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Great video & pictures, beautiful area Thank you Yorky

Cheers Des, sounds promising. I am really looking forward to giving them a crack this summer, that's for certain. Didn't get onto any last year.

With the larger rivers still on the high side I decided to stick to the smaller streams until things settle down, as it turned out it was a good decision too with a few nice wild brown trout being caught and released. Even though this small stream was on the high side, it was still much safer to fish it than a large fast flowing river. A photo slideshow follows the video as well.. cheers Adrian..

Warmer water early in the season will certainly bring them into the metro areas earlier. I saw a post from Brighton Tackle claim they had been sighted locally. As I have previously mentioned the ongoing heavy netting of this species over winter in the last few years is having a significant detrimental impact on the overall stock status. Hopefully they are resilient and bounce back.

That's one awesome write up Des, thanks for sharing it, I thoroughly enjoyed it and great photos to top it off.. cheers Adrian

Amazing insight and information Des, and what a great haul of beautiful fish ...well done it all sounds very promising for us keen anglers. Do you think this pattern will also carry through to our metro beaches for YFW?

Well done, awesome read as usual! Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk

The seasons are changing. The temperature is rising. The water is warming. It is all happening a bit earlier this year. Lizards are crawling on the roads. And “Lizards” (flathead) are crawling in the sea. Water birds are gathering, lining up for a feast of baitfish from above. The Flathead are lining up for a feast of baitfish from below. In these ambient temperatures, food is plentiful in the shallows. The ecosystem has had a great kickstart with the rise in temperatures and every thing comes alive and thrives on the sandflats. Temperature is the bigge

Motor oil colour, white and one bright one.

Yes, I haven't been on there for quite some time, too many argumentative comments on there and have been for quite some time. I have Russell Harris's email address I send him a message, I caught up with him here in Tassie a couple of years ago. He's one of the nicer members on that site.. Hopefully will be catching up with Soobz when he visits Tassie soon.. cheers Adrian..

Your being missed in Vic....

Smart thinking fellas and well done on picking the scam bastards

I got suspicious and overcame my greed/glee ! ... when there was no PayPal at checkout. The prices were just too good to be true ... and free shipping to Australia !

You can also type the website into scamadviser and they will give you a trust score shimanostore.com Reviews | scam, legit or safe check | Scamadviser

If I'm not sure I usually do a whois check of the URL and also check that the company is registered shimanostore.com whois lookup - who.is

The Otto's combos tab is interesting. Looks like they have lifted their data from Otto's Tackleworld website. Hard to stay on top of all the scam sites as it is just too easy to register a website these days. Once they are caught out they just start another website. Other than price, the first thing I do if I'm suspicious is check the about us section and see if there is a name, contact detail, history of the brand and location, then check if they have a social media presence.

Alan Hawk has a long list of Scam Stores https://www.alanhawk.com/blog/zmb.html

Could all members add to a list of Scam Stores in this thread. I recently came across this store: https://www.shimanostore.com/spinning-reels-shimano-vanford-2500-hg-spinning-fishing-reel/ It just seemed too good to be true ! A few checks on the web highlighted it as a scam store

Hi guys, great topic this one! I've had some computer issues and been unable to get on the past few days and missed the above post. Someone has moved to the Squid Files for future reference

Thanks Mick, all good on that side as I've know the family for quite a few years so entering the property thankfully will stay the same.. As for the weather back there in good ol' Sth Aust I see it's been pretty cold on and off for quite some time. Hopefully it will turn around and get a little warmer over there for you sooner than later.. cheers Adrian..

RIP Gary. Hopefully his heirs/successors will be as considerate. As for 'cold' in Tassie... the creeks in the Adelaide hills are turning in to glaciers... Hence the new name for my suburb... 'Bridge-clacier 5155 "...

Hi Yorky and you're spot on mate, it is a beautiful peaceful place to fish and really helps to clear the mind. Since that trip Gary the owner who gave me permission to fish that little stream (5 years ago) that runs through his farmland sadly had a massive heart attack three days ago and passed away. I'm going to the funeral next Thursday, he was a beautiful gentle, kind person as well and will be sadly missed. cheers Adrian..

Thank You Adrian, that is a beautiful, peaceful looking place Cheers Yorky

This was a trip from a couple of weeks ago into the new trout season, very cold conditions it was too.. cheers Adrian..