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Went fishing at Bonnie Doon yesterday using scrub worms with a running sinker on 6 pound line. Caught one carp, had a couple of bust offs on snags. Next time, I'll try heavier line as 6 pound is apparently a little light and might have helped drag out the fish from under the snags. https://dl.dropbo...

muzza43 wrote:Looks good, but you are there 2months early by the date of the post ? Cheers muzza43.

Well spotted [emoji1]

Spent a few afternoon hours fishing at lake nillahcootie using scrub worms and yabbies as bait with a running sinker rig. Not a single touch between 12-5pm, but at least i got to relax and read a few chapters of my book.

Lure fishing at the Dry Creek Rd end of Bonnie Doon last couple of days. I've seen a few large carp come up the waters edge and suck mud. Also saw a few fish breaching, I assume chasing food on the surface. I've tried using stump jumpers, hog backs, bullits, and haven't had even one follow. Fish hoo...

Excellent report. Good to see you having a go at catching so many different targets: crabs, prawns, fish, octopus. Keep the reports coming

I started at Dry Creek Rd and can barely believe how much lower it looks compared to when I fishing there around xmas. I could hear and see carp on the other side of the "pond", maybe 20 meters away, but I continued to fish anyway. I was using a brightly coloured stumpjumper size 3 lure and a kmart ...

A net in the maribyrnong? What a c word!

barra mick wrote:
Yeah its pretty simple but Works good for the hot months !

Cheers bm

I grabbed a half dozen stumpjumpers and a new rod and reel combo at kmart on the way home from work tonight. Hopefully I'll get onto something at bonnie doon over the weekend

I would much rather be out there not catching fish than being at work like I am now!

barra mick wrote:

smoken wrote:Any tips for bonnie doon? I'm yet to catch anything decent land based last few times I've been there

Yeah just walk along the bank casting into the trees....soft plastics, soinner baits, stump jumpers..all work good.

Bm

Hmmm, that's what I normally do [emoji1]