Action filled morning fishing in the Freeway Dam

[@colindyer4810]

Gotta love the free way dam cheers from grumpy

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Grumpy. 🙏🙏 I'm hoping to get back out to the Freeway Dam again soon..

[@tubby5006]

Gees, that was a horse of a fish that got off… great weather too Robbie ✌️🙂

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Tubby, you're not wrong mate.

[@CamBill]

Good one bugger about the big one 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Cam. I'm still dwelling on that fish getting off. LOL

[@haynerbass]

Love the animation Robbie.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. It was made for me by a subscriber.

[@Knee-ko]

13:07 - Loved the Deadstar lyrics Robbie. 👍👍 Maybe a 2nd YT channel opportunity - 'Robbie Singing' ? 🤣🤣

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahaha it would be successful I'm sure. LOL

[@hoonyou]

Hi Rob. Since I moved to Wang three month ago, I have been enjoying your videos. The carp without a whisker is called Siberian Carp that I used to catch when I was in Korea. Thanks for uploading this video. Cheers

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, thank you so much for the insight. 👍👍

[@Urbanfisho]

Interesting! That 'big' 1 WAs either as you said a foul hooked carp OR a big cod, some1 sneakily released in there!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks UF, my thoughts exactly. I've narrowed it down to those exact 2 things.

[@Urbanfisho]

@@robbiefishing I KNOW it happens cos I have spoken to a few people over the years around Melb here, that fish the lakes in the outer fringes, & they told me they used to BUY small cod from the breeders, like 30cm specimens, build them up to about double in a big tank, then release them into their local lake that have redfin, carp, yabbies etc in them so there is plenty of food for them, in the hope it will grow even BIGGER in the 'wild' !

[@davemustaki134]

Spewing we didn't get see the one that got away!

[@robbiefishing]

So am I mate. LOL

[@audigga4396]

I think it was a silver shopping trolley!

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha

[@mickgatz214]

I'm curious as to how much rubber gets washed into the dam......

[@robbiefishing]

I have no idea, but no doubt there would be all kind of pollutants.

[@lightningsfishingadventures]

Spewing you lost the giant! The goldy looked cool though! 😁🎣 I've been flat out haha, still trying to catch up on episodes 🙂

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. It's always so disappointing when you don't actually see the fish. LOL

[@markhopkins9925]

Thanks Robbie ,enjoyed watching .Looks like great spot for big of fishing. Keep up the great work. 👍🍻🍻

[@neil9274]

Robbie in NSW can you throw dead carp back in or is it illegal.

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, I'm not 100% certain, but I think it is legal. I do it in my videos and have never been pulled up for it.

[@tjgrossman]

I have looked at that dam many times wondering if it held reddies….now I know it does. I ran my RC boat in it once quite a few years back.

[@robbiefishing]

That's awesome, what a great place for a remote controlled boat.

[@fletcherdoherty5507]

Hi Robbie, the fish you thought was a goldfish is called a crusain carp.

[@allanotoole3304]

Good job Robbie👍🏽Question for ya mate🤔Can you catch carp on Lures/soft plastics Al

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Al. You can mate, I have done it a number of times, but it's not common. Some people target carp with flies and soft plastics, but they're dedicated. Haha I have caught them on soft plastics, spinners and even spinnerbaits over the years, but it is very uncommon. I would never intentionally target them with lures.

[@allanotoole3304]

@@robbiefishing Thank Robbie👍🏽

[@SammyMatteo]

Did the gold fish go the way of el carpio? 🥊

[@robbiefishing]

Yes mate.

[@pommiesteve]

I think that goldfish could of been a crucian carp mate

[@prob256lizard5]

btw a good combo for cod shrimp and cheese

[@billybishop8610]

Crucian carp it was mate

[@jamesbowen2030]

U might have to try a plastic or a spinning that dam

[@robbiefishing]

I've actually caught redfin in there on soft plastics in the past.

