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    Taking A Good Fishing Photo

    in Fishing Chat

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    2) Always have a spare set of batteries. Murphy's law states that batteries die just before the fish of the day is landed.

    In thedbo a mate and I even had a spare camera so we had one each. It was great until I was holding it for him whilst he was fishing and fell into the water with both cameras :1badmood: . Of course not long after that we caught some nice fish. :05:

    Peter

    Taking A Good Fishing Photo

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    Posted

    I often like to try to include something like some of the rod or reel in the photo, it adds a bit of perspective and adds to the scene.

    Also I think taking a photo of the fish on a bit of an angle, along the body from the head can also produce a very nice pic.

    Peter

    Home Made Lures... W Pics

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    thanks for the input - i am a little concerned about the weight and was tyring to figure out how to attach splitshot withouth whacking the balance completley... it is yet to have a swim test though.

    i was also thinking its a bit fat,but i wont worry about that until i make the next prototype...

    Perhaps a small barrel sinker down the middle around the wire, or a split shot on each end of the wire for even balance. You would probably want a little more weight at the back than the front to help it fly straight throught the air for best castability.

    Peter

    Upper Colo

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Where abouts do you live? or rather how far do you mind traveling :1prop:

    I'm in Mosman, I can travel on my motorbike (or when I can con the girlfriend into comming we can take her car :biggrin2: . I don't mind travelling a bit for a days fishing.

    Peter

    Upper Colo

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    sorry you didnt get into them, you do need to do plenty of walking in that area, theres a lot of sand between casts! there are much more easily accesible land-based locations in sydney where you will get fish, thats if the experience of fishing these "semi-wild" locations isnt what you want.

    Canoe Creek Is even more walking (from what i understand from guys who have done it) and needs more than just a couple of spare hours.

    Thank guys, I don't mind a bit of walking and ejoying the scenery whilst fishing but the girlfriend isn't quite as patient :1badmood:

    Where abouts in Sydney do you chase bass land based? I have fished Manly Dam but that is the only bass area I could think of.

    Peter

    Upper Colo

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    At Upper Colo you may be able to walk/wade the sand stretches and throw lures into the deeper sections, I have not been up there for a while so dont know if it is still the same.... 2 years+. take the Dirt road from the Bridge on Putty Road and Park near the small bridge/causeway to get access to the river (quite a drive up (and down) the dirt road. try smaller hardbodies and lightly weighted SP's in this area.

    Well I hit the area you described but there wasn't much water at all in there. The :wife: didn't want to walk to far to find pools so the trip was a bit of a loss.

    Oh well, next time....

    Peter

    Upper Colo

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    There is a reasonable ramp at the mouth of the Colo River heading towards the bridge to no where .It is down a dirt track which only goes for a short distance .You will be able to launch a tinnie there nps and there are some great snags at the mouth and up to 4 or 5 klms then it turns into some rocky spots with weed fringes which should be attacked with small spinnerbaits or surface lures .

    Good Luck

    Cheers Swordfisherman

    Thanks for the reply, is there much in the way of land based options? I might have to get my inflateable out and give that a go if not.

    Peter

    Upper Colo

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    All of the Bass talk on here is getting me ichty, so one day over the easter break I'll be heading out to windsor (under the guise of visiting the :wife: father) but then heading to the upper colo for some bass hunting. I've never been up there so can anyone offer any advice on area's to get access, etc...

    I've been reading all of the other bass fishing info on here so will be heading to the tackle shop soon to pick up some lures and flies. :yahoo:

    Thanks

    Peter

    Thredbo

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Weasel,

    If you intend to fish the Thredbo river my best recomendations are to use Celtas (gold is my preference) and try to get to sections of the river that are harder to access because they will be less fished.

    If you drive 10ks or so away from the Thredbo village towards Jindy and park your car by the side of the road you can scramble down throught the bush (takes a bit of effort) and get to the river. Wading upsteam you will find some great sections of river with large pools that hold large fish. I usually do with fly fishing but Celtas should work well too.

