Snowy Mountains Region
Steve Williamson

TROUT FISHING PREDICTIONS FOR
LAKE JINDABYNE

by Steve Williamson

18th MAY 2008

LAST WEEK
The southerly change came through yesterday and dropped a little snow on the tips of the mountains but we never really got as much as predicted and unfortunately no rain at all.
The change did get a few more fish into the Thredbo ion the spawning run and you can find fish in all the usual haunts but the river level is still low and the water very clear.
The forecast for the next week is for more fine weather and cold frosty nights.
With only a few weeks now to the end of the river fishing season, anglers are still praying for some heavy rain so as the brown trout will run the river.
While conditions are tough on the river, the better anglers are still catching some very big fish.
Largest last week was caught by ‘Mr Jindy” Dougy Ivanovic from Melbourne.
Dougy is renown for big fish and his latest 11lb brown trout caught on fly on the Thredbo river was the biggest of Dougys fish so far this trip. Dougy managed fish of 5, 6, 8 and 9lb before this 11lb monster.
Other anglers are also doing well with a variety of nymph and glow bug rigs used mainly on fly rods.
Ther river is still a little low for spin anglers using drift rig techniques however big Rapala lures are also doing well.
The trollers are catching a few fish early in the day but have had trouble getting on the water due to either days of thick fog or else strong winds experienced over the last weekend.
This week we will have frosty mornings and sunny days so a day on the lake will be enjoyable and you might even catch a few big fish.
Gaden Trout Hatchery will release up to 300 Atlantic salmon this week into Lake Jindabyne.
At least 30 of these ex brood fish are over 5kg and you had better bring your big net.
NEXT WEEK
River fishing will be OK if you target the early spawners early and stick to fishing for resident trout on both dry and wet flies during the day.
Bait fishing on the lake will be worth a go and the fishing is definitely improving.
Trolliers will have to put the time in to get results and we will continue to see some big fish caught early.
Don’t forget your thermals as the mornings will be cold.
Just a reminder that in May the Thredbo river rules change to only one fish per day per angler, and that fish must be over 50cm long. Be aware that NSW fisheries officers are out and about so make sure you have your licence on you.
Lake Levels
The levels are still dropping slowly as predicted.
The boat ramp is only just in the water but launching is still no problem.
Water Temperature
13 degrees and about steady at the moment.
REMINDER
At this time of year, these reports are only updated IF the fishing conditions change.

Let’s look at what we should expect with the fishing over the coming weeks.
BAIT FISHING

Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only. We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAIT FISH IN RIVERS!

This month is one of the best months for the bait angler fishing the edges of the lake. Big brown trout are cruising the edges looking for a feed before they head into the rivers on their spawning run. Bardi grubs or local scrub worms are the best baits to catch these big fish but it has to be a well presented bait before you can trick these very wary monsters. The natural oils in the bardi grubs will help it float off the bottom and so they need to be held down with a running sinker. Scrub worms are best fished with no weight at all, just a worm on a hook and tossed into the water preferably with the line greased to help it float off the bottom and out of the weed. If you like you can also use worms under a float over the weed beds.
Worms teamed with an artificial bait like ‘Powerbait’, and fished off the bottom, is a method that is working well at the moment on Lake Jindabyne. The new type of Gulp baits, in jars like the powerbaits, are stated to be 55% more efficient than the older formula and these are well worth a try. winter.
Best areas to try over the next couple of months will be Waste Point at Creel Bay and the Snowy Arm near the pumping station.
RIVER SPINNING
The snow has encouraged a few more early spawning browns into the Thredbo but the river is low and clear and the fish are spooky.
When and if we get rain, minnow lures like the Rapala’s (especially the jointed ones) and the small 3 inch Stumpjumpers’ and the like will be the best choice for big fish. The jointed Rebel lures in the rainbow trout pattern are another that you should have at hand. Jointed lures have a great action and can be worked fast or slow.
Use sinking or deeper diving minnows when the river is high and stick to smaller lures when the water is low and clear. Don’t worry about the size of lures if the river is in flood because you might find that bigger is better. The Thredbo river is my river of choice from now until rivers close in June.
As stated already, there are some early spawners in the river already but they are spooky and the best fishing has been in the dark.
LAKE SPINNING
Now that the water is cooling down the lake spinning has improved. Tasmanian Devil lures in aggression colours like reds, pinks and oranges are starting to work best now. The Red nosed brown bomber has also still been good and will also catch you fish.
Try some bigger jointed Rapalas here as well and 11 and 13 cm are not too big for aggressive brown trout.
On the lake good spinning areas to try are ‘Creel Bay’, ‘Waste Point’, ‘The Snowy Arm’ and for fish still actively feeding try ‘Curiosity Rocks’, ‘Wollondibby Inlet’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ and ‘The Claypits’ area are also best.
TROLLING
Lake trolling is interesting in autumn as some days the fish will strike out of aggression and some days they will be feeding. Knowing what the weather is about to do will help.
When the snow is coming go for aggression lures.
As with spinning on the lake, big jointed lures are well worth a try for big browns.
Tasmanian Devil lures are still well worth a try and this is the time I quite often change to pink or orange coloured lures. These colours seem to work best on the aggressive spawning fish.
‘Tasmanian Devils’ in colours 55 pink or 56 orange are good lures to try for non feeding fish.
The duel depth Tasmanian Devils have been very popular with trollers due to the little extra depth and stronger action.
Even at this time of year the day will often warm up and the fish will still go deeper. ‘Lead core lines’ and ‘Downriggers’ will still be very useful over the coming months. Remember all the photos in the magazines of big fish caught off downriggers with big minnow lures trolled slowly?
‘Duel Depth’ Tasmanian devil lures rigged through the side hole to troll deeper to 4 metres will also help during he middle of the day, but make sure you don’t troll too fast when this lure is rigged in the deep dive hole.
‘East Jindabyne Islands’ and Sid’s Bay always fish well in autumn for rainbow trout and as the brown trout move to the end of the lake ready to spawn, ‘Creel Bay’ and the ‘Snowy River Arm’ are well worth trying.
FLYFISHING
The streams and rivers will still have good days even this late in the season. You will possibly still even fish that fish will still take a well presented dry fly.  Last week one angler did very well using a ‘stimulator’ fly up higher on the Thredbo river.
As the rain comes and more brown trout move into the Thredbo, anglers minds will change to chase big trophy fish and fly anglers will have the best success using ‘glowbugs’ and nymphs. Black and brown nymphs in about a size 10 or 12 are good and make sure you have some weighed flies for when the river is flowing hard, as you need to get the fly down to the fish before you will catch them.
Lake Jindabyne will fish better this month. Water temperatures have a big effect on how close to shore the fish come but it’s cooler now and the fishing is much better and will continue to improve as the water cools even further.
Flies to try over the coming months will be the ‘Purple/Black Woolley Bugger’ and ‘Mrs Simpson’. Don’t forget the ‘Williamson’s Gold Fish’ around the creek inlets during the late evening.
SHOP HOURS
Shop hours will vary until the end of the snow season. If coming through, give us a call and make sure will be open.
While we are short staffed, it may be necessary to close the shop while I attend to guiding.
The shop will be closed for a week, while I take a break, after the long weekend in June.
We will close on Tuesday 10th and reopen on the 17th June.
GUIDING
As the guiding season comes to an end it will be necessary due to staffing levels to make sure you book well ahead. Lessons can be booked from 2 hours and trolling trips from 3 hours to a full day.
If  you want to know more about the latest in fishing conditions just give me a call on 02 64 561551 or check out my web site at www.swtroutfishing.com.au and I am also starting to build my new web site www.fishingcourses.com.au so have a look at it and I would be grateful for your feedback.
Until next report, hope you catch the big one.

Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Report
21st January 2008

By Steve Williamson

Last weeks fishing in the mountains.
Fishing continues to be very good with excellent boat downrigging. Average catch is 4 fish an hour if you know your stuff. Downriggers are the best way to get accurately where the fish are sitting in 35 feet at a thermocline.
Jigging with soft plastics also at 30 to 40 feet deep is an exciting option at the moment also.
Bait anglers have not been so lucky and the best fishing has been off deep dropoffs very early in the morning.
Fly fishing on the lake has been also restricted to nights and early mornings.
Yesterday we received the best rain for almost a month and this should see the river fishing improve.
Next weeks predictions.
A much cooler week of weather is predicted and even a little more rain. This will help the shore based anglers and will further improve the stream fishing.
Lake Level
Due to the hot weather over the last few weeks, the lake levels have dropped to about 58% and we will continue to see a drop in water levels now that summer is coming to an end.
Lake Water Temperature
With last week we had one day of a hot 40 degrees days the surface warmed up to nearly 24 degrees C but has dropped back a couple of degrees due to the cooler weather and rain.
I can’t see the water getting any warmer now and we should start to see a drop over coming months.
Best methods to catch a trout.
Best method – Trolling using downriggers on the lake.
Best depth- Trolling or jigging at 25 to 35 feet deep.
Best lake lure – Tasmanian Devil in various ‘yellow wing’ designs or my black/gold Tassie Devil.
Best lake area – Deepwater off Lion and Cub Islands.
Best fly method – dry fly – various beetle and hopper patterns
Best river – Thredbo river above The Diggings

Let’s now have a look at how to catch one in a little more detail.
Boat Trolling.
Temperatures have put the fish into a thermocline and the best fishing by far is with downriggers. The fish are heading into deeper water by about 8am and you must be aware of that. Trout are also moving areas with the lake currents and so keep your options open.
Lead line trolling with the aid of a trolling sinker has been the best way to get fish if you don’t have a downrigger. Try three colours (30 metres) early and three colours with a trolling sinker or deep diving lure later in the morning.
The Tasmanian Devil number 82 or 89 have been good and Tasmanian Devil number 36 ‘Yellow wing’ has by far been the best overall lure to use on the lakes over the past month.
My new black/gold Tasmanian Devil has been very good for downrigging.
Some of the better trolling areas this month will be ‘Hatchery Bay’ and ‘Hayshed Bay’. ‘Sid’s Bay’ through to ‘Rushes Bay’ will fish well early in the day for big brown trout.
Lake Spinning
Best lure spinning has been on the lake but fish are still being caught in the Thredbo on small Rapalas in the sinking variety. The best spinning will be early and late in the day and fishing where there are steep drop offs with plenty of rocks will be the best areas. Bays like ‘Creel’, ‘Hatchery’ and the ‘Snowy Arm’ all fish well. As the sun rises, change to a ‘Tassie’ and cast further out over drop offs, letting the lure sink before you retrieve with a slow wind.
Best areas have been down at the South Arm or near Banjo Patterson Park.
River Spinning
On the Thredbo river, a variety of lures will work, but the best will be small bladed spinners, like the Gillies Spina’ or ‘Celtas’ used over the weed beds will be best early. By far floating Rapalas have been best for fishing the slower moving runs and the pools.
Lake Bait Fishing. (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Bait fishing will improve over this month and scrub worms and tiger worms under a float will still be the best baits. Teamed up with power bait will help your catch rate considerably.
Another bait worth suspending under a float is the old faithful grasshopper which is a bait you don’t often seen used much these days but they work a treat and there are plenty about at the moment however you might need the kids with a butterfly net to help you collect the bait.
Best bait fishing areas are ‘Creel Bay’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ and ‘Curiosity Rocks’. Another great area is the bottom of ‘Snowline Caravan Park’ near ‘Widows Creek Inlet’.
Lake Fly Fishing
At the moment the lake fly fishing is best at night.
Some of the best lake fly fishing is during the coming months as the water cools and this year with so much weed around the edges of the lake we should see some big fish caught. Try any of the streamer patterns such as ‘Mrs Simpson’ and ‘Williamson’s Gold Fish’. Olive green nymphs and shrimp patterns are also worth a try.
The ‘South Arm’, ‘Creel Bay’ and ‘Kangaroo Bay’ are all great.
River Fly Fishing
On the rivers, the Thredbo the hopper fishing season is now in full swing and there is plenty of evening rises and fantastic dry fly fishing.
The Alpine streams are still looking OK and plenty of small fish are being caught on dry fly also.
Fly selection is not too critical in these streams but placement is critical or else you just scare all the fish.
Try a small Royal Wulff or Royal Humpy and a white moth fly is also not a bad option.
Well worth a look at the lower Mowambah near the weir on the Dalgety Road.

NEWS
Don’t forget the Bestons Trout Challenge being held at Snowline Holiday Park on the 16th, 17th and 18th of February, just call Snowline on 02 64562099 to book.
This will be a fun event and plenty of lucky entry prizes even if you can’t catch a trout!
Plenty of lucky draw prizes also for the kids and some fun casting events as well.
Downrigging Course
On the 23rd February I will be holding another one day downrigging course and if you want to learn more then give me a call or e-mail on swtrout@airlan.com.au.
Places are limited and the cost is $100. Call me at the shop on 02 64561551 for bookings
GUIDING
If you would like some personal guiding, I will be available over the coming months for fly fishing tuition and lake trolling trips. Lessons can be booked from 2 hours and trolling trips from 3 hours to a full day.
If you want to know more about the latest in fishing conditions just give me a call on 02 64 561551 or check out my web site at www.swtroutfishing.com.au and I am also starting to build my new web site www.fishingcourses.com.au so have a look at it and I would be grateful for your feedback.
Until next month, hope you catch the big one.
Steve Williamson
Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Adventures.

Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Report.
For Friday 7th SEPTEMBER 2007
By Steve Williamson. –
Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Adventures.
0408 024436 Shop -02 64561551
NEWS
This weeks report is going out early because Jindabyne is going to be very busy with Sydney siders getting out of town because of APEC. Accommodation bookings in town are extremely heavy and if coming down you have better organize a bed somewhere first.
The predicted snow never eventuated last week and although we did get a very cold southerly change that made if feel a little bit wintry, the lake remained calm with no wind and actually good fishing conditions.
Another big 14lb brown trout was caught this week by Michael Augustyn from Corowa (see my report on my web site and follow link to recent fish caught for a photo). Michael was trolling at Waste Point working the weedbeds with his secret minnow style lure (we will tell you which one when you come into the shop – maybe).
This is the time of year when all of these big fish start to really feed up and you too could be lucky.
The lake is rising very nicely at the moment and covering new ground. Looking around a couple of creak inlets this morning and the water was boiling with small goldfish as they try to head up the creaks to avoid detection from these big predator brown trout and Atlantic salmon. If your not using goldfish lure and of course the ‘Steve Williamson Goldfish’ fly in these spots you will not catch these monsters.
Please be aware of the new NSW fishing regulations that came into force on the 3rd of September. Call in to my shop for the brochure on the changes.
SNOW REPORT
The predicted snow never made it but colder temperatures were at least good for grooming. The days are expected to warm up in the resorts by the weekend. Perisher resort still has most of it’s lifts operating.
Well worth a play on the snow for the family but remember it is spring and the snow softens fast.
Let’s have a closer look at the fishing.
LAKE LEVEL and TEMPERATURE
The lake level has risen quite a bit over the last week and the boat ramp now has plenty of concrete in the water to enable the launching of any boat. There was a lot of water coming down the Snowy River arm at Waste Point so I would say that Island Bend dam must have been spilling at one stage. This area may be worth a look.
SNOW REPORT
No snow since last report but everyone is hoping that we will get falls maybe in excess of 10cm early next week. The days have been very warm in the resorts but with good grooming and overnight freezes there is some good snow play for all and we must remember the Perisher resort still has 50 lifts operating.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling.
The temperatures were a lot cooler this week but the fishing improved again after the cold change and as stated earlier there were some big fish caught. Surface anglers are doing well just trolling 13 gram Tasmanian Devils early up with possibly pink 55 and number 82 being the best two colours overall.
Lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) to three colours will also be best after the sun comes up. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish in the middle of the day, over recent weeks.
The best lure over recent weeks have been number 82 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Y48 duel depth is worth a try on dull days or deeper down.
You don’t have to fish these deep at the moment you just have to be in the right place at the right time
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Jointed Rapalas are well worth a try first up and when trolled in close to the shore and over weed beds there is a good chance of a big brown trout or Atlantic salmon.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Berkleys GULP Chunky Cheese Powerbait is still catching good size brown trout which the old stuff never really did, although it was dynamite on rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon. The new Gulp is in a paste form similar to the old Powerbait and Berkley report it catches 55% more fish.
Tiger worms or scrub worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and Atlantic salmon.
Scrub worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Curiosity Rocks’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Waste Point’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
To target rainbow trout and brown trout, floating Rapala’s are well worth a try. It’s time now to go back to smaller sizes with 5 and 7 cm floaters being better. Jointed minnows are still well worth throwing and working the dropoff for best results again use the smaller sizes now. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try. It is also well worth trying a few small spinners like Celtas or Gillies spinners in the shallows but make sure you keep out of sight and it is better to spot the fish and cast past it bring the lure about a metre or two in front of the fish.
Tasmanian Devils are catching fish in the deeper water by casting and waiting for the lure to sink a little before a slow retrieve. Cast as far out as you can but best results will be when the water is choppy with a little wind.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
Fly Fishing Lake
The cooler slightly windy weather made it a little harder to Polaroid fish this last week and fishing in general was a little tougher but that should change by the weekend. Some fish have been caught using Woolley Buggers or larger flies deep down if just prospect casting but if you do spot a fish it might be better to try a small nymph first. Strip the flies slowly after letting them sink to the bottom. Yabby patterns are also worth a try in the areas you see yabby holes.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
If you sight a fish in the shallows you may be better to cast a smaller fly than a larger fly, something like a green nymph.
For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.

Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Report.
AUGUST 1st 2007
By Steve Williamson. –
Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Adventures.
0408 024436 Shop -02 64561551
NEWS
August is an interesting month in the Snowy Mountains because it is not only the peak of the Snow Season but it is also the peak of the polaroiding (spotting cruising trout using Polaroid sunglasses) season.
August is when the big browns are mostly back into the lake from their spawning run and other trout and salmon are just in the warmer shallows(on sunny days) looking for something to eat.
By carefully walking high up on the bank you can often spot the trout either cruising or laying about in the shallows. By very carefully casting to these fish, carefully so as to not spook them, you can often catch the fish. This method is for the hunters amongst us because you are not going to catch anything by racing down the bank, waving your arms about and throwing large objects into the water with a big splash!
If you want to learn more about this method then give us a call and you can book a tour. The art of polaroiding trout is not just for fly anglers, as bait anglers and spin anglers can also catch trout using this method.
Out on the lake the boat fishing has been quite good and I had one very enjoyable day on the lake last week in brilliant sunshine and no wind and even managed to catch trout in between snoozes.
While the days are now getting longer winter is still not over yet and I am sure we are still in for more snow and cold weather but with spring just about on us, hopefully we should see some of that snow on the mountains melting and hopefully a rise in the lake water levels.
Over the last month we have seen Lake Jindabyne’s water level drop slightly to about 47% again as Snowy Hydro pump out water to generate electricity. Lake Eucumbene’s water level has risen very slightly to 10.6% and can do with lot’s more rain and snow to improve the level significantly which is a bit of a worry because the Murray Darling System still hasn’t had enough rain yet and there is a serious chance that they will again be relying on Snowy Mountains water to get them through another dry summer. Where still praying for them and hopefully the next couple of months will see them get that badly needed rain.
LAKE LEVEL and TEMPERATURE
With the cold conditions in the cities the generators have been turned on and so the lake level is dropping slowly and will continue to do so for a while until we get warmer weather to melt some snow or rain. The official level now is 47.3 %. The water temperature is now just about 6 degrees C, so pretty cold!

SNOW REPORT
The snow conditions have continued to improve with 1.35 metres on the ground at Spensors Creek and more snow predicted this week. The snow is dry and the crowds are huge as would be expected for peak season.
I am sure the next two weekends are going to be crazy in the mountains, but remember if you want to get away from the crowds, there is practically nobody fishing the lake, so you can sit out on the lake catching trout and watch the traffic jam as it heads into the mountains.
If you love your snow play then there is no better time than to head into the mountains, the snow is in great condition and resorts are in full swing.

Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling.
The last couple of days have been better than last week and it has been quite pleasant on the water. There is the odd patch of trout that are holding just off the bottom in 25 feet of water, which I can say is not actually normal but they have been active enough to catch on downriggers and the best lure was the yellow wing number 48 Tasmanian Devil. I have found these patches of fish just off the East Jindabyne Islands and just near Lion Island. The rainbow trout have been active on the slightly windy days and surface trolling is going a treat using small minnow lures or small 7 gram Tasmanian Devil lures.
Lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) to three colours are good also. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish in the middle of the day, over the last week.
The best lure over the last week has been number 82 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Y48 duel depth is worth a try on dull days or deeper down.
Bigger jointed lures, like Rebels and Rapalas in 9cm and 13cm are the best if you want to target the spawning brown trout up in the Snowy Arm or Creel Bay at Waist Point.
You don’t have to fish these deep at the moment you just have to be in the right place at the right time
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
We have enough reports as well as our own experiences to confirm now that the new Berkleys GULP Powerbait is actually catching good size brown trout which the old stuff never really did, although it was dynamite on rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon. The new Gulp is in a paste form similar to the old Powerbait and Berkley report it catches 55% more fish. Well I’m not totally convinced about that but it does catch fish and only time will tell if it is any better that the old Powerbaits.
Tiger worms or scrub worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and Atlantic salmon.
Scrub worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Curiosity Rocks’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Waste Point’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
More brown trout are being sighted cruising now, mainly early in the morning. Rainbow trout and brown trout floating Rapala’s are well worth a try. The bigger 11 and 13 cm lures for the more aggressive brown trout. Jointed minnows are well worth throwing and working the dropoff for best results. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try.
Tasmanian Devils are catching fish in the deeper water by casting and waiting for the lure to sink a little before a slow retrieve.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
Fly Fishing Lake
Still not a lot of reports on fish caught but that has a lot to do with not a lot of fly anglers fishing the lake either. I would suggest that Woolley Buggers or larger flies deep down will be best. Strip the flies slowly after letting them sink to the bottom.Yabby patterns are also worth a try in the areas you see yabby holes.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
If you sight a fish in the shallows you may be better to cast a smaller fly than a larger fly, something like a green nymph.
For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.

