hazelwood pondage again

I started this week in Morwell with my family staying at Hazelwood pondage in the camper with the intention of trying again for a barra. The Sunday night when I got there I was not too concerned with fishing as we had just drove a fair way and spent a while setting up so I had a few casts and called it a night . In the morning it was still and cool so I grabbed the yak and spent a couple of hours fishing along the bottom wall casting vibes and diving minnow lures but no luck, I did however get some promising bounces back on the sounder showing some great arches in a couple of meters of water. Later that arvo after I spent some time kayaking with the kids and watching them swim, we spent an hour catching cichlids then had some lunch. After midday the wind started to blow and the weather forecast changed to damaging wind and storms so we hurriedly packed up the camper and headed home a day early without my barra yet again. The powerplant was shut down this week so not long left to try again.

 sunrise through the steam at the pondage

 drifting along the wall in the kayak this looked like a barra chasing some small fish