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Thanks guys some great comments....that fall into the general consensus of the majority of people I have spoken to....even native the fisherman are starting to be a bit concerned too...cheers Take care Paul

Thanks guys....some great valid comments that fall in line with the general consensus with the brethren down here....one in particular..from a Victorian carper.... They seem to believe that the killing of 95% of carp will bring their waterways back to a pristine condition, ignoring the fact that most of the damage is done by humans. Remove the industrial pollution, urban and farming run off, bank erosion from cattle and ski boats, habitat removal, redirection of waterways and reduction of natural flows and then you can blame the carp. Take care Paul

Disastrous times ahead...imagine if this got a foothold world wide.....scary stuff...:eek::eek:......Cheers http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-13/murray-darling-carp-plague-release-fish-virus-farmers-scientists/7084586 Take care Nails

Disastrous times ahead...imagine if this got a foothold world wide.....scary stuff...:eek::eek:......Cheers http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-13/murray-darling-carp-plague-release-fish-virus-farmers-scientists/7084586 Take care Nails

It,s only a matter of time Andy before you nail a big one...You know the bigger ones there it,s just a matter of time..do these fish take off the top??..if so you could be just a matter of targeting the bigger ones..at least you can get to see what your chasing and target the fish accordingly instead of just fishing in hope..worth a try...Cheers ATB Paul

Nice one Andy...a little cracker of a Mirror hey...and congratulations on the doubles as well...So they are in there hey..With the bio-mass being so big you will allways have the same problem of trying to winkle out the bigger fish...your having a great time so keep at it I say...Cheers ATB Paul

Nice piece of water there hey Andy....With all those small singles about I would suspect that there is a lot of competition for food. For the biomass there for arguments sake there is 5000 singles 50 doubles 10 20,s and so on. The singles would stay singles for a long time taken years to reach any size. I think you,ll be hunting a long time to find larger ones amongst the masses of smaller ones but its still fun catching them hey, you could probably step your gear right down to lighter rods and line to suit the conditions and still have a bit of fun. Tight Lines. ATB Nails

Thought so the backend of the summer high water temps, you would expect the fish to be out deep in the cooler water I would of imagined. When we lived in Victoria I found the april onwards till about now and end of September through until the first of the northerly winds come was the most productive time of the year, you can still get fish through winter thou not so much on the river systems as water levels are extreemly high and flow rates to go with it, I seem to target still waters that time of the year. A week after the first good rains after summer and then as the water temps reach 17 degrees or so getting ready for the breeding season later on is prime time for our whiskered frends.

Looks very carpy....looks to be quite low..was it a summer seesion?..may be reason that the fish where not on the chew, low oxygen levels and other things on thier mind, like the rump pumpy breeding time....

That is a possibility I have concidered, I would have to do the full monty urban commando style of fishing. I,ll be back......

Quality mate quality... Got some nice colored Koi,s here but sadly can not fish for them as they are in a residential area and guarded by the neigbourhood nazis. We guessimate the larger ones to be low twenties, I believe there was one in there a possible thirty but it has not been seen for some time now I suppose its a good thing really as they will not be preyed upon by the local redneck white bucket brigade. Its just nice enjoying seeing them swimming around a not getting hasseled.

Like ya work Stoke....top effort man. Great pictures, there is some great potenial there for sure for some productive dangling.

A bit of food for thought Stoke, with the influx of water recently and the level being up there is a posibility that the fish are having a good old nosh on the naturals that are available, worms, yabbies, bugs and the like that have been washed down, may be it could be worth going down stream instead as the fish will certainly congregating if river is in flood, also may be worth leaving the river for a week or two until things settle down and a bit of clarity comes back in the water[try a lake or two] instead. Recently got some of those Hiviz[lumo] extra large pop up maize that seem to be doing the bizzo over here in the west on the Koi. I,ve been soaking them in a maple syrup glug and using them with a single grain of maize. Not blanked on them yet. Same with the maize, once cooked and still hot, pour in the maple syrup, as they cool they take on the flavor. We had a shocker of a summer, could,nt even buy a fish when it was stinking hot, I think they go right off the feed when its like that. We are the opposite over here, when the rains come it seems to fire up the koi into feeding, higher oxygen levels and cooler temperatures especially after a long hot summer this year, its going to be a good season for us, I hope. Tight lines Nails

Its a crying shame of the same old story that things are spoilt by a few for the majority.We may have a winge..... now and then but I dont think for one minute that we as carp fishermen go out on purpose to harm any kind of animal in quest of our chosen type of fishing methods. Good luck lads in search for a venue. All the best from the west. Nails

