Fishing Victoria Forum

Bought a vintage Alvey reel today

good quality rod and and line, especialy when lure fishing. also a good landing net.

waters are colder now so the fishing will be harder, especially if your targeting natives. Deep diving lures and spinners baits in flashy bright colours will be the go. try bait fishing as well around snags and points. put in the effort and time and you should be onto a nice fish. also, look at the ...

I moved house and found freaking tons of fishing rods from my previous years of collecting gear. Unfortunately, I lost my tackle bag during the move. Inside it were 3 Shimano 10000 sized reels and every terminal tackles, lures, jigs a tackle rat should have. To get rid of the bad memories, I am cle...

Been a while since I went fishing. Finally got a chance for a short session. North wind blowing 15-20kmh, barometer was 1007 and slowly dropping. About 1/4 moon. Fished 7:15am-9:30am, me and a mate. Used various lures. We each got one hit and one fish. I got this rainbow on vibe with my bfs and my ...

Hey all, Went for a quick fishing session at my dam today. I was testing some of the new lures I bought yesterday. I decided to tie on the smelta in the black and gold colour. I got a few hits but no hook ups. A few fish were jumping but I couldn’t tell what they were - probably Redfin. As I was lea...

Reddies don't usually jump. They can "boil" when chasing bait fish, but not jump like trout. Where in Euroa do you fish for trout? Yeah, the fish was making splashes on the surface. I fish at the arboretum, it’s stocked with silvers and rainbow trout. I think there is also some yellas and catfish.

hey all,
Went to VT to look at a newly stocked pond. I was there for about 3 hours and in about the last 10 minutes I caught 3 nice rainbows.

Sebb wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 12, 2023 2:35 pm

Nice, well done.
Pink tassie is always good.
What/where is VT? Never heard.

Thanks mate, i tied the tassie on after i snaged a $16 smelta. the place i was fishing was Violet town.

Hey all, got a couple more trout this after noon, kept one for a friend. Also got a little fish, I think it’s a baby yellow belly?