New member Riverina

[dnardy]

Hi All,

Male 36 here, looking to get back into fishing like I used to as a kid. I'm interested in fishing for natives in the Riverina and trout in the high country of VIC & NSW.

Chased some trout over Xmas and going for a trip to Nagambie soon after the natives.

Also going to start strapping a rod to my motorbikes to combine 2 of my hobbies.

Cheers.

 

[ellicat]

G'day @dnardy, Welcome to the AFO forum. What kind of fishing do you do, fly, spin etc ?

Look forward to hearing how you're doing.

[dnardy]

18 hours ago, ellicat said:

G'day @dnardy, Welcome to the AFO forum. What kind of fishing do you do, fly, spin etc ?

Look forward to hearing how you're doing.

Just spinning mate. Would love to learn flyfishing at some stage though.

[ellicat]

@Nog is our fly fishing expert. I'm sure he'd be open to any questions you may have.

1 point for bait, 10 points for lure, 100 points for fly.

I tried fly fishing many moons ago for awhile with no results, so I sooked and went back to spinning. haha

[Drop Bear]

Nice one mate, Welcome to the forum. Such beautiful country. Do you have any photos of the fish you have caught? 

[dnardy]

Note these are not all mine, but some my kids, and brother & sister inlaw.

Nothing of any size in recent years (I caught a pretty big Yellowbelly as a kid that I've never beat yet) but I've just got a decent cod baitcaster set up and heading to the Goulburn next week for 3 days straight fishing.

Carp at local Billabong

Silver Perch and cod from houseboat near Echuca

Few little trout and redfin from up near Mitta

The spinner shown below was painted by my daughter with nail polish haha

[dnardy]

Couple from GoFish Nagambie on the weekend, obviously didn't win the $80k!

 

[ellicat]

On 03/02/2022 at 11:51 AM, dnardy said:

The spinner shown below was painted by my daughter with nail polish haha

Back in the day it was common to paint your lure with finger nail polish if you didn't get results with the original colour. haha I look at the one I painted back then and now think "what was I thinking ?" haha

[ellicat]

Hey, you look pretty stoked and so you should. That's a great result for someone just getting back into it.

How good looking are cod !!

[dnardy]

Edited the Yellowbelly photo as it had my name in it.

Yeah thats my PB so far so was pretty happy. My mate ended up getting a 62cm on the troll. 

Learnt a bit, I dropped what I think was a good yellowbelly on too light gear. And was first trip for my mates electric motor, we ran it out of battery haha. All my new gear worked great though.

Hooked now, planning next trip.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Welcome to the forum @dnardy!

Those are some quality fish. I’m sure they would’ve fought well. Nice work!

Cheers Hamish

[ellicat]

1 hour ago, dnardy said:

Hooked now, planning next trip.

Hahaha. Hooked indeed. After every trip I check to see when I can next get out too.

What lures were you trolling ?

 

 

[dnardy]

Yellowbelly on a Oargee 75mm plow I think.

Mates bigger cod was on an Old Mate, similar to an Oargee/Stumpjumper

Both lures were bright green with orange and a nearby boat caught a Yella on similar as well.

[dnardy]

First one off the surface on the weekend! Almost jumped out of my skin!!

Just in the little Billabong near home. Couldn't measure him I left my brag mat too far away and I was keen to get him back in the drink, but very fat and healthy 

 

[ellicat]

Haha. How good is it off the surface ?!

I've only caught one that way, but have tried quite a lot since without so much as bump.

[dnardy]

Yeah it was so strange, just luck of the draw hey. I'm flat out catching them on bait in the best cod fisheries with my mates reeling them in next to me, but I snag this one off the surface in a 10m wide billabong in shallow water thats usually thick with carp. Buggered if I know, but its not far from home so I'll be hitting it more now especially next summer. And I really enjoy this skinny water fishing from the bank.

[ellicat]

Sounds like you could get to know each fish in the billabong. haha

Apart from one fish from a dam, all mine have been from 'skinny waters' too. None have been big though, but a cod's a cod.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Nice one. Pretty cod!

[dnardy]

Got myself a kayak, took it for a test run in Lake Hume yesterday. Didn't catch any fish but I didn't fall out, so I'm calling the trip a success.

Make: Safari H20

Model: The Murray Fishing

 

[ellicat]

Conditions looked perfect for your first tryout.

Can't wait for the report where you get towed around by a big one. haha

[Hweebe]

Conditions looked ideal for not taking a deep in the water from the first kayak voyage. I'm sure there will be some kayak mods to come.

[dnardy]

8 hours ago, ellicat said:

Conditions looked perfect for your first tryout.

Can't wait for the report where you get towed around by a big one. haha

Yeah I'm excited but scared to get onto a decent cod in this thing haha.