Redfin
Submitted by luke george on Wed, 2019-11-06 10:55
I just got back from a 4 night trip to the pemberton area targeting redfin and thought I'd share the results. I spent alot of time kayaking and Bush bashing to secluded spots but most of the fish came from very easily accessible spots while fishing from the banks. All up we landed about 35 redfin, all but 2 or 3 were 35cm+. Also managed 2 nice rainbows one from the lefroy and one from the Warren. I was hoping I'd get to tangle with my first brown this trip but unfortunately no joy there although the reds more than made up for it
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Sea goat
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wow. solid fish! good
wow. solid fish! good effort!
what are they like to eat? have never tried for them before, but am keen to give it a crack!
luke george
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Beautiful eating mate, nice
Beautiful eating mate, nice white flakey meat. Much better than trout IMO
jighead
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Nice work mate
What were your results fishing for them at night? I've heard they don't really bight at night but have never really tried myself.
luke george
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That fish was caught on
That fish was caught on sunset. I've never caught a redfin in the dark, I believe they 'sleep' at night
jighead
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Ok
Thanks mate.
davewillo
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Great work!
Great work!
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Brock O
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Solid fish, well
Solid fish, well done....looks very peaceful and relaxing for sure!
Ive heard there good eating, they freeze ok ?
luke george
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Top eating and yep they are
Top eating and yep they are fine to freeze, I have about 3 kilo in the freezer at the moment
dkonig82
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Nice work mate! What were
Nice work mate! What were you catching them on?
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
luke george
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Softies, mainly Zman grubs
Softies, mainly Zman grubs
davewillo
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I've fished that exact spot
I've fished that exact spot for zero in previous years. Either I'm doing something wrong or my timing was out!
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luke george
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I also had no luck where
I also had no luck where that photo is taken, but a short walk from there produced good fish
davewillo
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Sounds like I just need to
Sounds like I just need to walk more! That's always a big part of fishing down there.
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