Hazelwood Pondage

[Tarsh]

Hi everyone,

I've returned to this forum (& to fishing) after many years of minimal activity the bug has finally got me back.

Quick report on Hazelwood trip last week. Purchased some lures from Compleat angler Dandenong and headed down hoping to secure a Barra. Fished off the jetty near the caravan park and also near the south side of the pondage and go doughnuts. :down:

Kids had a great time though catching tropical fish off the jetty on light gear.

Will try again in the weeks to come but it seems like its very difficult even for those on boats.

cheers.

[barra mick]

Its never easy fishing for barra anywhere.

I seen a ripper caught off that pier on exmas day by a land based fisho..

im fishing it again tomorrow

Cheers bm

[rb85]

Trash persistence pays off mate keep trying. The fellas at complete angler Dandenong are good value purchased some lures off them and had a chat on the way past the other week. Caught fish on both lures purchased.

[barra mick]

Trash persistence pays off mate keep trying. The fellas at complete angler Dandenong are good value purchased some lures off them and had a chat on the way past the other week. Caught fish on both lures purchased.

thats great...two lures and two barra....nice work

Cheers bm

[rb85]

Yeah one on a vibe one on a hardbody.

[barra mick]

:water:

Yeah one on a vibe one on a hardbody.

I havnt used those vib lures at hazelwood yet but I seen a few barra caught on them.

the hardbodies ive had luck with.

bm

[rb85]

It's a good option over the rock wall areas BM. Keen to work on using subsurface stickbaits over the shallows in low light times. Watch this space when it comes to that method.

[Tarsh]

Its never easy fishing for barra anywhere.

I seen a ripper caught off that pier on exmas day by a land based fisho..

im fishing it again tomorrow

Cheers bm

Thanks. It's my first time fishing using lures (other than metals for salmon) so bit of a learning curve. I had thought that location at the pondage was the key to a barra but I'm wrong if ome was caught off the jetty.

[Tarsh]

Hi guys. Round two at hazelwood today...landbased. no dice on the barra. Just out of curiousity, with lure fishing how long do people generally persist in terms of casts on a particular lure eg. 10,30,50,100 casts???

As I'm new to using lures I'm curious about this. Thanks.

[barra mick]

I fished there today for no fish..not even a strike today.

I fished to abt 12ish and pulled the pin

I didnt fish in the paul worsling area though today.

cheers bm