[@mitchcartablancakenworth3681]

Foul hooked big turtle mate, I’ve had it happen a few times.. did exactly the same thing as your one that got away…

[@joelvivian5581]

Epic mate, shame about that monster elcarpiotaurus

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Haha Whatever that was it was enormous. LOL

[@andrewgalea7319]

Is that the dam on the Milawa road turn off, Robbie?

[@robbiefishing]

Nah mate, this is at North Wang.

[@PhillipWhite-uz3wu]

Loved the goldfish Robbie. What you hooked was a freeway dam monster . Leptofreeways monstrosus. Just as well it got off!

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha thanks Phil, I think you've nailed it mate.

[@michael-fb7ps]

Great vid mate really enjoyed that but still want to know what the fish was you dropped if it wasn’t in the freeway dam I would have said big cod

[@prob256lizard5]

love your vids btw what biigest cod mine was 86cm but it looked at least 1.2m it was a big one

[@divinescribes7209]

I went fishing and I got stuck in the rain like five days ago

[@robbiefishing]

It happened to me a few days back as well. LOL How inconvenient.

[@divinescribes7209]

I had nothing to do so went fishing in a small town in South Australia near my home and you guessed it I got caught up in rain for red fins

[@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic]

GOT a surprise didn't you?

[@robbiefishing]

Haha Well I certainly caught more than I thought I would. LOL

[@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic]

@@robbiefishing Indeed!

[@scottbutler3128]

Hey mate is it possible there is a big cod in there

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Scott, it's possible, but doubtfully unless someone put one in there and it's grown.

[@mikhailkoslovskiy7860]

Hey Robbie, is the Euroa? if so that was a cracking yabby hole when I was a kid

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate no this one is in Wangaratta. I do have a few videos from the dam in Euroa, Arboretum Dam.

[@joshmcdonald967]

You sure it wasn't a big Murray cod

[@robbiefishing]

I doubt it, but anything is possible.

[@joshmcdonald967]

It just didn't seem like any carp I've ever caught

[@jogguys]

👍

[@TravisFaul-s1y]

I’m talking about bait fishing

[@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail]

6:56 Every time I've caught a turtle, they've been hooked down in their throat. The fact that you got your hook and bait back leads me to guess that was a big old carp.

[@robbiefishing]

Very good point.

[@Timberstuff]

Robbie we actually cannot feel wet, science tells us we can only feel the temperature change or the texture difference, love your cartoon Robbie call out.

[@robbiefishing]

That's interesting. Thanks mate. Our skin must be waterproof.

[@danieladamson3707]

Tell me. Do you have barbs on your hooks or barbless??

[@robbiefishing]

Barbs on when I am baitfishing..

[@glenstod]

Catching a goldfish on corn, not bad. Probably cheaper than catching a cornfish on gold. Another great vid ol' mate.

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahaha thanks mate.

[@stuartking2335]

Old big 30lb yella in there… hooked but never landed

[@robbiefishing]

Haha you might be right.

[@michaelhayes1068]

Hiya rob Well me and the boys sat down and come to the conclusion that what you hooked was a lesser megladon 😱 Rob that was great and really enjoyable.. Thank you and hope that everyone is in good form.. 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha I thought it may have been a Chinese spy submarine. LOL Thanks for watching mate, I hope you're having a ripper day.

[@danieladamson3707]

Didja kill the carp mate? Lol

[@robbiefishing]

Yep.

[@terryharwood1969]

Pretty Shaw the big fish u dropped was a 1 meter cod bro 😂

[@robbiefishing]

I reckon it was closer to 2m bro. LOL

[@-8xog]

Hi Robbie

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

I wonder if some floats might be the go in there? Just for a different approach. No idea if it'd any better or worse. Also if there's redfin in there then maybe some small blades, jigs or spinners? Again, just for something different there.

[@robbiefishing]

Great ideas. I have caught redfin on soft plastics in there. It would be a great spot to use floats. I love float fishing. Haha

[@captainfrank01]

@@robbiefishing ...and you have some real floats.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

@@robbiefishing yep a great fan of it myself as it not only reconnects me with my childhood, but it's also good fun and very simple.

