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Trout Fishing

Post by Irishfisherman » Wed May 27, 2020 3:25 pm

Last weekend my dad and I managed to sneak in a day trip to the Dargo river in search of a few late season trout. We rose early Sunday morning for a 5 hour drive, and after a few stops for snacks and diesel and bit of dodgy off-roading we finally arrived. The river was clear and running fast, so we went our seperate ways and began to fish. At first I managed to catch a couple of small brown trout around 20cm, it certainly wasn’t fast action but it was great feeling to be back in the tranquility of the high country. I continued to catch trout using spinners although most were small, so upon arrival of a larger pool I tried using worm, it took around ten minutes before I caught my first fish, and was the biggest so far at around a pound and a half and 38cm. Sadly, it managed to swallow the hook, and was bleeding so I kept him for a feed. After that I didn’t manage any more on worm, so I switched back to a spinner and soon caught another few small brownies, keeping one more to cook up on the fire. We headed back home at 4pm after a long and successful day of fishing. Satisfied by our efforts, hopefully until next season.
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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by happyfriggincamper » Wed May 27, 2020 5:15 pm

Nice report and work mate - haven't had the trout itch in a fair while, but had it recently

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Post by Bugatti » Wed May 27, 2020 5:29 pm

Irishfisherman wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 3:25 pm
Last weekend my dad and I managed to sneak in a day trip to the Dargo river in search of a few late season trout.
Just that sentence is a winner :tu:

Great to hear that your dad and you got a trout trip in, that it was successful and a fresh trout dinner cooked and sitting by the campfire :ch:

On the "dodgy off-roading" , , , , maybe let your Dad drive next time ;-)

Very nice report Irishdoooode :tu:

Cheers, Bugs

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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by meppstas » Wed May 27, 2020 6:03 pm

Well done, top report and pics to go with it too... nice way to top off the trout season.. :tu:

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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by ben475 » Wed May 27, 2020 6:05 pm

good stuff. nice part of the world to be in.

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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by Texas » Wed May 27, 2020 9:27 pm

Great report & photos, Irish
A day fishing with Dad is the best (do it while you can)
What lure did the damage, hopefully a mepps black fury.
Cheers Gra

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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by Irishfisherman » Wed May 27, 2020 9:35 pm

Texas wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 9:27 pm
Great report & photos, Irish
A day fishing with Dad is the best (do it while you can)
What lure did the damage, hopefully a mepps black fury.
Cheers Gra
The spinners I used were all mepps, I had a few casts with a black fury and managed a small brown trout. The rest were caught on a gold and red dot aglia. In my opinion mepps have to be the best trout lures on the market.

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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by Texas » Wed May 27, 2020 9:39 pm

Irishfisherman wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 9:35 pm
Texas wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 9:27 pm
Great report & photos, Irish
A day fishing with Dad is the best (do it while you can)
What lure did the damage, hopefully a mepps black fury.
Cheers Gra
The spinners I used were all mepps, I had a few casts with a black fury and managed a small brown trout. The rest were caught on a gold and red dot aglia. In my opinion mepps have to be the best trout lures on the market.
I really only mentioned them because of a young gentleman in Tassie
Gotta get me some
Cheers Gra

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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by meppstas » Wed May 27, 2020 11:09 pm

Irishfisherman wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 9:35 pm
Texas wrote:
Wed May 27, 2020 9:27 pm
Great report & photos, Irish
A day fishing with Dad is the best (do it while you can)
What lure did the damage, hopefully a mepps black fury.
Cheers Gra
The spinners I used were all mepps, I had a few casts with a black fury and managed a small brown trout. The rest were caught on a gold and red dot aglia. In my opinion mepps have to be the best trout lures on the market.
Good to see they performed well for you and yes a great trout lure for sure.. :gj:

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Re: Trout Fishing

Post by rb85 » Thu May 28, 2020 6:25 am

Great report mate well done.
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