Mullatt Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Finally get to post a report, albeit not fantastic but nevertheless a report. Haven't been able to get out in the boat too much for quite a few years now. Firstly because both my hips have been riddled with arthritis for years and then been recovering and gaining use of everything again after I had both of them totally replaced last year (right one unfortunately dislocated 4 days after replacement, so 3 ops in 10 days slowed me down for some time). Wife and I took the boat to Jindabyne for a few days midweek. Weather was up and down, but mostly quite windy every day. There were only 1 - 2 other boats on the water so plenty of clear water available. Have been fishing Jindy for over 50 years and its certainly a place in recent years that you have to put the hours in on the water. Sometimes you can come across a patch of fish, other times hours for a doughnut. The sounder was showing a few fish hanging on the rocky points and around submerged timber around the 12 - 15 ft mark. Water temp is still quite cool at around 15 degrees. First day spent about 4 hours out for not one touch. Had a lead core line out and a couple of flat lines. Oh well, thats fishing hey.....and the food and the beers at the pub are always very inviting so it wasn't a complete loss. Next day, back on the water for another go. Very windy again, so had to hug the shorelines away from the prevailing winds. Scored a couple of small rainbows on the flat lines on Tassie devils, all were released. Decided we would have one last troll around one of the bays before calling it a day (as you do), then just as we were saying that's enough, my wife's flat line went off like a train. It was obvious it was a good fish, and after a decent fight she boated a lovely fat brown. Was just under 60 cms and I guessed 3 - 4 pounds. She was stoked. Kept this one for the table. A nice end to a few days away. Thanks for reading. Dave (Mullatt) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Sounds like a good trip overall & nice brown, Im sure it tasted nice. That's the thing about Jindy, its not great weather for very long so you have to make do & work out where to get out of the wind. Thanks for the report 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Always a potential problem the wind can whip up decent waves on the vast expanses of dams. Still like any fishing location there's always the chance of a decent session. Looks like you guys had a good session indeed. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Wow that's a whopper brown! Fil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Great report and photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZ Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/4/2019 at 5:10 PM, Mullatt said: Finally get to post a report, albeit not fantastic but nevertheless a report. Haven't been able to get out in the boat too much for quite a few years now. Firstly because both my hips have been riddled with arthritis for years and then been recovering and gaining use of everything again after I had both of them totally replaced last year (right one unfortunately dislocated 4 days after replacement, so 3 ops in 10 days slowed me down for some time). Wife and I took the boat to Jindabyne for a few days midweek. Weather was up and down, but mostly quite windy every day. There were only 1 - 2 other boats on the water so plenty of clear water available. Have been fishing Jindy for over 50 years and its certainly a place in recent years that you have to put the hours in on the water. Sometimes you can come across a patch of fish, other times hours for a doughnut. The sounder was showing a few fish hanging on the rocky points and around submerged timber around the 12 - 15 ft mark. Water temp is still quite cool at around 15 degrees. First day spent about 4 hours out for not one touch. Had a lead core line out and a couple of flat lines. Oh well, thats fishing hey.....and the food and the beers at the pub are always very inviting so it wasn't a complete loss. Next day, back on the water for another go. Very windy again, so had to hug the shorelines away from the prevailing winds. Scored a couple of small rainbows on the flat lines on Tassie devils, all were released. Decided we would have one last troll around one of the bays before calling it a day (as you do), then just as we were saying that's enough, my wife's flat line went off like a train. It was obvious it was a good fish, and after a decent fight she boated a lovely fat brown. Was just under 60 cms and I guessed 3 - 4 pounds. She was stoked. Kept this one for the table. A nice end to a few days away. Thanks for reading. Dave (Mullatt) Great smokers there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YZ250 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 "That's the thing about Jindy, its not great weather for very long so you have to make do & work out where to get out of the wind." Great Report Dave. I was on Jindy in early October, a week after bobbing around in JB during some decent swells. I was fine for hours in JB - but the wind and chop of Jindabyne had my whole boatload of passengers (including me) green to the gills in 1 hour flat! It wasn't even that windy...ive been up there in much worse (but not on the water). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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