Tinman_zx10r Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Started off at leaving home at 01:30 pick up the boat and get my gear ready. As I drove towards the mountain the temp dropped and my windscreen started fogging up. Turn the demister and it made if worse. So here I was driving in the dark while my windscreen was fogging up, not a good combination!!! It was that bad that I didn't see a dead roo on the road till the last minute!!! Had to just drive over the top of him as I didn't have enough time to react... Anyhow got to windamere around 05:30 and tried to see if the other guys are awake yet and they weren't so I decided to go solo for 2 hours while the others are still asleep. I stayed near the ramp just incase any of them turned up.... 2 hours went past still no sign of them. So I decided to have a real crack at it. Drove up to area I usual area and with in half an hour landed my first fish.. Next fish took about an hour later roughly the same size in length but just fat and round!! By this time I had seen my other mates and they ask me how did I go. I told them I had 2 in the tank. So I putted over to and area I thought might hold fish. Put the electric motor in drove in to my surprise it was shallow!! But I seen the biggest Murray cod!!! It would have been 1.2 metres long and FAT!!!! Just below my boat threw everything I had at him with no luck!!! Packed it up for the morning and headed back to the ramp. For breakfast. After a long rest we decided to head back out in the afternoon. I only landed 1 more for the day. Forgot to take a picture of that fish. After getting back and cooking dinner I didn't hit the sack till 23:30 or there a bouts. So I was pretty stuffed by them didn't get up the next morning till 09:30. So after lazing around we decided to head to another river system wasn't sure what it was called but it was a beautiful place and I landed another yellow belly with my bait caster and on a spinner bait. Mind you I only just started learning how to cast these things and I look like spastic when I cast it.. Lol Started to get the hang of it in the end. Had 2 more follows and a missed strike It was funny weather as we were driving back to windamere we seen the mountain full of what I thought was snow but I think it was hail!!! Got back to base and windamere copped a drenching!! Sunday morning after packing up hit the water around 06:30, as I was driving out from the ramp I sounded out some fish so I decided to try and get into them. After hundreds of cast and wind picking up. I decided to head back to the area where I picked up the other fish the first day arrived. For the first hour nothing!!! Tried a few other spots and BANG!! I'm on again, this thing felt heavy... And surely enough it was Bout 15min after that one this one jumps on.. Anyway hope you guys have enjoyed the read!! Thien Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witha Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Mate what a report. Great read sounds like a great weekend! Some cracker fish there look at the weight on 'em! Nice work. Cheers Witha Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 A great report mate. That's a terrific bag of yellas! Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Top stuff, I havent had yellow belly for years, if you have air con in your car its the best demister you can use, a/c on + heat on in demist mode clears the screen real quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Well done on your catch Thien. I've been giving WIndamere a go too lately and find it highly enjoyable targeting these yellow footballs. The cod in the shallows would have been a real sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman_zx10r Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Top stuff, I havent had yellow belly for years, if you have air con in your car its the best demister you can use, a/c on + heat on in demist mode clears the screen real quick! Hi oz_brett, I did have the air con on with demist and it was the cause of it getting worse. I have white smoke coming out of the vents and it smells like a wet ironing board. Mind you it's a 2011 Nissan pathfinder. Do you know what could cause this white smoke?? Cheers Thien Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman_zx10r Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Well done on your catch Thien. I've been giving WIndamere a go too lately and find it highly enjoyable targeting these yellow footballs. The cod in the shallows would have been a real sight! Thanks pmak, I have been reading some of your reports and they are great!! Next time you are going flicks us a pm and we should head out there. But it won't be till after late January cause I'm heading to the states Cheers Thien Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman_zx10r Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 A great report mate. That's a terrific bag of yellas! Cheers Hodgey Thanks Hodgey Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman_zx10r Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Mate what a report. Great read sounds like a great weekend! Some cracker fish there look at the weight on 'em! Nice work.Cheers Witha Glad you liked the report Cheers Thien Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witha Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 White vapour can mean issues with the evaporator, or gassing of the system, mine had similar symptoms before it gave up the ghost...now I have 4 window air con...which is prettty nasty in the summer/rain! Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Not sure about the white smoke Witha (above) sounds like hes had experience in that one, I just know when I turn on demist in the Falcon a/c comes automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Solid bag of yella's mate. congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Cant argue with fish like that! I would like to go up there at some point soon and look for a few yellers and cod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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