Weekly report 28/08/07

Last weekend I was up at the Tackle Show at the Gold Coast helping out at the TT Lures, FINatical Tackle and Shakespeare and Pflueger Tackle stands. While I was up there I aslo got invited to fish the ABT's, AFTA Trade Show BREAM Pro-AM with Kelvin Williams. I have fished with Kelvin before and it was great to team up with him again.

18 Pros and 11 Amateurs competed for 3 ½ hours on the set up day of the tackle show and we graced the waters of the Gold Coast. After talking to a number of other anglers after the comp they stated that they experienced a different bite than the week before at the Gold Coast Super Series event, with the anglers fishing the top of the Nerang system doing better than those that hit the lower reaches near the Seaway.In all 64 four fish made their way onto the scales for the 3 1/2 hours of fishing with the myself and Kelvin Williams secured victory with a bag of 5 bream for 2.87 kilos.Our winning pattern for the morning involved fishing TT lures jig heads rigged with Berkley soft plastics down deep, bombing the rocky points of the middle reaches of the Nerang to score fish.

For further information and a complete list of who competed in the comp go to http://www.bream.com.au/

Now in Sydney the fishing has been a bit up and down and there have not been many reports coming in. Botany Bay does have a number of dusky flathead in the shallower areas of the bay, yellowfin bream and flounder in the middle of the bay and silver trevally in the deeper parts of the bay.

Australian salmon and tailor have been caught in the washes off the north and south sides of the bay, Bare Island and the deep water at the end of the oil wharf. Whole pilchards and garfish have been the go. Make sure that you have a small, but steady berley stream going.

Not a lot else to report, but will have more next week.

Scotty Lyons from Southern Sydney Fishing Tours http://www.fishingsydney.com.au/ reports that he has fished this week and last Sunday (19th) was very wet and they fished in all the rain. There were a few other boats on the water. Not great weather but good fishing. Silver trevally are the main species at this time of the year and there are plenty around most spots that Scott has fished this week and all are of a good size. Try fishing along the Container wal,l there is a few but Scott has found fishing wider just on the edge of the shipping channel the better spot as the tides are smaller the fish are feeding in the deeper water, Spoke with other anglers on Sunday and they had good results from the Oil Wharf as well on the runout tide.

Spinning with soft plastics for flathead is also worth a try with the odd 60cm fish around, The area that is producing well is along the beach at Brighton and all the way back to Ramsgate just work the drop off. Most fish are around 60cms and only the odd smaller fish all falling to Squidgies but you will need to move around to find them.
Trolling slow only the odd tailor and there is plenty of water between them. The weather this weekend is looking good and after all the rain the fishing should be rather good.
To make a booking call Scott on mobile 0418169439.

Gabes Bait and Tackle are now located on the corner of the Prince Highway and Holt Road at Sylvania Heights. 5100. It would be definitely worth a trip over to their new shop to have a look at the great range of tackle they now have. For those of you that brought tackle and tackle at the old shop you will be pleasantly surprised to see that the new shop is now 3 times larger. So get over there and have a look for yourself.

They are going to have a Grand Opening Sale from Saturday the 25th of August to Father’s Day the 2nd of September.

Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that it has been difficult to get any reports this week due to horrible weather and sea conditions that they have been experiencing. The rain has created some nice dirty water that should put the fish on the bite. With the coloured water the blackfish have slowed down a little, but the angler that have been chasing mulloway should be in their element and eager to bring out their favourite lures. There have been some good yellowfin bream coming out of the river off the break wall and should improve as the water settles down. There has also been some very nice dusky flathead around Clybucca and working the flats up towards Stuarts Point.

Rock hoppers have found the going tough with the bigger seas. Tailor have slowed down but there’s been some reasonable yellowfin bream coming in along the ledges.
Beach fisho’s have been getting monster Australian salmon along Smoky beach some up to 4 to 5 kilo. Where still waiting for someone to give us a recipe to make these things eatable. Still the odd tailor coming in along with the odd bream and whiting.

Only a hand full of guys ventured outside last week with Fish Rock giving up a few snapper and kingfish. Fisho’s are having some success on the reefs off Nambucca for snapper and pearlies while no one has gone wide for the leatherjackets. Fishing the dirty current line where it meets the blue water usually fires up, it worth a try when the conditions improve. For daily reports and special call Paul on (02) 6566 6726.

