G'day fishos. With the fishing being so good out on Hume at the moment, and the water being so high, it's created a bit of a monster as far as car and trailer parking goes.
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We've normally got quite a bit of space below the high-water line and that normally accommodates quite a few rigs, but at nearly 100 per cent, there's simply no spaces available so be prepared to have to walk a little more than normal if you're heading to one of the more popular ramps on a nice day.
If you're not at one of those popular areas and putting in off the bank just keep in mind, you probably won't be the only one who wants to launch there.
There's been a few cases lately where fishos have put their boats in and only drive up a few metres, leaving the car and trailer on the only bit of track or hard ground that you can launch on, thinking they're the only ones that'll want to use it that day.
I've heard of this happening on about four occasions this week and it's infuriating for the other party that wants to get their boat in, often having to travel a lot further to launch, and now unable to fish at their place of choice.
It's called consideration or common sense and if it keeps happening, I'm sure a compressor will come in handy.
Dartmouth (83 per cent): was terrific last week with some excellent numbers being caught flatlining or lead lining Tassies again. Fenders or cowbells with worms also produced a few fish.
A lot of the trout being caught seem to be just on or just under the 400mm mark and you don't have to venture too far from the ramp to pick a few up.
Streams: might be a bit tough in some areas after recent rains but shouldn't be too bad overall. They fished well last weekend, with fly bait and spin fishos all having a good time of it. Hopefully, the week ahead doesn't dump too much on us and we see them getting back to even better nick.
The Mitta produced some particularly nice fish, and again, bait, lure and fly all did the job.
We've also had good reports from the Ovens, Buckland, Kiewa and King so no excuses not to go for a wander somewhere.
Hume Dam (97 per cent): has become a little scratchy on the redfin scene for some, including me. I fished with a mate for a few hours on Tuesday morning for three keepers. We obviously just couldn't find a patch that was on the chew but noted there were a few great posts on social media that night from fishos who did.
Gotta have a bad day or two every now and again to appreciate the good ones.
It'll be good once those birds get working again and make it a bit easier to locate the little buggers. It seems 99 per cent of the reddies have spawned now so it's only a matter of time.
Trout stories are getting a little thinner on the ground. That could be because more fishos are chasing the yellas and reddies, but you'd expect the warmer water temps to be a factor. I'm sure we'll see a few more caught before summer but also think we've seen the best of them for this season.
On the flip side, yellas and cod are picking up and the best is yet to come there.
Mulwala: been tough going on the yellas but there's been the odd cod bycatch showing up.
Murray below Hume: is running at about 12,000 meg at the moment and expected to rise to around 15,000 meg late in the week.
It's still producing some great trout on leads, hardbodies and plastics. Quite a few yellas are also getting caught right through the system to Mulwala too, with hardbodies and vibes being most fishos' lure of choice.
Eildon at 84.8 per cent has produced some good cod of late.
- Russell Mason
There's a lot of cod grabbing them as well, so don't forget the season doesn't open for a week or three yet.
Eildon (84.8%): has produced some good cod of late and is one of the few lakes that you can target cod during the closed season.
Quite a few meterys are showing up on a variety of swimbaits, etc, so a trip in that direction could be well worthwhile for anglers.
Blowering (95.7%): is still pretty patchy, with reports of cod, yellas and reddies being caught, but none in great numbers.
The Bidgee: has settled down to reasonable, fishable levels of late and there have been a few yellas showing up.
There's still plenty of cod bycatch as well, so things are shaping up beautifully for cod opening right through from Gundagai to Hay and beyond, by the looks of it.
Anyhow, hope you can sneak out somewhere and catch a few this week!
