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First yella of the year

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:09 am
by fisho999
Hey all,

I went and bought a landing net after that nice carp broke me off. Went down to the locale channel with my heavy gear ( 10 kilo Alvy baitcast, 10 kilo Alvy spin rod- both orbiters) and set up. I didn’t bring any bait so I let the bait net sit in the water for a while and then when I got some shrimp I was on a roll :-D

The wind was really going for it and that made it hard to detect bites. I got a few decent ones, no hook ups though. Then after around 3 hours fishing my spin rod got a huge bite which hooked itself.

The fish took out a bit of drag but it didn’t feel like a carp to me, and when it did it’s first surface I saw the colours and new it was way better then a carp.

I landed it quickly with the help of my landing net and I was stoked with my first yella of the year. It measured 46 cm and 1 1/2 kilo and its by far my PB yella.

Re: First yella of the year

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:03 am
by Sebb
That's a good size yellowbelly. Look how thick that is.
Well done.
Live freshwater shrimp is the best bait for them I reckon. You can get cod too. Good stuff.

Re: First yella of the year

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:07 am
by Lightningx
Congrats on your PB yellowbelly mate 😃
Very nice fish! Well done.
Cheers 👍🏻

Re: First yella of the year

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:19 pm
by fisho999
Thanks guys, video is up on my YouTube channel.