August 11-18th 2013
Fishing conditions recently were quite difficult as the fish have gone deeper because of the water temperatures (19°C). Our recent hot weather did fishing no favors!! Casting generated a poor result so we had to resort to the trolling alternative to make that catch.....casting is my method of choice but sometimes you have to make do...
We tried a variety of depths and we found activity increased considerably after 14m. Considering the depth of the fish the Strike Pro Stunner was the only choice...this lure fishes at 9m and with its inbuilt rattle it makes its presence easily known to the fish below. It proved to be the best choice where we caught on average of 5 fish a day (all >70cm) with two fish over 1m. The prize of the week was a 1m 21cm beauty caught by Jacques Lopez
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| 1m21 caught by Mr. Lopez on Strike Pro Stunner @14m |
We had a few surprises as well using the Strike Pro Stunner..the most notable being a specimen trout which measured in excess of 63cm.
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| Frank with his 63cm Trout caught at 9m |
It was a difficult week, the group had great patience and
determination which paid off with what could be the seasons biggest
fish....a memorable week by all accounts.
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| 1m 02cm caught at 14m on Strike Pro Stunner) |
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| Thank you to the Inland Fisheries for the measuring board...its very handy. |
All of the fish were returned to the lake...caught we care and released with care
