Lake Victoria here in Shepparton has been stocked with Rainbow Trout Yellas and now Murray Cod! I fished it a couple times last year for one small trout. There are some very good redfin in there as well and I am going to check it out soon to see if it has potential for me to drag a 'Bender's Redfin Challenge' winning 'horse' of a redfin out of it. The reason I want to 'check it out' is I have heard some reports lately that it is hard to fish from the shore due to large amounts of weed. There were some weedy areas when I went last and I wonder if they have just taken over! Are a lot of stocked lakes affected by weed? I seem to read articles which state weed problems in different locations. Do people successfully fish with bait in weedy water? I fish with lures and whilst I know you can get weed resistant soft plastic hooks, I just think it will be mission impossible to get any size fish out of them using 4lb mono that I use.
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Jim
Weedy 'Family Fishing Lakes'
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Re: Weedy 'Family Fishing Lakes'
Hi Jim,yes weedy areas can be bait fished,you just have to find that gap.The gap does not have to be that big,i'm talking bread & butter plate size.So long as you can get your bait in there your in with a chance.Talking of the shepp lake i need to have a chat to you about that,cheer's Murph.....
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Re: Weedy 'Family Fishing Lakes'
Hi Jim, I have successfully fished weedy lakes but it is a pain in the ass, I just cast out and let it hit the bottom but I do not reel any line in, I just close the bail arm and leave the line slack, then if you get a fish it's just a matter off hoping that you are able to extract the fish. then there is the option of fishing with surface lures I suppose.
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Re: Weedy 'Family Fishing Lakes'
Hey Jim, you could try the old trick used by the blokes who used to look after the small english trout streams. An old rake head on a rope, cast out as far as poss, pull back along the bottom. Exercise and fishing in one...