Monster Perch Fishing, Catching Big Redfin With Lures

Monster redfin, or Perch are often caught during the winter months. Of late I have caught a lot of small redfin with bait, so it was great to tangle up with some big winter redfin perch again.
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Strike Tiger 3" grub: striketiger.com.au/strike-tig...
Jighead I used: (3/32oz gold hook) striketiger.com.au/strike-tig...
My fishing rod: Shimano Sedona
My reel: www.trellys.com.au/collection...
My line: www.trellys.com.au/collection...
Foldable Secateurs: (Similar to mine but different brand) amzn.to/44RVgBI

[@imanonce22]

This is the exact technique i use when fishing with my dad in small beautiful creeks and streams hidden away from the rest of the world. This video brings back a lot of great memories for me, thanks robbie.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much for watching mate.

[@rodgeorge7244]

Can't beat a feed of the old Redfin Robbie one of the best freshwater fish for the table we have in Vic.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Rid, I agree mate. Magnificent eating fish.

[@akhector]

Word up Homie! The goodness hole produces the goods again while the rest of the creek is denude of all redfin!

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks homie. The was the first time I've been there since you and I fished it. It's a strange creek.

[@liamwright4674]

Robbie out here catching straight footballs awesome spot mate

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks mate. Football perch. LOL

[@timfarris6801]

Good one Robbie beautiful redfin

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. 👍👍

[@tubby5006]

Bloody hell! Nice fish, Robbie 😀

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks heaps Tubby. They don't come along like this too often.

[@RKJFishing]

Couple of thumpers in anyone's book I reckon! I bet you're glad you tried the first hole again lol. Well done mate

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks mate. You're not wrong, I'm so glad that I decided to try that spot on the way back. 😂😂

[@jorre877]

Great vid i miss hunting redfin! Cant wait till it warms up

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I think that most of us are hanging out for spring time this year.

[@picklepickle9570]

Excellent catch mate

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. 👍👍

[@barrytaylor9300]

They have some beautiful colors on them especially the fins

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I agree. The colours are always so vibrant in clear water.

[@simonhumphrey3525]

Quality Fish Robbie!.Great that you are showing the effort you put in to get the results! It reminds of the interview with Lindsay Fox- “The harder I worked, the luckier I got!”👍🎣

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Simon. Haha That's what I tell people every time someone tells me how lucky I am. Haha

[@FishtalkVideo]

Magnificent redfin. Great to see them in small stream locations.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Ross. This creek use to be a ripper but has deteriorated a lot in recent years. A disease similar to the one in Lake Hume came through and decimated the population.

[@LarrysFishing]

A couple very nice Redfin and the colors on them were brilliant. Always good to catch something this time of year and those were quality over quantity! Well done Robbie

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Larry. Their colours are always so vibrant when they come out of clearer water.

[@julianigoe1291]

That's a very good Red fin. Great catch Robbie. 🍻👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate.

[@adrianhamilton4724]

Great vid Mate it's good to see afew proper Reddies nice work 👍👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. It's not often monsters like this come along.

[@cavekritter1]

Reddy king!! Well done!!

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks mate.

[@wayneosmand7652]

Gee that takes me back, we used to catch heaps of Reddies in the irrigation channels in and around Tongala/Kyabram, always around 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 pound, love a good feed of reddies common used lures we the old Silver wonder wobbler or the Golden Hogback with some red wool on the trebbles!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Wayne. I remember those days over here as well. My favourite was the Ondex. Do you remember them? A big gold spinner with a bit of red on the hook, same as the Hogback. Haha

[@allanotoole3304]

Love seeing you fish those creeks Robbie🎣. Al

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Al.

[@bussieboy7064]

Decent 40cm there Robbie. Went to the footy today and casino. I got lucky at the casino, won money, BLUES ARE BACK, now tomorrow fishing in the kayak to try even more luck 🤭 😜.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, good luck fishing today. Yes my old man is getting quite excited about Carltons performance at the moment.

[@lestabithasadventures]

Lovely looking spot, nice redfin to!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Les. It's a beautiful spot but the redfin population is getting pretty thin.

[@brendangray1985]

Huge Redfin. Wow

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, they don't come along like that on every trip.

[@sharonwylie1104]

Yes and again you exercise your fishing prowess. Just showed Milly the body of water in which you fished. Like a Legend you showed us how it’s done. Beautiful Redfin the first and second one well done Robbie 🥳

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much for your kind words Sharon. I hope you've had a great weekend.

[@pkgoldopalhunting]

great size red fin mate one of the best eating fish ive had

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I agree, they sure are beautiful eating.

[@Urbanfisho]

THAT was a PIG of a red fin! Have NOT seen 1 that big in years! THAT would be a good feed for sure! The bigger the red fin the BETTER they taste!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks UF. The bigger the redfin the harder they are to fillet. Haha 😂😂😂😂 It tasted absolutely beautiful.

[@Urbanfisho]

@@robbiefishing I'll BET it did! Would have been nice & chunky! DOESN'T get much better! What a PITY carp aren't like that! They would have been ABUNDANT, gourmet fish!

