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I'm putting up a FISH FINDER TM Satellite DVD prize and How to Catch Barramundi DVD up for best picture of a personal best trout ... need five entries and I'll make the draw.
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Salmonoid schmalmonoid , great wall, big fence. Close enough...........give us a gander!
I have a couple of some 18" steelhead I caught at Tongariro (sp) in NZ a lot of years ago, way, way before digitals, I'll see if I can dig them out of the attic and scan 'em. Don't hold your breath, termites have probably scoffed them.
I have a couple of some 18" steelhead I caught at Tongariro (sp) in NZ a lot of years ago, way, way before digitals, I'll see if I can dig them out of the attic and scan 'em. Don't hold your breath, termites have probably scoffed them.
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Yep TOP spot Jonesy.
We used to sneak into Warragamba and pull trophy 'Bows out during winter runs, same for the rangers lake at Jenolan Caves, sneak in during the dead of night and thieve his monster brownies.
We gave the Suicide Hole on Eucumbene River a fearful going over during the winter also.
Great fun when you're kid and just couldn't give a rats about gettin' caught.
Those were the days.
We used to sneak into Warragamba and pull trophy 'Bows out during winter runs, same for the rangers lake at Jenolan Caves, sneak in during the dead of night and thieve his monster brownies.
We gave the Suicide Hole on Eucumbene River a fearful going over during the winter also.
Great fun when you're kid and just couldn't give a rats about gettin' caught.
Those were the days.
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I had a friend from Uni who lived at Turangi right on the banks of the Tongariro.So that was good cheap accomadation . She's moved to Auckland now though unfortunatly. I'd love to go back.
The Eucumbene river. I remember when I was little dad used to drag me along out there and he'd sit me on hole by myself in the middle of no where in snake infested country,whilst he walked kms and kms fly fishing. I couldn't use a fly rod then so I cast lures.Never caught much. One day I cheated and put a hook on and a hopper.Caught a 4lb brown,hooked up the bum.You might say it was an arsy catch
The Eucumbene river. I remember when I was little dad used to drag me along out there and he'd sit me on hole by myself in the middle of no where in snake infested country,whilst he walked kms and kms fly fishing. I couldn't use a fly rod then so I cast lures.Never caught much. One day I cheated and put a hook on and a hopper.Caught a 4lb brown,hooked up the bum.You might say it was an arsy catch
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This one came from the spillway at Hume in about 1987. Went 9lb or just on 5kg. I had it mounted because it was the fattest trout I or anyone else had seen. It was like a football. By length and head size it normally would have been a 5lber at best, but the diet that these trout lived on was redfin that had been stunned coming through the turbines. Heaps of tucker and no work to get it.
I have caught bigger browns at Hume and have busted the magic 10lb mark there. However, it was not uncommon for fish in the 18lb to 20lb mark to be landed. I know a bloke who pulled a 12lb Rainbow from the same place and that is some Rainbow.
Today there are not so many big trout, you are more likely to catch a monster carp, yes on a lure. But there are some monster Yellow belly there now since the emphasis on fish stocking has shifted from trout to natives. Yellas of 18lb are now on the target list.
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I have caught bigger browns at Hume and have busted the magic 10lb mark there. However, it was not uncommon for fish in the 18lb to 20lb mark to be landed. I know a bloke who pulled a 12lb Rainbow from the same place and that is some Rainbow.
Today there are not so many big trout, you are more likely to catch a monster carp, yes on a lure. But there are some monster Yellow belly there now since the emphasis on fish stocking has shifted from trout to natives. Yellas of 18lb are now on the target list.
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How did you catch the trout Peter?
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........nice looking fish skunk, did you catch them on fly ??
good fish , good pic's
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nope, i don't do fly-fishing...got them on a weird kite-shaped lure i've never seen here in Singapore before....oh well, i guess you learn something every time you go fishing elsewhereback-cast wrote:........nice looking fish skunk, did you catch them on fly ??
good fish , good pic's
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