not much luck

I spent the last two Friday arvo's after work trying to catch a trout from a small pool on the Jackson's creek. I spooked him the first day before I had a chance to get a bait to him and then hooked him twice on the second attempt last week but dropped him both times. I may try again tomorrow after work if I am early enough finishing. I also spent a few hours on Anzac day fishing Eppalock from a mates small tinny but neither of us got so much as a nibble from our three and a half hours on the water.

 the mates small tinny

me not catching anything

 waterfall into the trouts pool

 blocked in by rocks till the water rises

 crystal clear water in the pool, only a foot or two deep

Coliban river

I tried a new spot today that had been suggested by a friend this week near Metcalf on the Coliban river. there was a little bit af water flowing and some nice large pools in the area but i managed to catch two nice redfin from a very small pool surrounded by rock. After about 10 casts or so and a couple of timid nibbles i hooked both fish in consecutive casts. I also spent a few hours yesterday going to pick up a sit on top fishing kayak so I hope to have a few pics of that soon once I take it out for a paddle.

local waters

The last couple of days have seen some nice warm afternoons so i have tried some lure fishing at the back of melton reservoir and at pykes creek reservoir, though no fish from either location. I did see several very small redfin follow my lure in to the edge but no strikes. Today i also walked a section of the Werribee river between Ballan and Myrniong casting some unweighted scrub worms into the pools that showed a bit of promise. I managed to hook one nice brown trout about 35cm in length and snapped a pic before releasing him again.

 the small pool were he was caught.