Lake Awoonga, Can I Have A Coffee With That Donut Please?

[BR65]

Short and sweet guys and gals.

Fished Awoonga on the weekend. Caught one fish...

No pics, we all know what a caty looks like...:-[

Details in the diary as per below...

Time for a bundy, Ive got some kind of doughy pastry type thing caught in my craw...


http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showthread.php?t=132555&page=2


trev, sent you a PM

cheers
brian

[NAGG]

From what I heard Brian you had really crappy conditions to contend with both before & during your trip ........ Pretty tough when its like that!

MAYBE NEXT TIME:P

Chris

PS John (Obi-wan) is struggling at Faust atm ( similar conditions)

[BR65]

You know me Chris, I think about a trip and it rains, I commit to a trip and it blows, I leave for the trip and the barometer takes a nose dive, I arrive and everyone tells me how good it was last week - phooey to that.

No excuses mate, just wasnt good enough on the day to crack a pattern that instigated a bite.

I SHALL have my revenge though.....

[Tropicaltrout]

white and two mate

Nath

[BR65]

November soon Nath, then we will see.....

[Tropicaltrout]

Yes too right mate I look forward to it. Destiny is ready to catch another one too. I dont think she will let me go off on my own too much....

Nath

[warrior]

mate the barra gods do that to us just to strenghen us up and make that next metery all the more fun

[mikooh]

Your not alone Brian, I just got home from a week at Awoonga.......2 barra landed in 5 days on the water.........Tough with a capital T.....will post a report soon.

Mick

[darylive]

You know a phone call to Harro Friday saved a lot of travel and expense to find out the weather was CRAP.

Likewise Steve said it was pouring at Mondy

[BR65]

Im not made of sugar Darryl, so a bit of rain doesnt hurt, if I cancelled every trip that had bad weather forecast, I wouldnt be doing much fishing. Unfortunately my spare time is limited, so I go when I can, and deal with the conditions as I find them.
Strangely enough my biggest impoundment fish came on a day of 20+ sou easters and pouring rain, been like that all week, water temps were down, negative reports flying thick and fast, but sometimes ya just gotta have a go.
Im not blameing weather, far from it, a good fisho should be able to work around that, the 6 hour drive home gave me plenty of time to reflect on the reasons I zilched out.
cheers
brian

[NAGG]

Im not made of sugar Darryl, so a bit of rain doesnt hurt, if I cancelled every trip that had bad weather forecast, I wouldnt be doing much fishing. Unfortunately my spare time is limited, so I go when I can, and deal with the conditions as I find them.
Strangely enough my biggest impoundment fish came on a day of 20+ sou easters and pouring rain, been like that all week, water temps were down, negative reports flying thick and fast, but sometimes ya just gotta have a go.
Im not blameing weather, far from it, a good fisho should be able to work around that, the 6 hour drive home gave me plenty of time to reflect on the reasons I zilched out.
cheers
brian

The thing is ...... that if conditions stay crappy - the fish will stop sulking & come on the chew ........... Our March trip followed that scenario ( consistently crappy conditions for around a week) ........ Lets see what feedback we get during this week

Chris

[rc@hinze]

Hard luck Brian, I know exactly how you feel. When the oppurtunity comes to take a trip you just have to go for it. My last trip to Awoonga last year was howling SE and rain and I also got my PB on night when we wernt expecting it.
- cheers Richard

[BR65]

The thing is ...... that if conditions stay crappy - the fish will stop sulking & come on the chew ........... Our March trip followed that scenario ( consistently crappy conditions for around a week) ........ Lets see what feedback we get during this week

Chris


Chris, would you be suggesting productive stable weather doesnt necessarilly mean fine stable wather::) .

Crappy weather equals less people, I luuurve crappy weather, just not at the start of the cycle, besides, a fish in adverse conditions is worth 10 in optimum conditions I reckon

I love it when the suns out, temps are up, gentle breeze, no one else buzzing past me in their screaming two pot bangers, if only I could get a trip like that to happen:(

[eotbmg]

Hey Brian
Well we both know that you've got to be on the water to catch em, remember the June trip, beanies gloves and thermals, but you still caught them! Been crappy here on the coast all weekend, but as we look out now beautiful sunshine, maybe you can influence the weather, can you organise good weather for 2 weeks time when i am at Awoonga????
Cheers mate
Ben

[BR65]

I'll do my best mate and plan a trip for myself 1000kms away, that should sort out the weather for you, and leave me the rubbish Im used to.
What date are you at A?

cheers
brian

[eotbmg]

26 th mate, will send you a reply pm tonight.
Cheers
Ben

[NAGG]

Chris, would you be suggesting productive stable weather doesnt necessarilly mean fine stable wather::) .

Crappy weather equals less people, I luuurve crappy weather, just not at the start of the cycle, besides, a fish in adverse conditions is worth 10 in optimum conditions I reckon

I love it when the suns out, temps are up, gentle breeze, no one else buzzing past me in their screaming two pot bangers, if only I could get a trip like that to happen:(

Too right Brian ........ long periods of stable or unstable weather are productive ( sudden changes less so) ......... while unsubstantiated , I reckon that fishing takes a few days to improve after the crappy has gone! The muster weekend was an example of this - unstable during the week which improved later - Fine Fri / Sat / Sun ( very few fish caught) Sunday afternoon improvement - Monday , Tues & Wed saw some great captures ....... Moved to Awoonga ( again stable weather) - good results

Chris

[Peter4]

Awww, bad luck Brian. Well it confirms that you're human after all.......

I'm a wee bit gobsmacked as I expect you to get a result everytime - you know you have a reputation to uphold young man!

You certainly make Awoonga sound daunting.......

I'm sure you'll kick some arse at Mondy in the very near future.....

Pete

[BR65]

Fish are there Pete, saw em on the lowrance, just to good for me on that trip.

I tried everything except over the side with a knife between my teeth, dont tell anyone ;) but I even had a troll along the river bed drop off up the boyne in the middle of Saturday, marked some fish sitting just above the thermocline in 20 foot in the deeper water side of the drop off, so ran some deep divers for a bit, that didnt work either:(

[Peter4]

I tried everything except over the side with a knife between my teeth, dont tell anyone ;) but I even had a troll along the river bed drop off up the boyne in the middle of Saturday, marked some fish sitting just above the thermocline in 20 foot in the deeper water side of the drop off, so ran some deep divers for a bit, that didnt work either:(

There's nothing wrong with a troll but I would strongly advise against the Tarzan approach......"Here lies BR65 who, after bravely plunging into the depths of Awoonga chasing barra, was taken by a monster catfish hiding at the edge of a weed bed after concussing himself on some submerged timber- RIP"......;) ;D

Sorry, it must be the drugs..........

[Big_Ren]

Nothing like a tough trip to harden the resolve for next time Brian. We'll be up there 20-31 October, catching up with Benny from the 26th.

Was that your first Awoonga trip? She can be a tough arena first up, that's for sure.

Cheers
Paul

[themissus]

That bites Brian.....better luck for your next trip. It's what keeps us coming back trip after trip!!
Cheers Kim