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Lake Eildon - The Pondage
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| 18 October 2008, Dale McKenzie |
| Location: |
Eildon Pondage |
Time: |
5.30am-9am |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Bait, lures |
| Fish Caught |
1 x brown trout @ 4.5lb
1 x redfin @ pan size! |
| Comments: |
Caught a great looking brown trout (see photo) on loftys cobra, also netted a good eating size reddy on scubbies. Dropped a much larger fish also, the pondage has been kind to me lately, catching fish 5lb-7lb regularly (See photo in Gallery section). |
| 8-10 August 2008, Aaron |
| Location: |
Eildon Pondage |
Time: |
12pm-6pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Power bait |
| Fish Caught |
1 x rainbow trout @ 300g
5 x crayfish @ various |
| Comments: |
Only started fishing so I'm new to the whole thing hence the quantity of fish, but I had a great time. I camped with a mate in one of the local caravan parks and caught the only fish of the trip on rainbow power bait that a bloke fishing gave me as our pink version wasn't working. Lost 3 other fish, they spat the hook. Had a WOW of a time! |
| 5-6 July 2008, Mitch |
| Location: |
Eildon Pondage |
Time: |
Early morning and late afternoon |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Bait, lures |
| Fish Caught |
1 x brown trout @ 6-7 lbs
1 x rainbow trout @ 8.5 lbs
2 x brown trount @ 1-2 lbs
4 x rainbow trout @ 1-2 lbs |
| Comments: |
The fishing was hot! I caught the big brown early morning and my wife caught the rainbow in the afternoon. All the small trout were released to fight another day. We lost a couple of fish including a decent fish. Fish where caught both with bait and lures. Cant tell you the bait or the lures, it's a secret and so is the location. Had a ball all round. I saw a couple other thumpers caught and a lot of small fish also taken. All fishos, please let the little guys live! Good fishing to you all (See photo in Gallery section). |
| 13 July 2008, Joe |
| Location: |
Eildon Pondage |
Time: |
10am-5.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Powerbait, mudeyes (Dragonfly nymphs), worms |
| Fish Caught |
None, see comments |
| Comments: |
Water was low and the fishing slow. Had 15 bites all day and came close to landing one fish. Baits used were powerbait, worms and mudeyes (Dragonfly nymphs). Heaps of fish were jumping and some very big! |
| 29 June 2008, Michael |
| Location: |
Eildon Pondage |
Time: |
8am-2pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Soft plastics, lures, trout nuggets, maggots |
| Fish Caught |
None |
| Comments: |
Quite a puzzling day - we had a spectacular show of rainbow trout hunting small fish right at the bank, but no bite on anything. Saw just one man pulling out a trout, and a lot of fellow anglers done with nothing. Otherwise - lovely. Clear water (falling), lots of birds of all sorts, including a musk duck (rare), and a lot of rainbows jumping. |
| 18 June 2008, Jimbo |
| Location: |
Eildon Pondage |
Time: |
10.30am-4pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Powerbait, scrubbies, maggots, lures |
| Fish Caught |
1 x rainbow @ 960g
1 x rainbow @ 620g |
| Comments: |
Took a trip with my son to the Pondage. Got there about 10.30am. I started using scrubbies and Jay was using a light coloured Tassie Devil. Second cast with his lure he hooked into a small rainbow which was released. Couple of casts later he got another one. He then wandered off with his lure leaving me sitting on the bank with my bait rods. He came back shortly with the big rainbow and a little while later with the other one. He caught another four small rainbows which were released. And me, I had three bites all day. |
| 24 May 2008, Roscoe Cromie |
| Location: |
Lake Eildon |
Time: |
5pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Local dough |
| Fish Caught |
1 x Euro carp/yellowbelly @ 38cm |
| Comments: |
Hoping someone can identify the fish species. Common opinion is it is half Euro Carp/Yellowbelly or half Euro Carp/Perch???? Can you identify please. |
| 17 May 2008, Kenz, Matt, Mark |
| Location: |
Lake Eildon |
Time: |
10.30am-5pm |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout, redfin |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Assorted lures, Powerbait, grubs, melee worms |
| Fish Caught |
1 x brown trout @ 4lb/45cm
3 x rainbow trout @ 20cm-30cm |
| Comments: |
Fished the pondage. Matt got the massive trout in first 45mins. All was quiet until about 3.30pm, that's when the rainbows came. I highly recommend this spot to fish. Mackenzie. |
| 16 May 2008, Willow |
| Location: |
Lake Eildon |
Time: |
6.30am-11.30am |
| Type of Water: |
Lake |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Tassie Devil No. 77, rainbow candy Powerbait |
| Fish Caught |
1 x rainbow @ 5.7kg (12.5lb)
1 x brown @ 3.4kg (7.6lb)
2 x rainbows @ 1.2kg
6 x rainbows @ pan size |
| Comments: |
Biggest trout I've caught by a mile. Got her on the Tassie. The brown was also taken on Tassie all other fish on Powerbait. Took the bigger fish into Gaz at Eildon Bait and Tackle and had them weighed. They were a lot heavier than I thought. (See photo in Gallery section.) |
See previous Eildon Pondage reports here. |
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