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A Public Holiday of historical significance... After a good response in the fishing trip suggestion thread, I woke early this morning ( Well not too early, around 7am ) and packed the car heading off to the Black Mountain ramp on the Peninsula, Red and Adrian were already on the water in the distance working hard for a Native ( Alas no luck so I am told ) so I rigged the yak up quickly, Granpop arrived half way through and rigged his Outfitter on the ramp after politely refusing my assistance to help move it to shore ( Obviously saving him many to and fro trips from the car ).
It was cold, overcast and the gods were dampening my day off with light rain scattered over the first few hours, angled my tracking to take me into Redfin Land and hoped to target some bigger models before the typical Canberra winter sets in basically writing off fishing the local lakes for a good few months ( Yes, even the feral Redfin will hide ) unless you want to target Carp... Nothing wrong with that as long as I don't catch you filleting!
Tacking away from the morning rowing squads was hard for the first hour and the Redfin were scarce, water temperature was at a chilly 16 degrees and even my all time favourite Perch lure ( Silver and red stripped Viking Talisman ) was having trouble finding its mark in the dark murky waters just shy of the 4m mark, eventually once I rounded the Peninsula a 20cm Redfin made it aboard the good ship 'Mary Jane' shortly followed by another once I exited the Perch alley.
Allan and his daughter Amanda rocked up around 9 o'clock, After a few comments regarding kayak issues we passed a departing Adrian and he briefly remarked that Dave ( Granpop ) was on to a horde of Redfin somewhere towards the island's, quick scan of the horizon revealed poor Dave being shadowed by two bath tubs ( Plastic and alloy tinnies with electric's ), news must travel fast round these parts. Dave had about 17 decent Redfin in a keeper bag prompting many words from my mouth which were encouraging but crass to say the least, he was owning these fish left, right and centre... Managed to squeeze the fact he was using a Jackal out of him and before you could say anything else I was jigging the crap out of my Jackal loaded Nitro around the anchor mark he had indicated, after that I just drifted in between the mainland taking a few fish just shy of 30cm but not the huge beast's I was hoping for ( Managed a 34cm model trolling the Talisman before disembarking ).
Quick time check revealed it was almost time to head back to the Peninsula and meet the ladies who had kindly donated all there time and effort into securing a table at a now busy site, Black Mountain is a popular tourist destination and also visited quite often with by the locals on weekends and public holidays, by this stage Victor and partner, Suzi, Kim, Adrian and his family had all arrived for a feed slowly followed by the lake stragglers ( Including myself )... Squidder rocked up after a frantic morning baking with some of the nicest tasting treats I have ever eaten, one delicious Lemon Meringue and a tantalising Key Lime Pie. Master chef Leigh and Suzi were on BBQ duties and produced a lovely mixed grill including a nice size Burley Griffin Bream and some Redfin fillets fit for a king, Claire and Kylie supplied some salad and plenty of fluid as well as most of the meat ( Thanks Kylie! ).
A great day off and a nice turnout by the Canberra connection...
It was cold, overcast and the gods were dampening my day off with light rain scattered over the first few hours, angled my tracking to take me into Redfin Land and hoped to target some bigger models before the typical Canberra winter sets in basically writing off fishing the local lakes for a good few months ( Yes, even the feral Redfin will hide ) unless you want to target Carp... Nothing wrong with that as long as I don't catch you filleting!
Tacking away from the morning rowing squads was hard for the first hour and the Redfin were scarce, water temperature was at a chilly 16 degrees and even my all time favourite Perch lure ( Silver and red stripped Viking Talisman ) was having trouble finding its mark in the dark murky waters just shy of the 4m mark, eventually once I rounded the Peninsula a 20cm Redfin made it aboard the good ship 'Mary Jane' shortly followed by another once I exited the Perch alley.
Allan and his daughter Amanda rocked up around 9 o'clock, After a few comments regarding kayak issues we passed a departing Adrian and he briefly remarked that Dave ( Granpop ) was on to a horde of Redfin somewhere towards the island's, quick scan of the horizon revealed poor Dave being shadowed by two bath tubs ( Plastic and alloy tinnies with electric's ), news must travel fast round these parts. Dave had about 17 decent Redfin in a keeper bag prompting many words from my mouth which were encouraging but crass to say the least, he was owning these fish left, right and centre... Managed to squeeze the fact he was using a Jackal out of him and before you could say anything else I was jigging the crap out of my Jackal loaded Nitro around the anchor mark he had indicated, after that I just drifted in between the mainland taking a few fish just shy of 30cm but not the huge beast's I was hoping for ( Managed a 34cm model trolling the Talisman before disembarking ).
Quick time check revealed it was almost time to head back to the Peninsula and meet the ladies who had kindly donated all there time and effort into securing a table at a now busy site, Black Mountain is a popular tourist destination and also visited quite often with by the locals on weekends and public holidays, by this stage Victor and partner, Suzi, Kim, Adrian and his family had all arrived for a feed slowly followed by the lake stragglers ( Including myself )... Squidder rocked up after a frantic morning baking with some of the nicest tasting treats I have ever eaten, one delicious Lemon Meringue and a tantalising Key Lime Pie. Master chef Leigh and Suzi were on BBQ duties and produced a lovely mixed grill including a nice size Burley Griffin Bream and some Redfin fillets fit for a king, Claire and Kylie supplied some salad and plenty of fluid as well as most of the meat ( Thanks Kylie! ).
A great day off and a nice turnout by the Canberra connection...
