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Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:24 pm
by mazman
Hey guys,
Had a bit on on opening weekend but managed to get up during the week to chase some of the large fish stocked for opening. Still a few people about chasing them but no where near the numbers on opening day, hope you enjoy watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8vNRk4c36M
Cheers Alex
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:51 pm
by Sebb
Nice, you caught some of them stonkers. The water still looks a bit dirty.
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 pm
by Lightningx
Great vid Alex!
Enjoyed watching it mate
Cheers
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:17 pm
by SnapperHead
Awesome video mazman. Some great fish there mate.
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:19 pm
by happyfriggincamper
Seen photos of catches online, if memory serves me correctly - they look way more conditioned and meaty compared to prior brood stock releases.
How do they go on the end of the line for their size and being mostly tank raised?
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:52 am
by mazman
Thabks guys
happyfriggincamper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:19 pm
Seen photos of catches online, if memory serves me correctly - they look way more conditioned and meaty compared to prior brood stock releases.
How do they go on the end of the line for their size and being mostly tank raised?
They're bigger fish than the typical broodstock but average size is down on last year's trout opening stocking. Still large fish.
They fought well, not as well as a wild fish of their size but they still took line and you had to play them out a bit to get them to the net
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:22 pm
by e.welch
giant trout why dont you eat any of the fish you catch? you gave that trout to another bloke when you could've eaten it
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:20 pm
by mazman
e.welch wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:22 pm
giant trout why dont you eat any of the fish you catch? you gave that trout to another bloke when you could've eaten it
I had no way of getting the fish home in good condition and it was bigger than I needed anyway. I do keep some of what I catch but not much of it
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:50 pm
by e.welch
ok. at least you made shaw the other stonker made it back to breed.
Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:02 pm
by Blue
Great to catch a fish of this size but you wouldn,t have lost anything by not eating it.
Hatchery fish live on pellets, the flesh is creamy instead of the bright orange or red of wild fish, and they don,t taste great.
Always good to get something that big and give someone else the same thrill but you wouldn,t have enjoyed eating it.
Blue.