The rivers are closed for fishing until October long weekend. Brown trout spawn runs have been early this season with rainbow trout staying on track for mid winter.

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Lake surface temperature is usually below 10ºC. Surface trolling early and later in the day with 3 to 4 colours of leadline or snap weights, will get you down to the thermocline where the trout feel comfortable. Spinning the lake edges with soft plastics in appetising shapes and colours around rocky points and structure, the trout will be hungry after an early spawning and will be cruising the lake edges for food.

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​Bait fishing with worms or Powerbait can also be productive. Keep your bait rig light, use just enough weight to cast a short distance from the bank, as the fish can be feeding in close to the banks around weed beds and rocky structure. Fishing worms under a float or using a weighted dropper is be a good method in snaggy areas around the lake edge.

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August is a good month for 'Polaroiding', fly fishing around the lake edges can target cruising trout that have come back into the lake after spawning. Wet & streamer flies such as wooley buggers & matukas are productive. Spinning soft plastics in greens, blacks or yabbie patterns in small or large are a good meal size for hungry trout.

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There are many easy access locations around the lake, Creel Bay, Wollondibby Inlet, Curiosity Point, Hatchery Bay & the Clay Pits foreshore where the old clay excavation area provides a deep water edge that can hold feeding fish.

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The lures that have been working recently are gold & silver, frog & darker pattern  Tasmanian Devils. Gold, silver & brown colours in hard body minnows, any lure that imitates a Jindabyne Goldfish is a good choice, as the trout feed on them.

 

A weighted casting fly in the natural colours or goldfish pattern is also a good choice, you fish the weighted casting fly with your spinning rod, they land soft on the water and are less likely to 'spook' the fish. Let the lure sink and then work it through the water column, pausing and retrieving all the way to the bank.

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We have everything you will need in the shop for sale & hire.

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Kind regards,

Brian & Stuart