Fishing At Ayson's Reserve For A Lonely Redfin

[@chriscoyne4827]

Any video from you buddy is good enough for me don't matter if it's 3 minutes long haha. Beats being inside the house.

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks so much Chris I really appreciate it. It's been so hard to get good footage lately!

[@chriscoyne4827]

@@RKJFishing this summer is like last summer crap water is to high everywhere. I can't even get out to the Goulburn for a fish way to high. I wanna take my newborn out on the river banks even though his only 5 days old

[@pierreborg]

Onya Rohan, watching any fishing is always better than nothing. I'm definitely going fishing in the morning. You've inspired me for a feed of reddies. Thamks for the inspiration and the content. Cheers

[@RKJFishing]

Hey thanks so much mate! You've got that right one fish is always better than none fish! Good luck in the morning

[@robbiefishing]

Well done mate. It might be just 1 lonely redfin, but considering the river was in major flood only a week or so ago I reckon thats pretty bloody good going. Hopefully things will continue to get better mate. 👍👍

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks so much Robbie. Yeah I reckon the river is bouncing back nicely considering the treatment it's had the past few weeks.

[@Vincentdonnelly5158]

That was time well spent. Just relaxing on the bank while the sun goes down. Drowning worms. Perfect.

[@AndrewFishman]

G'day Vince, I love doing the same. Sadly, there has been little sun to watch this summer. As Rohan observed, the weather has been shite. How you doing mate?

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks Vincent, I agree with you 100% - but viewers can be a hard lot to entertain sometimes hahaha. Andrew it's funny you mention the little sun we've had, wasn't this meant to be a hot dry summer? LOL

[@AndrewFishman]

Yes, I thought it was the return of El Nino, lol . @@RKJFishing

[@Vincentdonnelly5158]

@@AndrewFishman still alive. -5° today. Cold icy conditions. Have the long johns on. It's a disaster. Roll on warmer weather. Hope life is treating you well.

[@AndrewFishman]

That IS a bit cool, lol. You can keep that. I will wait til July for those temps, thanks. Still, got a hoodie and jacket and beanie on today. Mid Summer is not what it once was in Canberra :D @@Vincentdonnelly5158

[@lenlemaic7849]

Hi Rowan, good to see you back on the water. Snags are very annoying but a reality for every fisherman. Word of caution, when dislodging or breaking a snagged line, turn your back to the river just in case your sinker becomes a flying projectile. Some years back I've had the unfortunate experience to witness a woman loose her eye on the Murrumbidgee river trying to dislodge a snagged line. The catapult action of the bent rod and stretched line can produce some significant velocity.

[@RKJFishing]

Wow that sounds horrific! I've definitely had a few sinkers hooks and lures flung at my face haha. I usually hold my rod straight, walk backwards and turn my head just in case

[@GRBAquatics]

Very Cool, Thankyou. Nice Fish. River is looking awesome after flood. All the Best. Cheers

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks mate

[@Rocco10104]

I’d suggest making the trip up to fish the Murray, Ovens or Kiewa. They have been fishing quite well for me lately. Some days you still have to work for them but I’d say if you’re having trouble with your local spots the best thing is to try a different waterway

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks for the tips Rocco! I definitely have a few road trips planned, if all goes well I'll have quite a few waterways fished in the next month or so! Cheers mate

[@bushfishncook2128]

Amazing how the fish always seem to know when you are busy 😅 As i always say 1 fish is better than none

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks heaps mate, haha yep they sure do!

[@browntrout1156]

Well done Rohan, nice Reddie

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks heaps buddy

[@Jorre-Fisk]

We flooded up here in the Parra, i had to cheat and use gulp lures for my bream sesh yesterday haha 😆 got a few, fishings always Strange after big waters. Least you got in the board! Great vid 🎉

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks so much mate. Well done using the gulp lures! I might have to try a few interesting things to get on the board as well haha.

[@AndrewFishman]

Nice reddy mate. They are cutting sick at the moment. Good to see you getting amongst them, They are the second biggest pickers second only to the silvers. Around here, if I get a picker, it is invariably small reddies. The weather sure has been painful this summer. Just as things beginning to settle, more rain and mud washes. The lake looks like chocolate milk at present lol. I am getting a heap of that size and bigger on worms and yabbies. Get a few yabbies or shrimp out there and see how big the reddies get :D

[@RKJFishing]

I've seen you having good success on the reddies up there Roo, which is awesome! Most of Victoria is very hit or miss with the redfin fishing this summer! I've had unreal days and I've had dead days, which isn't like the reddies at all. This summer sure has been interesting. Painful but interesting! lol. I will definitely have to take some yabbies and shrimp back next time I go to that spot, I reckon there'd be some yellas chasing those reddies around as well.

[@AndrewFishman]

Yeah, been a long while since I got a decent yella. Got one not much bigger than the carp you were catching, but nothing exciting at all. And as for cod, been a few years now. I have not been targetting them, but even as a bycatch it is getting to "about freaking time" time for me and natives 🤣@@RKJFishing

[@kneebs711]

Good stuff as always RKJ!!

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks heaps Kneebs

[@captainfrank01]

It was a fish and quite a nice one too! Guess all that floodwater will be heading our way in a few weeks time.

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks heaps Frank. The Murray around here was at normal levels and they didn't get as much rain as the Campaspe and Loddon regions did, so I expect it to be higher but nothing crazy over your way (unless something changes!)