    Hope this helps

    Peter

    Carp Round 2

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Alex,

    Thanks for the reply. Sounds interesting with the changing feeding patterns. Perhaps the smell of the bread lures them in for the corn?

    I'm thinking of giving Manly Dam a go soon to try for some Carp. Maybe see if I can get one on the fly rod.

    Peter

    Barrington Tops

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Yeah I'm keen to know also, c'mon PJ spill the beans mate.

    That's a classic story Burnsy :biggrin2:. Remind me never to go on a fishing trip with you, or your mate. :1prop::074:

    Shane

    :1fishing1:

    Hey Guys,

    Sorry for the lateness of the reply, managed to get myself sick as a dog whilst in the mountains. :ranting2:

    I didn't manage to get any line wet because the creeks we saw at the top were'nt holding a lot of water and I couldn't go to far off tract because of :wife: . Further down where there water was accessable from the road (via bridges, etc...) it was way to warm. This was around the northern section of the mountains anyhow. Next time I think I will visit maybe Glouster Tops (The south-eastern side), there seem to be a few rivers running down from there.

    So I didn't manage to get to any water I thought would be fishable. :thumbdown::1badmood: There's always next time.

    Peter

    Oh well, there's always next time.

    Thredbo River

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Well done Peter, that's a great looking trout mate. :thumbup:

    I'm looking at having a crack at the trout next season on my #6. How long had you been fly fishing before you first had a go at the trout? ie: did you start on saltwater species then move on to trout.

    Shane

    :1fishing1:

    Hi Shane,

    I first learnt to fly fish a couple of years ago to chase trout. It was a long and slow process before I finally managed to land one. :( But when I did it was all worth it.

    After this I moved into Salt water fly fishing, trying for Bream, Flathead and similar species. I don't get out to do it as much as I would like :wife: , but one day...

    Peter

    Thredbo River

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    what a great weekend pete,

    its good to see the rivers are starting to fish well again. were you a long way upstream from the dam?

    are you wet wading in the river ?

    We drove about 9 or 10 kms from Thredbo towards Jindy and parked the car by the side of the rode. We then just climbed throught the bush to get to the river. We were wading the river ( was a little cool but no to bad), the deepest we got to in most spots was just under weist height but by staying near the sides you can usually keep it to about knee height.

    Peter

    Thredbo River

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hi ya Pete ,Very nice trout .The water looks inviting behind you .Can you tell me a bit about the type of tackle you are using ?? I have never used dry flys and its the only sort of fishing I have never had a go at .Done the wet fly stuff and thats easy .But drys I am at a loss :wacko:

    Cheers Swordfisherman

    Hey,

    The river was beautiful, it was a real shame to come home.

    I was using a 6 weight fly rod which is more than enough for any trout you are likely to catch in those types of streams, mabye even a little heavy but it's the only one I have.

    I had on a 9ft 5 pound leader with a small amount of 6 pound tippet. I found that flies didn't really make much of a difference. My mate and I used a bunch of different attractor and stimulator patterns and they all seemed to work just as well as each other.

    The difference to getting the strikes and not getting the strikes was where we were putting the flies (if the fly was off the current line by a few inches the fish wouldn't go at it. Also drift was important, we must have drifted flies over a hole upto 10 times before finally getting a good drift which would then result in a strike.

    Peter

    Thredbo River

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hey guys and girls,

    I spent the weekend in Thredbo fly fishing with a mate, the river was fishing excellently with plenty of fish and some great sized ones.

    I fished with attractor and stimulator patterns and found that the fly didn't really make a difference as the fish would take just about anything. The most important thing was targeting the right area's and getting a good drift.

    It was the most fun I've hand on fly in ages.

    Here's a pic of the largets Brown I caught. Approx 45-50 cm. Didn't have a tape measure at the time but I measured my hands afterwards.

    Peter

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