Work saw me in Cressy yesterday lunch time. Thought i might make the most of the day and had to Brumbies for a bash but the water was pretty dirty. I bit the bullet and headed up the hill to the lakes. Being a lakes virgin i had no idea what i was doing, but decided to head to Arthurs. Took the turn of to Jonah Bay and thought i'd go past the boat ramp in the hope of missing the masses. Ended up in a likely look spot, donned the waders, put on a freshly acquired strike tiger homebrew soft plastic and waded in through the trees
Wasn't long before i broke the doughnut and snagged my first lakes brownie.
Another hour of casting saw many more follows, at one stage i had a couple brownies swirling round my legs, but they wouldn't take the plastic. Headed to the boat ramp to try my luck, but didn't do any good. Headed back to where i started and nailed another two brownies
Great afternoon, and this fishery is a little less than an hours drive from home.. Why haven't i been there before!
Grilled trout for tea it was. We're not real big fresh water fish eaters, but everyone loved the lakes trout! Happy Days
Well done mate.
ReplyDeleteIt's a looooong way from Hobart.
That's the stuff I'm going to miss this summer.
Ahh, but you have the tyenna river, holding 27lb monsters!!
ReplyDeleteArthurs is only an extra 10 minutes from hobart if you go through bothwell..
Anon.
ReplyDeleteThat's good to know.
It's the rivers that I'll miss the most. I could drive for 30 minutes and be standing in half a dozen different rivers flicking round a royal coachman to rising fish.
Any rivers like that down south?