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by ChrisD
Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: SP jig head recommendations
Replies: 11
Views: 1997

Re: SP jig head recommendations

Thanks All
I will take all this on board and decide on jig heads shortly.
Fingers crossed over the Easter break I can get out and give them a crack again.
by ChrisD
Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: SP jig head recommendations
Replies: 11
Views: 1997

SP jig head recommendations

Just looking for some advise in SP jig heads. I have gone out and bought 100 2" curl tail grubs, in various colours and wondered what size jig head people would recommend? Most I look at always look like the kook is massive, compared to the hooks I would use bait fishing. Location for fishing will o...
by ChrisD
Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:34 pm
Forum: Yarra Valley and surrounds
Topic: Soft Plastics continue to frustrate on the Yarra
Replies: 7
Views: 3956

Re: Soft Plastics continue to frustrate on the Yarra

Thanks All
Sounding like next time i will give a weedless set up a try and see if that helps.
by ChrisD
Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:42 pm
Forum: Yarra Valley and surrounds
Topic: Soft Plastics continue to frustrate on the Yarra
Replies: 7
Views: 3956

Soft Plastics continue to frustrate on the Yarra

I made another attempt to get my head around soft plastics today.....headed to Worri Yallock with one rod and plenty of soft plastics to throw. It was tough not to grab the second rod and some worms...just in case :oops: After an hour working along the Yarra - I had lost more jig heads an plastics t...
by ChrisD
Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Old, handmade spinners
Replies: 7
Views: 2016

Re: Old, handmade spinners

Live from Eildon now, have thrown the spinners a few times but after one near snag decided that keeping them is better than losing them.
They are back in the tackle bag now.
by ChrisD
Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:31 pm
Forum: Other Species
Topic: Top 10 metro redfin hotspots ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2693

Re: Top 10 metro redfin hotspots ?

Best spots along the Yarra that I have found are - Yarra Glen, Worri Yallock and Millgrove.
I'm sure they are throughout the Yarra but I have been unsuccessful tracking them down anywhere else so far.
by ChrisD
Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Old, handmade spinners
Replies: 7
Views: 2016

Old, handmade spinners

Digging around in my tackle bags getting ready for tomorrow's trip to Eildon and came across these two handmade spinners. My Grandfather worked in the Bendigo ordnance factory during WW2 - the metal spinner blade is actually part of a shell casing - as as the story goes the workers in the ordnance f...
by ChrisD
Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:33 am
Forum: Other Species
Topic: Top 10 metro redfin hotspots ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2693

Top 10 metro redfin hotspots ?

After giving the SPs another crack yesterday afternoon on the Yarra....and having many follows from Redfin, just couldn't hook on up, I thought I should keep trying. Figure Redfin weren't a bad target species, however short of a few spots along the Yarra I don't really have any solid leads on metro ...
by ChrisD
Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:52 am
Forum: Australian Natives
Topic: Eildon Yellowbelly ???
Replies: 1
Views: 1293

Eildon Yellowbelly ???

Planning to head to Eildon next week.....after the long weekend crowds have cleared and the target species will be Yellow Belly Yellow Belly is one fish that has eluded me and I am determine to get my first next week. That said I have very limited experience with Eildon - having only fished it once ...
by ChrisD
Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:31 pm
Forum: Bream Fishing
Topic: Bream Fishing, land based - Tooradin
Replies: 9
Views: 4283

Bream Fishing, land based - Tooradin

Hi All

Has anyone had any experience Bream fishing, land based, around Tooradin?

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