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Central
Tablelands
Fishing
Report
November 2009
Fishing has been
good so far this spring. All the trout streams have been on fire and
most lakes have fished well.
LAKES
Lake Wallace and
Ben Chifley Dam have been the pick of the storages due to good water
levels. Wallace has been producing some large rainbow trout with those
using PowerBait having the most success and Chifley has been producing
massive numbers of redfin perch on lures such as crankbaits, blades,
jigs and spinnerbaits.
If you are chasing native fish in the larger storages try to get your
lure close to submerged timber or at the lower edge of large drop
off's. I like to down rig old creek lines with my lure sitting about 3m
off the bottom. This is where the biggest fish usually hide. It does
mean you need to pay a lot of attention to the sounder so to avoid
losing lures.
Bait fishing with yabbies and worms around submerged timber also works
well for both Natives and Redfin.
RIVERS
If you are fly fishing for brown trout in the Duckmaloi or Fish River's
it is time to get out ant and moth patterns along with bead head
nymphs. There are lots of fish feeding around the shallow edges and
under small trees close to the bank. The browns are sipping down small
insects from the surface making dry flys the obvious choice.
If you are fishing for rainbow trout in the lower altitude streams,
such as Cox's River, you'll find streamers and bead head nymphs are
still your best bet. Let them sink a touch before starting your
retrieve.
Spinning for rainbows with celter's has been working well in most
rivers. Small minnow lures have worked better when targeting brown
trout.
Happy fishing.
Full report page coming December 2009
If you are going fishing on The Central Tablelands and you would like
to tell us about your fishing trip
please email me with the info and photo's (if you have them) to tim@bluemountainsfishing.net
I will try to include you in my next fishing report.
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