I’m a very lucky fellow. For part of my 28th birthday present, my lovely fiance took me down to Eden last weekend for some wining, dining, bushwalking and fishing. It was a great opportunity to show her part of a coastline and environment that I love probably more than any other place in the world. On the Friday, we drove…
Month: July 2011
Catching over fishing: manifesto of a fishing girlfriend
I can’t stand fishing. I know the proponents might find it relaxing or stimulating or something but not me. After about 2 months of being dragged around by my boyfriend to likely ‘hot spots’ and dragged upstream by likely branches that my hook invariably got caught in, I had made up my mind. Fishing is to walking, as yoga is to napping – a good way to ruin it. However,…
Pumping nippers
Nippers are undoubtedly one of the best estuary baits around. Pretty much anything that swims in an estuary will eat a nipper. Also known as pink nippers, ghost shrimp or yabbies, they are plentiful in most of our south-coast estuaries, and anyone keen to catch a feed of fish should consider using them on their next outing. Nippers live on…
Wallaga westerlies – A winter Wallaga Lake fishing report, July 9-10 2011
Graz and I spent the weekend at Wallaga Lake. As well as catching a few fish, it was great to get out on the water and get some sunshine after a few weeks of miserable weather in Canberra. On Saturday morning, we got up early and hit the beach for sunrise. There was plenty of good structure, but the tide…
Eden: No winter kingfish, but at least a feed of flathead…
I spent last weekened down in Eden. Given I was mainly just visiting my folks, the fishing to a backseat and I only managed to get out on Sunday, for a relatively relaxed 7 hour session… The target was Kingfish. They are still around and if you can tempt them they are big! So we motored out to Mowarry, found…
Clay lure success and a Camel Rock fishing report, July 2011
I spent the weekend at Wallaga Lake. Didn’t get much fishing in, unfortunately, but did get 3 nice salmon this morning (Sunday 3 July) and dropped a bunch more. I fished the lake on Saturday for about 20 minutes or so, but the absence of baitfish, touches and the temperature of the water (cold) all combined to make me think…