Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

The fishing has been damn good in the Bay from reports so I figured I’d get into some myself. I had planned an early start but I didn’t get into the water before 8am. The thermometer read 0 when I got into the truck so it was easy to see why I choose to stay in bed a little late. An old fav spot was chosen for a late season mission and it was a good choice with no cars in the area and clear water with decent flow. The first hours water does have some good fishing but it’s easy access and often is a little harder with educated fish so the plan was push upstream for a bit to get some clean water and less fussy fish. First choice was a little side run and a couple casts and I was into a solid fish. Amateur mistake number one was fishing with the same gear that I had put the rod away wearing. A bad knot and off that guy came at the net. Bugger. A jack at around 2kg. A good start all the same though. After getting busted trying to get a better angle on a few fishy spots I found a nice run with feeding fish. All went to plan and another 2kg hen made it to the net.

Her boyfriend followed after and made a healthy 2.2kg


I tried for the trifecta but hooked another 2 fish with both of them busting me off. Damn.
Pushing up found plenty of good water and it wasn’t too long before a familiar torpedo shape was spotted hugging a nice feed line. The cast was good and a little slide across showed the fish had committed to my offering. The indicator dipped and I was on. One fit jack and some boulder hopping had him into a little back water and into my net.


This is the second fish this season I have caught with a eel bite on it’s belly around the vent. I’m picking they are trying to suck the roe from pre spawning fish.
The same run showed a dark shadow that had to be a good fish up ahead. I managed a good cast and the indicator again got sucked under. On the strike the water exploded with a metallic flash and we were on. It was a rodeo trout. Jumping. Bucking. Peeling line out to my backing the running full speed back at me. This was a good fish. After a good scrap I finally had it to the bank. I tried to get it in the net but it didn’t fit. Sweet. It’s a good one then.


After a long fight I was concerned the fish would be hurting so I took a quick couple of snaps and got her into the water. It was about 5 minutes to get her strong again and I pushed her to a nice back water to take it easy for a bit. Stoked. Season PB at 3.4kg or about 7-½ pounds in old money.
I caught a few more and dropped some more too. I conned a fish from a tricky spot only to have it come unstuck (again) at the last minute. Strong fish and light gear. It’s not always in your favour. All in all a nice day to take off from the 9-5 of work.