[@michael-fb7ps]

Cracking fish mate can’t complain when you catch a couple like that nice little creek too well done mate

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Quality over quantity in this one.

[@godlessbastard4162]

Awesome!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@T.J-and-Soul]

Awesome mate! That was nice of you to let the second one go ❤

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. 👍👍

[@michaelhayes1068]

Mate what a brace of perch by any standard..they were picture perfect and brilliant how the camera picked up the red I the fins ... excellent rob, thank you ... 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Mike. Monsters like that don't come along too often. I hope you've had a ripper weekend mate. 👍👍

[@markwebster5749]

Awesome catch 🎣 👍🇬🇧

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@wayneberry8703]

G’day Robbie, that first Redfin was a stonker, mate 👍🏼…. Great video as usual Robbie.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Wayne.

[@Vincentdonnelly5158]

Quality not quantity. You got good ones there. Worth the effort. Great video.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Vincent. 👍👍

[@papeep2694]

Something extra rewarding about fish on artificials. Plus for those of us with the curse of impatience, fiddling about with bait is the method. Not the curse lol. Two in an outing is perfectly fine when they are built like those two. Good show.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate. Absolutely. Quality over quantity in this one.

[@CamBill_ROBLOX]

Good one mate nice fish 👍👍👍👍👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Cam. 👍

[@bisontv435]

That’s the biggest redfin I’ve ever seen keep up the great fishing and great videos

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much buddy.

[@michalesinclair5274]

This a proper one robbie

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Mic.

[@garrywalker3816]

Nice fish Mr Robbie. Heading out tomorrow hoping to get a couple myself. Cheers have a great night...

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Good luck tomorrow.

[@RianMaddern]

Awesome Redfin Robbie!! Have a great night!! And keep up the good work (this is Rian btw)

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much Rian.

[@Rianfishing]

Awsome video robbie! you should make redfin lure fishing videos more often. Keep up the good work and have a great day :)

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Rian. I love.cstcjing redfin with lures. I have a lot of these types of videos, but will definitely be making more mate. This is one of my favourite types of fishing.

[@lightningsfishingadventures]

They were huge! Nice catch! 🙂🎣

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much buddy.

[@lightningsfishingadventures]

@@robbiefishingyou're welcome 🙂

[@ryanfarrugia172]

Love watching your videos, I learn quite a bit from them too. In this video I noticed that both the fish that you caught you casted your lure upstream & was reeling it in going downstream which would look more natural. Good fish Robbie👍🎣

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much for your kind words mate.

[@pitbullcustomlures1917]

What a great sized couple of reddies Robbie. Will be a good feed that first one, good thing you had the secateurs on you haha Good stuff mate

[@robbiefishing]

Haha thanks mate. They got me out of trouble.... Again!!

[@brucemoffatt]

Nice dinner sized fish. I'm envious! I went to Myponga Reservoir the other day. Plenty of redfin to be caught from kayaks but I didn't hook anything from the bank. Two other people each caught terrific size yellabellies there while I was fishing. Just the one yella each. One was the bloke's PB but he doesn't know how long it was because his measuring tape is only 40cm long 😊 His wife was with him and she offered to buy him a bigger tape. I've rarely seen a bloke look so proud. I reckon my turn is not far away.

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha that's so funny. A 40cm tape, he mustn't be very optimistic. Mine is 70cm and people bag me out for that. Haha 😅😅😅 Good luck mate, I'm sure your PB yellowbelly is just around the corner.

[@nedcassidy5320]

Those were some nice redfin i love the big redfin videos today i cast a lure in a drainage hole running beneath a bridge a few cm round and caught a 40 cm rainbow which was very bizaare and beat my pb redfin of 41cm to 43cm

[@robbiefishing]

WOW Well done mate, sounds like you had a ripper day.

[@imo8628]

Hi Robbie, In My Opinion you cast your bait and lured me in, hook line and sinker to your channel, netted and landed another subscriber. I would have been gutted if I hadn't seen my first 'Robbie Fishing' video, now I'm hooked. HA HA HA . I haven't been fishing for many years, but your enthusiasm has inspired me to again wet a line. Truly love your fisher videos. cheers buddy, take care and stay safe. 👍

[@robbiefishing]

Thank you so much for your wonderful words mate. Good luck with your fishing endeavours, I am sure that it will all come back very quickly and you will be hooking monsters in no time.

[@IngenieurAerospatia]

Haha, mate it was the same with me. Dusted off the old man's rod and hitting reddies with an old rooster tail. Get back out there!

[@garyjohnson1295]

Enjoy your feed.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I did, it was delicious.

[@niksfishingadventures8515]

Nice

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate.

[@beckyrobinson5672]

That fish looks yummy. Fried red fin tater saled corrn bread.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks Becky. I filleted it and coated the fillets in bread crumbs. It was an amazing meal. 🙏🙏

[@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic]

They are what you call, 'CHUNK FIN'!

[@robbiefishing]

Haha yep.

[@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic]

@@robbiefishing ;o)

[@terryharwood1969]

Awesome Reddies Robert...lol Good eating that size bro...