Jason and Virginia Isaac from Ned Kelly’s Bait and Tackle jasned@ozemail.com.au reports that in the estuary, the news from earlier on this week has centred squarely on the break walls, with plenty of big mulloway amassing at the river mouth awaiting the spoils of the recent fresh. Such conditions are just what jewie enthusiasts live for, and as at the time of putting this report together, several exceptional fish have been landed, and many more lost. Tuesday alone saw 3 terrific fish weighed, a 29 kilo fish by Jaron Jensen, a big 32.1 kilo model by Michael Knowles, followed by a 32.6 kilo brute by Mick Attwells, just pipping Michael for the lead in the Mulloway of the year. All fish encountered were taken on lures with many varieties and colours working although big shallow diving minnows and tremblers all in either gold or red and white seemed to enjoy the better success. Whilst some had sessions to remember, spare a thought for the anglers who lost many large fish for a variety of reasons, i.e. hooks pulling, line breaking and no gaff to name a just a couple. One young lad who shall remain nameless lost 3 big fish in a row and as a result, the waters of the Hastings now possess a quality overhead reel and mulloway rod to match, thrown in along with a string of blasphemy never to be repeated in print. Ah yes, angling can be frustrating at times, particularly when fish of a lifetime are on the chew, and Murphy intervenes with the old adage of what can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.

Off the beaches, before the blow there were some terrific formations beginning to reform on both Lighthouse and North Beach, however Jason suspects the consistent big seas of late will have flattened most sand spits and gutters. Whilst this may make beach fishing challenging in the short term, don’t forget you only need a small variation on an otherwise featureless beach to both attract and hold fish. Quite often such conditions are far more productive than a beach with a myriad of fishable options. For those wetting a line before the blow, some terrific kilo plus bream were coming from the beaches around Crescent Head, together with some top tailor to well over 2 kilos. Beaches to the south have not been faring quite well, with salmon the dominant species by far.

Off the rocks, the big seas have ruled out most ledges of late however the more protected corners have offered some good results. Drummer remain solid and should be well and truly on the chew once again after the seas begin to settle and safe access to the preferred ledges is viable. Before the blow, tailor numbers were steady locally, however the ledges north around Crescent Head and Hat were holding some quality greenbacks, along with plenty of solid bream. Blackfish numbers have been excellent and as with most species, will be well worth targeting following the recent stir.

Offshore reports have been just about non existent of late, as you would expect with the sea well and truly up. For those keen to get out when conditions allow, the close in reefs should be well worth a look for some quality snapper, whilst those keen to venture further out can expect to be battling the jackets once again.

When you are next up in Port Macquarie call into the shop and have a look at their great selection of tackle and bait they have on offer. You could also ask Jason and Virginia for their daily report on what’s happening on the fishing front. Call them on (02) 6583 8318.

Darren from Bermagui Ocean Hut Fishing Tackle, Dive and Charter Fishing Service
mailto:%20(%20enquiries@bermifishinghut.com.au reports that there has been some Gummy Sharks appearing in anglers bags. These fish have been taken wide of Goalen Head and mixed in with them have been some exceptionally good Tiger Flathead, quite a few morwong and snapper. The snapper are not overly huge but seem to be in good numbers on the closer to shore reefs.

Cool water temps of around 14 deg. seem to be having an effect on any Game Fish. This is to be expected at this time of year as August is notoriously the worst month of the year for Game Fishing in these waters. For those wishing to brave the elements burley trails may attract some sharks.

Cool off shore waters that are now pushing in to the estuaries are also having their affect on the feeding behaviour of the estuary fish. There are still plenty of blackfish, bream, trevally and whiting hanging around the Bermagui Bridge, which are responding to pink nippers and small soft plastics for a limited period of the incoming tide.

Again those cold waters have had the affect on the beach as well. Most of the salmon seem to have moved on at this stage and catches are very limited. The same affect is happening off the stones with just a handful of drummer and silver trevally being encountered

Warmer than usual weather conditions are indicating there could be an early spring and with this the bass in Brogo may become active a lot earlier this season. At present there have been no reports on any regular catches of bass within our area and I suspect it will stay this way for quite a few more weeks.

