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Fishing in the Falklands?

Goodish-sized sea-trout in several rivers. Fly and spinner. To get to the best you'll need someone with a 4WD, then walk a distance over some pretty wild moorland country. Not the GREAT sea-trouting for huge sea-trout on lovely fly waters that is to be had on the southern Argentine mainland and on Tierra del Fuego, but worth doing if you can do it cheaply when you're on the Falklands. Think spinning tackle - Mepps, small to medium spoons and shallow-running plugs.
 
Thanks Paul,
any idea when the sea trout run? Ever fished for the mullet in some of the coves and estuarys? I suspect that will be the most realistic proposition for me.
I don't think a 4x4 will be a problem and some hiking won't be an issue. There's definitely no danger of popping over to Argentina though.:D
 
From now onwards, Chris, with it now being early spring in the Southern Hemisphere, right through to late summer in March and April. Jan. Feb and March and (late season) early April offer the best sea-trout fishing in the South, but the spring can throw up the occasional early-running monster. Haven't done the "mullet" myself.
 
My time will cover March and April so hopefully I'll get a chance to have a crack at the sea trout then. Thanks again.:)
 
There used to be a rather good chippie there Chris..... Good luck on your posting out there...
 
I did a bit of sea fishing during my four month tour there in the 80s, mainly around Mare Harbour. Don't recall catching much but then again decent bait was tricky to get a hold of.

I seem to recall that getting permits for the trout fishing was a convoluted affair but expect it is much better now.
 
Fished a bit in the early 80s. The mullet fishing in Port Stanley was fantastic. I used a big float, big hook and a lump of bloody mutton, the locals called "365" At that time cattle were too valuable to kill for beef, they only ate mutton and they had it every day. I expect someone has latched on to the fact that mutton is a good bait and it's now called "Ovis aries HNV" and it costs a fortunte. We anglers got it free from the cookhouse. We enjoyed fresh fish and chips. My biggest Mullet weighed in at 5lbs but there are bigger ones there. All bays had fish in them.
The Sea trout fishing was also fantastic, we had a fishing mad boss, a flight of helicopters and plenty of time on our hands. We would be dropped at a nameless river with a 24 hour ration pack and spinning gear. We only had spinning gear, fly fishing might be tricky as it gets quite breezy down there. We had a great time and the officers mess had Sea Trout for supper. I was happy with my fish and chips.
I know how much it costs to fish there now and I expect the random fishing that we enjoyed is no longer available. Are you flying Crab Air?
 
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Dunno if he's on here much at the moment (look on the Tidal Trent thread) but Andy 'Dinger' Bell has fished in the Falklands (I understand it's what the forces laughingly call 'work')..

Worth dropping him a PM.
 
Declan,
It's very important to develop ones skills whilst being in the forces, river craft is one of the skills that I maintained during my time. I have FI skills, Canadian skills, Irish skills, American skills, German, Norwegian and UK skills. My Cypriot skills were honed but not needed as they were mainly gained on the beach or in boats. All the time spent picking up the skills made me a better soldier:)

As a young soldier I raised my hand when the Sergeant Major asked if anyone liked fishing. I spent the weekend clearing the banks of the Avon at Netheravon so the officers could fish in comfort.:(
 
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