can imagine,here everyone I have met has been courteous and helpful,it’s the annual salmon run,FISH ON!!