Easter Opening Hours

Friday         21^st  March 9am -7pm

Saturday     22^nd March 7am -5.30pm

Sunday        23^rd  March 7am - 3.30pm

Monday      24^th  March 9am -5.30pm

Headlines:  Fishing over the week and weekend again was brilliant on the whole.  Lake Eucumbene is the place to be with many great reports from anglers using all methods. 

 The way the fishing is shaping up the Easter weekend will be fantastic.  The full moon should see plenty more Mudeyes on the go again too.

It's on again this November, The 35th Yamaha and Freshwater Fishing Snowy Mountains Trout Festival.  Dates for the week long competition are Saturday the 1st of November - Friday 7th of November 2008.

Once again prizes will include a Boat, Motor and Trailer package, Category prizes for Trolling, Spinning, Fly and Bait fishing, daily secret weight cash prizes, plus an overall secret weight cash prize.  The fishing is bound to be excellent and it is a great family orientated event.  Book your holidays early and don't miss the countries premier Trout Fishing event.

Flyfishing

Rivers:-  Not a great deal of change in the river fishing which has still been excellent.  Levels have dropped slightly but fish numbers are still high.  The Thredbo and Eucumbene are both very clear at present which means long, light leaders and a very stealthy approach.  There is some great river polaroiding to be had when the water is very clear and the upper reaches of the Thredbo in particular have produced some really good Browns. 

On the Eucumbene the fishing has been similar to that in the Thredbo.  Searching or casting at a sighted fish with a dry has been working well in the glides and slow pools.  A dry indicator with a weighted nymph has been the best option in the faster runs at the head of pools.

Hopper patterns have been producing despite the lack of naturals on the water.  Klinkhamers and Red Humpies have been good along with Caddis and Dun style dries.  Nymphs in black, brown and hare and coppers have been great.

Lake Eucumbene:- There has still been producing some great evening and early morning fly fishing.   Mudeye hatches are occurring with some huge migrations.  Fish have been on these and other food items every night.  Some nights are better than others, but there is no doubt the fishing is very consistent at present.  Location is all important.  Bays with lots of grass weed are ideal and rocky points adjacent to these bays being very good too.  The bottom end of the lake has been excellent including Braemar, Coppermine, Collingwood, Waiunui Buckenderra, Rushy Plains, Sevengates, Springwood, Yens and Old Adaminaby are the best options.

The best time has been from about 8pm onwards and the rise is usually over by about 10pm.  Those who are keen to keep fishing will still catch fish well into the early hours of the morning.

The Rainbows have really put on some great condition over the last few weeks as have the majority of Browns.   

There is a heap of food in the water at present too with Damsels Nymphs, Corixa, Mudeyes, Snails and Caddis being plentiful and although there are still plenty of Hoppers about those that have used them are working very hard for 1-2 fish after burleying with many live hoppers.  The fish seem to be more clued in on the huge amount of aquatic life in the margins at present. 

*Kesh Gill from Sydney has had several good sessions on the lake at Old Adaminaby.  In his best session he caught five good Browns on Mudeye patterns.  He has not seen a Rainbow which is a stark contrast to the bottom end of the lake where the vast majority of fish are Rainbows.

*Alan Hocking from Canberra has added another dimension to his fishing by purchasing his first ever fly oufit in recent weeks.  Alan put the new gear to great effect at Buckenderra this week and caught his first Trout on fly gear. A 48cm Rainbow is a great first fly capture and for an angler who has caught more Trout by other methods than he can remember, this capture will last in the memory banks for a very long time.   Well done Alan.   

Alan has sent me this email this morning. 

 Lake Jindabyne:-  Reports from Jindabyne have suggested that fishing down deep is the best bet at present.  With cooler nights the edges should fish well early in the day.   Small wets and searching with Woolly Buggers will find a few fish.  A Mudeye pattern after dark in the evenings should turn up a few good fish also.

Best areas to look at in Jindabyne are Kalkite, Creel Bay, Curiosity Rocks, Hayshed and Hatchery Bay.

 Lake Tantangara :-  No reports

Trolling and Spinning 

Eucumbene:-   Reports from the lake have been fantastic.  The trolling has been brilliant.  Launching access is available at Old Adaminaby, Anglers Reach, Dam Wall and Buckenderra. With cooler conditions there should be a few more fish taking shallow running minnows and Tassie Devils this week.  It would still be worth running a down rigger or lead core as well as surface lures to cover your options.  The Love Grass problem has diminished and has made trolling alot easier.

*I fished with Colin in his boat from Buckenderra the last two mornings, and trolled up 7 good rainbows from 42-47cm.  We let a few fish under 40cm go until next time but it was good to take home a feed of 5 fish. By the way the access at Buckenderra is very good for all size boats. Please be aware that the NORTH CARDINAL MARK THAT IS OPPOSITE BROOKWOOD BAY SHOULD BE MOVED AS THERE ARE ROCKS JUST BELOW THE SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 100 MTS TO THE NORTH AS YOU VENTURE INTO RUSHIES AND ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

Regards

Alan Hocking

Best areas have been Anglers Reach, Seven Gates, Waiunui, Collingwood, Coppermine and Main basin.

Jindabyne:-  As in Eucumbene fishing both surface lures and lures on lead core or a down rigger is the best bet for catching a few fish.  Reports do suggest deeper rather than shallower is a little more consistent. 

The quality of some of the fish has been superb with real football like condition.  Best spots to troll have been Sids Bay, Creel Bay, Kangaroo Bay, the bank between  Sid's and Kalkite and the islands adjacent to the township.

 Talbingo:-  

Hi Tom,

We fished talbingo sunday morning got the boat on at 7:00am flat lined tassies for an hour with one touch.  There were heaps of trout showing on the sounder between 30 and 50ft so we used the downrigger to get down there for two nice rainbows around 2 lb on a rainbow trout rapala. we had a few more hits and misses and called it a day. off the water at 11:00 am great day had.

Cheers Ryan

Baitfishing :- Mudeyes, Mudeyes, Mudeyes and dare I say it again, Mudeyes.  These are without doubt the best bait in Eucumbene at present.  While worms, grubs and Powerbait can and have produced, the better catches have been with the bubble float and the Mudeye.