Wimmera River near Wail
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:07 am
From a few week ago.....finally got around to writing up.
I headed out for a quiet weekend to contemplate life while sitting in the bush. Destination was a bit of bush just south of Dimboola on the Wimmera River. On the west side of the river is Little Desert National Park which does have camping but only designated sites which need to be booked. On the east side it is state forest so you can pretty much go where you want.
Quick stop at Rupanyup on the way there
Got into the bush and travelled along the river looking for a nice quiet campsite. Heaps of people in the main camping areas (check out Wikicamps) so kept going. Once downstream from the last designated camp area the road turns into 4wd territory and campers/caravans thin out quickly. Anyway found what I though was a prefect area (more on that later!!) and set up camp late Friday arvo.
I have fished here before and caught a mixed bag including Redfin, Golden Perch, Carp, Silver Perch and Catfish. For this trip I was hoping to get a feed of yellow belly and maybe snag a native catfish. However the carp started appearing
Evening came
along with first Silver Perch
and more carp.
Moring arrived and the day looked perfect
Then I realised my mistake. I hadnt done my research and had gone too far downstream into the waterski area
So much for my peace and quiet. Anyway, the carp kept coming
and another Silver
No catfish and no yellas but a mostly relaxing weekend. Next time I wont go quite so far downstream.
I headed out for a quiet weekend to contemplate life while sitting in the bush. Destination was a bit of bush just south of Dimboola on the Wimmera River. On the west side of the river is Little Desert National Park which does have camping but only designated sites which need to be booked. On the east side it is state forest so you can pretty much go where you want.
Quick stop at Rupanyup on the way there
Got into the bush and travelled along the river looking for a nice quiet campsite. Heaps of people in the main camping areas (check out Wikicamps) so kept going. Once downstream from the last designated camp area the road turns into 4wd territory and campers/caravans thin out quickly. Anyway found what I though was a prefect area (more on that later!!) and set up camp late Friday arvo.
I have fished here before and caught a mixed bag including Redfin, Golden Perch, Carp, Silver Perch and Catfish. For this trip I was hoping to get a feed of yellow belly and maybe snag a native catfish. However the carp started appearing
Evening came
along with first Silver Perch
and more carp.
Moring arrived and the day looked perfect
Then I realised my mistake. I hadnt done my research and had gone too far downstream into the waterski area
So much for my peace and quiet. Anyway, the carp kept coming
and another Silver
No catfish and no yellas but a mostly relaxing weekend. Next time I wont go quite so far downstream.
