With our outback trip to the “WET” centre cancelled we changed our plans & headed to Lake Awonga for a week in search of a few Barra
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We had just had a week of warm weather & heard reports a few barra where about in the margins. It was also the lead up to the full moon for those who follow that theory along with first week of school holiday – so we wouldn’t be alone.
We arrived at the Lake Awonga Camp Grounds around 1pm Sunday & quickly set up camp. First session was with my Nieces boyfriend Steve & it didn’t take us too long to find our first fish at 95cm. This was my first trip back to the lake since it had rose & it sure is a BIG body of water now !
A lot of the areas we had done well in previously still looked the goods & we managed to mark a few fish on the HDS to boost our confidence.
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Did I mention the forecast was for heavy rain Monday onwards !!!! We’ll the bureau got it right this time & it poured Monday morning – luckily we are seasoned campers #@!
We fished Monday in the rain for nothing more than a cat fish & a very we a#$
Tuesday dawned wet & grey & slowly deteriorated ! I fished with my niece Jess in the afternoon both casting & trolling for nothing. Jess even offered me money to go back in early
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Thursday afternoon we spent anchoring on points & casting after advice from Jason Wilhelm. Unfortunately our confidence was dented after three hours for nothing, but with plenty of boney’s flicking we decided on a troll run to finish off with. Running a couple of Classic Barra Pro’s we only went 15 minutes before we got out first bite – resulting in a FAT 98 cm fish
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Next we tried a point we had previously cast which also held plenty of boney’s – with Steve getting hammered as we came around the corner ! This fish really played up with half a dozen gill rattling jumps boat side before falling into the enviro net. Steve was stoked with his first barra at 98cm – just short of the meter !
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The weather did finally improve a little, but the fishing remained tough for our last two days at Awonga …………
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We fished each afternoon from 2pm onwards in the hope of finding some warmer water in the shallow,windward bays. We’d anchor & cast each area for around an hour before moving to another area up until dark – then switch to trolling any area’s that showed promise. The wet weather didn’t put the catties off …………
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Unfortunately we didn’t get any more bites from the barra & it rained just enough Saturday morning to wet everything as we packed up ! It was great to be back on the lake & we learnt plenty as usual – looking forward to our next trip already