Am I ready for another trout season???

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Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by meppstas » Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:56 pm

Am I ready for another trout season that opens on 3rd August.. Cold foggy & frosty mornings, tough rocky rivers, icy cold snow water & hours of slipping and sliding in a river. Not to mention the time one has to do a bit of bush bashing to get to a river. Of course there's the rewards of catching wild brown & rainbow trout that's worth every bit of pain..

Am I ready?? You bet I'm ready.. bring it on... :super:

cheers

Adrian...
-2.5 Sheffield. (Medium).JPG
-2.5 degree August morning
Sunrise breaking through mist, Meander River. (Medium).JPG
Sunrise early season on a river.
Bushbashing, Weegena..5807 (Medium).JPG
Bush bashing to get to a river..
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Tough, slippery rocky rivers..
Copy (1) of looking upstream, Mersey River.JPG
Fast flowing cold snow water rivers.
Water temp, it is always very low early in the season..JPG
Very low water temps early in the season..
Aglia Mouche Rouge & wild brown trout.(Medium).JPG
Wild brown trout..
Beautiful Mersey River rainbow. Merseylea.. (Medium).JPG
Wild rainbow trout..
Adrian, Meander River..  (Medium).jpg
But once in the river...
Wild brown trout 3.85 kgs,(Medium).JPG
With a once in a life time river wild brown trout like this (8lb 8ozs).. it's all worthwhile..
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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by GusG » Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:06 pm

I love this post! Great imagery

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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by Kimtown » Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:10 pm

Nice mate

But sounds like it's almost time to hang up the waders and put the box of trout lures away in storage and park your ass in a nice and warm, comfy boat for the rest of your days.
Come join us boat boys in the lazy man's way to fish!

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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by Lightningx » Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:11 pm

Love it Adrian!
It’s time to get yourself pumped mate!!!
You’re going to smash it again I feel this season :P
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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by Texas » Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:15 pm

Thanks Adrian, I just put another log on the fire
No sleep for you Friday night, cars already packed, fishing clothing laid out
You'll be up before sparrows fart & into it again
What's the plan?? Meander to start???
You're a better man than me gungerdin
Cheers Gra

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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by smile0784 » Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:49 pm

Here we go again lol
Should we make a guess on how many adrain will catch and the biggest will be?

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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by meppstas » Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:33 pm

Texas wrote:
Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:15 pm
Thanks Adrian, I just put another log on the fire
No sleep for you Friday night, cars already packed, fishing clothing laid out
You'll be up before sparrows fart & into it again
What's the plan?? Meander to start???
You're a better man than me gungerdin
Cheers Gra
Spot on Gra... all set to go, but may not be so early like it used to be.. still will be cold though..
At this stage it will be the Meander even though it's running at 75 cms at the moment I'm hoping it will drop to 70 cms or lower by the morning.
Below 70 cms is when it's at the safer wading level.. I do know plenty of the safe stretches or water to fish along it when it's above 70 cms, will just have to get out the river & bypass a few of the areas I know aren't safe enough to wade yet.. always can try a small tannin stream or creek too.. :thumbsup:
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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by Lightningx » Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:45 pm

Have you ever started off with a huge bang Adrian and started off with one of those dream sessions on your very first day of the season? :)

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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by meppstas » Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:21 pm

Lightningx wrote:
Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:45 pm
Have you ever started off with a huge bang Adrian and started off with one of those dream sessions on your very first day of the season? :)
Each year the weather pays a big part at the start of the trout season here Lx, the best I've done on the first trip to a river was 14 browns way back in 2011. Good thing is when I have gone on my first trip I've always caught a few trout.... there's been many trout season opening weekends when I haven't even bothered to go out the door due to it being so wet & windy, plus it's still Winter too so the weather is unpredictable.. :down:
Not sure how I'll go tomorrow as there's a lot of snow melt coming down the rivers so they're going to be very cold.. There's been mornings when I could only have ten minute stints in the river due to it being so cold, I hop out for around five minutes then get back in and fish another ten minutes & just repeat the same thing over and over.. this is when " SAFETY MUST COME FIRST " do not take any risks, if you're unsure of the river such as it's depth & flow don't get in it. if you take a fall in fast flowing snow water you won't come out alive that's for sure.. My best fish taken at the start of the 2016/17 season went 2.65kgs (5lb 13ozs)
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A 2.65kgs wild brown trout
2.65 kg brown caught here, Western Ck, Dairy Plains. (15-8-16) (Medium).JPG
The 2.65 kg brown was taken here
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Re: Am I ready for another trout season???

Post by smile0784 » Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:48 pm

That's a stonker

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