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Gellibrand River - Western District
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| 17 May 2008, Leigh Myroniuk |
| Location: |
Lower Gellibrand River |
Time: |
11am-3.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Blackfish, trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Bait, lure |
| Fish Caught: |
2 x brown trout @ 47cm-40cm |
| Comments: |
Picked up the two trout on Berkley's 'Gulp' scented soft plastics (smelt minnow). (See photo in Gallery section.) |
| 13-14 February 2008, Les |
| Location: |
Gellibrand River |
Time: |
7pm-11pm, 2pm-6pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
River, blackfish |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Sandworms, scrubworms |
| Fish Caught: |
5 x blackfish @ up to 45cm
10 x eels @ up to 1m
3 x spiny crays @ ?
1 x brown trout @ 35cm |
| Comments: |
Another good fishing trip in the Gellibrand system. |
| 5 January 2008, Les |
| Location: |
Gellibrand River |
Time: |
1pm-11pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
River blackfish |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms |
| Fish Caught: |
10 x river blackfish @ 30cm-51cm |
| Comments: |
An excellent session targeting the best eating freshwater fish in southern Australia. Largest was a 51cm monster. Between 3 of us we caught around 30 fish mostly blackfish, some trout and the annoying eel. Running sinker with locally dug river sandworms and scrubbies is the best method of capture. |
| 14 April 2007, Les |
| Location: |
Larnder Creek |
Time: |
1.30pm-6.30pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
River blackfish |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms |
| Fish Caught: |
20 x river blackfish @ 20cm-45cm |
| Comments: |
My uncle and I fished on what was the perfect day for fishing - humid, muggy - weather that blackfish love. Between us we got 20. Probably our best fishing trip for the summer season. |
| 9 April 2007, Les |
| Location: |
Larnder Creek |
Time: |
12pm-2pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Blackfish |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms |
| Fish Caught: |
4 x blackfish @ 30cm |
| Comments: |
My partner caught all the blackfish, she did well! I caught zero, did all the hard work digging up the worms and baiting the hooks. Missed two beauties though that were over 40cm. Returned all the fish as we only keep the real big ones to eat. |
| 14 January 2007, Darby |
| Location: |
Beech Forest |
Time: |
2pm-5pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Eels, trout, blackfish |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms, bread |
| Fish Caught: |
None |
| Comments: |
Not sure what town it was near and what exact river it was. Last town I saw was Beech Forest. Stayed all day at Dandos Camping Ground with the fam. Eels everywhere, but river too full of submerged branches to get anything out. Everytime you had one on you would get snagged on a branch. I ended up with nothing, but my uncle was using a float and was catching them continuously. His biggest was over 1.5 metres! |
| 31 December 2006, Les |
| Location: |
Gellibrand |
Time: |
6pm-10pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Blackfish |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Worms |
| Fish Caught: |
4 x blackfish @ 43cm
1 x brown trout @ 22cm
6 x eels @ 100cm |
| Comments: |
Lovely night for it, humid and hot. |
| 27 October 2006, Les |
| Location: |
Gellibrand Creeks |
Time: |
4pm-7pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Blackfish, brown trout, tupong, eels |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Sandworms |
| Fish Caught: |
15 x blackfish @ 15cm-50cm
1 x brown trout @ 35cm |
| Comments: |
My uncle from Queensland was home for a holiday, so I took him and my other uncle fishing at a secret spot near Gellibrand. It is out of blackfish season so all fish were returned to the river. Going to be a fun summer if the fishing is this good this early! Blackfish are the best eating freshwater fish you can get, it is time someone started to breed them. |
| 15 September 2001, Ken McCoombe |
| Location: |
Lower Gellibrand River, Colac |
Time: |
2pm-4pm |
| Type of Water: |
River |
Type of Fishing: |
Shore |
| Target Fish: |
Trout |
| Bait\Lure\Fly: |
Small brown nymph |
| Fish Caught: |
1 x Brown Trout @ 34cms |
| Comments: |
Water was flowing strongly and is still a bit discoloured. |
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