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Estuary perch

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Sako 11.125 has had some great lure fishing of late in Devilsbend reservoir on the mornington peninsular
It's has been stocked with trout and estuary perch
he's been on night shift and has a fish on the way home
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Beautiful fish
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Are I remember those days well done to him some lovely fish.
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nice feed there...
good on him :D
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stinkitup wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:37 am Are I remember those days well done to him some lovely fish.
My parents had a farm on the Paterson river at Paterson ....spent many hours on the river fishing for bass ...great days and nights (jitterbugs)
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LoneRider wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:57 am nice feed there...
good on him :D
He’s let them all go so far ....still got a freezer of fish from the last trip to FNQ
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Sako 22-250 wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:32 pm
stinkitup wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:37 am Are I remember those days well done to him some lovely fish.
My parents had a farm on the Paterson river at Paterson ....spent many hours on the river fishing for bass ...great days and nights (jitterbugs)
I spent a ripper weekend in some gorge country years ago popping Jitterbugs into the shadows on dusk. Bloody addictive the Bass. Never targeted estuary perch ... looks like a lovely fish!
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Con wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:04 pm
Sako 22-250 wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:32 pm
stinkitup wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2017 9:37 am Are I remember those days well done to him some lovely fish.
My parents had a farm on the Paterson river at Paterson ....spent many hours on the river fishing for bass ...great days and nights (jitterbugs)
I spent a ripper weekend in some gorge country years ago popping Jitterbugs into the shadows on dusk. Bloody addictive the Bass. Never targeted estuary perch ... looks like a lovely fish!
Cheers...
Con
Your right about addictive Con ....bloop bloop bloop bloop ...smash..its the only fishing I know that you hear the fish take the lure ..so good on those pitch black nights
cheers Mark
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mate and I would chant 'Jitterbug, jitterbug, jitterbug, jitterbug ...' as it paddled across the river. Then WHOCK!, water flies up in the dark and your on! From memory, they fought clean too on 6lb line. We returned every single one, beautiful fish!
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Sako 22-250 they're still biting in the Paterson mate , just a little further up in real God's country. Even some of the old people can still catch them
Paterson River bassies 31.10.17 001 resized.jpg
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barryb wrote:Sako 22-250 they're still biting in the Paterson mate , just a little further up in real God's country. Even some of the old people can still catch them
Paterson River bassies 31.10.17 001 resized.jpg
Nice fish Barry.... . And yes got to agree its gods country up there
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barryb wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:53 am Sako 22-250 they're still biting in the Paterson mate , just a little further up in real God's country. Even some of the old people can still catch them
Paterson River bassies 31.10.17 001 resized.jpg
Oi you, you weren't sposed to tell these retards about them, :lol:
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A mate caught this cod this morning on a jitterbug at eildonImage

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I have never caught a EP going early in the morning with sako 11.125

Will get the smoker out
Nice brown caught this evening


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Sako 22-250 wrote:I have never caught a EP going early in the morning with sako 11.125

Will get the smoker out
Nice brown caught this evening


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Good luck would EP be same as silver perch? If so yummy!

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