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Another short but sweet report...
Slow and late rise this morning as I waited for Jason to arrive with the commander ( Holden Commodore ) to do a dual load of our yaks in preparation for the haulage to Barlings Beach in the next coming weeks, as successful application was made to the roof of the car submitting my fear well beyond the point of retrieval ( In other words yak strapped on like a dream ), with some time to kill I suggested previously that we should head to the Molonglo Reach and launch from the A.C.T Hospice into the beautiful body of water that was well and truely out of the wind and free of dreaded rowers ( And unfortunately no Redfin ).
Great paddle with barely a sole on the water ( Well fishing anyway ) till some power paddlers and a big paddleboat steamed down the middle of the river, made for some spectacular photos but alas no fish were encountered even though it was very fishy looking, but much like others previous attempts nothing was brought on to our yaks, not even a bloody English Perch.
After a few hours we moved out and through the east basin and under Kings Avenue bridge into the west basin that holds the Carillion ( Canberra landmark ) but only one small Redfin was pulled as we trolled under the bridge in water levels topping the 3m mark, decided to head off the water and head to Tackle World where I was bound to get lucky with some new lures and an additional Humminbird Pirahna Max10 sounder to install in and on the Quest ( Just in time for the AKFF Barlings Beach trip in a few weeks time, I am not that keen on going offshore in any conditions without one ).
Not sure how many photos Jason got but with the amount of Wildlife on offer I would say they would be of a high calibre and hope he will get the opportunity between crazy science testing to post some up, especially of the Lizard and the talkative Cows bordering the edges ( Along with some sneaky photos I saw him taking of me and my bad trolling technique ).
Slow and late rise this morning as I waited for Jason to arrive with the commander ( Holden Commodore ) to do a dual load of our yaks in preparation for the haulage to Barlings Beach in the next coming weeks, as successful application was made to the roof of the car submitting my fear well beyond the point of retrieval ( In other words yak strapped on like a dream ), with some time to kill I suggested previously that we should head to the Molonglo Reach and launch from the A.C.T Hospice into the beautiful body of water that was well and truely out of the wind and free of dreaded rowers ( And unfortunately no Redfin ).
Great paddle with barely a sole on the water ( Well fishing anyway ) till some power paddlers and a big paddleboat steamed down the middle of the river, made for some spectacular photos but alas no fish were encountered even though it was very fishy looking, but much like others previous attempts nothing was brought on to our yaks, not even a bloody English Perch.
After a few hours we moved out and through the east basin and under Kings Avenue bridge into the west basin that holds the Carillion ( Canberra landmark ) but only one small Redfin was pulled as we trolled under the bridge in water levels topping the 3m mark, decided to head off the water and head to Tackle World where I was bound to get lucky with some new lures and an additional Humminbird Pirahna Max10 sounder to install in and on the Quest ( Just in time for the AKFF Barlings Beach trip in a few weeks time, I am not that keen on going offshore in any conditions without one ).
Not sure how many photos Jason got but with the amount of Wildlife on offer I would say they would be of a high calibre and hope he will get the opportunity between crazy science testing to post some up, especially of the Lizard and the talkative Cows bordering the edges ( Along with some sneaky photos I saw him taking of me and my bad trolling technique ).