JUNE 22nd 2007
Just a short update on conditions.
Nothing has changed on the fishing front other than the rivers are now closed until October.
After my return from my fishing trip at Narooma the weather has been wet and cold and not many anglers on the lake however the brave that have been on the water are fishing mainly off the bank and doing quite well on bait.
My shop will remain open 7 days a week throughout winter and will be available for charter and fly fishing on the lake weather permitting from July 1st.
SNOW REPORT
The very cold southerly winds have kept the snow on the ground and the base is slowly building up.
This weekend Smiggin Hole and Blue Cow resort as well as Charlotte Pass ski resorts are open so that means that all resorts are now open. With only one weekend to go before the NSW school holidays the ski season is off to a much better start than last season.
Well worth a snow ski at the moment with really good dry snow to ski on.

Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling.
The fishing over the last week has been not too bad with stable weather making for some enjoyable days on the lake.
Atlantic salmon introduced into the lake a couple of weeks ago, are starting to cruise the lake and this makes for interesting times when you hook up.
The last couple of days have been cold with frosty morning down to minus 4 and this has meant that the water is cooling faster now and you can troll in the middle of the day even on the surface but fishing is better if you troll a little deeper at about 15 to 20 feet if sunny.
Bigger jointed Rapalas, in all patterns are still catching the better trophy brown trout or large Atlantic salmon.
The rainbow trout have been friendlier with good catches anywhere from 1 metre to 20 feet deep depending on the day. As usual for this time of year the fish are very moody and some days they hit hard and other days they just nudge the lure.
You have to have your wits about you and on the quite days try deeper trolling and long drop backs of 80 to 100 metres on the surface lines using deeper lures like the duel depth Tasmanian Devils unless you are using braid.
Start with surface lures and lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) and then put the lead core line down to three colours later as the sun rises. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish in the middle of the day, over the last week.
The best lure over the last week has been number 82 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Steve Williamson red nosed Yellow wing on the bright days or the Y48 duel depth is worth a try on dull days.
Bigger jointed lures, like Rebels and Rapalas in 9cm and 13cm are the best if you want to target the spawning brown trout up in the Snowy Arm or Creel Bay at Waist Point.
You don’t have to fish these deep at the moment you just have to be in the right place at the right time
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Berkleys Powerbait in orange twist or rainbow nuggets have continued to be the best baits over the last week. We do have limited supplies of Lime Twist at the moment.
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and Atlantic salmon.
Scrub worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
The lake spinning will be interesting now the big ex brood Atlantic salmon are cruising the lake edges which is what they will do until they work out where they are. Some good brown trout are being caught early in the morning or late evening. Rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try and try the bigger 11 and 13 cm lures for the more aggressive brown trout. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try. Less rainbows seen cruising last week and it could be the fish have gone deeper.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots. Try some of the River to Sea goldfish like minnows that we have in the shop at the moment.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
Fly Fishing Lake
No real change, the last week it has been bloody cold and windy and I haven’t see or heard of one person brave enough to fly fish the lake so the report is the same as the 6th June.
Woolley Buggers or larger flies deep down will be best. Strip the flies slowly after letting them sink to the bottom.
Yabby patterns are also worth a try in the areas you see yabby holes.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.

JUNE 6th 2007
NEWS
Firstly thanks much go to all of you that have supported my businesses over the last trout season.
The rivers officially close at midnight Monday 11th June and reopen on the October long weekend.
Of course the lake is open all over winter and we do have some excellent fishing to look forward to over the next few months.
This will be the last report for a few weeks until the end of June at this stage. I am about to take a well deserved break while I do a little research and development (fishing) and I might even get some time to visit family.
When we look at the last river fishing season we can thank the gods for what was some great fishing given the long hot dry summer and the threat of bush fires. Overall we had some great days on the streams and the Thredbo fished very well. All was saved of course by the constant storms especially in February when the rivers are seasonally at their lowest and warmest.
If we look at some of the trout rivers in Victoria they were not so lucky, especially those that were affected by the terrible fires. Again we were very lucky because the fires were heading our way and got within 15 kms of Thredbo and too close for comfort.
Lake levels were also on everyone’s minds and that is still a problem and will be a problem next season if they don’t have major falls in the Murray Darling basin over the winter and spring.
Again we are lucky because Lake Jindabyne still has a water level at about 46% and lots more than most areas.
The levels have been consistent now for the last few months and the lake has actually risen a little over the last week.
You are probably geared up to come and fish the Thredbo River spawn run over the long weekend and while there are fish in the river we could do with rain to get the fish on the bite. There have been quite a few fish caught in the Thredbo over the last week and some big ones at that, but you have to work at it.
More about how to catch them in the report.
The weather report for the long weekend looks good at the moment with maybe some rain late in the week which might just get the Thredbo firing for the weekend.
Anyhow good luck with it all and call into my shop if you need some help.
I will be open on Friday night of the long weekend until about 7pm if there is demand , however if not we should be open as early as 6am on Saturday and 8am on the Sunday and Monday morning.
The shop will be closed the rest of the week from Tuesday 12th, opening again at 8am on Saturday 15th, while all staff have a few days fishing before the long winter months ahead.
We will remain open 7 days a week throughout winter and will be available for charter and fly fishing on the lake weather permitting.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling.
The fishing over the last week has been not too bad with stable weather making for some enjoyable days on the lake.
Atlantic salmon introduced into the lake a couple of weeks ago, are starting to cruise the lake and this makes for interesting times when you hook up.
The last couple of days have been cold with frosty morning down to minus 4 and this has meant that the water is cooling faster now and you can troll in the middle of the day even on the surface but fishing is better if you troll a little deeper at about 15 to 20 feet if sunny.
Bigger jointed Rapalas, in all patterns are still catching the better trophy brown trout or large Atlantic salmon.
The rainbow trout have been friendlier with good catches anywhere from 1 metre to 20 feet deep depending on the day. As usual for this time of year the fish are very moody and some days they hit hard and other days they just nudge the lure.
You have to have your wits about you and on the quite days try deeper trolling and long drop backs of 80 to 100 metres on the surface lines using deeper lures like the duel depth Tasmanian Devils unless you are using braid.
Start with surface lures and lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) and then put the lead core line down to three colours later as the sun rises. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish in the middle of the day, over the last week.
The best lure over the last week has been number 82 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Steve Williamson red nosed Yellow wing on the bright days or the Y48 duel depth is worth a try on dull days.
Bigger jointed lures, like Rebels and Rapalas in 9cm and 13cm are the best if you want to target the spawning brown trout up in the Snowy Arm or Creel Bay at Waist Point.
You don’t have to fish these deep at the moment you just have to be in the right place at the right time
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Berkleys Powerbait in lemon or orange twist or rainbow nuggets have continued to be the best baits over the last week. We do have limited supplies of Lime Twist at the moment.
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and Atlantic salmon.
Scrub worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
The lake spinning will be interesting now the big ex brood Atlantic salmon are cruising the lake edges which is what they will do until they work out where they are. Some good brown trout are being caught early in the morning or late evening. Rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try and try the bigger 11 and 13 cm lures for the more aggressive brown trout. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try. Less rainbows seen cruising last week and it could be the fish have gone deeper.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots. Try some of the River to Sea goldfish like minnows that we have in the shop at the moment.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
River spinning.
With the Thredbo river closing to fishing this weekend it will be interesting to see how much rain we get later in the week. Good rain will mean great spinning for the weekend. No rain and it may be a little slower.
Floating minnow lures were still the best in the pools and the brown trout and rainbow trout pattern Rapala’s are best. The gold jointed Rebel lures are also worth a try and the little 3cm Stumpjumper in pink or purple and pink is also catch a few fish now. Call into my shop and we can show you some other great floating lures to use in the river and we can tell you the best way to use them. Also drift rigging with glow bugs and nymphs is worth a try.
Fly Fishing Lake
No real change as the moment with the fishing good on the lake with more fish being taken by fishing Woolley Buggers deep down. With the flies stripped slowly the fish are happy to strike hard.
The deeper drop offs at the Snowy River Arm has been producing a few good brown trout in the early mornings also on green nymphs. Yabby patterns are also worth a try in that same area.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
River and stream Fly Fishing.
The Thredbo River has been fishing OK, but you have to put in the time.
I would expect that the brown trout spawn run be full on once we get a few inches of rain but I guess that is wishful thinking.
Rainbow trout are also moving into the Thredbo and I suspect after the eggs from the spawning brown trout.
There has been a move to nymphs and glowbugs but there is still the occasional resident fish being caught on a dry fly. The streams are a little hard to fish at the moment but worth a try if you want to get away from the crowds on the Thredbo River.