Me and Andy aka "Niblet" from WA certainly fit into that category. http://www.carpfishingblog.com/fishing-for-koi-carp/koi-capers Sadly there are no Commons, Mirrors or Leathers over hear but the Koi keep us both entertained for the time being. Hopefully later on this year if all goes to plan we shall be visting Melbourne, me on work duties[2 & 2 roster in Bass Strait] and both of us together for a visit to get a bend in a rod or two. I was based in Melbourne for 13 1/2 years until we defected to the west 5 years ago and dangled a hair in a few places. So keeps those swims warmed up lads and if the timing is right would be nice to catch up for a session or two. Let your runs be screamers and your fish be whackers. Tight lines Nails & Niblet

Good one T keep us posted as we are having a bit of a draught over here in the the sand pit of Western Australia our only haven for carp[kio that is ] as there are no commons or mirror over here was polluted a week or so ago by sewerage leaching into the Canning River after the heavy rains. http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/03/26/2857726.htm Some photos would be nice if any. I fished the Sale lake some 10 years ago myself when I lived in Melbourne and found the same result, there seems to be so many small ones in there I would suspect there is a big competition for food. Cheers. All the best from the west Nails

Well done mate good session, persistance is a payer. You seem to of got their confidence happening. If there,s a 7lber in there there,s gotta be a low double you would think. It seems to be a battle getting through the smaller ones. May worth trying a single largish boilie with a PVA stringer of 4-5 singles attached on one of your rods with no loose feed approach. Good luck. ATB Paul

How do you attach photos on here as then i could show you some of the lake. I have had problems using the img and url tabs. Go to Photo bucket web site and open up an account, this will be your personel site where you can up load photographs and store them. You may have to login each time you visit to access your photos. Once logged in go to my home and upload photos from your computer, once loaded they should be shown on the My home recent uploads. Copy and paste from the IMG code from the share this image section of any perticular photo to the post a reply on the post a reply on this web site. Click on preview to see the image all being well it should of uploaded, you can comment in between the photos leaving a space between each of the photo codes. It,s a little fiddley but have a play with it and you should be allright. Good luck. Nails

Keep at it Stoke, it,s only a matter of time before you crack it and nail the BIG ONE!!! Persistance is the key to any campaign, varing the techniques and baits to get the results. The good thing is you have established where the fish are. Where there are small ones there has to be bigger it just a matter of filtering out the smaller ones. Deffo way to go by putting out a big bait[Donkey Choker]30mm+ on one rod and let it do it,s magic, while your waiting for that to go off, the small ones will keep you occupied. If your going with the big bait approach I would certainly go up in lead size also 4oz[if you rod will cast it] size 2 hook, on a semi-fixed set up, the reason being that you would want the fish to set the hook good and proper by the time you get to the rod, if you have set it up in another swim close to you[alarm turned up full]. Minimal loose feed would be the go, 5-10 30mm+ boilies around your hook bait, at least then you would know that the smaller ones would,nt bother the main bait, and if there are big ones there, they would easily mop up the small amount of feed you have put out including your hook bait, if you know what I,am waffling on about. Anyway mate keep us posted and dont forget the photos!!! Good luck All the best from the west. Nails

Today i went and had a look at a lake call lake glenmaggie does anyone know anything of the carp potential of this lake? Top report Stoke Here is some info extracted form the DPI web site. http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/angling/introduction/a-z.htm Check it out there is a wealth of information on the site Glenmaggie Lake, Glenmaggie F 13 PDF MAP | Return to Thompson River Basin 176ha. 124,020ML. Caravan, camping and boat launching facilities. An irrigation storage on the Macalister River surrounded by cleared and forested land. Level fluctuates widely and the lake is drawn down to very low levels in most years. Substrate is mainly mud with little aquatic vegetation. Carries predominantly carp to 5kg, (av. 800g), redfin to 1kg, (av. 400g), some brown trout to 1.2kg, (av. 300g), rainbow trout to 350g, short-finned eels and goldfish. Bank fishing is successful when levels are adequate. Fishing for redfin is best in the spring and early summer. Despite regular stocking with brown trout, catches have severely declined when compared with fishing in the 1970's. Possible reasons are increased fluctuations in water level and competition with carp and redfin. Stocked with brown trout and Australian bass. Australian bass are being trialed in an attempt to provide an alternative species that might cope better with warm summer water temperatures. There has been a small number of bass captured by anglers indicating that some fish have survived and grown. So they are saying 10 lbers, such a large water theres got to be bigger. On one of there locations they stated that there where carp to a couple of kilo in there, I know for a fact there are larger ones in there, I had one 24lb 8oz, on double 18mm fishmeal boilie. So it just goes to show how much they really know! Cheers Paul