If you are planing a trip down Darren’s way check out his web site at http://bermifishinghut.com.au/aboutus.htm You could also give Darren and the boys a ring on (02) 6493 4688 to find out what is coming up in the next week.

Weekly report 11/08/07

Carl Dubois snuck out for a fish in his kayak at 11 am in the Georges River. This was after we had discussed how I had fished in Sydney Harbour and the Port Hacking last week and caught most of my bream and flathead in the shallow waters over the flats as the tide was rising. Carl started flicking around a Halco Scorpion about and after 20 minutes he landed my first bream, a 28cm model that was introduced to his live well. Five later he had another hit but the hooks didn't stick. He paused the lure for a few seconds, gave it a twitch and 'WALLOP', a 29cm's bream. The water temp was up near 14 degrees so it was much warmer than the cool 11 degrees of the Cooks River two weeks ago.

The author with a couple of bream that were caught of soft plastics.

He switched to SP's (Sandworm in Camo) and on the first cast after feeling a bump, Carl set the hook into a 47cm flathead. So after a short session on the flats he Carl caught 4 bream to 29cm and 1 dusky flatheadRobert Hutchison has sent me a couple of photos from his holidays at Hat Head. He caught heaps of 2 kilo plus tailor on spinners, a luderick that was about 900 grams in the local creek near the bridge and also a couple of good yellowfin bream to 900 grams. The bream were caught on half pillies. Robert also heard and saw of a few mulloway being caught. No wonder with all those tailor about.

I was out on the Port Hacking last Tuesday with Scott Lyons chasing a few flathead with live bait. We did manage to get a few, but seeing it is the middle of winter they were hard to get. There were not a lot of other anglers out on the water, but the couple we did come across had really great bags of luderick. Some were around the 800 gram mark. There are also plenty of leatherjackets in the Port Hacking, but the squid have gone a little bit quite. The channels are holding plenty of silver trevally. Osborne Shoals and the Merries Reef have also being producing silver trevally as well.

Sydney Harbour has been producing a few very good catches of yellowfin bream and silver trevally over the past week and will continue to do so over the next week or so. Try fishing the Sow and Pigs on the run-out tide, Bradley’s Head and the yellow marker on the north side of the entrance to Sydney Harbour on the run-in tide. Peeled prawns, pillies that have been cut in half and pink nippers. You could also try using small strips of skinned yellowtail and fresh squid.
The baths at Balmoral are worth a shot for the odd John Dory and squid that has been hanging about. If you are in a boat you should try drifting between the moored boats at Balmoral and in Watson Bay.

Middle Head is producing luderick off the shore and tailor and John Dory in the deeper water. There is also plenty of yellowtail to be berleyed up over there as well.
The rocks off Coogee, Bondi, Little Beach and the Kurnell Peninsular are all worth a shot for drummer, luderick, bream and silver trevally on the rising tide. Remember to fish as light as possible.

New fishing bag and size limits announced

The Iemma Government has announced changes to saltwater and freshwater fishing rules after extensive consultation with NSW recreational and commercial fishers.
Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald, said the bag and size limits for recreational fishing are reviewed periodically to ensure a sustainable future for high quality recreational fishing in NSW. The size limits also apply to commercial fishing.
New Recreational fishing rules - additional background information

The major change to freshwater fishing includes:

• Leaving a line unattended will now be prohibited; this aims to reduce the injury, stress and death of fish and invertebrates that result from being caught on unattended lines. However the distance a person can be from each line will increase from 10 metres to 50 metres.

• Increasing the minimum legal length for Murray cod, to provide better protection for immature fish. The current legal length will increase to 55cm after 1 December 2007 and to 60cm after 1 December 2008.

• A new closed season for Australian bass and estuary perch from June 1 to August 31 each year to allow the fish to spawn.

• Simplifying the trout water classifications to two categories; artificial fly and lure only waters and general trout waters.

• The bag limit for unlisted native fish, which previously had no limit, will now be set at 10.

The major changes to saltwater fishing includes:

• Introducing a new minimum legal length of 30cm for pearl perch.

• Increasing the minimum legal length for yellowtail kingfish from 60cm to 65cm.

• Increasing the minimum legal length for luderick (blackfish) from 25cm to 27cm.

• Introducing a minimum legal length of 60cm for dolphin fish (mahi-mahi). Additionally, only one fish may measure over 110cm.

