G’DAY fishos.
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The full moon Friday week ago saw heaps of activity on Blowering dam from Friday through to Sunday.
There were numerous reports of nice yellas being spun or trolled along with the obvious “bycatch” of Murray cod.
Blowering’s sure got a healthy population of natives and you can imagine the fisho numbers up there in a week or two when the cod season opens.
Fish caught in the past week have been nailed on an assortment of brands but talking to a few that were there anything diving to about five to six metres was the most productive.
There were a few picked up deeper but that five to six-metre mark seemed to produce the most fish.
Not many people chased reddies up there but if they were on the chew you would have expected a few to be picked up.
This didn’t seem to be the case.
Let’s hope that’s not a sign of another quiet Blowering reddie season.
The reddies on Lake Hume haven’t been totally co-operative either.
We’re getting the odd report of someone getting a bag of 20 or 30 but most fishos are reporting much smaller numbers.
There’s some big fish out there mind you, with 40-centimetre fish being picked up by numerous fishos; but only one or two.
The lack of numbers could also come back to the fact that lots of fishos are trolling for yellas and aren’t doing the tree hopping, they’ll probably get into that over the next month or so.
That might change things about a bit.
Nigel Cox and child bride Julie-Anne snuck out in the Huon area last week and landed what I’d describe as a typical bag of fish for Lake Hume in a session at the moment, one nice yella and three keepable reddies along with a few throwbacks.
Of course Jules caught all the big stuff.
It seems most fishos are picking up one or two yellas in a session and the very early starters or the very late finishers are doing best.
That hour or so of first and last light is prime time.
Similar to Blowering most yellas are being picked up in four to six metres or thereabouts so make sure you’re choosing a lure that gets to that depth or deeper.
The deeper divers often work really well in those shallower depths too, as the beak shuffles along the bottom creating a fair old disturbance which then creates interest from a curious fish.
At the opposite end of the scale, it’s interesting to see the yellas slowly getting closer to the surface as the light fades in late arvos.
We’ve found a patch or two where we’re picking the odd one up as the light fades.
You can see them on your sounder getting closer to the surface, two metres or less.
It’s worth slipping on a shallow diver for that last 15 minutes of light, that’s for sure.
The Dartmouth Women’s Classic is on as we speak so we’ll have you some results in next week’s report.
The ladies should go OK though.
There’s been quite a few trout picked up in the past week, particularly on fenders and small minnows such as Crickhoppers and Pak Rats.
Mudeyes or Gudgeons among the timber have been working well too, particularly early and late.
Streams are going OK without being brilliant.
One that’s been fishing well that we don’t often think of is the Tumut river.
It’s running high but Rod Cockburn from Compleat Angler Wagga picked up quite a few drifting baits and spinning during the week.
Catch you again next week.