Dam Fishing
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:41 pm
Just maybe a tip from down this way, we have fished Lake Awoonga just outside Gladstone quite a few times over Xmas & January. Its a big body of water.....the bigger fish were coming on the bite about 11am through till early pm, and in the deeper water. Strange as we only got a few on the edges early morning or late afternoon. Back to the bigger ones...they tended to work the old creek bed lines, and magically appeared on thermoclines at that time of day. Obviously the thermoclines attracted the baitfish...and the Barra followed. Mostly they get them in 3-5 metres of water, but when humidity was high the fish went deeper into 6-8 metres. The old creek bed lines were in the middle of the dam, far from where you would normally concentrate on.....and the water depth was sometimes over 20 metres. So if you are working other dams, it may be worth a try.
We will be making our Top End trip just before Easter (always come up every year), and by the sounds of it this year will be a cracker! Not quite sure exactly where we are headed yet....make that decision while we are on the way up.
See you on the water soon.
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We will be making our Top End trip just before Easter (always come up every year), and by the sounds of it this year will be a cracker! Not quite sure exactly where we are headed yet....make that decision while we are on the way up.
See you on the water soon.
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