Pro Reports

By GeoffLacey - 2007-10-21

The icy cold and crystal clear rivers and streams in northeast Victoria's alpine region are all running at almost normal early summer levels this week, and the lakes are at full capacity. All waters have been producing wild trout to 1.5 kilograms this season, although most are smaller. Unless the sky falls in or something, these exceptional conditions should continue right through summer, which officially begins in just two weeks time...

Mt Beauty pondage was recently renamed Fiona Pond by the Mt Beauty Chamber of Commerce on their latest tourism map and nobody's sure yet if the name will catch on. Fiona Pond is located right in the township of Mt Beauty and is stocked with 2000 yearling rainbow trout each November...

Kiewa River from Mt Beauty to Mongans Bridge is flowing nicely and producing brown trout to 1.5 kilograms on drifted scrub worms and lures, with fly fishers picking up smaller specimens towards dusk as they rise to caddis moths and flying termites in particular...

As spring slowly draws to a close other rivers and streams in the region, including the west Kiewa, upper and lower Mitta Mitta, Bundarra, Cobungra and Victoria rivers and Snowy Creek, are all running in top form and providing excellent results for anglers using all methods of fishing...

By Peter - 2007-10-20

We have had some excellent reports this week. The wind was very trying over the last week, but many anglers still persevered and most caught fish. Hopefully with improved conditions the fishing will improve too...

Fly Fishing
Rivers - We have had reports of excellent numbers of Rainbows in the lower Eucumbene which have been biting readily and although some are a little small still provide a ton of fun...
Lake Eucumbene - Fly reports from Eucumbene suggest not a lot of change but the fishing has continued to improve, and while not all the fish are huge there have been some better Browns lurking around...
Lake Tantagara - There have been good numbers of fish on the chew in Tantangara and most of these have been surface feeders. A must look at spot after you fish the rivers in the morning...
Lake Jindabyne - Fishing has been great in Jindabyne with both Polaroiding and blind searching taking some fish...

Trolling and Spinning Lake Eucumbene - With the rising water launching will become progressively easier. The banks are hard so the only thing to be careful of is that there is enough water under the motor when launching...
Lake Jindabyne - With the rising levels the weed beds are the place to troll. Being in close is the key as is an early start. If you really want to catch a fish being on the water as the light starts to improve is essential...

Bait Fishing
Bait fishing has been absolutely outstanding in Eucumbene with good Browns and Rainbows comiong in from the Old Adaminaby area. Powerbait and Scrubworms have been the best baits. Stimulate has been an excellent addition to Scrubworms and those anglers using it have reported a jump in their catch rates...

By GeoffLacey - 2007-09-30

After a brilliant start to the trout fishing season anglers have found things slowing up a little over the past days, possibly due to fast changing weather conditions...

Rocky Valley Reservoir and Pretty Valley Reservoir at Falls Creek are at full capacity and trout are rising during the very late afternoon...

Lake Guy at Bogong Alpine Village is perfect for trolling right now...

The Mt Beauty pondage is full and anglers report catching rainbow trout to 800 grams on worms under a bubble float and metal lures during the day...

The west Kiewa River is running fast and deep and fishing moderately well...

The Kiewa River is running at almost full capacity and anglers are reporting catching trout like they used to, before the big drought took effect...

The upper Mitta Mitta River around Anglers Rest is flowing nicely and producing brown trout to around a kilogram on average...

The lower Mitta Mitta River from Mitta Mitta is flowing at 200 megalites and is a bit muddy this week...

Lake Dartmouth is holding steady at around 14% capacity with good stocks of wild browns on hand to delight any angler's weekend of effort

By fishntrips - 2007-09-30

Oil your reels, clean the boat, dig up some worms 'cause spring is here! The weather is warming up, the fish are coming onto the bite...

Windamere Dam - It was a glorious Spring Day on Sunday for Round 3 of the Fish N Trips Fishing Club and Challenge. The water at the dam was clear with visibility of a metre or so and no trace of algae, the wind was pretty good for most of the day only picking up around lunch time but not making the fishing too uncomfortable.

Middle Cudgegong - Trout Season Opening - The start of the NSW General Trout Streams fishing season is midnight Friday night. This will affect the Cudgegong River between the weir at Lawson Park and Windamere Dam wall as it will now be open to fishing. It has been closed to all fishing since the long weekend in June...

Burrendong Dam - Many reports have been coming out of Burrendong Dam of really hot fishing from the Wellington side and a trip we took out there over the weekend only confirmed the reports...

Other
The Gillham boys Harry and George accompanied their father Rob and Grandfater Malcom Roth on their first ever western water fishing trip. The boys fished really well with Harry catching a total of 11 fish and George 11.5.
Mud Spin Lures - Young local angler and entrepreneur Nathan Innes has launched his range of Mud Spin Lures consisting of Traditional Spinners and Spinnerbaits.
Catties in Western waters - As part of the new fishing rules it is now prohibited to take Catfish both freshwater and eel-tailed from western flowing rivers and unlisted western dams.

Yabby traps rules - A rule that a lot of people also may not realize is that it is illegal to use yabby traps in the rivers around our region. We are in the declared platypus waters and therefore you cannot use yabby traps in rivers in this area.

By johncoles - 2007-06-29

Central Tablelands - Only last week good rains fall across most of the state. I was guiding around Oberon the day after it received up to 66mm and most of the streams were running very discoloured...

New England - I have been running trips to is this area. For most of the year they have had good rain. On one trip in early March we arrived in driving rain to find that a 1.5m flood had gone down the stream the evening before...

Blue Mountains - Closer to home I have access to some private stocked dams. These make an easy day trip or an overnight stay possible and I can run trips for 1-3 fly fishers...

New Zealand - Last winter I ran escorted trips for clients to the North Island. The rivers around Turangi are open all winter. These trips are good for anglers who have not visited NZ before...

Fly tying - Many clients have said they would like to learn to tie there own flies so this winter I will be running a couple of Full day fly tying course in August...

Workshops - The winter is a great time to learn about fly fishing. If you have a friend who wants to get into it tell them to come along to one of my workshops. I have gift vouchers, so if you feel generous you can make a present to some one...

By gbrown - 2007-01-15

Usually the months of January and February are two months of the year when the wind and the weather are fairly predictable, but with the weather being the way it is over the last 12 months, who knows...

Question and Answer of the Month - Ron Cummings from Rockdale has heard about Tube Worms and how good they are. What he would like to know is what they are all about and where can you get them?

Beach spot of the month – Maroubra Beach / Sydney - Now this extremely popular beach for swimmers and surfers is also a very good producer of Sand Whiting, Yellowfin Bream, Tailor, Australian Salmon, Mulloway and Beach Worms...

Land-based spot of the month – Captain Cook Bridge / Sydney - The Captain Cook Bridge is great example of what structure means to a Mulloway...

Bait Recipes - Over the years I have been asked "What types of specially prepared baits do I use for Yellowfin Bream?" Now as a kid I use to...

Getting the Best of Fishing after Dark on the Beach - You may not class this as a technique, but more of a matter of timing. I have found that when fishing for Mulloway off the beach at night I prefer to fish about...

What's New - ave you ever wanted to go for a fish off the beach for Yellowfin Bream and Sand Whiting and none of your favourite tackle shops have had any beach worms, the tide is way too high for catching your own beach worms or you can't catch beach worms anyway?...