May 28th 2007
NEWS – BIG SALMON RELEASED!
After the cold weather last week we have returned to sunny and warm conditions for the time being at least.
The ski resorts did receive about 10 to 15cm of snow and we did have a little rain in Jindabyne but not enough to change the levels of the rivers or lake.
The cold change did put a few more spawning fish into the Thredbo River, but by the end of the last week they were hard to find and when you did they were very spooky with the low and crystal clear water.
Mind you those hardy anglers that fished the very we small hours of the freezing cold mornings did manage a fish or two. Remember the legal size of trout is now 50cm for the Thredbo River until the river closes to fishing for winter on the 11th of June.
On the lake the most exciting thing is that DPI Fisheries Gaden Trout Hatchery have just started to release about 200 ex brood Atlantic Salmon into the lake. There are a few monsters amongst this lot that will go at least 10kg so be aware and get out the bigger net!

Lake Jindabyne’s water level.
The water level was pretty stable again last week only dropping a little, mostly due to evaporation with the strong winds, with the rain having no real effect.
The water temperature is 12 degrees C.
We have moved the marina at Snowline Holiday Park over to beside the boat ramp, (to where the Heli Pontoon was) because Snowy Hydro are still talking about the lake level dropping another metre.
Not sure if this will happen because the lake level has been stable for the last couple of months, but we are prepared for the worse and this area beside the boat ramp is good deep water.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling.
The sunny still conditions are making the fishing a little slow at the moment but with the big Atlantic salmon now introduced into the lake these big fish do make for interesting fishing with the possibility of a monster fish that will get the heart of the hardiest angler beating quickly.
Early morning has been better overall but there has still been some good catches in the middle of the day if you troll a little deeper at about 15 to 20 feet.
The brown trout are still hugging the bottom and trolling lures over the weed beds is still the best way to catch a brown trout. Bigger jointed Rapalas are great for trophy brown trout or large Atlantic salmon.
The rainbow trout have been friendlier with good catches anywhere from the surface to 20 feet deep depending on the day. As usual for this time of year the fish are very moody and some days they hit hard and other days they just nudge the lure.
You have to have your wits about you and on the quite days try deeper trolling and long drop backs of 80 to 100 metres on the surface lines using deeper lures like the duel depth Tasmanian Devils unless you are using braid.
Start with surface lures and lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) and then put the lead core line down to three colours later as the sun rises. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish in the middle of the day, over the last week.
Downriggers down between 15 to 20 feet were also OK but you needed 20 metre drop backs to the lures and again it was best if you ran attractors 2 metres before the lures. Some days downriggers worked and other days nothing! Longer drop backs were best in the middle of the day!
The best lure over the last week has been number 36 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Steve Williamson red nosed Yellow wing on the bright days or the Y48 duel depth is worth a try on dull days.
Worms trolled slowly behind attractors has again produced some good trout to 2kg.
Bigger jointed lures, like Rebels and Rapalas in 9cm and 13cm are the best if you want to target the spawning brown trout up in the Snowy Arm or Creel Bay at Waist Point.
You don’t have to fish these deep at the moment you just have to be in the right place at the right time
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Berkleys Powerbait in lemon or orange twist or rainbow nuggets have continued to be the best baits over the last week. We do have limited supplies of Lime Twist at the moment.
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and Atlantic salmon.
Scrub worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
The lake spinning will be interesting now the big ex brood Atlantic salmon are cruising the lake edges which is what they will do until they work out where they are. Some good brown trout are being caught early in the morning or late evening. Rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try and try the bigger 11 and 13 cm lures for the more aggressive brown trout. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try. Less rainbows seen cruising last week and it could be the fish have gone deeper.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots. Try some of the River to Sea goldfish like minnows that we have in the shop at the moment.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
River spinning.
The Thredbo has been a little slower. Smaller rainbows are taking lures but they are usually under the 50cm limit at the moment.
Floating minnow lures were still the best in the pools and the brown trout and rainbow trout pattern Rapala’s are best. The gold jointed Rebel lures are also worth a try and the little 3cm Stumpjumper in pin or purple and pink is also catch a few fish now. Call into my shop and we can show you some other great floating lures to use in the river and we can tell you the best way to use them.
Fly Fishing Lake
No real change as the moment with the fishing good on the lake with more fish being taken by fishing Woolley Buggers deep down. With the flies stripped slowly the fish are happy to strike hard.
The deeper drop offs at the Snowy River Arm has been producing a few good brown trout in the early mornings also on green nymphs. Yabby patterns are also worth a try in that same area.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
River and stream Fly Fishing.
The Thredbo River has been a little hard but will improve with the next change.
I would expect that the brown trout spawn run be full on once we get a few inches of rain but I guess that is wishful thinking.
Rainbow trout are also moving into the Thredbo and I suspect after the eggs from the spawning brown trout.
For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.