• Introducing new combined bag limit of 20 for bream and tarwhine.

• A bag limit reduction from 20 to 10 will now apply to bonito, dolphin fish, octopus, rubber lip and jackass morwong.

A nice bag of yellowfin bream that was caught by Robert Hutchison while on holidays at Hat Head.

• A bag limit reduction from 2 to 1 will now apply to highly prized billfish species, including sailfish and swordfish. A bag limit of 1 will also apply to each species of marlin. Reducing the bag limit will still allow for a trophy fish to be taken.

• A minimum legal length of 30cm will be introduced for blue groper. These fish mature as females between 24 and 34cm and change sex to males at about 60cm. The new size limit will protect females prior to maturity.

• The legal length for rubber lip morwong has been increased by 2cm to 30cm and the bag limit reduced to 10.

• The minimum legal length for red morwong will be increased from 25cm to 30cm. This aims to improve protection of small fish in shallow water.

• A combined bag limit of 5 will now apply to all shark and ray species, including only 1 tiger, mako, blue shark, hammerhead and whaler species. A zero bag limit will now apply to wobbegong sharks.

A full list of changes can also be found at www.dpi.nsw.gov.auMedia contact: Jason Bartlett, 0438 209 28

Scotty Lyons from Southern Sydney Fishing Tours http://www.fishingsydney.com.au/ reports that last Sunday he had a singles day, which normally he runs on the last Sunday of each month. They headed to the Hot water to look for Tailor after 20min of casting metals no luck so we headed across to the wall as the sun had just hit the water. Scott anchored at Trevally Alley. A little slow to start, but a good burley trail and the trevally turned up in good numbers and all were a good size.

After two hours of double and triple hookups they headed off, first trolling in Yarra Bay and then along Cape Banks looking for Australian salmon and back to the third runway, but no luck only one small slimmy mackerel which was keep for bait. By now the wind was up from the South west so they headed to the beach at Brighton and worked soft plastics and a few fresh strip baits for dusky flathead. One of the guys on board Toby was a slow starter on the silver trevally, but came good towards then end. He boating a Croc sized dusky flathead on a Black Opal Squidgies shad. After a quick photo and back to the water Peter then boated a 64cm dusky on a strip bait, while Rodger pinned a smaller fish around 45cm on a Squidgie. Toby had it all after returning his biggest dusky flathead ever that measured around 90cms he then hooked another nice fish of 60cms to finish the day.

IF YOU ARE KEEN FOR A DAYS FISHING LIKE THIS JUST GIVE ME A CALL I HAVE NEXT SATURDAY FREE AND I PUT ANOTHER SINGLES DAY TOGETHER IF I HAVE THE NUMBERS BUT YOU WILL NEED TO CALL BY FRIDAY. 0418 169 439THE NEXT SINGLES DAY SUNDAY THE 26THTHE FISHING SCHOOL 3RD SEPTEMBER 6PM TO 9PM, DAY ON THE WATER 8TH 6AM TO 1PM

Scotty has a MID WEEK SPECIAL of SIX HOURS FISHING THE PORT HACKING FOR BLACK FISH. NORMALLY $750.00 HE WOULD TAKE FOUR ANGLERS OUT AND SHOW THEM ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW AND HOW TO TARGET BLACK FISH. BUT IT IS NOW FOR $550.00.THESE SUPER DEALS ARE ONLY ON FOR FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SO BE QUICK AND BOOK IN. For bookings you should call Scotty on 0418 169 439.

Gabes Bait and Tackle are now located on the corner of the Prince Highway and Holt Road at Sylvania Heights. 5100. It would be definitely worth a trip over to their new shop to have a look at the great range of tackle they now have. For those of you that brought tackle and tackle at the old shop you will be pleasantly surprised to see that the new shop is now 3 times larger. So get over there and have a look for yourself.

They are going to have a Grand Opening Sale from Saturday the 25th of August to Father’s Day the 2nd of September.

Paul Martin from Rock Marine Bait and Tackle (rocksmarine@tsn.cc) reports that if you can’t catch a fish at the moment you’re mustn’t be trying. Both blue water and estuary fishing has been good. It’s a Blackfish bonanza along the breakwall all the way down to the Coal Wharf and that’s if your land based, if you have a boat the North wall is firing as well the normal haunts around Kemps Corner. There are good yellowfin bream and dusky flathead around the oysters at Clybucca and Rainbow Reach. Yellowfin bream are also biting along the walls with some monsters towards the end of the breakwall, along with plenty of trevally and the odd tailor.

