Four Mile Hole - Wildman River

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:24 pm

Does any one out there know of the thermal spring that is said to exist roughly in the middle of 4 Mile Hole (4MH)? True/False. If it is there do you have the co-ords. for it?

??:

I'd like to see if fish congregate around the warmer water.

Thankyou.

Feeling Lucky · Post by **Feeling Lucky** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:41 pm

Hey Glenn,
A mate of my I work with says he has fished that thermal you are talking about with much sucess. But he is on holidays at the moment and I am not to sure where it is in the billabong sorry.

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:53 pm

Ahh, so it is there. Cheers for that Mick. I'll see if me sounder can pick it out.

Brad the Lad · Post by **Brad the Lad** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:20 am

I hear that the thermal is in the middle of the billabong,

sounder should be able to pick it up on the troll past, not sure of exact coordinates tho.

you will have to post ur success so we can see how the water temp is going down there.

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:09 am

Hey Glenn,
Did you get the co-ords for the spring?

I have been fishing Four Mile since the early 80's and have never came across any evidence of a thermal spring

??: ......but then again most of time fishing there has been in an alcohol induced haze.

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:01 pm

Blinky,

I don't think in the early 80's there would have been a sounder capable of picking temperature changes in the water. But I wasn't really in the fishing scene when I was 2.

I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think I found it. Can't confirm it until I get someone else out there that really knows where it is.

Didn't get anything worth writing about. Just a couple of rats. It was fairly cold out there. Water temp was around 27-28C. We did see any one landing any monsters. There were thousands of little ones around!! The sounder showed a lot of big arches in areas and we tried many types of lures to score nothing. So I'm putting it down to moon phases....... Bad skills too (that is sure to bring a response).

We did manage to find that alcohol haze you mentioned though.

Feeling Lucky · Post by **Feeling Lucky** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:34 pm

You said it Free.......

flicker · Post by **flicker** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:42 pm

I have heard that there are swarms of litle barra there at the moment , the ones that fit through a 6" gill net.

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:22 am

You'll know your on the thermal when your barra is landed half steamed!

A_Nomad · Post by **A_Nomad** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:38 am

I dont have the co ordinates but generally find it okay, 1 give away is the people trolling throu the middle as the billabong opens up.
when you do find it i have found the best way to fish it is to anchor up and jig with a rubber, have done well using this technique in the past.
Was out there When it first opened and got nothing from there, but did really well with the rats and a couple of keepers trolling down the left hand weed banks as you are heading down. cheers

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