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Fishing Reports

Howqua Area freshwater comp 14-15 July 2018

14th - 15th July 2018
by Gordon "Flash" McDonald

 Howqua Area freshwater comp  14-15 July 2018

10 members attended the Howqua area trip and it was nice to see some of our country members.
Frank went to bed early while the rest rocked through till the early hours on Saturday morning. 2 managed to find new places to sleep, wood shed and beside the water tanks.


Saturday, all members got up early ready to embrace the day's fishing. Wow! it was frosty, everything was white & bone chilling.
The day's temperature was 15° under the beautiful sunshine.
Andrew and Peter fished Mac's cove to caravan park, picking up 4 and 1 brown trout respectively.
Flash caught a Brown Trout in good condition, but Peter's was bigger by a smidgen.
Gavin and John Costa picked up 1 and 3 Redfins respectively from the bank after some running repairs to Gavin's boat.

Saturday's result:
6 Brown Trout
4 Redfins
Heaviest Brown Trout, Peter 680 grams
Heaviest Redfin, John 430 grams

Sunday was cold with the sun poking its head out during the day, the lake was still & flat.
Andrew and Peter, caught 1 and 2 Brown Trout respectively.
Frank collected 3 Brown Trout from Tony's boat.
John and Gavin, 3 and 1 respectively Redfins.

Sunday's result:
6 Brown Trout
4 Redfins
Heaviest Brown Trout, Peter 710 grams
Heaviest Redfin, John 550 grams

Overall :
Andrew Brandi 1st
Peter Miles 2nd
John Costa 3rd
Frank Calleja 4th

A total of 12 Brown Trout and 8 Redfins were caught for the weekend.

Pink / spotted dog in red / silver Tassie's Trolling.

Team work for clean up was outstanding. All left after weigh in at 1pm. A Good Trip.

 

Flash

A nice bag of trout, Eildon July 2018
Great spread on the Bamby charters, food courtesy of GTG, Eildon July 2018
A cold start to the morning, Eildon July 2018
Happy campers at the Howqua lodge, June 2018
The Hoff enjoying the fire, Eildon July 2018
A nice shot of the lake early morning, Eildon July 2018
Weigh in time, Eildon July 2018
The Old Salt Frank champion saltwater fisherman, caught his very 1st ever trout, Eildon July 2018
No shortage of parking at this ramp, Eildon July 2018

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