Unfortunately, this means an increase in ramp activity and the inevitable flare up of "ramp rage".

Sometimes it's hard to know if these offenders are people who've just purchased a boat and simply don't know any better, have never had the basics explained to them, or are simply arrogant.

For those who fall into the earlier categories, just a couple of tips that will keep you onside with other fishos.

If there's a queue at the ramp, don't try to jump it.

If there's any delays, then jump out and start loading your boat, take off motor brackets and do whatever you can to speed up the process of getting that boat into the water.

The turning point at the top of a lot of ramps is the normal area to do this, but if there's already cars and boats getting ready, just start the process.

If it's very early or late in the day and it's your turn to back down, turn off your headlights. The other poor buggers trying to back down can't see a thing if your lights are still on.

Once you've slipped the boat off, now's not the time for a chat with everyone. Move out of the way so the next person can get in or out.

A lot of people park off to the side of the ramp and that's fine, as long as you park sensibly and leave space for others to get on and off too. Do not drive to the top of the ramp and park in the turning circle. When retrieving your boat pretty much same rules apply. Sure, have a chat with another fisho that's just come in, but make sure there's no one at the top of the ramp waiting.

Once the boats hooked up, drive to a point that's clear of everyone. Again, don't pull up in the turning circle - that's for boats that are loading to get into the water.

If everyone followed these simple guidelines, there'd be no such thing as ramp rage.

For those that have had boats for years but just don't seem to give a rat's - like the ones that set up their ski boat group 50m from the Bowna ramp last Sunday, making it very difficult for others to load boats because of the "wash" - wake up.

Dartmouth (59.07 per cent) - continues to kick on.

Most fishos still seem to be doing OK flat lining tassies, with one of our Compleat Angler customers picking up 17 over two days, predominantly on pink tassies.

If you get a glassy, flat lake getting down seems to be a necessity though. The gudgeons are still working well amongst the timber too, particularly under a bubble float.

Streams have been up and down with the rain, and that looks like continuing. If you can strike them in reasonable nick, you should have no problem catching a trout or two.

Hume (76 per cent) - has been fantastic or crap, it really just depends on who you talk to.

There's plenty of proof of success if you check out social media pages, but there's plenty of fishos struggling too.

We've heard of some nice bags of reddies being caught too. But again, not everyone's having success.

Smaller vibes and blades have been really successful on both reddies and yellas.

The Murray - below Albury is at a height where you can get around, but only just.

There's not a heap of water, but there's certainly a few yellas about and the odd cod bycatch as well. Vibes as well as small spinnerbaits seem to be the go. A few yellas are showing up under the wall.

Mulwala - has been OK, but to be honest I haven't heard a lot of reports. One local mentioned he'd picked up two yellas in the Bundalong area on a small hardbody, so at least we know there's a bit happening.

Blowering (82 per cent) - has been reasonably tough. There's been a couple of reddies and yellas showing up of late, which gives us a bit of hope.

It's been at least five years now since the reddies really fired there.

Eucumbene (36.8 per cent) - had tough conditions over the weekend, but that didn't stop a bunch of Howlong fishos giving it a crack. They ended up boating around 40 trout between them which wasn't bad considering.