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Now what are the chances of that?! Sadly I can’t remember the name of the cottage we stayed in
We used to go to Lampeter to shop. When we stopped going as a family my father would still go on his own and stay bed and breakfast with a local farmer. I am not saying that this, below, was the cottage (and for sure it didn't have all that livestock) but it looked similar and was halfway up the side of a hill.Now what are the chances of that?! Sadly I can’t remember the name of the cottage we stayed in
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Utectok
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Some of the information in this thread regarding salmon is wholly incorrect.
So basically salmon change colour in rivers for two reasons. One because their skin needs to change going from salt to fresh water to avoid desiccating from osmosis and secondly the colours in the flesh of the fish gathered from eating shrimps and things migrate to the surface of the fish changing the colour of the fish. This creates the territorial mating colours. Typically the longer the fish is in fresh water the whiter the fish flesh becomes as the colours migrate also the fat content in the fish flesh reduces as the salmon don’t eat in fresh water. Consequently a “coloured” fish is not very good to eat as its low fat content and white flabby texture make it somewhat unappealing. . Additionally It is illegal by act of Scottish parliament to kill a gravid salmon “coloured fish” .
This in truth is a slighty bonkers law as it doesn’t matter when you kill a salmon, a dead salmon is a dead salmon, and whether a bar of silver straight of the sea or a moribund coloured fish if it is dead it can not reproduce. Having said that a silver fish will at least make good table fare.
So basically salmon change colour in rivers for two reasons. One because their skin needs to change going from salt to fresh water to avoid desiccating from osmosis and secondly the colours in the flesh of the fish gathered from eating shrimps and things migrate to the surface of the fish changing the colour of the fish. This creates the territorial mating colours. Typically the longer the fish is in fresh water the whiter the fish flesh becomes as the colours migrate also the fat content in the fish flesh reduces as the salmon don’t eat in fresh water. Consequently a “coloured” fish is not very good to eat as its low fat content and white flabby texture make it somewhat unappealing. . Additionally It is illegal by act of Scottish parliament to kill a gravid salmon “coloured fish” .
This in truth is a slighty bonkers law as it doesn’t matter when you kill a salmon, a dead salmon is a dead salmon, and whether a bar of silver straight of the sea or a moribund coloured fish if it is dead it can not reproduce. Having said that a silver fish will at least make good table fare.
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I'm from Cellan, a village between Lampeter and Tregaron and would know the farm you talk about for sure! Did you ever call at the Fisherman's Arms by any chance? A great pub where loads of visiting anglers would call. The salmon fishing has declined greatly but the brown trout seems to be holding its own at the moment.We used to go to Lampeter to shop. When we stopped going as a family my father would still go on his own and stay bed and breakfast with a local farmer. I am not saying that this, below, was the cottage (and for sure it didn't have all that livestock) but it looked similar and was halfway up the side of a hill.
Check out this 3 bedroom smallholding for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom smallholding for sale in Llanddewi Brefi, Tregaron, SY25 for £525,000. Marketed by Morgan and Davies, Lampeter
caorach
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I have also seen them colour up in the sea if, say, they've been held there by low water so the whole process of colouring up can begin in salt water and not just in the river.
Utectok
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This is true and can happen
Hayduke
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Caught a good few over the years, but haven’t killed a salmon for nearly 15 years now. Whilst it is legal on a few rivers still, for many it isn’t and the number being killed by anglers is now tiny.
Killing Atlantic salmon is really problematic. Our rivers have seen huge fall in numbers. Largely due to factors within our control - factory salmon farms and lice, uncontrolled piscivorous bird populations, habitat degradation and pollution, migration barriers (like weirs usually affecting sea bound smolt runs) etc.
In 2023 the IUCN reclassified the UK population of Atlantic salmon from “Least Concern” to “Endangered” indicating a significant risk of extinction. This reflects a decline in British Atlantic salmon populations of 30 - 50 % since 2006, and a projected decline of 50 - 80% between 2010 and 2025.
Killing Atlantic salmon is really problematic. Our rivers have seen huge fall in numbers. Largely due to factors within our control - factory salmon farms and lice, uncontrolled piscivorous bird populations, habitat degradation and pollution, migration barriers (like weirs usually affecting sea bound smolt runs) etc.
In 2023 the IUCN reclassified the UK population of Atlantic salmon from “Least Concern” to “Endangered” indicating a significant risk of extinction. This reflects a decline in British Atlantic salmon populations of 30 - 50 % since 2006, and a projected decline of 50 - 80% between 2010 and 2025.
NickJ
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Quite cool to do the grouse and the stag with a combination.
Indeed Garynhahine a bonny place
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