Innovative Ideas Mans Club

[mazman]

The ones I was talking about that were a bit larger were fish caught in 2019/2020 that were in the high 40s at a time where the biggest fish I was coming across good numbers of was around 38-42cm and that seemed to line up with the growth rates I had seen in APL. First stocked in jan 2014 and over the 17/18 summer the biggest I got there was 37cm and I had only heard rumours of 40s at this stage but can't recall ever seeing proof. Which makes me think that those initial werribee fish spread out over the bay rather than those 40s coming from the ones stocked above patto and in mordi in dec 16/jan 2017. The fish from watersports definitely ended up down in patto, can't remember exactly when but I remember seeing massive schools of micro eps in the lights at patto boat ramp smashing up tiny bait. I've also found perch in good numbers in small systems that weren't directly stocked.

On the nong there was fish stocked lower down at brimbank park and avondale heights but I think even fished stocked up at bulla could make their way down to the estuary if they wanted too.

https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-...e-fish-revival

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by mazman

The ones I was talking about that were a bit larger were fish caught in 2019/2020 that were in the high 40s at a time where the biggest fish I was coming across good numbers of was around 38-42cm and that seemed to line up with the growth rates I had seen in APL. First stocked in jan 2014 and over the 17/18 summer the biggest I got there was 37cm and I had only heard rumours of 40s at this stage but can't recall ever seeing proof. Which makes me think that those initial werribee fish spread out over the bay rather than those 40s coming from the ones stocked above patto and in mordi in dec 16/jan 2017. The fish from watersports definitely ended up down in patto, can't remember exactly when but I remember seeing massive schools of micro eps in the lights at patto boat ramp smashing up tiny bait. I've also found perch in good numbers in small systems that weren't directly stocked.

On the nong there was fish stocked lower down at brimbank park and avondale heights but I think even fished stocked up at bulla could make their way down to the estuary if they wanted too.

https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-...e-fish-revival

Yeah Solomans ford must have looked like a the ticket check area at a train station in peak hour when they had those big releases up stream

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by greggo_1

It was about 4-5 years ago when they first showed up I think.
We were mistaking the large schools showing on the sounders as baitfish. A few were caught on the big Jewie plastics and were then targeted to see if the baitfish were actually perch. Yep they were perch, huge schools of juveniles...it seemed to happen really quickly...maybe within one or two seasons.

So the 2018 stocking in the Nong looks to coincide with the large numbers of juveniles in the Yarra.

Yeah Judging by the packs of little fellas - it doesnt look like a whole lot of them stayed up stream

[greggo_1]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

Yeah Judging by the packs of little fellas - it doesn't look like a whole lot of them stayed up stream

I fished both systems at the weekend, EP's were throughout and abundant. Your kayak spot definitely held the most though.
We caught a few and they were high 30's to low 40's. Maybe only the big ones were caught because of the big plastics used...?

[yellow door 1]

Yeah I wasn’t breaking any records with 2 inch grubs last night��

[yellow door 1]

Nothing was really working today. It been getting tougher and tougher - Even collected some worms from the car park just to see if the fish were still there - with in seconds of the worms hitting the bottom - bang - they were all over it

But they didnt want my 2 inch drop shotted, minnows. So I figured I might try something that just flails around on the spot like a worm on a hook.

“wacky rigging a creature” was chosen after they stole my 8cm plastic worm. I chose the fatter creature because they would have a harder time ripping it off. And bang. The lake lit up. Casting to the exact same spots I had tried for the last half hour. A small hole about 20m wide. They were taking it on the drop. Multiple hits per retrieve. But the action dried up after 5 fish and went back to tough as it’s been.

I thought I’d cracked the winter code, again - after the first few casts but it was not to be

I swear these reds only respect innovating and only for a short period of time before the technique stops working.

[greggo_1]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

I thought I’d cracked the winter code, again - after the first few casts but it was not to be.

Same thing with the Jewies, at one stage I was so confident I had them sorted, I could pick the time within an hour for a hookup.
I thought I had it sorted...Tides, barometer, fresh water levels and flow rates, water temp, which lure for time of day...etc.. I had kept a log of the conditions when fish were caught over about 4 years.

Yep, all turned to crap eventually: I would see them on the sounder, but they had no interest at all in hooking up no matter what I put in front of them...even dropshotting, Wacky rigs and Carolina rigs. I still cant work the things out!

[yellow door 1]

giving the scaler bag a stretch

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by greggo_1

Same thing with the Jewies, at one stage I was so confident I had them sorted, I could pick the time within an hour for a hookup.
I thought I had it sorted...Tides, barometer, fresh water levels and flow rates, water temp, which lure for time of day...etc.. I had kept a log of the conditions when fish were caught over about 4 years.

Yep, all turned to crap eventually: I would see them on the sounder, but they had no interest at all in hooking up no matter what I put in front of them...even dropshotting, Wacky rigs and Carolina rigs. I still cant work the things out!

Yeah it keeps things interesting but frustrating at the same time

[Emo]

This one was from 2018 in the Nong. At the time i caught it I’m sure i was thunking they had been stocked a few years earlier but based on the video I don’t think it could have been part of an official stocking program?

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by Emo

This one was from 2018 in the Nong. At the time i caught it I’m sure i was thunking they had been stocked a few years earlier but based on the video I don’t think it could have been part of an official stocking program?

Yeah by the sounds of things there were a few unofficial stockers going around at that time

[yellow door 1]

It if an innovative take on the animals in wave genre

[greggo_1]

What a cracker! Who's the artist?

[yellow door 1]

He's got a few variations on the theme I hadnt seen aswell


https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1079...oster-seascape

[yellow door 1]

Plastic drinking straw
Hot glue end caps with a swivel shoved in
Red heat shrink indicator