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The salmon are getting caught so it's time to start the Strike Hook 2017 Salmon Comp!!!
 
SPOTTERS is on board once again offering an awesome prize pack including: Spotters cap, sun shade, sunglasses strap and a pair of awesome SPOTTERS FURY (Gloss Black) with Halide lens.
 
Please check out www.spotters.com.au for the full range of SPOTTERS sunglasses and their cool merchandise.
 
Just write up a salmon report during July and August to be entered into the comp. Put lots of details in the write up and get us excited about your salmon chasing adventures.
 
The competition starts July 1st 2017 and end on August 31st 2017.
 
At the end of August the mods will select the best salmon report and a winner will be announced.
 
Please note this comp is only open to fishos in SA.
 
Get out chasing those salmon and write up your reports! Good Luck!
 

Colour or B&W with the trout ???
 
I like both but feel the B &W does have something special about it myself..
 






 
cheers
Adrian

Put together a little compilation of murray river fishing and scenery from the last 10 years

As much as I like photos full of colour I also have a liking for black & white photos as there's just something to like about them..
 
maybe it's because they bring back some good memories of days gone by when all photos were in black and white and even sepia...
 
Today's cameras bring out the best in black and white too... Any way here's a few to start with and I'll add to the list every so often..
 
The bottom ones are of me when I was a little fella.. boy that was quite some time ago..
 
cheers
 
Adrian

Hi all,
 
Now this is a bit out there and no I not going to ask for a spot to fish but any help tips on setting up a dam for trout. I had one shot at it but due to lack of rain in the last few years it has dried up. Where I live we have no mains supply so
it's our garden and stock water. So I am after any tips or ideas for setting it up again if and when we get some more rain

Went down to port gawler yesterday I managed 2 undersized bream and a st. but had a great day paddleing around in the yak and spotting a crazy amount of fish just none of them hungry.
I would have seen hundreds of mullet, bream and about a half dozen mulloway against the bank.
But also unfortunately spotted some toys of the adult variety sitting in the shallows only at or gawler I guess.

I heard the Daiwa were not producing the Gekkabijin Yoguri lure any more, well the small ones that I use any way which are the 4F models (42mm/ 2gm) floating hard body lures. So I rang Daiwa Australia to confirm it and they said "That's correct, they're being discontinued and they have 15 left in stock. If want them I'd have to be quick and get hold of a Daiwa seller and get them to get them in for me. Well I was quickly on the phone and was lucky enough to get twelve of the Ghost Brown ones that I use from Daiwa.. so i do have some nice trout lures to see me out for a while proving I don't get busted off too often like I did towards the end of the trout season when I lost two in two trips, then broke the bib of the only surviving ghost brown one. Now what's left of them are probably in tackle shops around the country..These were selling from $17-95 to $22-95 each and I picked them up for $11-95 ea which I was very happy with.. also came with free postage too.. 
cheers
Adrian
 


The last 12 available from Daiwa..

Here's a few pic's of wild brown trout on the spawning run at the weir on the Tyenna River in the South of Tasmania.. Photos are by Tyenna Dave and I thank him for allowing me to share them with you all on the site.. Dave is one of the great trout fisho's in the South whether it be on the fly or lure fishing..
 
cheers
Adrian
 
 

It's about time we had another Strike Hook Comp!!!
 
Every report posted up in March will give you the chance to win a SPOTTERS prize pack.
 
 
Spotters prize pack includes: very cool cap, sun shade, sunglasses strap and a pair of awesome SPOTTERS FURY (Gloss Black) with Halide lens.
 
Check out the Spotters website www.spotters.com.au for their full range of sunnies and merchandise.
 

 
At the end of the month the site staff will choose the best report of the month. Reports should be posted in any of the forum categories not in the comps category as we can check all posts in the month and will take note of our favourite posts during the month.
 
