Hows Harvey Dam Fishing Lately?
Submitted by Redfin 4 Life on Wed, 2010-04-28 19:46
Just wondering if anyone has been out that way lately for a fish and if so how did it go......... as i will be burning off at my uncles farm which is 8 k's out of harvey and thought i could talk my dad into dropping into harvey dam on sunday for a fish out that way.
Thanks guys!
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Dale177
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Date Joined: 06/04/10
mate of mine went out there
mate of mine went out there on the weekend, and i went to logue brook on the trip back from pemberton, between 2 of them at harvey they got one rainbow, me and the missus got a rainbow each at logue brook, hers was a pretty nice sized one, about 40cm and fat..
honestly mate, i've fished both alot and if you just want some rainbows go to logue brook, it's the best out of all the dams for rainbows, but it's also got alot of carpet on the bottom so expect to lose a lure or 2..
if you do go to harvey, go around the back bit, not the side where you can go and look down over the dam (the tourist location) but over the other side where there's a small creek and what not, down there is the best spot for trout, the front of it is just riddled with redfin, i managed to get about 8 in 20 casts when i tried the front.
usually if you're catching redfin you wont be getting any trout, as redfin swim around in schools and trout make a strong effort to be where redfin arent.
dazza336
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Date Joined: 19/02/10
Hi Just a query but isnt
Hi Just a query but isnt trout season finish tomorrow so you wont be able to fish at Harvey??
Dale177
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Date Joined: 06/04/10
yep, finished on the end of
yep, finished on the end of april and opens back up on the 1st of sep
Redfin 4 Life
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mmm......... Hadnt even
mmm......... Hadnt even given the trout fishing season a thought....... so you wont be able to fish thats anoying. I was only going for the reddies anyway if i ever get a trout i generally release it.
dazza336
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Date Joined: 19/02/10
Yeah doesnt matter if you
Yeah doesnt matter if you are targetting the redfin you still arent allowed to fish in the waters as far as i have been informed
purplemonkeydis...
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Date Joined: 31/03/09
hey
Went there last saturday for a a wave of my flyrod, ended up with two redfin on a homemade wooly bugger, so that was interesting.
you are allowed to fish for redfin out of trout season, and if you catch trout, all the better. Just release them, which i do anyway.
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drew_ward
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Date Joined: 02/03/10
went there last saturday and
went there last saturday and caught NOTHING didnt see many fish rising..spooked a few fish in the shallows..harvey dam has fished really hard this season..an older bloke that tought me how to flyfish usually catches around 70 trout in 1 season but only managed 3 this season and all bruts..wheres all the yearlings??
Happy Fishing????always