life is rough in your neck of woods isn't it.. lol
congrats!
23?
That's all?
Prolly a cormerant. F'n things'll eat anything that swims.
I guess I never posted the roughly same sized pike I caught last year...oh well. Wife caught a nice one last year. We went out today and she started catching perch and bullhead catfish right off the get go. Then she caught a big 31" 7lb 10oz pike it was full of eggs/row.
You mentioned the roe, and I wondered if that was edible. Looks like it's caviar-equivalent, and you brine it then spread it on a cracker.
Never done that. Did you?
That first fish looked more like a musky to me. Vertical bars and red fins.
You can get them out of loch raven I believe