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 Where are all the fish?By John Harrison As a kid I would ride down to the Mitchell River at almost any time of the year and catch a fish! Even if was only one fish for the day, I'd get somthing! But now I have a few things on my side: 1. A car, 2. Great fishing gear, and 3. A better knowledge of all the fishing spots along most of the rivers... SO, where are all the fish? Last Christmas I brought the whole family fishing rods, reels, tackle boxes, tackle, the whole works and jerks and told them all the stories of ME catching heaps of fish in years gone by. Now we have been fishing umpteen times since Christmas and for the 20 or 30 packets and boxes of bait we have used we have not done all that well. We have fished the Mitchell, the Avon, the Tambo, the Nicholson, the Bemm, Bullock Island at Lakes Entrance, Marlo, the Snowy... boy we have travelled some miles! It seems to me that if you don't have a boat these days you're out of the running to catch a decent feed of fish, I have seen blokes come in from the lakes in boats with creels half full of fish... Is there a lull in our waterways? Does this happen every 5 to 10 years? I can't say we haven't caught anything, we have caught loads of tiny bream! With only 2 being size enough to take home, a few mullet, oh and 2 nice flathead. It's just not as I remember it some years back. I recall one fishing trip with my brother, we both rode our bikes down to the wharf on the Mitchell and had a ball catching the garfish, I think we bagged 65 for the morning between us! Now that's fishing! And other times we would catch big bream in the back water off the Mitchell one after another. Anyway it would be nice to land a few fish like the ol' days. And to see the kids faces light up while landing a nice fish. I think they have almost given up hope of catching the "big one", as they call it. Anyway if anyone else is having the same difficulties, lemme know and we can have a sook about together! :) Best of fishing folks! (23 July 2002) |
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