granpop Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Put the tinny on Lake Burley Griffin at the Black Mountain ramp and trolled cod lures down the deep roadbank for nothing Worked along the rowing course and back for a few smallish redfin - enough to keep me occupied. In the reach opposite the boat ramp I had a hit that ripped yards of line off my reel and by the way it kept pulling back to the bottom, I was convinced it was a good sized yellowbelly. Turned out to be a very well condition redfin 37 cm long with a couple of small redfin (4 cm in her stomach). Worked that reach for another hour for two more average redfin before my worms demanded lunch and dog demanded a leak. All-in-all a good morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpop Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 Food mate, food! The most dangerous thing to small redfin is bigger redfin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky. Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Nice looking redfin there granpop, nice and fat. What are they like for chewin' on? I've only caught a handful of them when I used to head to Mansfield and fish Lake Eildon but have never bothered to cook one up. Congrats again and a Fishraider record for your effort. cheers Hooky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefin Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Thats a nice redfin! What a nice way to spend a few hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 What a beautifully coloured Reddy Despite their noxious fisheries rating, the 'ol Reddy sure to make fun catching. Willing to hit lures and fight quite well. Hooky> The Redfin has been touted as one of the best Freshwater species on the plate. The ones I have caught (out of the Molonglo near Queenbeyan) were pretty good when lightly fried. Cheers Windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narralakes Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Nice one Granpop, they are a good looking fish and that is a sizeable one. I also heard they are good eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ankles Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 nice one there granpop top looking redfin there mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Nice reddy, be good eating too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveW Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Top stuff Dave Reddies are one of the best eating fish you'll find, probably THE best freshwater fish (I won't mention Bass....... that's frowned upon ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outnumbered Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 well done Dave nice looking fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jocool Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 WOW ...Nice colouring! And good fish mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpop Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 Thanks for the comments on the reddie - it was a pleasing fish to catch & ate well too, dusted in flour and fried in butter (yum). As they are so deep at the moment and need stirring up, I have been using various spinnerbaits. In summer when they are keener, a small Basspro grub (brown with a chartreuse tail) seems to be the go. Darryl - that fish ruler is from WA- I also have a Victorian, SA, NSW & Qld around the boat. Hoped to add one from NT, but they were out of production. NSW & VIC & SA stop short , but WA and NT go the out past 60 cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jocool Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Hey Pop..... I have the new NSW Saltwater ruler....Goes to 90 cm! PM your address, and I'll fire one of to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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