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Acheron & Rubicon Rivers - Thornton/Buxton areas
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| 16 January 2004, Joe McGurk |
| Location: |
Acheron River |
Time: |
6.30am-1pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Maggots, worms |
| Fish Caught: |
9 x rainbow trout @ all small |
| Comments: |
Fished the river with my grandson Aaron, lots of bites on maggots. None on worms. All fish released. Great day. Left the river to go to the pondage or the Goulburn. |
| 18 October 2003, Ezza |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Buxton |
Time: |
5am-2pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Maggots, Woolly Bugger (black) |
| Fish Caught: |
4 x rainbow trout @ pan size
1 x brown trout @ pan size
6 x rainbow trout @ undersize |
| Comments: |
Water was fast. Fish were biting for about an hour. Caught all fish on maggots except one on the fly. It was caught in the little Steavenson River at around 11am. |
| 15 October 2003, Lych |
| Location: |
Acheron River |
Time: |
7am-10am |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Other |
| Target Fish: |
Powerbait, worms |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Celta lure |
| Fish Caught: |
None, see comment below. |
| Comments: |
Plenty of water. nice day, but no bites. no fish! |
| 14 May 2003, Joe |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Buxton |
Time: |
12.35pm-4pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Celta lure |
| Fish Caught: |
11 x rainbow trout @ too small |
| Comments: |
After fishing the Goulburn in the morning I got to the Acheron to find 3 cars there. Decided to wade up river spinning. Unbelieveable, not much water but was alive with small trout, I even landed one about 2 inches long, if this is the result of closed seasons I'm all for it. All fish returned to river. Great day all around. |
| 3 March 2003, Joe McGurk |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Buxton |
Time: |
3pm-4.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Brown and rainbow trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Maggots, scrub, worms |
| Fish Caught: |
3 x rainbow trout @ undersize |
| Comments: |
Called in at the river on the way home only because I had some maggots left, I had a small trout on as soon as the berley cage hit the bottom, landed two other small fish almost at once, rounded off a great day. The river was a little bit dirty due to the rain. Tight lines everyone. |
| 7 April 2002, James |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Buxton |
Time: |
6-11am |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Crickets |
| Fish Caught: |
4 x rainbow trout @ 15-20cms
26 x brown trout @ 15-27cms |
| Comments: |
Waded a few kilometers of river, quite overgrown in places. |
| 1 April 2002, Mark Gordon |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Alexandra |
Time: |
10.20am-1.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Grub worms |
| Fish Caught: |
None, see comments below |
| Comments: |
No clouds, slow running and very relaxing. |
| 2 January 2002, Stuart |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Taggerty & Thornton |
Time: |
11am-1.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Scrubbies, maggots, mudeyes |
| Fish Caught: |
None, see comments below |
| Comments: |
Very quiet - water levels appeared to be a little higher than usual, with turbid water clarity. Other anglers didn't appear to be having much luck either. |
| 16 September 2000, Raymond Holt |
| Location: |
Twin rivers |
Time: |
1pm-4.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Maggots, worms, Powerbait, lures |
| Fish Caught: |
None, see comments below |
| Comments: |
Fished the Acheron and Goulburn junction. Few bites, appeared to be spooked by all the platypus activity. |
| 1 & 5 September 2000, Stuart |
| Location: |
Acheron River,
Buxton to Thornton |
Time: |
1am-3.30am.
4.30pm-8pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Maggots, scrub worms |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x Blackfish @ 25cm |
| Comments: |
No fish caught in morning of 1 September; saw another angler land a small brown trout which was in very poor condition. Blackfish caught and released in early evening of 5 September on scrub worm - healthy looking fish. (Personal fishing ethic to release all native fish.) |
| 16 December 2000, Llew Stephens |
| Location: |
Acheron, Rubicon |
Time: |
9am-2pm |
| Type of Water: |
river |
Type of Fishing: |
shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout/Salmon |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Rapalla and Celta |
| Fish Caught: |
8 x Trout @ Small |
| Comments: |
Hooked up and lost 1 good fish in the Rubicon. 1 other good size followed but all in all the Rubicon was disappointing and decidedly lacking in fish. The Acheron at Buxton held several small fish - all too small to keep. A hot 33 C day with clear water and bright skies. The Buxton pub provided its usual good lunch. A good day had by all - no snakes sighted. |
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