Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:20 am Posts: 38 Location: Somerset, UK
Normally, you would not associate the UK with unusual/exotic/colourful fish - but we do get occasional exotic visitors to our shores, brought here on the warm(ish!) Gulf stream currents.
One such visitor is the Gilthead bream - it is more commonly found in southern Europe - the Mediterranean and Spain, but very occasionally we get them in our estuaries in the UK. I have been trying to catch one from the kayak for over 4 years; its become an obsession... this year, I was determined to be one of the very few people in the UK to catch one... Last week, I ended my search in style...
Not bad for my first Gilt, and just check out the dentures on these things... awesome....
The same weekend, I wanted to catch probably the most colourful fish in the UK; the Cuckoo Wrasse. These fish are almost tropical in their colouration. I managed to catch a few, and what they lack in size, they more than make up for in appearance...
It was one of the most memorable and enjoyable weekend's kayak fishing I have ever experienced in the UK - all made possible by a couple of friends who told me the most important thing in kayak fishing... "Where and when" !
I have also recently written a FREE guide to kayak fishing which I am giving away via the link below. Time to give something back to the sport which has given me so much. Feel free to download a copy and let me know what you think (its aimed at beginners, but I have had lots of great complements from experienced yak fishermen who learnt a few new tricks)...
Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:21 pm Posts: 12175 Location: Neptune Beach, FL
Hello Dizzyfish and nice to see you posting in here again!!!
Congrats on chasing and then catching the "Holy Grail" of UK fishing and both are very nice specimens!! So much for comments about the "drab and gray" fish over there.....certainly not always true!!
Are you headed back to fish with us again this year at the JaxKayakFishing Classic again this year??? Thx for the fishing report....JohnYaksJax
Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:20 am Posts: 38 Location: Somerset, UK
JohnYaksJax wrote:
Hello Dizzyfish and nice to see you posting in here again!!!
Congrats on chasing and then catching the "Holy Grail" of UK fishing and both are very nice specimens!! So much for comments about the "drab and gray" fish over there.....certainly not always true!!
Are you headed back to fish with us again this year at the JaxKayakFishing Classic again this year??? Thx for the fishing report....JohnYaksJax
Unfortunately not able to make it over to the JaxKayakFishing classic - I don't know about the guys that came over last time - Paul, Martin and David from AnglersAfloat - I have not heard anything, so I assume not. If they were coming, then we would know all about it, they still talk about those red drum they caught even now !
Are gilthead the same thing as sheepshead? The top picture reminded me of them, and the photo of the mouth really makes me think they are related. Same species or variation of?
Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:20 am Posts: 38 Location: Somerset, UK
They are not the same as sheepshead, but I suspect they are related, they do look similar. I caught some sheepshead free-lining shrimp off St. Petes pier many years ago - great fun, quite frustrating too - that's something else they have in common with the Gilthead bream !
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