May 21st 2007
NEWS
The fishing changes as fast as the weather at this time of the year and you have to be prepared to take the good with the bad.
While some parts of NSW had fantastic rainfall late last week, with some areas getting up to 70mm or more, we were not so lucky in the Snowy Mountains. Last Friday is started raining in the very early morning but it was all over by lunchtime with only light showers in the afternoon.
What rain we received was enough to stir the fish up and there was some good lake trolling.
There was not enough rain to make any real difference to the rivers but a few more early spawning fish did enter the river.
Saturday started off windy but then late in the day it calmed down allowing boats onto the lake. Sunday was a great day but we are now expecting a few cold fronts to pass early in the week with the possibility of our first dusting of snow down as low as 1200 metres.
Lake Jindabyne’s water level.
The water level was pretty stable again last week only dropping a little with the rain having no real effect.
The water temperature is 13 degrees C.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling
Good and bad times (not days) last week with the fish coming on and off the bite at unusual times of the day.
Early morning has been better overall but there has still been some good catches in the middle of the day. The brown trout have been a little harder to catch and look as if they are mainly hugging the bottom and trolling lures over the weed beds is still the best way to catch a brown trout. The rainbow trout have been friendlier with good catches anywhere from the surface to 25 feet deep depending on the day. As usual for this time of year the fish are very moody and some days they hit hard and other days they just nudge the lure.
You have to have your wits about you and on the quite days try deeper trolling and long drop backs of 80 to 100 metres on the surface lines using deeper lures like the duel depth Tasmanian Devils unless you are using braid.
Start with surface lures and lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) and then put the lead core line down to three colours later as the sun rises. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish in the middle of the day, over the last week.
Downriggers down between 15 to 25 feet were also OK but you needed 20 metre drop backs to the lures and again it was best if you ran attractors 2 metres before the lures. Some days downriggers worked and other days nothing! Longer drop backs were best in the middle of the day!
The best lure over the last week has been number 36 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Yellow wing 48 duel depth is also worth a try and the fish are starting to take pink or orange lures.
Rainbow trout and brown trout pattern jointed Rapala’s off the downrigger and lead line at 3 colours are catching the better brown trout with Kalkite and Creel Bay, near Waste Point the best areas for the browns.
Worms trolled slowly behind attractors has again produced some good trout to 2kg.
Bigger jointed lures, like Rebels and Rapalas in 9cm and 13cm are the best if you want to target the spawning brown trout.
You don’t have to fish these deep at the moment you just have to be in the right place at the right time
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Berkleys Powerbait in lemon or orange twist or rainbow nuggets have continued to be the best baits over the last week.
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and small Atlantic salmon.
Scrub worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
The cooler weather and recent rain has been good for spinners and some good brown trout are being caught early in the morning or late evening. Rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try and try the bigger 11 and 13 cm lures for the more aggressive brown trout. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try. Less rainbows seen cruising last week and it could be the fish have gone deeper.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots. Try some of the River to Sea goldfish like minnows that we have in the shop at the moment.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
River spinning.
The Thredbo has improved a little since the rain. A few fish are being caught using drift rigging techniques with glowbugs and nymphs but the fish are mainly taking the nymphs.
Floating minnow lures were still the best in the pools and the brown trout and rainbow trout pattern Rapala’s are best. The gold jointed Rebel lures are also worth a try and the little 3cm Stumpjumper in pin or purple and pink is also catch a few fish now. Call into my shop and we can show you some other great floating lures to use in the river and we can tell you the best way to use them.
Fly Fishing Lake
No real change as the moment with the fishing good on the lake with more fish being taken by fishing Woolley Buggers deep down. With the flies stripped slowly the fish are happy to strike hard.
The deeper drop offs at the Snowy River Arm has been producing a few good brown trout in the early mornings also on green nymphs. Yabby patterns are also worth a try in that same area.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
River and stream Fly Fishing.
The Thredbo River has improved a little after the rain and I expect there will be an even bigger improvement if the cold change predicted for early this week arrives.
I would expect that the brown trout spawn run will start very soon if we get more rain and this is the time for glow bugs and nymphs.
Rainbow trout are also moving into the Thredbo and I suspect after the eggs from the spawning brown trout.
For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.



