queensland Big Salmon & Trout on plastics

[goulza]

Hey guys,

I just returned from a holiday to New Zealand where I decided to give the Zman soft plastics a try on some fish in the Canals near Mt Cook...they didnt let us down and between 3 of us we landed 27 fish (5 trout,22 salmon) all over 4lb.

They were great fun in the fast water on 6lb braid and 2500 spin gear!

[Kiwi_pete]

good stuff glad the canals firing have not fished there in a few years but awesome part of the country

[bunchofbananas]

there's some real monsters in those canals, this one nudged 17lb on a slice (a couple of years ago near Lake Tekapo)

The worst thing about it I didn't catch this one but a mate of mine did.

Kev

[Bri The Pom]

What is a fast running canal,is that a river. Are they wild fish. Nice bag.

[Angus]

That is amazing.

An NZ road trip is on the cards for Tanya and I at some point.

This has been enlightening as I enjoy seeing good fish caught on other methods aside fly

Angus

[Bri The Pom]

That is amazing.

An NZ road trip is on the cards for Tanya and I at some point.

This has been enlightening as I enjoy seeing good fish caught on other methods aside fly

Angus

When are we going to see some fish caught on a fly.

[Uthrax]

That is amazing.

An NZ road trip is on the cards for Tanya and I at some point.

This has been enlightening as I enjoy seeing good fish caught on other methods aside fly

Angus

When are we going to see some fish caught on a fly.

When Angus works out how to put a hook in a fly and keep it alive..

[goulza]

They are hydro canals and the flow is adjusted depending on rainfall and demand for electricity.

The salmon caught are escaped fish from the salmon farms...each year they have thousands of salmon escape through holes in the nets and sometimes entire nets are broken releasing all the fish in that net straight into the canal.

The trout on the other hand are wild but are able to grow much faster and larger due to the pellets they feed on from the salmon farms.

These canals have produced world record brown and rainbow trout around 40lb

[Bri The Pom]

Thanks for the answers.

40lb brown wow. My best wild brown was 4lb and i was stoked, it was on a fly thou.

Cheers.

[Kiwi_pete]

unfortunatly they are large fish but dont put up the fight normal wild run trout/salmon put up as they are sluggish and fat from the easy feeds but still awe inspiring in size

[Angus]

Can anyone confirm..

Are these the canals going between Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki?

Cheers guys.

Angus

[goulza]

Yes Angus, this was the Mt Cook salmon farm

[Angus]

And your just welcome to fish it?

Or is it like a fishing park? Pay per fish/time?

Cheers mate.

Angus

[goulza]

Yes anyone can fish it as long as you have a fishing license...in Nz you need a fishing license for any freshwater fishing.

For this trip I just got a 24 hour license as I only fished that day.

cheers

[Angus]

Back dated but thanks again for this advice.

Will finally be putting it to good use this year

Angus