Grebbo

The only issue here is you getting down to Berra Mondo. Promises promises

Very nice flattie there Moro Mou!! AND NICE WORK ON THE LIGHT TACKLE TOO!! looks like you had a good end to a good weekend!!

Thanks guys, It would appear that the warmer weather really get the lake going, I fish there all yare round And must say that the winter period is definitively no were near as productive. With the Reddies you really need to go a bit deeper especially on the warmer days as you will find the bigger ones around the 5 to 7 meter, the Governor Generals is a good spot for larger Reddies also if you have a look at this map of the lake available here http://downloads.nationalcapital.gov.au/ex...terWays_map.pdf , you will be able to see the old river before the lake was flooded, that’s were you will find majority of Natives and Reddies. The Yellow Belly was caught on a hard body lure; the same that I have used to catch countless amounts of Reddies on, it’s a large-ish bib lure 3 to 4 m, brown on top, yellow and red on the belly, a very versatile lure. Again the lure was taken just by the boat, I think the Yellow Belly follow the lure till the very end and then strike, awesome fighting fish on light tackle

Hi Raiders, Quick report for the Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra for the Australia Day long weekend. The Redfin are firing hard at the moment due to the warm weather and the warm water, surface temp was 29 deg this afternoon. Myself and a couple of my mates managed to fish in rather windy conditions for approximately 2 ½ hours, anchored off my favourite spot I managed to bag a nice 1.7kg 44cm Yellow Belly and together with my mates several good size reddies,

Looks like you had a good day out! well done!

The bait varies from day to day with Reddies, for me anyway, There was a period couple of years ago when I was only getting Reddies on SP, usually Gulp in pumpkin seed colour and also SP in dark red colours, and the occasional hard body lure. I also hear of some using worms exclusively and swearing by this type of bait. The Reddies above were all caught on a hard body lure, brown on top, orange and yellow on the belly, I usually troll until I hit a school of them and stop and work that area by casting around, Reddies are a school fish and will move is swarms and like water around 5 to 7 m deep. Below is a picture of some that I got last night on the same lure, I have two lures that look virtually identical, one is a chepo $8 job and the other a $18 Rapala, I got 5 to 1 on the cheap lure compared to the Rapala? I guess expensive or brand lures are not always that effective??? Grebbo

Well done mate! Very nice flattie, some people are just knobs, let’s hope next time they hook up there is no landing net insight....

Thanks mate, Yeh, the big Reddie is one of the larger ones that I have ever cought at the lake, looking foward to cooiking him up tonight for dinner. Grebbo

Thank you, Awesome eating indeed, sweet white flesh and very tasty too. I have been eating them out of that lake for some years now and always am amazed how good they are...

Funny you should mention that, because the big one spat out couple semi decomposed fish, most likely smaller reddies, and you would not believe this but the hot spot is where you and I caught that large Redfin last time you and I went out! Its proving to be a good spot....

Hello Raiders!! Quick report on the smoking conditions on the Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. Had a blast of a session last afternoon, took the boat and the missus out on the lake around 6.00pm and fished till dark, bagged 15 reddies and let couple of littlies go (even though you are not allowed to but I started to run out of room in my kill tank, good problem to have I guess) The largest Reddie was 39cm long, which took what felt like 5 minutes to bring in, spooling the 4 pound braid nearly out couple of times, it was awesome! Very good fighters with lots of stamina. The water temp is up (28 deg at the surface) and the reddies are swarming, at one stage every cast produced a fish, even on a stationary lure that was left unattended as I was landing a fish for my better half! I would seem that the lake was full of boats yesterday and by the looks of things everyone had a good session, judging by the fish size and quantity being cleaned at the boat ramp. Will try again tonight and see how we go! Grebbo

hehe, you said it buddy!!

Here are some squid that Mondo and I picked up one arvo, again, I was amazed how quickly he can find a good spot and land them, and just totally unrelated to fishing is a photo of 3 kookaburras on Mondos balcony? I really see one but 3 so close was a real treat!!