May 11th 2007
Last weekend we had a cold change come through with a little rain and the fishing was great. Then on Thursday morning another southerly with little wind but very cold and misty. These conditions combined have helped pick the fishing up and we had spectacular fishing with most anglers catching a lot of fish. Yesterday morning I had regular Amanda Walshaw and a friend from France out trolling and what a morning it was with 10 fish in three hours and plenty of time in between spent taking photos.
All fish were caught on mostly yellowing tassies and at all depths. The rainbow trout were up to 3lb and in spectacular condition.
Past Jindabyne resident and now regular visitor Stephen Frisk has been enjoying his two week stay and has decided to stay another week because he has been having a great time bagging out most days either fly fishing or trolling (or both) on the lake.
I can’t emphasise enough that the trout are in spectacular condition at the moment and fighting hard as well.
The cold change on Wednesday has also encouraged some big fish into the Thredbo river and anglers are having a great time at the moment on both lure and fly.
Now the word is out I would imagine that there will be plenty of anglers hitting the river from now until the closure on Monday night June the 12th.
Remember the rule for the Thredbo River is now ONLY one fish over 50cm can be kept until the river closes.
Lake Jindabyne’s water level.
The water level over the last week actually rose a couple of inches which tells me that the Snowy Hydro might have stopped pumping whilst they remove silt from around the pump intake. At lest we have had a reprieve and it looks doubtful that the lake will drop another metre by the end of May as reported in the press.
The water temperature is still 14degrees degrees which is still higher than normal.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling
As reported earlier the trolling has been nothing but spectacular if you get your lures right although while I say that some anglers have been doing exceptionally well trolling worms and bardi grubs behind attractors and regular Jindabyne visitor Terry Richardson (Richo),has been bagging out with flies on leadlines trolled ever so slowly.
Yesterday once again downriggers down between 15 to 25 feet was great will a lot of very active fish shown on the sounder but this was the first day in a while I have seen the fish so active and also stacked up in one area.
The best lure over the last week has been number Y82 and 36 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Yellow wing 48 duel depth is also worth a try. The number 48 Red nosed brown bomber is always a good one on the overcast days as well and has produced some of the better fish caught off lead core line.
Bigger brown trout have been caught by trolling rainbow or brown trout pattern jointed Rapala’s off the downrigger and lead line at 3 colours.
Kalkite and Creel Bay near Waste Point the best areas for the browns.
Worms trolled slowly behind attractors has again produced some good trout to 2kg.
Minnow lures are always good if you want to target the spawning brown trout and if the fish are deep you are best with leadcore lines or downriggers at 25 feet deep.
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Please Note - Keep checking your lures at the moment as there is a lot of slime in the water over the last couple of days.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Bardi grubs have been good when floated off the bottom so the yabbies can’t eat them. Scrub worms are also going OK and tiger worms under a float have caught rainbows and salmon.
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and small Atlantic salmon.
Powerbait in rainbow paste or orange twist are the best for rainbow trout at the moment. Burley has been helping.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. I also fished off the township side of Cub Island the other day and the bait fishing was very good just at the edge of the weed bed in about 10 feet of water.
Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
The cooler weather and recent rain has been good for spinners and some good brown trout are being caught early in the morning or late evening. Rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try. Less rainbows seen cruising last week and it could be the fish have gone deeper.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots. Try some of the River to Sea goldfish like minnows that we have in the shop at the moment.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
River spinning.
I would say that there have been some big changes on the Thredbo over the last few days as more spawning brown trout move into the river and there are some big fish being caught. With the sunny weather and high pressure system over us for the next few days I would say these fish will become harder to catch and with lot’s of anglers expected to hit the river next weekend the fish will also become very spooky until the next change comes through with a little more rain we hope.
Now that the spawn run has started it will be necessary to toss some bigger minnow style lures about for the best results or else use ‘drift rigging’ methods with glowbugs and nymphs.
Call into my shop and we can show you the best methods to use in the river and we can tell you the best way to fish.
Fly Fishing Lake
Fly fishing has continued to be good on the lake with more fish being taken by fishing Woolley Buggers deep down. With the flies stripped slowly the fish are happy to strike hard.
The deeper drop offs at the Snowy River Arm has been producing a few good brown trout in the early mornings also on green nymphs. Yabby patterns are also worth a try in that same area.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
River and stream Fly Fishing.
Dry flies are still working on the sunnier days and Yellow Humpy and Adams are two flies that you should have ready in case you see fish rising, however the emphasis now will be on the spawning brown trout using glowbugs and nymphs and we have an extensive range of different glowbugs that are guaranteed to catch the fish (erman).
There is still a little stream fishing happening and it’s worth a try if you want to get away from the crowds on the Thredbo River.
For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.
For more information on the latest fishing conditions, please call into –
STEVE WILLIAMSON’S TACKLE SHOP
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MAY 2007 (Updated for May 1st)
NEWS
Well last weekend we had the best falls of rain for a couple of months with some areas getting 50mm and with a promise of more to come late this week, we should see a big improvement in the river and stream fishing Reports are that there are now more spawning brown trout moving into the Thredbo River and they have started to take glowbugs and nymphs.
On the lake we expected the trout to go crazy with the rain but that didn’t happen because of the almost stationery low pressure system over us. As that system moves away we will not experience much of a rise in pressure as there is another front about to hit mid week. As this front approaches we should see some good fishing.
The weather plays an important part in how the fish behave at this time of year and you just have to take the good with the bad.
Over all the condition of the fish that we are catching is spectacular with 3lb rainbows common. There have been a few bigger brown caught but nothing much over 5lb reported in the last week.
Lake Jindabyne’s water level.
The water level was pretty stable again last week and all the talk so far of the lake dropping dramatically just hasn’t happened. The level is still about 47% and I don’t expect it to drop any further unless they dredge the silt away for the Waste Point intake at the pumping station. If the Snowy Hydro do dredge then the lake could go down another metre. Unfortunately last weeks report in the Summit Sun states that Lake Eucumbene will continue to drop. The worse thing is that Terry Charlton, Snowy Hydro CEO, stated they are looking at ways of dropping lake Eucumbene to below minimum operational level (MOL). This apparently can be done by gravity feed which is not possible in Lake Jindabyne.
Again we are all looking forward to more rain and good snow falls over winter.
The water temperature is still a high 15 degrees which is still about 3 degrees higher than normal.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling
A little more surface activity last week with some nice bug fat rainbow trout caught early up in the day.
Start with surface lures and lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) and then put the lead core line down to three colours later as the sun rises. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish in the middle of the day, over the last week.
Downriggers down between 15 to 25 feet were also OK but you needed 20 metre drop backs to the lures and again it was best if you ran attractors 2 metres before the lures. Some days downriggers worked and other days nothing!
The best lure over the last week has been number Y82 and 36 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) The Yellow wing 48 duel depth is also worth a try. The number 48 Red nosed brown bomber is always a good one on the overcast days as well and has produced some of the better fish caught off lead core line.
Rainbow trout and brown trout pattern jointed Rapala’s off the downrigger and lead line at 3 colours are catching the better brown trout with Kalkite and Creel Bay near Waste Point the best areas for the browns.
Worms trolled slowly behind attractors has again produced some good trout to 2kg.
Minnow lures are always good if you want to target the spawning brown trout and if the fish are deep you are best with leadcore lines or downriggers at 25 feet deep.
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Scrub worms and of course the ever popular Berkleys Powerbait have continued to be the best baits over the last week. Bardi grubs have been best for the bigger brown trout. Mudeye season has now finished!
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and small Atlantic salmon.
Powerbait in rainbow paste or orange twist are the best for rainbow trout at the moment. Burley has been helping.
Fish with worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. I also fished off the township side of Cub Island the other day and the bait fishing was very good just at the edge of the weed bed in about 10 feet of water.
Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
The cooler weather and recent rain has been good for spinners and some good brown trout are being caught early in the morning or late evening. Rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try. Less rainbows seen cruising last week and it could be the fish have gone deeper.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots. Try some of the River to Sea goldfish like minnows that we have in the shop at the moment.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
River spinning.
The Thredbo has improved since the rain. A few fish are being caught again on Celtas mainly in gold or red and gold.
Floating minnow lures were still the best in the pools and the brown trout and rainbow trout pattern Rapala’s are best. Call into my shop and we can show you some other great floating lures to use in the river and we can tell you the best way to use them.
Fly Fishing Lake
Fly fishing has continued to be good on the lake with more fish being taken by fishing Woolley Buggers deep down. With the flies stripped slowly the fish are happy to strike hard.
The deeper drop offs at the Snowy River Arm has been producing a few good brown trout in the early mornings also on green nymphs. Yabby patterns are also worth a try in that same area.
Craigs Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
River and stream Fly Fishing.
The Thredbo River has improved after the rain and I expect there will be an even bigger improvement if we get more of the rain predicted for later this week. Dry flies are still working on the sunnier days and Yellow Humpy and Adams are two flies that you should have ready in case you see fish rising.
I would expect that the brown trout spawn run will start very soon if we get more rain and this is the time for glow bugs and nymphs. The Mowambah should also improve over the next week as the there is more water now and the water is colder.

For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.

APRIL 2007 (Updated for the 20th April)
Mild conditions continue, this morning it was already 12 degrees at 6.30 am. I am still to see the first frost on the boat for the season.
We worry still about the lack of rain and things are starting to look dry again.
Overall the lake has been fishing quite well and it has been fantastic to be out on it with very little wind and perfect weather. Some days the fishing has been harder than others and then you get a surprise.
Last week one afternoon we caught 7 fish between 1pm and 3pm so again it proves if you don’t spend time on the water you will often miss the bite time for the day.
Lake Jindabyne’s water level.
The water level was pretty stable again last week and all the talk so far of the lake dropping dramatically jus hasn’t happened. The level is still about 47%.
The water temperature is still a high 15 to 16 degrees which is about 3 degrees higher than normal.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling
The trolling settled down after the Easter rush and it’s back to normal pretty much. Attractors like Cowbells, Ford Fenders and other flashers have again helped with catches.
Start the day with surface lures and lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) and then put the lead core line down to three colours later as the sun rises. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish over the last week.
Downriggers down between 15 to 25 feet were also OK but you needed 20 metre drop backs to the lures and again it was best if you ran attractors 2 metres before the lures.
The best lure over the last week has been number 36 yellow wing Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) and the Yellow wing 48 duel depth is also worth a try. The number 48 Red nosed brown bomber is always a good one on the overcast days as well and has produced some of the better fish caught off lead core line.
Rainbow trout and brown trout pattern jointed Rapala’s off the downrigger and lead line at 3 colours are catching the better brown trout with Kalkite and Creel Bay near Waste Point the best areas for the browns.
Worms trolled slowly behind attractors has again produced some good trout to 2kg.
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
Worms and of course the ever popular Berkleys Powerbait have continued to be the best baits over the last week.
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and small Atlantic salmon.
Powerbait in rainbow paste or orange twist are the best for rainbow trout at the moment. Burley has been helping.
Fish with worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. I also fished off the township side of Cub Island the other day and the bait fishing was very good just at the edge of the weed bed in about 10 feet of water.
Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
No change in the last week although we are seeing more fish cruising the edges at the moment still probably due to the recently released trout fingerlings. Rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots. Try some of the River to Sea goldfish like minnows that we have in the shop at the moment.
Yabby pattern lures have also been good as the real live yabbies have had to retreat from their homes as the lake water level drops. If you know where the yabby beds are you can always find small yabbies by turning over small rocks.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area. Island Bend and Guthega Dams haven’t fished as well over the last week due to water levels.
River spinning.
The Thredbo needs rain as the fish are spooky. A few fish are being caught again on Celtas mainly in gold or red and gold.
Floating minnow lures were still the best in the pools and the brown trout and rainbow trout pattern Rapala’s are best. Call into my shop and we can show you some other great floating lures to use in the river and we can tell you the best way to use them.
Fly Fishing Lake
As reported earlier there are also small schools of fingerling trout cruising around the edges Williamson’s Gold fish fly was again a winner last week.
The deeper drop offs at the Snowy River Arm has been producing a few good brown trout in the early mornings on green nymphs.
Black Woolley Buggers and Craigs Night time have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
River and stream Fly Fishing.
The Thredbo River is still low and the fish are spooky. Dry flies are still OK and we have had plenty of strikes on a Royal Humpy and a couple of strikes on small bead head nymphs in the faster runs. The Mowambah is still a little quite and we need more water before that fishes any better.
The river valleys are getting cold and frosty over night now. I am not sure how much longer we will be able to fish the alpine streams but the Thredbo above the Village is still fishing quite good.