[@peterhipwell4632]

Nice spot Ayson reserve thanks for the video

[@RKJFishing]

It sure is! Thanks Peter

[@markhansford5930]

I live in Shepparton and the Goulburn is still really high and by the time it does go down and the banks dry out its going to be well into February before its fishable so I feel your pain Rohan.

[@RKJFishing]

Yeah it's yet another rough summer for us fisho's in the lower reaches! I feel like it's been about 4 years at least since we had a full season of low clear waters. I had my hopes up this year because of the weather predictions but oh well. There's always next year haha

[@markhansford5930]

@RKJFishing certainly hope so. Lower Goulburn National Park was closed all of last Summer after the previous floods so we're certainly due for a change in luck.

[@chriscoyne4827]

@@markhansford5930 it's been really shocking over that way even Murchison my favourite fishing spot can't get down there and I have a 4x4 with twin lockers. So I've been fishing the back waters in Shepp there doing not to bad.

[@markhansford5930]

@chriscoyne4827 I've resorted to the East Goulburn main channel. I also love the Broken Creek but there has been a lot of blackwater going down it the last 10 days so it's off the agenda too. Yeah no hope of accessing the river roads at the moment.

[@chriscoyne4827]

@@markhansford5930 oh I didn't know about the black water that's crap. I've been fishing broken river drive before the flood's and done really really well there 6 yellas 3 cod and heaps of carp. Have you had any luck at the hatchery over that way heard that's fishing pretty good.

[@tombarlow5991]

Great job on this video I went to Elmore wir and caught 4 carp and 1 yalla today

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks Tom. Great work mate

[@Fish.adv7]

I love your vids so much and how you basically like every one’s comments I love fish as much as you do

[@RKJFishing]

That's awesome mate, thanks heaps

[@brentonclarke]

All the recent rain seems to have made things pretty tough for fishing

[@RKJFishing]

Yeah it sure has Brenton!

[@michael-fb7ps]

Very nice Redfin mate I think any fish you can catch on a day out is a good one a week ago you would have been in 15 feet of water there cheers mate great stuff

[@RKJFishing]

haha yep the river fell as quickly as it rose! At least the high water didn't stick around for as long this time around, still I'd kill for a full summer of good conditions, it's been years! Thanks so much Michael

[@michael-fb7ps]

Yeah it sure has mate every time I head up your way the weather kills me if it’s not pissing rain it’s that windy ya can’t stand up

[@RKJFishing]

@@michael-fb7ps I need to do more road trips, this area has been very unlucky for sure lol

[@michalesinclair5274]

Great content mate

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks Michale

[@coopersfishingadventures]

Hey mate don’t feel bad about 1 fish, me and my mate often catch none, sometimes not even any bites. At least you got one! Keep it up mate

[@AndrewFishman]

Coop, you and me and every other person who has ever dangled a worm more than a couple of times have had THOSE days. The ones I hate are when you get a good strike in a few minutes of arriving, you miss/drop the fish and then you get NOTHING else for hours. 😂 Those are the days I feels like just leaving the rods on the lake or river shore and walking away from it all lol.

[@coopersfishingadventures]

@@AndrewFishman ahaha yep

[@RKJFishing]

Thanks so much Cooper. I definitely have my fair share of fishless trips! Especially the type that Andrew is talking about haha. I've definitely walked away from a few sessions that I probably shouldn't have! It wouldn't be the sport we love if it wasn't frustrating sometimes hahaha

[@coopersfishingadventures]

@@RKJFishing very true mate, fishing is great cos it teaches patience and it’s also fun

[@AndrewFishman]

I HAVEN'T walked away from sessions I definitely SHOULD have LOL. @@RKJFishing

[@HEAVENGLAMOUR]

Amazing 😍

[@billyboy1441]

good on ya matey

[@RKJFishing]

Cheers Billy

[@johncurtis142]

That dark rod looks like an old school " black queen"

[@RKJFishing]

It does look a little bit similar! That one is a Shakespeare Amphibian

[@Badinfluencefishing]

not a bad little one mate, better than nothing ha-ha

[@RKJFishing]

You got that right! Thanks mate

[@davehendricks4824]

One Redfin= one successful day fishing!😁 But I didn’t see any 🐢!

[@RKJFishing]

Haha turtles would have been a welcome addition Dave!

[@Rocco10104]

I don’t understand people having issues with fishing high river levels and claiming they are unfishable 😂. The Murray below the weir wall fished phenomenal when it flooded and all 5 gates were open. And from my other experiences any high water river I’ve fished always fishes better than when it’s low. In fact when the water levels are the lowest thats when it has fished the worst for me. Think about all the different food sources being flushed in especially when the water crashes against the bank and stirs up the bottom sediments. It forces bugs and worms to come out of the ground which bait fish pick off, then those same bait fish feeding attracts the attention of bigger predatory fish. It sends the fish into a feeding frenzy. It’s annoying seeing people complain all the time about how high the river level is, shut up and get out there and fish. If you’re not catching anything don’t blame it on the water 🤦.

[@RKJFishing]

To be fair most of this river is only 2 meters deep, and it was a good 10-12 meters deeper than that. Quite different to a fresh flow, it was an absolute torrent of danger. At it's highest it was literally unfishable apart from what I did at the weir in my previous video, and even then it was a good 5 meters below it's peak. When it's just a fresh flow I agree with you, but what the Campaspe River experienced the past week or 2 was very different.