Well Simon, I must say You are “The Man” when it comes to Squid fishing!!! Several times now I have come out with you we landed some good size squid, I must make another trip up soon! Well done, bet they tasted yummy as well!

the good thing about the lakes is that there is plenty of carp, and Redfin so take your pick, I'M sure Mondo would find some worms to catch somewhere along the shore line

brig it on, When the water worms up I can guarantee a bag full each time I go out. Red Fin are a good eating that’s for sure!!

[ haha, Well they are far better eating then the carp that’s for sure!! Most outings I will land 20 to 30 and usually around 30 to 35cm and from time to time a 40cm. awesome fish, they fight well, go a lure or SP and when they are on they are on!! I had Mondo come down from Sydney one weekend and we could not cast out with out catching one. but my favorite would be a yellow belly, Besides squiding, my favorite fishing.. Reddies!

Hi jewgaffer, Well to tell you the truth, I have not caught a carp for close to 20 years now, It was the fish of choice when I was introduce to fishing by my dad, I know that there are tones of them in the lakes and rivers around Canberra, and you often see our Asian fishing friends on the banks of lake Burley Griffin struggling to pull them in, my folks will occasionally eat carp but only at Christmas and as far as I know there is quite a lot of preparation going on in order to make them half decent, they are full of bones and require a technique to filet them, also storing them in a refrigerator over night covered with milk apparently rids them of the “Muddy” taste and smell. As far as knowing the chaps from the carp club I would have to say no, I’m more in to Red Fin and Yella etc. But the pond at the back of your place sounds like it could hide some secrets, have you ever tried to fish there?

Well believe it or not, carp are the most consumed and farmed fish in the world by a country mile, mostly in Asia and Europe, however they are slightly different and mostly farmed, they originated in Western Asia and date as far as the 7th Century BC !! they were introduce in to Europe by Romans due to the ease of farming . China farms nearly 20 Million tones annually. They can live for as long as 70 years and reach birding maturity at 4 years old, world record is over 100lb and U.K. record stands at 60lb, it’s the fastest and largest growing sector of game fishing in the UK (poor bastards)

Hi Humesy, I run a 500W Raymarine on a 16AH Deep Cycle battery that I got out of UPS, it’s the size of a motorbike battery more or less, I do this so that I don’t have to run it from the main batteries that run the electric outboard, I can run it all day with out any problems. It starts of with about 12. 8 volts and at the end of the day it drops to around 11.4 volts. I think your problems extends further then just running couple of lights etc on the battery, I would check if your cabling is in order, maybe there is a short somewhere which could lead to fire and you don’t want that

Hi, Pedro is right, when I was in the US, I have spent quite a lot of time looking for a fish finder, mainly because they are around ½ price, but all of them were imperial (e.g. foot and Fahrenheit) and I looked everywhere, from Wal-Mart, to Bass Pro and all major boating stores, I even called the Humminbird customer info, where a girl told me that the US models were able to be switched to metric, however this was incorrect, and I had to take one back, thus why I went for the Raymarine as it was the only one capable of switching to metric. So before you buy from the US check that it will work in metric, usually if the model is described as “International” this indicates that it can be switched to metric. Grebbo

Wow that’s sound good! Do you do anything to the corn flakes like crush them or are they whole ? Grebbo

Too bad that your fishing trip was rather unsuccessful, but from your description it looks like you had lots of fun and gained valuable experience. My father has a secret bait that he makes buy kneading white bread with a bit of olive oil, just enough to make it playable, mixes in corn and creates a blob around the hook, covering it entirely, as there are no sharp bits hanging out, apparently carp have very sensitive gums?? Then he mixes another lot for burley the same way but mixes in a bit of baking soda and creates little blobs the size of a golf ball, apparently when they hit the water the baking soda fizzes and helps distribute the burley better. Try that and see how you go, carp fishing is a good way to introduce yourself to freshwater fishing and progress to nicer species like Redfin, yellow belly, cod etc.

Got to be happy with that, even if it’s your last one!

Still, I would hate to think how much fuel this thing would use at full throttle