Snowy Mountains Help

[autocad]

I'm heading up to the snowys on a skiing trip in a few weeks and was wondering if I would be able to catch a trout at that time of year. Never fished for trout so don't know what I need in terms of gear and bait/lures. I've got a stack of bream gear so would think that would be sufficient.

I'm staying at Tablingo near a lake. Are there any good LB spots that I could try? Thanks for any imput.

cheers Autocad

[Rockyjack]

mate

there's not to many land base spots on talbingo and because it a very deep dam most of of the trout are caught on leadline. but jounama pondage the trout fishin in there can be Very good just wonder around the foreshore and flick lure at any structure/gravel bed/weedbed. any of you bream lures should catch trout but if you get a chance to buy some Red & Bronze, Green & bronze or Black & copper Celters in a size 2 or 3, or the good old Tassie devils in the hot pink, gold or green and gold in the 1 inch or 2 inch size's work well too. only with the Tassie devils run the line through the body of the lure through an orange beed and tie it directly to the treble (as i have lost 2 nice trout to the wire breaking throuh constant flex).

goodluck

Dave

[autocad]

mate

there's not to many land base spots on talbingo and because it a very deep dam most of of the trout are caught on leadline. but jounama pondage the trout fishin in there can be Very good just wonder around the foreshore and flick lure at any structure/gravel bed/weedbed. any of you bream lures should catch trout but if you get a chance to buy some Red & Bronze, Green & bronze or Black & copper Celters in a size 2 or 3, or the good old Tassie devils in the hot pink, gold or green and gold in the 1 inch or 2 inch size's work well too. only with the Tassie devils run the line through the body of the lure through an orange beed and tie it directly to the treble (as i have lost 2 nice trout to the wire breaking throuh constant flex).

goodluck

Dave

Thanks for that Dave. Can you eat fish from Jounama pondage? I guess I should worry about this after I have managed to catch a fish first

Also will the gulp trout baits work as well in this area?

cheers Autocad

[gleagles]

I'm heading up to the snowys on a skiing trip in a few weeks and was wondering if I would be able to catch a trout at that time of year. Never fished for trout so don't know what I need in terms of gear and bait/lures. I've got a stack of bream gear so would think that would be sufficient.

I'm staying at Tablingo near a lake. Are there any good LB spots that I could try? Thanks for any imput.

cheers Autocad

Hi,

Don,t forget the Snowy Mountain rivers are closed to fishing between June and October long weekends so stick to the Lakes. As for fishing methods don't forget powerbait and the humble worm.

Good luck

[autocad]

Hi,

Don,t forget the Snowy Mountain rivers are closed to fishing between June and October long weekends so stick to the Lakes. As for fishing methods don't forget powerbait and the humble worm.

Good luck

why do they close the rivers?

when using powerbait and worm, do I stick it under a float or let it sink to the bottom?

cheers Autocad

[gleagles]

why do they close the rivers?

when using powerbait and worm, do I stick it under a float or let it sink to the bottom?

cheers Autocad

they close the rivers to allow the trout to spawn.

you can use the bait both ways or combine both on a 2 hooks of a single leader, the power bait will float above the worm

cheers

[Rockyjack]

Mate

You can Eat any fish out of Jounama pondage, Talbingo or blowering Dam. Jounama is a holding pond for the hydro during peak time the run the genrators the in the off peak time the buy power back and run the genrator in reverse as pumps, pumping water from jounama back into Talbingo with what didn't get pumped back up gets release in blowering dam (which is also agood place to catch yellowbelly, cod, redfin and the odd trout).

I haven't used the Gulp baits on trout but i don't see why they wouldn't work. I normaly use fly, lures or on rare times where tuff and as a last resort the odd scrub worm or mudeye under a bobbie float was the go.

As ralphe said the season for trout in rivers close (june long weekend to th october long weekend) as the trout head up the river to spawn. But the dams are still open. At this time of year around the river mouths are a good spot to start.

If you fish blowering when the water level is low the arm near talbingo can be classafield as a trout river (as its the tumut river when the dam level get below a paticular %) so becareful. if you staying at the Talbingo carvan park the Owner Tony should be able to give you a bit more info if blowering is back to the river.

Cheers Dave