B.t. - P.b.

brad mcdonald · #1 21-10-2007, 09:51 PM

hi all,

i headed to harvey dam on sunday hoping to get in touch with a few trout. what followed was the best trout session i've had in wa ... ever!!

the fisrt fish i landed for the day was a ne pb brown!! woo hoo

52cm and 2.24kg on the digi scales.

i'm sure i looked a site trying to get the net out while playing this guy .... man they go hard in open water .... for a trout anyway.

in typical brown fashon he was in near some fairly nasty cover and i thought i was in a spot of bother on 4lb leader, but it all ended well, & he swam off to fight another day.

brad mcdonald · #2 21-10-2007, 09:54 PM

i covered a heap of the dam in a 7 hour session, infact i flatttened the kotta batteries and had to walk the boat the last 300m or there abouts back to the ramp.

got in touch with 4 of these guys as well...

brad mcdonald · #3 21-10-2007, 09:55 PM

and another one of these .... this one was 1.37kg

brad mcdonald · #4 21-10-2007, 09:59 PM

also got about 15 or so yearlings and 1 red fin ..... dont worry big pete i thought of you but the gready buggar swallowed a staic shad 60 down to the gills and did not survive.....

its a great spot havrey .... finaly its fishing just as good as the scenery!!

i think i'd quite like living in the house below.

Stu_000 · #5 21-10-2007, 10:17 PM

Nice fish Brad. Glad they came on for you. I went down about a week a go and couldn't buy a hit except from the reddies

brad mcdonald · #6 22-10-2007, 12:11 AM

shame to hear that stu.... it took me a hour or so to find them & figure out what they were in the mood for, but once they started to come they did so at fairly regular intervals.

how did the rst course go?

Stu_000 · #7 22-10-2007, 01:01 AM

Yeah went well mate no dramas. Good to get it done

BIG PETE · #8 22-10-2007, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by brad mcdonald

dont worry big pete i thought of you but the gready buggar swallowed a staic shad 60 down to the gills and did not survive.....

no stress mate next time

Huggy_B · #9 22-10-2007, 10:25 AM

Nice work Brad.

Had a nice session myself on Saturday (except the rain!) - managed 3 browns over 50cm (my mate kept one around 55cm, no idea on the weight) and at least a dozen yearlings, at one stage we couldn't stop catching them. Amazingly though, I have only caught one reddie this season so far in about 8 or so trips.

Wyld Fisher · #10 23-10-2007, 05:51 AM

Very nice Trout mate!

grayson. d · #11 23-10-2007, 06:12 AM

nice trout there Brad, that PB is a stonker

cheers
grayson

brad mcdonald · #12 23-10-2007, 08:28 PM

thanks guys... not quite as flash as that mulla grayson.

huggy - some time the rough weather seams to fire em up, sounds like you had a great day. well done.

crusty · #13 23-10-2007, 08:48 PM

I love those brownies.

Were these on fly or lures?

I like chasing trout in creeks better than lakes/dams, so prefer to chase them with a fly. In a lake I would guess lures are more efficient, unless you can see the fish.

How far is that from Perth, my wife has been encouraging a visit to that side of the country, but so far I have resisted.

brad mcdonald · #14 23-10-2007, 09:55 PM

g'day crusty,

i got them on hard bodies mate - was just a bit to windy for fly on sunday.... that and i was having to much fun with the hb's

harvey is about 2 hrs south of perth.

Huggy_B · #15 24-10-2007, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by crusty

I love those brownies.

Were these on fly or lures?

I like chasing trout in creeks better than lakes/dams, so prefer to chase them with a fly. In a lake I would guess lures are more efficient, unless you can see the fish.

How far is that from Perth, my wife has been encouraging a visit to that side of the country, but so far I have resisted.

I've found the best success trolling hb's during the morning and fly fishing in the evening. Not a lot of rises in the morning compared to the arvo in my experience.