Big culvert bazzas

swamp_donkey89 · Post by **swamp_donkey89** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:43 pm

Went down the AH Sunday and fished nearly every culvet along the way up to Magela Creek for zilch. Until that is, Magela produced for us!
Pulled up, found a soft plastic with leader still attached and asked my mate to bite through the line and while he was doing that i said "give me your rod mate" first cast, BANG! She swam straight down with the current, had to pass my rod through a few trees to get to a suitable spot to land her and she went 78cm. Then 4 casts later in exactly the same spot the other one had just came from, I was on again!
This one looked a lot bigger and fought a hell of a lot harder, but with the same tactics as the first. It made a great account of itself. After a 10m back and forth battle she hit the deck going 83cm.

Both fish were really fat and heathy so hopefull East Alligator should go alright this year!

callmejoe · Post by **callmejoe** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:38 pm

Niceeee

Skippadman · Post by **Skippadman** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:42 pm

Well done mate

Once Bitten · Post by **Once Bitten** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:06 pm

Ripper swamp donkey mate. What was the Magela Crossing flowing at?

theodosius · Post by **theodosius** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:29 pm

Awesome!

ozdodge · Post by **ozdodge** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:05 pm

Wicked!

So many culvert trips for nought, but every now and then you get a good run hey?

Good on ya!

Cheers

swamp_donkey89 · Post by **swamp_donkey89** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:11 am

The Magela was flowing at 800 when we were there Sunday, cars were gettin through but not many wanted to try cause it was flowing pretty fast.
I think we racked up 680km for the Sunday drive and just those 2 fish made it all worth it!

Lats · Post by **Lats** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:23 am

Very nice

Landbasedlad · Post by **Landbasedlad** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:05 am

NIce fish mate! Do the miles get the smiles!

Mud · Post by **Mud** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:14 pm

Some very dark fish at the Magella.
Here's a couple Alice got.

Nice work btw. Those are two very good fish

jeffish · Post by **jeffish** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:21 pm

very well done Alice,
where's yours Mud,,,hooks on backwards again

Mud · Post by **Mud** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:38 pm

jeffish wrote:very well done Alice,
where's yours Mud,,,hooks on backwards again

Ha ha no names no pack drill!

Agent86 · Post by **Agent86** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:43 pm

Nice fish there, we went out for a drive last week and only got a couple of rats.

Good fun though with the kids

swamp_donkey89 · Post by **swamp_donkey89** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:51 pm

Those fish are really dark! Bet she had a blast reeling in those 2 though! I kept the 78cm barra and the fillets were great! I don't care what anyone says, swampies are not as bad tasting as people portray them to be, I'll keep eating them from now on that's for sure

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:39 am

Well Done,
Some nice fish coming from the culverts lately.
I did a run along coomalie creek around batchelor a few weeks ago with the quad and picked up a tonne of big sootys no barra though.

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