Katoe Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Gday legends, Ventured out to the Dam with the family on Friday. On the water 0530 Sat morning and was the first time exploring up the Abercrombie Arm found plenty of timber and shallow banks. Threw surface for the first few hours Sat morning until about 0800 no rises or interest. Switched to swim baits after that with nil joy. Picked the Fam up about 1030 and switched to baits for the kids as I flicked a Jackall Transam around timber for yellowbelly, managed 2 carp on bait and 1 yella on lure which was kept for the table. Sunday was more fishing with the kids but resulted in a donut. Results seriously making me consider investing in live tech when I can afford it. Anyway time on the water was better than sitting at home. Cheers Katoe 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Good size fish. How was it like to eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoe Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, bessell1955 said: Good size fish. How was it like to eat? Hey mate it ate great light dust of flour an pan fry. I like them because I grew up eating them Mrs and Kids weren't the biggest fan of the soft flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Good to hear that it was good to eat. I ones' I have eaten have tasted a bit muddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Top report. As you said. Better fishing than staying home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Wyangala one of my favourite places tricky to fish at times as all impoundments can be. Last 2 trips had more success fishing at our campsite whilst others flogged the water to a foam in the boat. At least you were out having a crack in a ripper part of the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Hard going on the native species at this time of the year Katoe. At least you got on the board and enjoyed some family time. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizardboy Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Thanks for report Katoe, I will be giving Wyangala a crack this weekend! I have been psyching myself up for 2-3 years for my first winter cod trip, just to deal with the cold! cheers, Gus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Nice report @Katoe. The Yellowbelly must be a great reward for your efforts. Funny, I recall eating quite a lot of them when I was younger (we bought them), but I haven't seen them in the shops for ages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Lizardboy said: Thanks for report Katoe, I will be giving Wyangala a crack this weekend! I have been psyching myself up for 2-3 years for my first winter cod trip, just to deal with the cold! cheers, Gus Good luck Gus. Wrap up well! bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Have a great trip, Gus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoe Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 11 hours ago, Lizardboy said: Thanks for report Katoe, I will be giving Wyangala a crack this weekend! I have been psyching myself up for 2-3 years for my first winter cod trip, just to deal with the cold! cheers, Gus Good luck mate! here is where I got the Yella. 33°54.9067'S 149°3.5779'E Katoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizardboy Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Thanks Neil, Bessel & Katoe. Katoe, appreciated. Btw did you come across any sign of bait or birdlife? cheers, Gus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoe Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/15/2023 at 8:42 PM, Lizardboy said: Thanks Neil, Bessel & Katoe. Katoe, appreciated. Btw did you come across any sign of bait or birdlife? cheers, Gus Hey mate didn’t sound up school of bait just a lot of carp jumping around structure were areas I was targeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizardboy Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Hi Katoe, thanks, were you in the main basin, we went up the Abercrombie, saw very few carp jumping. Our trip was enjoyable despite us not catching anything. We fished points and bays a few km’s up the Abercrombie Challenge was finding the right spots to fish, we sounded around but never found or saw any great concentration of bait or fish, at least until the last night on our way back we found a bit. We got on the water 4:30pm Friday, just long enough to record a track for next morning. We had a full day fishing Saturday and decided not to go out Sunday morning due to big drive back and early work Monday. The lesson we learned was it’s hard cod fishing in winter because you don’t get a lot of feedback, hits or catching smaller fish to let you know you might be in the right are. We agreed we need at least 3 days fishing next time to make sure we can find fish Good concentrations of bait/fish. Then we just need to get them to bite! Here is a pic from our trip, the only significant cod like fish we sounded. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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