Monduran, dam of a thousand casts and then some.

[ellis_d]

Headed up to monduran dam with my the misses for a few for a 3 nights r & r from friday just gone.
what a different dam it is now with all that rain, its massive with some great looking bays.

but the barra just didnt want to play, i tried every thing fished pretty hard every day but donuts all around for me and the misses.
we used xraps,slick rigs, bombers toads and every thing else in my box of tricks.
i got about 2 bumps, and my lady cast one right on to a barras head resulting in a massive swirl but no fish.
pretty dissapointed but oh well, its still a great place to relax.
every one i spoke to up thare was having the same luck, the guides were fishless for a few days.

one bloke told me that the guy from i fish was there 2 days earlier fishing with a local guide and they went fishless for the 4 days they were there, not sure how true it was but made me feel a little better.
the whole time i was there only heard of one bloke catching a fish.

some great looking water up the back of the north arm i wish i spent a bit more time up there as it looked the healthyest and the walmest.
fished jacks for a 6hr sesh nothing
fished no secret point got a bump and saw a boof
fished b but not much life
had a look in the bays in bird but didnt even see any life no bait or bugger all

i think i need more practice at fishing for these chrome beasts, think ill try and get up to this comittie meating in june to pick some of your brains and learn a bit.

im off now to eat my donuts and cry :tongue:

Thanks,
Ellis

[BR65]

Heard it was tuff lately Ellis as well mate, I know a bloke whos been on the house boat and they found one near Jacks, but quiet else where.
Good ol Lake Misery strikes again, bad luck mate.

[warrior]

dont worry mate your not the first to taste them round things my last 3 trips have been like that,got 2 mates up there now will be interesting how they go.

[Peter4]

Persist, Ellis, persist - the worm will turn....

Had a run in 2008 of three consecutive trips for nada before smacking 'em in December....

Makes the next one into the net that much sweeter!

Thanks for the honest report...

Regs

Pete & Kyle

[robersl]

I am now on 4 trips eating pastry there .ellis so chin up

shane

[Pete62]

Thanks for the honest report Ellis, take comfort in the fact you are not the only one in the club, it just fuels the fire.
Look forward to seeing you at the gathering next month.

Pete.

[matt fraser]

Thanks for the report Ellis, those donut trips hurt don't they! They certainly make you appreciate the next barra you catch, and savour the multiple fish sessions that come along if you put the time in.

And then, just when you think you've got them sussed, they will bring you back to earth again, by either totally ignoring your offerrings or destroying your tackle.

The highs and lows of barra fishing! Gotta love it

Matt

[rc@hinze]

Thanks for the report Ellis. Most of us now what is like to go Mondy and come home fishless. I have mate who got a couple of barra his first trip to Mondy and then he has only got one fish on the next 6 trips between Mondy and Awoonga.
Sounds like you got the bug anyway and learning and hunting them down is more than half the fun. - cheers Richard.

[Big_Ren]

Thanks Ellis. It doesn't take much to turn things around. We were there on the weekend as well and she was tough to say the least.

Cheers
Paul

[ellis_d]

Thanks Ellis. It doesn't take much to turn things around. We were there on the weekend as well and she was tough to say the least.

Cheers
Paul

how did you go ren? did you get any thing where did you fish

yea thanks guys for the support, im still pretty keen to get back up there thinking of heading up one weekend for a super quick sesh prob just take a swag and camp on the ground one sat night.

what sort of weather should i look out for in winter what are the best conditions. i was thinking of keeping an eye on the weather and shooting up one sat.

[Big_Ren]

Yes we got a couple Ellis, but it was still very tough mate. Lots of tales of woe around the camp ground.

Cheers
Paul

[ellis_d]

Yes we got a couple Ellis, but it was still very tough mate. Lots of tales of woe around the camp ground.

Cheers
Paul

at least you got a couple. i still need lots more practice i think lol.
have a good one mate

[NAGG]

Shame you didn't get on to any Ellis ...... but unfortunately that's barra fishing & we are in the middle of a transition / recovery period - so any fish caught were going to be well earned !

Hope you can make the CM - there will certainly be a good flow of information & ideas

Chris

[Steve B]

Hey Ellis,

as per other comments. sorry about the doughnut mate!! it happens hey...but your certainly not alone!!!! Sounds like you did everything right mate, just one of those times. Gives you plenty of good reason to come back for another attempt....maybe at the muster!!:grin:

cheers Steve

[ellis_d]

Shame you didn't get on to any Ellis ...... but unfortunately that's barra fishing & we are in the middle of a transition / recovery period - so any fish caught were going to be well earned !

Hope you can make the CM - there will certainly be a good flow of information & ideas

Chris

yea thats true, thats why they call it fishing and not catching.lol
hopefully i can make it up there for the gathering.
even though we didnt catch any thing its still a great place and im still not detered by catching nothing.
thanks for the comments guys
Ellis