[@gamingjetaviation]

Omg love the animation

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks mate. It was made for me by an amazing subscriber a few years back.

[@brent1486]

That was the bloody dam monster Robbie or big metery 😂

[@robbiefishing]

Haha I reckon you might be right mate. How disappointing. LOL

[@brent1486]

@@robbiefishing I was spewin 🤣 u need too go back heavy duty

[@johnk379]

Nothing worse than losing a large fish and never getting to see it, especially in the ocean, too many what if's

[@robbiefishing]

Absolutely, I agree. If I see the fish it's not that bad.

[@SpottedKusKus]

I’m a newbie and have never fished for carp or with corn, so this was super interesting. Nice job. ☺️

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate.

[@TobysfishingNoutdoors]

Robbie, do u know someone named Trevor Kay??

[@robbiefishing]

G'day mate, I sure do. I love Trevor, he is an absolute gem of a man. Do you know him too?

[@TobysfishingNoutdoors]

@@robbiefishing yeah hepastoernat my church and makes m E lures

[@robbiefishing]

@@TobysfishingNoutdoors That is fantastic. What church do you go to? I go to Enjoy Church in Wangaratta. Trevor is a good friend of mine. Can you please tell him that I said to say Hello.

[@TobysfishingNoutdoors]

@@robbiefishing I go to living water in Kyabram, and a can certainly say Gday fior you

[@robbiefishing]

@Tobysfishingandtravelling Awesome. I have been to Living Waters with Trevor and Lynette several times.

[@davemustaki134]

You caught the golden fish that's good luck lol

[@aussiefishingandoutdoors6607]

Awesome stuff Robbie!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much buddy.

[@allanleighton-hc1bc]

Great video as usual Robbie, seems to be a lot of carp out there these days!!! Same happens to me as well.

[@brent1486]

Hey Robbie last time u fish south bound side with the island 🏝️ can’t remember with the nice reddies

[@robbiefishing]

Hi Brent, I've only ever fished the dam on this side mate.

[@brent1486]

It looks different maybe cause waters down like u said!! wonder what other side fishers like

[@tinyjack8302]

Great video robbie keep ‘em up

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Jack.

[@chrisdore6387]

Probably was a 4 wheel drive that you lost.

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha

[@johnlabel3273]

Another great video Robbie have you ever thought of using cut up spam on the hook for carp about the size of a dice or floating bread we have a lot of success over here in the uk

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I have heard it is good bait but have never used it. I think corn is cheaper. Haha 😂

[@rhyswerner8749]

Definitely either a crucian carp or goldfish hybrid

[@robbiefishing]

I agree. It was definitely a lot different to normal European carp.

[@captainfrank01]

Sorry Rhys, there are no crucian carp in Australia, the different looking ones are all hybrids.

[@thecricketcorner.24]

Great video mate i sure did miss the freeway dam freat to see it again and still catching fish

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate.

[@lostintime9793]

HEY ROBBIE you should come for a fish with me and mate in the shepparton boulvard down north end 3630.

[@LarrysFishing]

Well, that was an interesting session. I was invested in that big one and yelled at the screen when it got off LOL Nice catch there at the end, I got one a couple weeks back and I had a few comments that it was a native carp? Awesome job as always and better luck next time down there with the big one.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Larry. Inside I was yelling too. LOL Native carp? I'm not sure about that one mate. Goldfish I reckon. 👍👍

[@luciusinfabula9148]

@@robbiefishing was about to suggest that, heavy outsized carassius fighting like a big wet sock. pretty sure you nailed it there.

[@LarrysFishing]

@@robbiefishing Yeah, tried looking up some info and couldn't find anything, might be like those drop bears I heard about LOL

[@PhillipWhite-uz3wu]

No native carp in Australia.