The river is crystal clear at the moment which is making it difficult catching the yellowfin bream without light leaders or fluorocarbon line. Blackfish are still on the bite off the Wall around to the wire fence, more productive on the run out tide the fisho’s are saying. There were a couple of monster 25 kilo plus jewfish caught last week in the river fishing the night tides on live baits. There’s a few dusky flathead around on the flats up river in the dirtier water.

Beach fishing over the last week has slowed a little, but if you drive along the Smoky you will find bream in the gutters with the odd whiting biting on live worms and pippies. On the days tailor are about they are there in good numbers. There has been some monster Australian salmon coming out of the surf. Fishing off the rocks is still very productive with some great bream coming in. Tailor are there most mornings and afternoons.

Robert Hutchsion with a luderik he caught while chasing bream at Hat Head.

Leatherjackets are still outside in huge numbers all over the place from about 30 meters. Good numbers of sand flathead on the Light house grounds while Fish Rock is producing some kingfish and snapper in close. Pearl Perch, morwong, fair reds and of course there are plenty of leatherjackets are coming in off the Dot. Snapper are in fairly close off Grassy but there hasn’t been much size about them. With the conditions being almost perfect fisho’s have headed out very wide to get amongst the Yellow Fin that have been reportedly out there but no reports at this stage.

The guys and girls up at South West Rocks lost a friend last week our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of Sen Constable Paul Morris, a true gentleman and a great bloke.

For daily reports and special call Paul on (02) 6566 6726.

Jason and Virginia Isaac from Ned Kelly’s Bait and Tackle jasned@ozemail.com.au reports that estuary angling has been dominated by Lake Cathie of late, with blackfish numbers invading the lower reaches on mass since the lakes opening a couple of weeks ago. Whilst great news for keen blackfish enthusiasts, once again it is disappointing to see greed override necessity, courtesy and common sense. The amount of reports regarding excess bag limits, undersize fish, dubious capture methods and poor etiquette are staggering. However this behaviour this has not gone unnoticed by NSW Fisheries, and by all reports a fair few infringement notices will bite into the pockets of those involved. Whiting numbers too remain solid in the lower reaches, however getting a bait past the swarms of undersize bream are proving somewhat of a challenge.

In the Hastings, blackfish remain above average, with the breakwalls as usual producing the better results. A few good bream have also come from the lower reaches, and with great tides and lunar conditions this weekend, a spike in activity would not surprise. Plenty of flatties further upstream on both lures and bait, with the stretch between the Dennis Bridge and Settlement Point producing the better results.

Off the beaches, the have been some bumper bream about North Beach however multiple catches are rare. The bream of the year mark has certainly been given a fright, with the sea eagle tragic Rick Rolfe just missing out with a top 1.73 kilo fish, whilst David Tooby’s 1.67 kilo cleaned specimen may have got over the line if whole. Few reports however on tailor apart from the odd greenback, whilst the disappointing mulloway season to date shows no signs of improving. Plenty of big salmon about for a bit of good fun, with their numbers sure to increase further in the coming weeks.

Off the rocks, drummer remain the star attraction however you are now having to work a bit harder that during recent weeks. This is not unexpected, with a slow period followed by a big finish to the season not uncommon, especially when a great start to season has been enjoyed. Abalone gut remains the bait of choice. Tailor numbers are down locally, however some good reports have filtered in from those fishing both Hat Head and Crescent Head. For those keen on bream, this weekend’s tides should prove optimum, whilst those chasing a groper or two will be hoping for the seas to remain calm and the crabs plentiful.

Offshore reports as expected have been dominated by leather jackets, with masses of fish everywhere from around the 30 to 80 meter mark, especially over sand. At least there has been some quality fish in the latest batch, with hook ups outnumbering bite offs. Wire of course, remains an essential requirement. If you wish to avoid the jackets, your best bet would be to target the shallow reefs off either Plommer or Lake Cathie, which present the perfect opportunity to try throwing soft plastics at snapper if you are not already doing so. The feedback on this growing trend is most positive, with results proving a real eye opener for some diehard old bait soakers.

