XD351 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Dusk at Lake Eucumbene camp ground - cold beer , warm fire and a fishing trip tomorrow- God I have missed this - it’s been too long ! Mission objectives: Can I get a trout on a spikes half pilly rig ? Can I get one on an uncle vinnies lure or a gobblers and can I stay sober enough to even go fishing - time will tell 🤣🤣🤣 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Living the dream!! Even with the pelagic action along the MN coast I am sorely tempted to swap places. Don't know about the half pillie rig tho'. Let us know how you go up the Providence Arm - I expect a nice big brown!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Ha ha have fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Wish you told m you were going down. I could have lent you a downrigger and a lead core outfit with some tazzies . Best way in my opinion to get the big ones I won't wish you happy times as I know you will have them but good luck . Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 18 hours ago, Hoods said: Living the dream!! Even with the pelagic action along the MN coast I am sorely tempted to swap places. Don't know about the half pillie rig tho'. Let us know how you go up the Providence Arm - I expect a nice big brown!! Went up there today , horrible dirty water @ 18.5c . Trolled all the way up and back for zip , stopped at Hughes creek for a flick and got nothing . Try the other end tomorrow as the water iS cleaner . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 8 hours ago, frankS said: Wish you told m you were going down. I could have lent you a downrigger and a lead core outfit with some tazzies . Best way in my opinion to get the big ones I won't wish you happy times as I know you will have them but good luck . Frank Yep I think we gunna have to go deep ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, XD351 said: Yep I think we gunna have to go deep ! Call into the tackle shop and buy a paravane next best thing to downrigging. Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 (edited) Well we ended up trolling various lures ( inc tas devils ) from the surface down to around 15m , cast lures , jigged lures , used bait ( worms & power bait at various depths from the surface to 30m depth ) and finally in frustration I even tried a small popper as we had a fish snatch a Santa Claus off the surface and another swipe at a bubble that was rising from the bottom - didn’t even get a follow or lose a bait . I don’t recall ever fishing so hard for zip! Went up the Eucumbene river which used to be river pebble bottom but for some reason it is now mostly mud which isn’t good for trout breeding. Of all the other boats we seen , I didn’t see a bent rod or hear of anything being caught , other than fly fishing I don’t know if there was anything more I could have done . With winter approaching I think the next trip will be north coast luderick! The weather was great up until midday when a stiff NW breeze hit town . Edited March 29 by XD351 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant fish Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Mate go back to getting pissed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 46 minutes ago, Bryant fish said: Mate go back to getting pissed That mission was a success 🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 (edited) Maybe you would be better heading down to Jindabyne I have a mate down there at the moment and he tells me they are landing Browns to 3kg and Rainbows almost as big. Frank PS Be careful if you are driving .Mate tells me he has never seen so many police in the area in his life, they are everywhere for some reason, maybe there are some polititans fishing down that way. Edited March 29 by frankS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 (edited) 4 hours ago, frankS said: Maybe you would be better heading down to Jindabyne I have a mate down there at the moment and he tells me they are landing Browns to 3kg and Rainbows almost as big. Frank PS Be careful if you are driving .Mate tells me he has never seen so many police in the area in his life, they are everywhere for some reason, maybe there are some polititans fishing down that way. Back home today , only saw one cop at Cooma and they were getting coffee . The lady at the camp ground ( anglers reach ) said the siltation problem was from some sort of work that is being done at a dam upstream . I originally wanted to go to wyangla but my mate talked me into Eucumbene- not complaining though , still had a good time chugging around the lake . Edited March 29 by XD351 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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