yarrambat lake 26/9

[fishmagnet]

8yr old brother wanted me to take him for a fish (he's never caught a fish before) so i took him to yarrambat to hopefully get him a trout. after an hour we had nothing but suprisingly he wasnt very bored. i let him throw burley out and taught him to cast so that kept him entertained. finally we had a bite and i set the hook and let him reel it in. taught him the 'lift and wind' technique and he picked up on it well. i netted it and he was stoked! it was a 25cm rainbow.

half an hour later BANG the bells ring and im on this time. brother does a very good job of netting him aswell. another similar size rainbow. with 10 minutes to go before dad was due to pick us BANG! this time i let him hook it. i tell him to lift the rod up to set the hook. he uses the lift and wind technique all by himself and i net him. again he was stoked.

one things for sure, he's gonna be a gun fisherman when he's older. all fish where caught on sherbet powerbait and where released for other kids to catch.

cheers sam

[Kev209]

Hi Sam,
Your young brother will always remember who helped him catch his first fish. Something to be proud of mate.

[muzza43]

I agree with kev. Well done both of you. Cheers muzza43.

[Rod Bender]

All of the above!

[smoken]

Bigger trout than I've ever caught, so I'm impressed.

[Ocelot]

I was there today for about 3 hours, used sherbet power bait, not a single bite. What did you use for burley?

[fishmagnet]

I was there today for about 3 hours, used sherbet power bait, not a single bite. What did you use for burley?

corn, its really important to burley

[Ocelot]

Cheers mate :thumbsup:

[Ocelot]

Can you also describe the rig, I used a hook connected to a swivel which is connected to main line. A bean sinker above the swivel which allows the trout nugget to be buoyant

[DougieK]

Catching stockies i've had great success on pink powerbait, 1 metre or so under a quill float with a single split shot 20cm from the hook, smallest possible hook I think i've used size 10 suicide and size 14 mosquito hooks.