Well a last minute decision this morning saw me heading for the fresh rather than salt, I'd decided I wanted another crack at some yellows before this cold weather really sets in. With the kayak loaded I headed off towards Bendigo planning to hit the lake around 11am, not the greatest of times but hey it's a public holiday it's meant to be relaxing. Oli decided he wasn't feeling to great and was staying at home so it was a solo trip for me. I decided to trust the new gps and follow it's directions despite having made the drive countless times before, lousy new toys. It seems it wasn't aware the highway was finished a number of years ago and the turn offs it wanted me to make soon saw it getting turned off. Eventually I did make it and hit the water around 11:30.
The recent rains have really flowed on and had I bothered to check the lake levels my plans would have been very different, the water is up about a metre over the bank and there's an abudance of freshly covered ground and plenty of food about. As I'd decided to bring a collection of shallow divers and work the edges today suddenly my plans weren't looking so good, I've found in previous years as the water level rises the fish really only feed morning and night, coming up onto the newly covered grounds before retreating back to the depths through the day. It seems this year things are pretty much the same with three hours of trolling the edges and flicking everything I had on me resulting in 1 carp around a kilo and not even a redfin to show for me efforts. I spent another 2 hours working my way back around the lake and by 4 o'clock I still only had the one carp to show for my efforts and a few less lures. It was my first carp from the kayak and it soon presented an additional problem, I don't like dragging carp around in my kayak while I wait to dispose of them...
Gorgeous day out on the water, terrible fishing, oh well there's always next weekend.
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