Its a pretty simple and easy recipe to put together with all the ingredients sourced from any of the major supermarkets. 50% Cat bicscuits, pets section. 25% Soya flour, health food section/Health shop 25% Semolina/polenta, cereal, continental section or a Italian deli. Polenta[maize meal] is another good binder that could be incorporated in to the bait also to give a little extra texture. Tight lines Paul

Nice to hear stoke sounds like a great session. I,ll take back what I mentioned in a earlier post about boilies, may be they would be worth a bash there. Here is a tried and tested recipe that a few of us have used on quite a few Melbourne waters with some reasonable success. Dry ingredients based on a 4 egg mix, adjust by adding extra egg if too dry, or more soya flour if too wet. By adding more of the other dry ingredients it makes a little to stiff to roll. 8oz ground up Whiskers cat busuits. Any of the fishy ones Tuna,salmon and white bait [ground up in a coffee grinder] 4oz soya flour 4oz fine semolina A little tuna oil to give the bait a bit more pulling power. Boil until they pop-up in the pan, take out and air dry over night. Fish these popped[microwave a dozen or so for hook baits until dry but not burnt] up on a 18" chod-rig with a 3-6inch hook link should sort the silt problem out, at least you would have a fair chance of having the bait clear of the bottom. Size wise use use something that a 2-3lber would not get in it,s mouth say double 18mm or single 25,s go the hole hog and give them a donkey choker 35-40mm, I believe a 20+ fish would not have any problem whats so ever getting it down it,s neck. It sounds like there is to much competition for food with the smaller faster moving fish getting their heads down first for a chomp. Stalking is a top method of targeting single fish at close range, it just a matter of site locating them and fishing accordingly in the margins with a little loose feed with a stick float and bread flake. Good luck Nails

All rite gents, Somewhat the first time I,ve prepared in any quantities. Managed to get a 5kg bag of the golden nuggets from the local stock feeders for $9.50 a bag. A little dried and shriveled I thought at first glance. I did a little experimentation first up with just a cup full into the pressure cooker[no 24/48hr soaking] with enough water to cover about an inch or so. Brought it up to the boil than whacked the lid on. Set the timer for 30mins and reduced to a medium heat. After the 30mins took the cooker off the heat, and allowed it to cool. Checked the hardness with the baiting needle, still a little hard. Replaced the lid again and brought it back up to temperature for a further 10mins. Rechecked it twice and found that exactly 50mins for this size maize was perfect, did,nt split or go mushy like some maizes. May be I was lucky and just scored a good batch. It had over doubled in size which I was quite surprised. I went ahead and measure half a Berri juice bottle full which roughly worked out to be a kilo with a tablespoon of each salt and sugar. I did two lots of boil-ups using the juices from the first boil into the second one and topped it up a little. Once the second boil had finished the remaining juices was divided equally between both bottles and topped up with hot water. At this stage I suppose you could add any flavorings and extra sweetener into the hot water top up if you wanted to, or even straight it to the bucket to ferment with selected flavors ect,ect. I have opted for the storage approach on two of the bottles for a month or so just to see if the process is successful over long term storage. Before the lids where put on I topped each one with some sesame oil to put a bit of a seal on the top for storage purposes, stored in the bottom of the fridge, in the coolest spot, you would,nt wanna have a fermentation explosion in there i,ll give the tip BARRRR BOOOOOOM!!!!. I think with using the pressure cooker it concentrates the released flavor back into the kernels, there is a definite difference in flavor and texture when the 24/48hr soaking technique is used. Try both and taste them! Let your runs be screamers and your fish be whackers. Paul

it is a popular spot for the bread chucker gang that come down and feed the ducks on a daily basis. If you were to fish the lake in Sale, unless it has been fished before by carp anglers I would,t even bother with a boilie as it took me nearly 2 months for the fish on one perticular Melbourne water to get on to them. May be at first I had the wrong recipe but eventually I cracked it. Simple corn or maize popped up and good old bread flake or crust on a chod rig could be the winner. Good luck Nails

I came back from melbourne on sunday and a had alook round a lake in sale. It screms carp to me it reminds me of elesmere in cheshire. It must be 60 to 100acres and has one island in it. If that one is the main big lake in town I fished it 8 or 9 years ago whilst away on a project down there. Whilst fishing myself a young lad turn up with his fly gear and started casting 50 yards away from me. I noticed he was using a white matuka saltwater fly, and to my suprise he managed to catch two smallish commons 3-4lb on his fly gear, obviously it must of been representing bread as it is a popular spot for the bread chucker gang that come down and feed the ducks on a daily basis. Sadly for the two fish he had caught he just left them flapping around on the grass to die. But gladly for me when he bogged off I went over and put them back in. Nails