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Is anyone having any success at the moment at any of the lakes in the Daylesford/ Ballarat/ Creswick regions?
I've bait fished Newlyn several times or more in recent weeks for not a single bite & with a lack of seeing any fish activity. I fish it a lot because of being able to park close to the shoreline due to walking difficulties,
I've tried numerous baits & presented them in various ways & have tried flicking a few lures about as well & its been in sunny glorious weather to getting drenched in soaking rain like last Wednesday afternoon right up to dusk.
Newlyn is at capacity with flow over the wall & with good water clarity.
So please are there any tips from anyone that might be enjoying any success there?
Cheers

Fished it last Sat with bait and lures and the only fish I got at Newlyns was the one I cast to right on dark after seeing it chasing reddies in the shallows. Next month as the weather warms and more insects/yabbies etc become more active the trout will begin to move around more freely close to shore. They mainly come into the shallows during dawn/dusk/night time when the water is this clear. Most of the time they are outside casting range. Probably why not too many bait fishos fish Newlyns because it's such a shallow lake and the trout are extremely wary.

Try Hepburn Lagoon between Ballarat and Daylesford - Mudeye under a float / Worms on the bottom /// Google Hepburn Lagoon Access for more information

A little lake at Trentham gets stocked
So is Jubilee Lake at Daylesford.

Cheers Gra

I fished wendouree this morning from before first light to 9am trolling lures (tassies, bibbed and sp) did 5 laps of the rowing lanes (10km) for not a touch. Also soaked worms under a float for no interest on the weed edge. Was a nice morning though

Nice pic :thumbsup: better luck next time.

Lightningx wrote:Nice pic :thumbsup: better luck next time.

Cheers mate, it's always good when the wind is low :thumbsup:

russellh2 wrote:Try Hepburn Lagoon between Ballarat and Daylesford - Mudeye under a float / Worms on the bottom /// Google Hepburn Lagoon Access for more information

muddies under the flaot are great...that's if you can finf them

I like scubies over tiger worms though

Nice info, thanks everyone, cheers

fished wombat dam on Monday for 3 hrs - 2 small reddies on power bait - 1 very large brown followed lure ( soft plastic / gold coloured) but would not take it / near dam wall - some others nearby had similar results , great spot for throwing a line in