[@NorzamanOthman]

. Bb

[@jacobdalziel3996]

What's the best baitcarster reel for around 200 for cod

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, probably best to check with your local tackle store. Because I don't work in a tackle store I just don't know what is on the shelves, or at what price. Sorry mate.

[@jacobdalziel3996]

@@robbiefishing all good was seeing if you know any and good job on your fishing

[@johnoswin3117]

Hey Robbie I posted my 80 cm 21 pound carp on the comments on your most recent Facebook post

[@robbiefishing]

Hi John, awesome I will check it out.

[@johnoswin2011]

@@robbiefishing did you see it

[@tezzaj4862]

Hi robbie, not sure if you already know but there is koi carp in that dam ive seen quite a few of them swimming along that bank opposite where you are fishing from

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Tezza. I didn't know but I'm not at all surprised mate.

[@brentonclarke]

Can’t believe that big fish got off before having a chance to see it. What a bummer! But it is the unexpected that keeps us coming back for one more cast

[@robbiefishing]

Absolutely mate. LOL I .still dwelling on losing that fish. Haha If only I had of gotten a glimpse of it.

[@duanetonkin8200]

Wouldn’t it be good if you catch all the carp in that dam and rid of them all

[@robbiefishing]

It would be amazing, but the next flood would put them back in there I reckon.

[@rileycollins2875]

Great video Robbie I love fishing the free way dam what you really should consider doing is heading over to the other dam I fished there with a few soft plastics and caught heaps there is defiantly some big Redfin in there

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I've been meaning too but it is quite a bit harder to access. Maybe after winter I will do that.

[@rileycollins2875]

@@robbiefishing yeah it’s real hard we came out of the exit into the emergency lane and reversed down there but real good fishing

[@bangonfishingadventures]

most likely caught up in the line around its tail. The lost carp

[@robbiefishing]

Very possible. I never thought of that.

[@kevdimo6459]

When you asked us what we thought you’d catch, i immediately thought about Boosie Creek and said to myself Yabbies! But alas it was not to be. 😮

[@robbiefishing]

Haha I tried yabbying there once but once caught 2. LOL

[@kevdimo6459]

@@robbiefishing yes I heard you say that, and that’s why I thought they’d be there just to trick you. It’s probably just my sick sense of humour mate.

[@chriscoyne4827]

Robbie my friend tighten the drag up haha. Ive driven pass this place so many times and have never thought of fishing it. I know the dam across the road has great yabbies but no fish

[@robbiefishing]

Awesome, thanks mate. That dam on the other side is a lot harder to access.

[@danj3581]

Absolutely love your channel Robbie🙏🏻. Did that monster that got off the hook feel like possibly an eel?

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Dan. I've never caught an eel, we do not get them up here.

[@richardfraser7523]

hahahah thats near me

[@BlakeStanley124]

Great job mate I’ve actually been to that dam a couple of times good little spot keep up the good work👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Blake. Sure is a ripper isn't it.

[@brucemoffatt]

Nice video mate. Hey, a dumb question - if that's a dam how do fish get into it? Is it connected by seasonal streams? Surely they don't hitch from truck stop to truck stop ;)

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Bruce. Haha No they don't hitchhike. LOL They most likely escape from waterways such as farm dams and seasonal creeks during floods. Pretty quickly they multiply and grow. The redfin may have been put in there by people but I'd say the carp have made their own way in during floods.

[@andrewelliott9228]

Great action packed video mate, how’s the serenity 🛻

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Haha just perfect. NOT..

[@JobeCurrie]

Grate video robbie

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks buddy.

[@peterhipwell4632]

I was feeling the excitement and the curiosity when that fish started to come in wow who knows what it was my first thoughts it would have been a cod because in my experience that’s what Cod could do maybe someone put one in there. Another time for wondering and dreaming

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Peter. I was thinking exactly the same thing, but I guess we will never know now. LOL

[@BrianTierney-nl7gw]

😀 Nice morning Robbie , was it cold , has been very cool down here.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Brian. It sure was cool mate. We haven't had our first grist yet but we've been very close.

