That's trout fishing.

[Meppstas 5,011]

This trip was short & sharp, very cold water & weather didn't make it easy at all. Just a couple of wild browns caught & released before all hell let loose with the wind. Thanks for watching & enjoy the musical photo slideshow after the short rundown.. Cheers Adrian (meppstas) #mepps #meppsaglia #tackletactics #okuma #platypuslines

 

 

 

 

[Hunter69 1,491]

Do you ever fish the lakes mate

[Meppstas 5,011]

14 hours ago, Hunter69 said:

Do you ever fish the lakes mate

No Hunter, small streams & rivers only, I did fish Lake Barrington (it's open all year round) around 16 years ago during the closed season when they dropped a heap of Atlantic salmon in it. The inland fisheries continue to stock the Lakes but will not stock the rivers which is a joke, they believe in self recruitment in the rivers. With the large floods that we've had that cleaned of a full seasons spawning and now with another influx of Shags (cormorants) the rivers are stuffed at the moment. Near the end of last seasons trout season I counted 72 Shags in the Mersey River, fishers came across 125 plus in one of the highland lakes. The reason I like to fish the rivers is because most times I have them to myself on private property (thanks to several landowners) and it's quite peaceful and more challenging catching trout.

Cheers Adrian

A couple of small Atlantic Salmon caught in Lake Barrington back in 2008, my best Atlantic Salmon weighed 8 kgs back in 2006.

[Hunter69 1,491]

Stunning back drop. Yeah I love my small stream fishing also but the lake fishing over there just looks so good. 

Bet those salmon tasted good.

Cheers

[Meppstas 5,011]

Boat fishing the lakes is very good with thousands good size browns & rainbows stocked in them.. Those Atlantic salmon were very nice, I did them in the smoker. 

cheers Adrian