Trout Opening on the Goulburn river

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Trout Opening on the Goulburn river

Post by mazman » Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:24 pm

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
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Post by Sebb » Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:51 pm

Nice, you caught some of them stonkers. The water still looks a bit dirty.
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Post by Lightningx » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 pm

Great vid Alex!
Enjoyed watching it mate :)
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Post by SnapperHead » Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:17 pm

Awesome video mazman. Some great fish there mate.

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Post by happyfriggincamper » 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?

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Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river

Post by mazman » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:52 am

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
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Post by e.welch » 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

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Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river

Post by mazman » Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:20 pm

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
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Post by e.welch » Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:50 pm

ok. at least you made shaw the other stonker made it back to breed.

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Re: Trout Opening on the Goulburn river

Post by Blue » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:02 pm

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.
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