redfin are fired up

I came down with a bit of man flu last week and had a couple of days off work to recover and spent a fair bit of time just browsing the web and watching movies, but I started feeling better late Saturday and decided not to waste the Sunday so I went out for a bit under 2 hours at Kyneton. The redfin bite was almost as good as the week before and  I landed 11 in about 90 minutes as well as dropped at least 6 on the retrieve. I changed up my lure before finishing and used a much bigger lure than I would normally and quickly landed a fish. Several casts later I hooked a very good fish which I managed to get a look at near the surface before he took more line and spat the hooks, and I estimate his length to be at least 35cm from the brief view I had. I also went to 2 BCF stores and stocked up on my favorite lures from the bargain bin as it seems they are on clearance and will no longer be available. On another note I have entered the barra ballot that allows you a place to put a boat on Hazelwood pondage and chase the Barramundi from December 9th. fingers crossed I can get one of the 4 I have requested and can head down with the inflatable or the yak.

The lure at the top left is what I changed to later in the day, a Molix hard body, and the bright lure at the bottom right was what caught the rest, a Savage gear 38mm suspending deep diver.

Metcalf

After the success on Saturday I thought I would go up to Metcalf for a try where I caught a couple of good redfin earlier this year. I went with my dad and we spent about 2 hours casting lures in several pools of the Coliban river, managing only 2 fish around 25cm each. Although we did see several small trout schooled up near the surface and the first redfin caught brang in a school of around 25 fish with him that were trying to take the lure from his mouth we did not manage any more takes for the session. Regardless what we caught it looks like a promising spot for future trips.

Redfin, redfin and more redfin.

I got up early this morning and drove an hour or so to Kyneton to go fishing on the Campaspe river and got a line in the water a tad before 7am. the first fish was taken on a scrub worm within a few minutes and they kept coming after that. I kept re-baiting the sleeper rod even though I wasn't paying it much attention and it accounted for 3 of the total caught but the lures were in a place of their own today. I had started with squidgeys and fished several different types of curl and paddle tail patterns and a couple of yabby shapes as well landing 5 or 6 fish but losing most of the tackle to submerged timber and rocks. I then switched to hard body divers as the sun hit the water and started dragging in fish after fish. I walked around the pool and fished an area not usually fished by anyone and started catching almost a fish a cast for twenty minutes. The times I didn't land a fish I was hooked up and dropped one at some point through the retrieve. Probably the best half hour of fishing in a few years that I have seen. I ended up taking home 8 redfin and released 13 with most of the one I let go around 15cm. I took home 1 fish around 35cm 2 around 30cm and 1 just over 25cm and another 4 a little over 20cm. The water temp had jumped probably 6 or 7 degrees since I last fished and the fish were all fat and agressive with some fish following the lures all the way to my feet attacking repeatedly.

 

Starting to get bigger.

One of the better ones.

Perfect morning.

Caught around 15 this size.

Kyneton

On the first weekend of November I took the kayak out on Eppalock and trolled some deep diving hardbody lures for a while and tried bobbing a yabby around standing timber, I spent a total of 2 and a half hours on the water but had no luck. the following day I went to Kyneton and fished the Campaspe river with my father and we caught 6 redfin between us with the biggest around 25cm. I went to Kyneton again later In the week and caught another 3 redfin with the biggest measuring 35cm. later on in the week I hurt my wrist again at work so it will slow me down a bit from going fishing for a while.