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Bostock Reservoir - Ballan
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| 19 February 2006, David Cassar |
| Location: |
Bostock Reservoir |
Time: |
7.30am-10.30am |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Royal Wulf fly |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x redfin @ 14 cm |
| Comments: |
The water level is extremely low. Most of the banks are very boggy. Fish were jumping all morning but wouldn't grab my fly. Possibly my fault as I am a very inexperienced fly fisherman. All of the fish jumping seemed to be redfin and there were some big fish. Still I had fun and this little bugger was my first fish on a fly. Best place to fish is the steep rocky bank on the oposite side of the lake to the BBQ's. It is deep and the banks are firm, unlike the rest of the lake. Worth a look early morning. |
| 18 February 2006, Jonathan |
| Location: |
Bostock Reservoir |
Time: |
5pm-8pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Redfin, brown, rainbow trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Garden worms, spinners |
| Fish Caught: |
2 x redfin @ 20cm
2 x redfin @ 10cm |
| Comments: |
Not much happening at the lake, no one else seemed to catch anything. If you go to the lake watch your step on the muddy edges (I nearly lost my foot). |
| 8 January 2006, Dave Brehm |
| Location: |
Bostock Reservoir |
Time: |
12pm-4pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin, eel |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Various lures, worms |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x redfin @ 4 inches |
| Comments: |
Almost bone dry! Only decent water was near the walls. Lots of people fishing, but only small redfin biting. Strong easterly wind. |
| 7 January 2006, John Rivett |
| Location: |
Bostock Reservoir |
Time: |
6.30am-12pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Scrub & garden worms, corn, mussel, maggots |
| Fish Caught: |
6 x redfin @ all small |
| Comments: |
Not much water at Bostock, it's extremely low (shame). Had a great time catching these little reddies. The only bait they took was the worms and maggots. While I was shifting positions up the bank, I went back to collect my second rod to find a reddie hooked. Brought him in and the little bugger had swallowed both hooks chockers with maggots, he swam away quite happy with an absolute mouthfull. Thank you to Jonathan for the location advice to reach Bostock. |
| 2 January 2006, Jonathan |
| Location: |
Bostock Reservoir |
Time: |
5pm-8.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Scrub worms |
| Fish Caught: |
3 x Redfin @ 0.5lb |
| Comments: |
Quite a few people around the lake, most didn't seem to catch much. I Don't know how much longer this reservoir will have water in it. At 2.5% capacity at the beginning of summer things don't look good. Hopefully we get some rain, or Barwon water stop draining it! (See photo in Gallery section). |
| 27 December 2005, Daniel |
| Location: |
Bostock Reservoir |
Time: |
9am-2pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms, minnows, spinners |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x redfin @ 400g |
| Comments: |
The conditions were very windy. Caught the redfin on the minnow on the bottom and there were a lot of little redfin following the spinner. The guy next to us caught a 1kg redfin before we got there. |
| 16 December 2005, Jonathan |
| Location: |
Bostock Reservoir |
Time: |
4pm-8pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Spinners, worms |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x brown trout @ 30cm
Lots x redfin @ Less 10cm |
| Comments: |
The bigger redfin weren't on the bite at all. The trout was caught on worms. |
See previous Bostock Reservoir reports here.
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