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  1. Thankyou so much everyone. I'll try a drogue.
  2. Hey raider, I have a small tinny with a 15hp 2 stroke. No electric. Total novice in boat but am enjoying exploring impoundments and estuaries. I'd like the option of trolling for natives but can't go slow enough. I've heard stories of dudes dragging a few buckets behind them to slow them down. Is this feasible? If so how big should the buckets be, how far behind the boat should I have them and how likely is it the rope will get caught in the propeller? Any advice welcome Cheers GG
  3. Maybe invest in the south coast fishing atlas (McGovern?). Then just go and explore. So many beautiful places between Ulladulla and Eden. I'm down that way about 10% of the time and haven't even scratched the surface for what is on offer. I tend to go fishing somewhere new every trip ... not good for the catch rate but who cares.
  4. LBG- Black Mountain- the steep drop-off holds natives but you have to work hard to find gaps in the vegetation on foot. The shallower flats and point might go ok (warmer shallower water in the arvo might attract active fish). The rockwall further west is a good spot on foot and you have about 500m of good water until you reach the rowing lanes (I've done better in low light outside of winter here). Lennox Gardens would be my pick. Deeper water on the bridge side and good weedbeds as you follow the bike path over towards the bay with the yacht club. Directly across the lake from Lennox Gardens (behind the museum) is always popular ... often bait fishos but people pick up red and yellow on lures too. Good luck
  5. Joop looks like the Scottish dad from "So i married an Axe Murderer) ... early and funny Mike Myers.
  6. Also if there is any rain just before you make it down here try fishing near where stormwater drains/pipes flow into the lake. This will increase your chances of getting onto a yella.
  7. The bloke in the orange shirt in the picture above doesn't look 50kg.
  8. Canberra lakes can be a bit of a cold slow grind in winter. I've heard Tuggers is fishing better than other urban lakes at the moment but you often hear conflicting reports on that front. My take on it is that cod, yellas and redfin are caught right through winter but it is the local diehards who know the lakes intimately who get most of the fish. I live in North Canberra so know Lake G, Yerrabi and LBG much better. I've only fished Tuggers a few times and only picked up a few small redfin so can't offer much specific advice. The following techniques have worked for me in other Canberra lakes in winter. 1) Yellas- I've done best between 10am and 2pm as the sun warms the water. Most fish taken on small metal blades or vibes (TN50). Others seem to swear by SPs on a beetle spin jig head. Most of my fish have come from the kayak around bridge pylons or down rocky drops offs. Maybe up near the spillway at Tuggers would be good on foot. 2) Reddies- could be anywhere. Any point or bank where you can put your lure on the edge of a weedbed or line of reeds puts you in with a shot. I tend to use small curl tailed grubs or small blades. In winter If i'm just prospecting water with unknown structure I'd probably nedrig the sp and either use a super slow retrieve or use a bunch of super long pauses (10-15 seconds) with a hop in between. Places you could try this at Tuggers is the grassy bank up from the Dam wall or the paths/boardwalks on either side of the lake between the spillway and the dam wall. 3) Cod- Most of my local cod have come out of the Bidgee on spinnerbaits. However I've never even got a hit on a spinnerbait in the lakes. All my lake cod have been from trolling hardbodies or bringing vibes (TN70 or doozer) or bigger SPs (10-12cm) up or down drop offs and none of those were in winter. Local reports indicate Tuggers cod can be caught from the dam wall in low light periods. Surprisingly some of the local guns do well on surface lures. That doesn't make sense to me but they are the ones catching them and I'm not. My son was busted off be a big cod 2 weeks ago in Lake G. ZX 30 on 6lb leader so no chance of landing it. So you are in with a shot and you may actually catch a species you were not actually targeting. Good luck.
  9. My son has the same problem with his Nasci. It has been a great reel otherwise.
  10. I think a lot of the creeks and rivers in the Blue Mountains "wilderness" area are not longer considered trout streams and are open for fishing all year. From memory the very upper part of the Jenolan River is still a no fishing zone. If anyone ventures into the Jenolan, Kowmung rivers or Kanangra/Christy's Creek I'd love to know how the fishing is.
  11. It is possible that a small number of predatory fish are illegally stocked in there every now and again. In Canberra we have numerous man made wetlands (for stormwater containment and recreation). Every now and then somebody will chuck a few redfin in and if there is a breeding event the ponds will be surrounded by kids on summer evenings pulling out 15cm fish. Seems to fish well for 2 summers then bugger all. This is how my son started fishing. In the autumn of his second season he finally pulled out a decent fish. It is likely that a few big redfin end up eating all the others. At one stage someone chucked in a cod at our local. It made it to about 50cm until the stress of being repeatedly caught and high temperatures/low oxygen killed it. So not apples and apples compared to the Manly dam situation but I reckon there a few big bass eating the stocked fingerlings (the ones the pest species don't get). If there are any goodoo in there there wouldn't be many. So it is possible that the seemingly low numbers of big bass is at least partly due to the low overall numbers rather than a few super predators. It would be cool if the dam did start producing 50cm bass.
  12. My first time fishing was under that bridge as a 7 year old. Some neighbours took me one night and I got a small bream. About 5 years later I went fishing for the 2nd time when visiting some relo's who were staying at the caravan park. Must have been a school holiday period as there were about 20 people with lines out in the middle of the day. Some bloke with a snorkel swam past and told everyone there was nothing down there which thinned out the crowd a bit. About 5 minutes later i cast a prawn out to the only bit of weed in sight and got a flattie. I didn't know what to do with it so put it back. Didn't go fishing again for over 30 years. I'm not sure why but fishing/surfing etc didn't seem like an option for a young bloke growing up in western Sydney. I think it is great that such an urbanised area can still holds a reasonable amount of fish.
  13. I reckon exploring is just as important as the fishing. Fair play to ya.
  14. I think big SPs like that have a fair bit of buoyancy so 1 will not sink that quickly. Maybe just experiment with a few different sizes to get a feel for it. If the 65g/42g is the maximum cast weight a 1 ounce should still go at least some sort of distance . As to how you fish it I generally let em sink and roll it over structure, mixing up retrieve speeds to see what is working . You could hop it back but I find I end up littering rather than fishing. I'm a novice rock fisho so others should be to provide more comprehensive advice.
  15. Enjoyed this. I reckon an under appreciated part of the Australian landscape. Brings all that Australian literature I read as a kid to life. Camping next to an Australian river listening to the sound of the water and the wind in the Casuarinas is just special. And Neil I think you are more technologically savvy than this gen xer.
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