Golden ponds bash saturday 16th
Well with all this talk about golden ponds , i thought i would go take a look see.
Got down there and bought some tinned corn, some pellets and walked to the pond behind the shop where you pay. I couldnt belive my eyes! Some real big rainbow trout in there.
I tryed puttint the pellets on the hook but they were tiny round hard things and wouldnt go on the hook and kept braking.
I tryed the corn but the trout were very cautious! They would come up for a look but swim awaywithout taking it.
I came up with a idea of flicking it out an jigging it like a insect through the water alost like a lure and sure enough thats what they liked. Caught 5 and kept 3 .
All in all a good day out!
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nice fat fish there marc
top work !
where is this place mate?
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Cheers man...
Cheers man...
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Soften the pellets with
Soften the pellets with water, they go soft after a while them use them to catch your trout, I think the shop sells the dark coloured pellets.
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great pics
Great pics again Marc, you certainly do have a talent for good pics. Love that emu one! Nice fish too.
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Lovely fat fish Marc,
Did they taste "liverish"? Do you know if they let you fish with your own gear, flyrod flies etc or is it all bait?
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yeah there are guys using
yeah there are guys using fly gear there.
they go first thing in the morning before the crowds rock up.
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Cheers Adam!!! Dave: my old
Cheers Adam!!!
Dave: my old man cooked them up just a hour ago and said they tased great! He pan fried them with this recipe below....
Pan-fried Trout
Use a tiny amount of oil. Pan fry on medium heat for two to three minutes a side. Toss in slivered almonds and a squeeze of lemon juice near the end, or
roll in oatmeal and cook for two to three minutes as above.
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Nice work Marc
A great report and some excellent pictures. Sounds like a good place to take my daughters fishing.
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Nice effort Marc
Fat lil blighters aren't they. Great pics too mate - as always.
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Awh Marc you now how to get the saliva flowing!
Thanks for the recipe. Dasho what do you regard as first thing? They wouldnt open at dawn would they?
The pellets must be greatly improved to those fed in the victorian fish farms ( going back a while) The trout that reached the restaurants had a distinct liver taste compared to the wild fish. Giveaway was the bottom lobe of the tailfins rubbed away on the concrete ponds & sometimes the adipose was trimmed off or the dorsal pruned depending on the farm. Most be like tagging a cows ear!!
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By the way what did the peacock & the emu
taste like ? Bet Big bird put up a good fight! lol
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Haha yeah i got spooled lol!
Haha yeah i got spooled lol! *Jokes*
There was a pony lurking around while we were fishin aswell lol
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Marc - spooled!
Hahaha - thats very emusing ;)
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Golden ponds....
Golden ponds....
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Thanks Marc thats a great shot
Bet the chopper costs you heaps to run!!! lol
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Haha!!! Got all angles
Haha!!!
Got all angles coverd lol
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got to get myself there one
got to get myself there one day, looks like fun
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How much?
Hey marc I wondered what they charged for your self serve- take aways?
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Golden Ponds
Looks fantastic will be heading down to have a look this week-end
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really good pics mate =
really good pics mate = ]..good fishes too...but how does this work?so u go down there a pay some $..and use ur own bait and gear to catch them?really intrested to go 1 day
the more u fish..the less stress u get....
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Cost $10 to fish and you can
Cost $10 to fish and you can fish where ever you like.
You can bring your own fishing gear and bait.
To keep fish , its $15 per kilo.
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if you go down take some
if you go down take some whiskas cat biscuits, they come in a doughnut shape, couple on a hook and absolutly deadly if the lures are abit slow!
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Lures abit slow?!? Go there
Lures abit slow?!? Go there in the morning and fish til lunch. You'll have a ball. Plastics work really well, follow but shallow diving floating/suspending minnows. My fave is surface lures. Small poppers, stickbaits and even SP frogs.
Me and my mate got real bored and fished there for nearly the whole day, we tried to fish every pond and managed over 40 fish between us and NO BAIT involved.
They're in a pond, they'll be there just need to find a lure that works.
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thanks ....will try some
thanks ....will try some lures too = ]
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lets get a fishwrecked bus
lets get a fishwrecked bus trip organised and empty the ponds
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hahahaha im in!!! Deckhand
hahahaha im in!!!
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10 mins
thats about 1o mins from my place if that
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I want to go and have a look
I want to go and have a look at this golden ponds one day...