You can target any fish, crab, cephalopod, saltwater or fresh, boat or land based, if you catch heaps or none at all. All reports are up for the prize as long as it's legal and clean. We will be looking for a quality report, get us immersed in your fishing adventures, photos always help tell the story, videos can really add an exciting edge too.
 
 
 

The comp starts NOW March 1st 2017 and ends on March 31st 2017.

 

 

 

*** As we have a few members in other states, this comp will be open to all states of Australia! ***

 

 

Good luck everyone  

I managed to pull this big girl out yesterday!  My second carp on fly and this beast went 72cm! Bring on summer!!! 

Noting a few recent posts enquiring after Yellow Fin Whiting, I thought I would put up some general info regarding a species I have obsessed over for a while, along with a part log for this winter so far.Yellow Fin Whiting are available all year round.There are independent resident populations in the St Vincent Gulf, Spencer Gulf and in WA from Albany through to Shark Bay.The is no migration between populations.Yellow Fin Whiting follow the COLD WATER. At various times of the year you will find them in the part of the gulf that have their natural habitat, but were the water is COLDEST. So I track them all year round, up and down the gulf following the water temperature.By the start of April they would have disappeared from the Adelaide beaches and moved north. This catch was at the end of April in a "middle" part of the gulf. Flathead are a nice by catch, but disappear along with the baitfish when the water gets too cold. However Yellow Fin whiting are still found in the cool water shallows. I manage regular catches through May and June. But it is the Bloodworm runs that really concentrate their numbers into the shallows. And it is then that the better size fish are more abundant. This catch was in the middle of the July bloodworm run.Another bag at the end of JulyThis bag in the middle of the August Bloodworm runAnd I recently managed to find a day with light winds! Which resulted in this bag.Now it is not just us recreational fishers that get stuck into the Yellow Fin Whiting in winter. The graph below from a study in 2000 shows the large majority of the professional catch taken in winter months.Cheers Des

Cheers @jimbojames and @Marsone. I'll definetly look into it! I can imagine the buzz you'd get after hooking up on one of your own flies. Thanks guys

@keenfisho, thanks mate, I'll PM him now.

No idea what it was called, Tinker! Got it ages ago in a pack. 

I managed to pull this big girl out yesterday!  My second carp on fly and this beast went 72cm! Bring on summer!!! 

I managed to pull this big girl out yesterday!  My second carp on fly and this beast went 72cm! Bring on summer!!! 

I managed to pull this big girl out yesterday!  My second carp on fly and this beast went 72cm! Bring on summer!!! 

I managed to pull this big girl out yesterday!  My second carp on fly and this beast went 72cm! Bring on summer!!! 

I managed to pull this big girl out yesterday!  My second carp on fly and this beast went 72cm! Bring on summer!!! 

Cheers @jimbojames and @Marsone. I'll definetly look into it! I can imagine the buzz you'd get after hooking up on one of your own flies. Thanks guys

@keenfisho, thanks mate, I'll PM him now.

Getting my fly rod spooled up as we speak.
Expect my first catch to be my ear or my hat, depending on wind.
Seriously though, my first target will be carp, then I will attempt something in the salt.
Not sure what saltwater species I would target, but I will stay tuned to your reports to get some direction.

Hey S&Her's, I'm looking forward to this Summer and I'll be focusing on fly fishing quite a bit! 
Anyone selling any flies that'll do the job? 
 
Cheers.

I'm with Jimbo - buy yourself a cheap vice online and get stuck into it. Heaps of info on youtube. Things like nymphs, adams parachutes and clousers are so simple you'll be able to do them straight away and go catch fish. Worthwhile investment

Look into doing your own bud . It really isnt as hard as you think , i have made my own Redfin , Carp and Mulloway fly's . Craft store's are a good place for fly materials as well as some good suppliers online . So far i haven't caught Redfin on the flys i have made , but the satisfaction of fooling a fish with your own tied fly is awesome .

I sent you a PM but aliexpress has cheap flies.
if not troutflies.com.au i think has a huge selection