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Acheron & Rubicon Rivers - Thornton/Buxton areas
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| 29 April 2006, David Arena |
| Location: |
Taggerty |
Time: |
5pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Atlantic salmon |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Small spinner |
| Fish Caught: |
2 x Atlantic salmon @ 47cm-40cm |
| Comments: |
It was overcast so fish were biting. Great day for fishing. |
| 14 April 2006, Sasa Veljovic |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Alexandra |
Time: |
7am-12.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Powerbait, worms |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x rainbow @ 350g |
| Comments: |
Went with my friend and worked very hard in the rain but action was slow. |
| 13 March 2006, Robert |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Alexandra |
Time: |
3pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Black beetle/celta |
| Fish Caught: |
None |
| Comments: |
Fished under bridge for about 1 hour with no luck! |
| June 2005, Andrew |
| Location: |
Acheron River, Alexandra |
Time: |
9am |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Scrubbies |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x brown trout @ 27cm |
| Comments: |
Very good day, went to a little picnic area with my family and decided to bring my rod so I went for a little fish and caught the trout. |
| 9 April 2005, Sixvolt |
| Location: |
Rubicon River, Thornton |
Time: |
Day |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms, Celtas, Tassie Devils |
| Fish Caught: |
3 x brown trout @ 25cm-30cm
10 x redfin @ small |
| Comments: |
Caught most fish drifting scrubworms and on small lures. |
| 9 January 2005,
Thor's Hammer |
| Location: |
Glendale Rd, Taggerty |
Time: |
2pm-7pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Celta, worms |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x rainbow trout @ pan size
2 x redfin @ small, released |
| Comments: |
Water level was higher than I expected for January. Water was reasonably clear. Sunny day about 27 deg C. Lots of people on the river. |
| 19 December 2004,
Cameron Hoare |
| Location: |
Rubicon River, Thornton |
Time: |
2pm-4pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Brown or rainbow trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Rapalas, Rebel and Celtas |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x brown trout @ 35cm
1 x brown trout @ 31cm
1 x brown trout @ 25cm |
| Comments: |
All fish caught on Rapalas, one on 3cm black and gold and 2 on 5cm brown trout. |
| 20 March 2004, James and Liam |
| Location: |
Snobs Creek |
Time: |
8pm-10pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Wading |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Crickets |
| Fish Caught: |
2 x rainbow trout @ small
1 x brown trout @ small-medium
1 x rainbow trout @ 26cm |
| Comments: |
Fished at Snobs Creek (near the hatchery) only because I was staying up the road. The water was really low. I was going to keep fishing until I saw a massive feral cat on the other side of the creek. After that we just walked away slowly. |
See previous Acheron & Rubicon River reports here. |
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