For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.

APRIL 2007 (Updated for the 10th April)
NEWS
Good Friday started out mild but early on a cold southerly change came through with light drizzle and it was cold, very cold on the water. This was good for fishing and there was not a lot of boat traffic on the lake, however Saturday morning it was cold but fine and by mid morning the lake was very busy with at least 50 trailers at the boat ramp. Sunday it was busy again and the day ended up a very warm 25 degrees and Monday it was even warmer. The heavy traffic and warm, sunny and still conditions did make the fishing a little slower than we have been experiencing over the previous week. The Thredbo river also saw lots of anglers and the fish were very lure shy by Monday afternoon although I did see a couple of brown trout caught that were well over 2 kg. As stated in my last report there are some early spawning brown trout in the river although the water is very low and clear making them very spooky.
With the Easter rush now over we can get back to normal and with a lot less traffic on the lake the fishing should improve. The weather over the next week looks to remain warm and sunny so we may need another cold change and a little rain to help get the fishing back to it’s best, but at the moment you just can’t beat the fantastic autumn weather we are experiencing and the rest of the NSW school holidays should be great.
Lake Jindabyne’s water level.
The water level possibly dropped about 50mm over the last week is now still about 47%.
There is talk that it may go lower and that is going to happen anyway with evaporation of about 25mm a week unless we get rain.
The water temperature is still a high 16 to 17 degrees which is about 3 degrees higher than normal.
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.
Trolling
The trolling slowed over the weekend with so much traffic on the lake and warm still conditions. Most anglers had best results from using attractors to get the fish biting. Cowbells, Ford Fenders and some of the newer ‘Norstream’ attracters resulted in better catches. I am not sure if there was any lure better than another as we heard of so many different combinations of lures catching fish over the Easter break.
Start the day with surface lures and lead core lines at two colours (20 metres) and then put the lead core line down to three colours later as the sun rises. (20 to 30 metres of line out will get your lure down an extra 2 to 3 metres). There is no doubt that lead core lines were catching most of the fish over the last week.
Downriggers down to 25 feet were also OK but you needed 20 metre drop backs to the lures and again it was best if you ran attractors 2 metres before the lures.
The best lure over the last week has been number 82 Tasmanian Devil preferably in Duel Depth (20 gram) and the Y48 duel depth is also worth a try.
Rainbow trout and brown trout pattern jointed Rapala’s off the downrigger and lead line at 3 colours are catching the better brown trout with Kalkite and Creel Bay near Waste Point the best areas for the browns. Pink lures did work well on the cold days last week all over the lake.
Worms trolled slowly behind attractors has again produced some good trout to 2kg.
East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well.
Lake Bait Fishing (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
With the cooling water there are more trout being taken on bait at the moment. Mudeyes are all but impossible to get now so I would say the season has finished.
Bardi grubs, worms and of course the ever popular Berkleys Powerbait have continued to be the best baits over the last week.
Tiger worms under a float have been doing very well for rainbows and small Atlantic salmon.
Powerbait in rainbow paste or orange twist are the best for rainbow trout at the moment. Burley has been helping.
Fish with worms off the bottom and a power bait dropper will be the best middle of the day for the brown trout. The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake.
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, ‘The Haven’, ‘Hatchery Bay’ (deeper water because there isn’t any water in the creek any more), ‘Curiosity Rocks bay on the northern side’, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station. I also fished off the township side of Cub Island the other day and the bait fishing was very good just at the edge of the weed bed in about 10 feet of water.
Baits suspended under a float are a more productive method early and late in the day.
Lake Spinning
The fishing was best early and late in the day last week when the fish were closer to the edges. When the sun was high it was difficult spinning on the lake.
The trout are still chasing recently released trout fingerlings that can be seen cruising the edges so rainbow trout and brown trout Rapala’s are well worth a try. Any trout pattern lure should be worth a try.
There are still lots of goldfish in the weedy inlets and you will see the shags (cormorants) and pelicans working these spots.
Yabby pattern lures have also been good as the real live yabbies have had to retreat from their homes as the lake water level drops. If you know where the yabby beds are you can always find small yabbies by turning over small rocks.
Spin close around rocky outcrops for best results later on in the day in the day and use smaller lures like ‘Celtas’ or ‘Gillies Spinners’ around the shallow bays after dark. Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area. Island Bend and Guthega Dams haven’t fished as well over the last week due to water levels.
River spinning.
The Thredbo as explained earlier was a busy spot over Easter and it will take a little for the fish to settle back down again. The best thing that can happen at the moment would be for some rain to freshen the rivers and streams up. In my shop I have weighed in a couple of good browns caught from the river over the last few days so the fish are about. A few fish are being caught again on Celtas mainly in gold or red and gold.
Floating minnow lures were still the best in the pools and the brown trout and rainbow trout pattern Rapala’s are best. Call into my shop and we can show you some other great floating lures to use in the river and we can tell you the best way to use them.
Fly Fishing Lake
As reported earlier there are also small schools of fingerling trout cruising around the edges Williamson’s Gold fish fly was again a winner last week.
The deeper drop offs at the Snowy River Arm has been producing a few good brown trout in the early mornings on green nymphs.
Black Woolley Buggers and Craigs Night time have been two flies well worth using at dawn and dusk.
River and stream Fly Fishing.
The Thredbo River was hammered over the Easter break but surprisingly some very goof fish to 2kg were caught in the river. Glen and clients fished the Thredbo on both Saturday and Sunday and had plenty of strikes on a Royal Humpy and a couple of strikes on small bead head nymphs in the faster runs. The Mowambah is still a little quite and we need more water before that fishes any better.
The river valleys are getting cold and frosty over night now. I am not sure how much longer we will be able to fish the alpine streams but the Thredbo above the Village is still fishing quite good.

For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.

APRIL 2007 (Updated for the 2nd April)
NEWS
Last week we saw a couple of cold fronts and a little dusting of snow on the mountain peaks.
Unfortunately very little rain to talk about but with Easter coming up we may have another slight change by Thursday but the Easter weekend looks like being fine at the time of this report.
At the moment we are in typical Autumn conditions with sunny days and cool to cold nights. Great for trout fishing and traditionally Easter is a great time to catch trout as the water is cooling down enough to get a few more fish off the surface and the bait fishing improves as well.
SHOP NEWS
Steve Williamson’s Tackle Shop will have its Easter Sale from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Most items have great discounts with some at cost price. We have an extra special of buy 5 Tasmanian Devil lures for $22.50 and get a tackle box with a value of $22 absolutely FREE.