Albert park lake round 2
Albert park lake round 2
Hit up Albert park lake again this morning to try for a Yellowbelly. Turned out to be quite the session managed 7 fish all up, 2 trout, 4 estuary perch and finally a Yellowbelly of 60cm right at the end
All caught on plastics and vibes with zman slim swimz being the standout.
Finally starting to understand how to fish this lake, it seems hopping plastics along weed edge and sand patches will account for plenty of aggressive trout and estuary perch however the yellowbelly are far more timid, I saw many yellowbelly chilling out in the open but once again could not get them to take anything, what did the damage was fishing large structure where they seem to be a lot more confident, the one today took a slim swim under a pontoon.
This lake is turning into a favourite spot for me, I only live 5 minutes away and all this time i'd never really considered fishing there.
Definetly not your typical shallow, weedy lake
All caught on plastics and vibes with zman slim swimz being the standout.
Finally starting to understand how to fish this lake, it seems hopping plastics along weed edge and sand patches will account for plenty of aggressive trout and estuary perch however the yellowbelly are far more timid, I saw many yellowbelly chilling out in the open but once again could not get them to take anything, what did the damage was fishing large structure where they seem to be a lot more confident, the one today took a slim swim under a pontoon.
This lake is turning into a favourite spot for me, I only live 5 minutes away and all this time i'd never really considered fishing there.
Definetly not your typical shallow, weedy lake
- croe04
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Re: Albert park lake round 2
Nice work! I was considering an albert park session today but decided not to cos I was too busy, starting to regret my decision. Well done
Re: Albert park lake round 2
Polarised sunglasses make it much easier to see weed edges and sand patches, I was doing fairly small hops, just a gentle double twitch, or a twitchy slow roll with pauses. Then a steady slow roll just bellow the surface over the weedy areas, picked up the trout doing that.
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Re: Albert park lake round 2
Some really nice fish there Sammy and that is a cracking Yella well done mate
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Re: Albert park lake round 2
What the , , , , that is a cracking session and one stonker of a Yellowbelly
Seems the Lake might be known from now on as "Sammy Park Lake"
You are the man, and I love that you are so willing to share info on it too
You get an A+ on your Fishing Report Card
Cheers, Bugatti (no Yellowbelly, just a Beer belly)
Seems the Lake might be known from now on as "Sammy Park Lake"
You are the man, and I love that you are so willing to share info on it too
You get an A+ on your Fishing Report Card
Cheers, Bugatti (no Yellowbelly, just a Beer belly)
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That’s a cracker of a yellowbelly mate!
Another top session
Well done! Great pics!
Cheers
Another top session
Well done! Great pics!
Cheers
Re: Albert park lake round 2
Haha cheers manBugatti wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:58 pmWhat the , , , , that is a cracking session and one stonker of a Yellowbelly
Seems the Lake might be known from now on as "Sammy Park Lake"
You are the man, and I love that you are so willing to share info on it too
You get an A+ on your Fishing Report Card
Cheers, Bugatti (no Yellowbelly, just a Beer belly)
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Hey Sam, that,s great fishing for suburban Melbourne, well done.
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You do the miles.
Catch the fish
and earn the smiles.
Lord,allow me to catch a fish, so large that even I,when speaking of it afterwards.........May have no need to lie !!!
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