Grebbo Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Geez Grebbo - we never do that well when you take me out! That 39cm reddie looks awesome. Big and fat and probably full of a whole bunch of little reddies. Did you eat him yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebbo Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Great bag of reddies mate! Hmmmmm ..... redfin fillets As ACT is covered by NSW Fishing Rules and Regs, the following extract is relevant to your capture: Don’t return redfin to the water – large redfin are good sport and eating fish and there are no bag or size limits on them. Please keep ALL redfin you catch and don't release them into our waterways or dams. In short, release is permitted but discouraged. Get a bigger kill tank, mate ... you are doing a great job of removing a scourge from the lake, and getting a great feed as well! Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Good report. Well done on catching some great Redfin. apparently, they are very good eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebbo Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moro Mou Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I love eating Reddies. That 39cm one is a cracker - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebbo Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHANA Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Nice fish but what bait did ya youse cheers Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebbo Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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