Eppalock: The perfect stom
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Eppalock: The perfect stom
Heading down to Eppalock tomorrow for 4 nights camping and fishing with the boy :water:
Checked out the weather forecast midweek With thunderstorms predicted for Friday and a 90% chance of rain, setting up camp should be fun. But the silver lining is that there is plenty of good fish to be caught in the wet. :rofl:
After setting out 2 months ago to research for "the summer of fish" I couldn't be more prepared for the trip, thanks to some great advice from here and plenty of YouTube. I transformed my cumbersome, outdated, impractical tackle box into a mobile artillery unit armed with all the right lures, spinners, wobbly things, vibes, rattlers and plastics. I even purchased scent, not for me for the lures, to give me that extra edge. Although should I engage the Bendigo night life, prawn and garlic may send the local girls into a feeding frenzy. I have cat food (White meat Tuna & Crab + Ocean Salmon & Mackerel), bread, pellets, fish oil, crushed garlic and a burley cannon. Actually it's a plastic container with some holes in it, tied to a rope and weighted with a couple of sinkers. Two new rods to go with the ugly stick (which I plan to rig up for carp) and the trusty old telescopic champ I got 20 years ago. I found a telescopic net for $23, some portable rod holders and a set of Aldi lip grips. After coming under budget I threw in a cheeky bottle of Bourbon, not for the fish.
I even found some secret spots on the internet, that might not be secret as they were on the internet.
Prediction: If you are planning a trip to Eppalock this summer, there may not be any fish left.
Realistically: 50% I have given myself as much chance as the next bloke.
I will send through updates while I'm away, and hopefully some photo's of the fish we caught.
Cheers.
Mark
Checked out the weather forecast midweek With thunderstorms predicted for Friday and a 90% chance of rain, setting up camp should be fun. But the silver lining is that there is plenty of good fish to be caught in the wet. :rofl:
After setting out 2 months ago to research for "the summer of fish" I couldn't be more prepared for the trip, thanks to some great advice from here and plenty of YouTube. I transformed my cumbersome, outdated, impractical tackle box into a mobile artillery unit armed with all the right lures, spinners, wobbly things, vibes, rattlers and plastics. I even purchased scent, not for me for the lures, to give me that extra edge. Although should I engage the Bendigo night life, prawn and garlic may send the local girls into a feeding frenzy. I have cat food (White meat Tuna & Crab + Ocean Salmon & Mackerel), bread, pellets, fish oil, crushed garlic and a burley cannon. Actually it's a plastic container with some holes in it, tied to a rope and weighted with a couple of sinkers. Two new rods to go with the ugly stick (which I plan to rig up for carp) and the trusty old telescopic champ I got 20 years ago. I found a telescopic net for $23, some portable rod holders and a set of Aldi lip grips. After coming under budget I threw in a cheeky bottle of Bourbon, not for the fish.
I even found some secret spots on the internet, that might not be secret as they were on the internet.
Prediction: If you are planning a trip to Eppalock this summer, there may not be any fish left.
Realistically: 50% I have given myself as much chance as the next bloke.
I will send through updates while I'm away, and hopefully some photo's of the fish we caught.
Cheers.
Mark
Re: Eppalock: The perfect stom
The gold standard of preparation, good luck. Look forward to the report. If the lake goes over the spillway the fishing in few weeks would be great.
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Re: Eppalock: The perfect stom
Hope you tent has a steel roof and a raised floor, and held down with concrete blocks. Wouldn't be camping under any trees too...
..in fact wouldn't be camping this weekend
..in fact wouldn't be camping this weekend
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Re: Eppalock: The perfect stom
I'd recomend checking how much rain is going to fall and then postponing
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Re: Eppalock: The perfect stom
I have a back up plan. A cosy little cabin for 1 or 2 nights should the weather be outrages. The fishing however will go ahead regardlesslaneends wrote:Hope you tent has a steel roof and a raised floor, and held down with concrete blocks. Wouldn't be camping under any trees too...
..in fact wouldn't be camping this weekend
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Re: Eppalock: The perfect stom
No can do Mazman, as I said above will reevaluate the camping on arrival. Been watching the forecasts daily 20 - 40 mm predicted ATM and not prepared to risk the littleman for the sake of adventure. I appreciate the concern thoughmazman wrote:I'd recomend checking how much rain is going to fall and then postponing
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Re: Eppalock: The perfect stom
I like your thinking YOTR. Get in amongst it. With the rain the water level rises. And the new ground will be full of goodies for the fish. And so on and so forth.
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Re: Eppalock: The perfect stom
Good luck mate with the rain expected if you fish just below the spillway you should get a few. :thumbsup:
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https://www.fishranger.com.au/forecast/ ... 20Eppalock different story here...yearoftheroos wrote:No can do Mazman, as I said above will reevaluate the camping on arrival. Been watching the forecasts daily 20 - 40 mm predicted ATM and not prepared to risk the littleman for the sake of adventure. I appreciate the concern thoughmazman wrote:I'd recomend checking how much rain is going to fall and then postponing
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