When you are next up in Port Macquarie call into the shop and have a look at their great selection of tackle and bait they have on offer. You could also ask Jason and Virginia for their daily report on what’s happening on the fishing front. Call them on (02) 6583 8318.

Steve Williamson from Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Adventures reports this week that Barry has had a quite winter on the coast with some good fishing. Like most coastal towns this winter has been wetter and colder than normal and Steve will have more news on how the fishing is going in next newsletter as he have a few trips planned over the next few weeks now that the weather has improved and the fishing is also on the improve.

ONE DAY DOWRIGGING COURSE in Jindabyne.

The one day down rigging course was a huge success and all had a lot of fun and learnt heaps. With the popularity of this course I will hold a few more of these in spring with the first set down for Saturday 13th October.
Let Steve know now if you are interested as there is a limit of only 6 people at each course. The course is $150 for the day. Remember he also run private courses so you can always get a few friends together and book your own course at a time that suits you.

TROLLING CLINIC

The next weekend trolling clinic will be in November and the date at this time should be 4th and 5th the start to the SM Trout Festival week.
In this weekend course he will cover everything from boat set up for trolling right through to techniques like down rigging and side planing. There is 16 hours of tuition and again numbers are very limited. Call the shop or e-mail for a full itinerary. The whole weekend course will cost you $380 and covers lunches etc and there are discounts for accommodation.

UPDATED FISHING REPORTS

You can always access the latest Jindabyne Fishing Reports from his web site at http://www.swtroutfishing.com.au/ however should you wish to have a report directly e-mailed to you as soon as they are updated you can always request to be put into my address book and have theme e-mailed direct. You will also find on my web site now fishing reports for Pambula / Merimbula and Eden area. These saltwater reports are compiled by Steve, Barry and friends down on the coast that fish the area regularly. At the moment I am tending to fish the coast a day or two a week so Steve has a reasonable handle on what is happening and intend to update monthly. These reports will be a little more up to date than what you read in the magazines which are more than often written a month before they are distributed.

RAINBOW LODGE

Rainbow Lodge is now booked out for winter and will be available once again in October. Bookings please phone Steve’s shop on 02 64561551 during business hours.

If you would like an up to date fishing report e-mailed direct to you each week, please e-mail a request to Steve and you will be added to his list.

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Shop 1 Snowline Centre, Kosciusko Road Jindabyne 2627
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Darren from Bermagui Ocean Hut Fishing Tackle, Dive and Charter Fishing Service
mailto:%20(%20enquiries@bermifishinghut.com.au reports that there has good Reef Fishing at present and just about all reef systems are holding their share of fish. Both blue and jackass morwong are the most common catch at present although mixed in are some very nice snapper, ocean perch, a few leatherjacket and some very nice tiger flathead on the fringes of the reefs.

Cool water temps of around 16 deg. seem to be having an effect on any Game Fish. This is to be expected at this time of year as August is notoriously the worst month of the year for Game Fishing in these waters. For those wishing to brave the elements burley trails may attract some Sharks.

It is pleasing to see the amount of fish holding in the Bermi River, around the bridge area, before moving into the system with the incoming tides. Looking from the bridge, anglers can Polaroid the many bream, blackfish, trevally and whiting. Once located it’s as simple as casting nippers in amongst the schools, which results with an instant hook up.

To the south Barragoot and Cuttagee beaches have some excellent gutters which are holding plentiful numbers of good Salmon. Paternoster rigs, using Pilchards or strips of Tuna, as well as the casting of lures, will account for any number of the Salmon. To the north, Camel Rock beach also is holding its share

Warmer than usual weather conditions are indicating there could be an early spring and with this the Bass in Brogo may become active a lot earlier this season. At present there have been no reports on any regular catches of Bass within our area and I suspect it will stay this way for quite a few more weeks.

There are plenty of people up in the Snowy Mountains making use of the good snow conditions this season and sadly very few are up there fishing. The actual sad part about this is the fishing in Jindabyne is especially good at present with large numbers of fish being taken on the troll and Eucumbene is also supplying similar action.

If you are planing a trip down Darren’s way check out his web site at http://bermifishinghut.com.au/aboutus.htm You could also give Darren and the boys a ring on (02) 6493 4688 to find out what is coming up in the next week