[@captainfrank01]

The mystery fish Robbie - what's the name of that Loch you're fishing in 🤔 And that last fish was definitely a hybrid carp/goldfish, caught one myself not that long ago and they seem to be coming more common, certainly where I am.

[@robbiefishing]

Haha It is Loch Ness. LOL 😂

[@robertheywood5061]

It is a crucian carp. Have caught many over the years. Just another invasive species

[@brettellis1837]

Wild fish psys to use the good gear ya never know what will turn up.

[@-8xog]

Nice video

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@dougpetty6854]

I reckon that was a big turtle hooked in the back leg, you snagged it when you retrieved the bait... from an experienced turtle snagger😂

[@robbiefishing]

Haha quite possible. I caught one like that on a lure once. I was casting big lures for Murray cod and foul hooked a turtle in the leg. LOL

[@captainfrank01]

I agree - make that two experienced turtle snaggers 😁

[@lukesfishing4921]

Hi Robbie, that fish you caught was a Crucian Carp, they are pretty hard to come by I just throw them back

[@davemustaki134]

I prefer the live action intro but who cares what I think lol either way nice video as usual rob

[@jonathanleahy4931]

Apparently on the freeway side is bigger reddies.

[@prob256lizard5]

you know your vid u posted with biggest cod u ever cought in 6 years ye well it was kinda like that it was and it was super fat really biig

[@jazzabags8948]

I would love to go fishing with you at nillahcootie. Would be a great day 👍

[@khailebziday8537]

Love watching your vids been learning a lot. I’m certain the monster fish you caught and lost I think you might have hooking it on the hill plate hence the hook dropped off so eady

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, you could very well be right. Using such small hooks means that losing fish is always possible.

[@nedthefisho16]

you can just call the fish you lost to be a metre ninety murray cod 100 percent 🤣

[@robbiefishing]

Absolutely 100%0it was a 190cm Murray cod. 🤣

[@mywiggnooo]

Well if you wind it in instead of talking about what's hooked for 6 minutes we can see what it is 🤦

[@robbiefishing]

LOL I was doing my best.

[@TravisFaul-s1y]

Why do you and rkj fishing use Little tinny hooks. How do you both of you hook Redfin deep when they are 6-8 cm long I don’t get it. I watch you both and seen just about every episode you guys post. It’s starting to piss me off. Upsize your hooks. You two are the only ones that do this. Upsize your hooks

[@robbiefishing]

It's just the way that I prefer to fish mate. If I release redfin in get hate, if I gut hook them I still get into trouble. I guess that's just KZbin life hey!

[@TravisFaul-s1y]

@@robbiefishing don’t worry about the haters. But I completely understand what you mean my friend. Your trying to keep the peace. I do the same also. I sick by the rules also. But I will not kill a something that is supplying fry and fish for our cod, bass, silver perch, spangled perch and golden perch to feed on. Red fin are not like carp. I’m in nsw central coast and some one is letting carp go up here also. I’ve been going 1st a week and pulling them out. Getting 80-120 carp and setting 20 shrimp trap also why I’ve been fishing to try and get rid of them. Our waters are much warmer then yours so they breed like cockroaches

[@TravisFaul-s1y]

@@robbiefishing but I no once carp our in a waterways there is no getting rid of them. But I’m trying to rejoice there numbers. What do you think I should do. I’m thinking of putting cod in the System to help with the numbers. I have a fish room I was supplying Australia with exotic fish, put I’ve got rid of everything now so I have 45 5-6 foot tanks doing nothing and 8 400lts and 4 1,000lts and 3 2,000lts ponds doing nothing

[@TravisFaul-s1y]

In nsw we’re I am we only have bass and silver perch. But there is not many silver perch here now. My biggest bass is 59cm and my biggest silver is 59cm. But that was a long time ago. Now your lucky to catch a 45 bass and a 40cm silver. Because or carp. And every time I go to get the carp out of the system. Everyone starts on me. And calls the police on me. 🙄