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks bro. It was very good eating filleted, breadcrumbed and fried in butter.

[@mrpoopypants9586]

Men of a certain age should never be seen belly-up by the creek. It's too hard to roll over and get up! Hope you're well Robbie. Great redfin, mate. Cheers PP

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha thanks PP. It would be like a sheep falling over with its legs pointing up hill. Unless someone walks past and helps it, it's in trouble. 🤣🤣

[@joelvivian5581]

Proper donkeys! Well done!

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. It was great to tangle with a few monsters again.

[@jogguys]

👍

[@alexanderwright9064]

Do you have an aquarium Robbie.? Putting a big redfin in it would look good.Or maybe it would only make you hungry ha ha!

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, no I don't have an aquarium. Too much work and maintenance for my liking. Haha

[@gregdawson4200]

Couple of absolute stonkers

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate, they don't come along that big too often.

[@joke4301]

Might need to revise the “come on mate let me thumb ya” calls, but hey don’t worry me 😂😂😂😂😜

[@joke4301]

Old mangrove merv might appear if ya say it 3 times in a row

[@robbiefishing]

Hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vascor9344]

Great video mate, really enjoyed it and was great to take a break from reality for a few minutes. I noticed in the picture of your CRACKER redfin that your vanford is spooled with mono or fluro (hard to see), conventionally speaking for light fresh water and ocean fishing with plastics braid is typically used. Given the sedona XT is a bottom bashing rod (great for plastics) due to the connection it maintains with jig heads, I would've thought that spooling it with something light would be viable to ensure maximum contact and control over the lighter lures. You are a cracking fisho mate so there has to be a reason, just thought I would ask out of pure interest.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much mate. I hate light braid. I've tried it a couple of times and have always reverted to mono. I run braid on my heavy cod rods, but simply don't like it on light spin gear. I find that mono casts better on spin reels, and braid casts better on bait casters. Also, I like the stretch in the line, especially when I'm trout fishing which I also do with this rod.

[@vascor9344]

@@robbiefishing Ah fair enough, generally speaking braid tends to cast further, I can understand having more control over mono, especially around dense vegetation, as my braid gets tangled in trees and thorns when trout fishing. Also noticed that you also don't run leader on the braid setups.

[@haynerbass]

Fantastic colouring on that redfin. Was it tasty?

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Yep, it was absolutely beautiful.

[@douglasjenner4066]

Excellent video, Robbie 👌👌 awesome to see red fin that big an fat, Witch location was the fishing spot at

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. I was in North East Victoria.

[@douglasjenner4066]

@@robbiefishing thanks mate I'll have a look on google maps in that area of where u caught the big red fin at, cheers anyway mate 🙏👌

[@captainfrank01]

Where there's a way there's a welly full? Nice quality fish!

[@robbiefishing]

Hahaha thanks Frank.

[@tinyjack8302]

Went fishing today got like bites straight when I put it in and caught a red fun and a 36cm trout

[@robbiefishing]

WOW Jack that's unreal, well done mate.

[@outbackdeb75]

I should go down to the river and try catch myself a redfin but they always stop biting around June and won't start biting until October but I might give bait a go because you can't go wrong with bait

[@robbiefishing]

Give it a crack mate. Good luck

[@outbackdeb75]

​@robbiefishing yeah I'll need that luck

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

Nice work mate , what’s your thoughts on your vanford?

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. Excellent reel, but not excellent value if that makes sense? You could buy a reel for half the price that is a lot better than half as good. Take away the price tag, and it's a beautiful reel, I absolutely love it.

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

@@robbiefishing yep so there worth the money?

[@timothyengland3]

Amazing how that refin inhaled that don't plastic, did you fillet the one you kept or cook it whole?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, I filleted it and crumbed it, then fried it in butter. It was truly magnificent.

[@Robbie-is-the-best]

Hey Robbie

[@robbiefishing]

G'day mate.

[@offroadfishing]

Beautiful fish robbie! What’s your PB?

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks mate. My PB is 44cm caught in Lake Eppalock.

[@offroadfishing]

@@robbiefishing beautiful! I was just thinking today how crazy it is people have caught 50cm fish! That’s just huge! My PB is only 33cm haha but I’m still happy with it

[@brettellis1837]

Nice system is it no trout red FIN bigger no competition or just heaps of food or remote area. As for emergency blades get a package of lino blades razor-sharp small fits into anything hand to have in first aid kits as well.

[@robbiefishing]

Thanks so much Brett. This creek is very low on redfin and has no trout, so no competition for the redfin. For the Greenies that complain about trout and redfin this is a dream come true, a waterway with no fish. And they call themselves fisherman. LOL 😂

[@brettellis1837]

@@robbiefishing yer like deer 🦌 they call them pests but I bet if ya could get a deer steak eat at mackers ya would never cook again. It is all about managing things.

[@hiddentruth1982]

that would be a good place to yabby trap if you can.

[@robbiefishing]

You know what? I was thinking exactly the same thing. I must give it a go in summer. Wise minds think alike mate.

[@buster_1972]

Have you thought of putting some measurement markers on your fishing rod to get a rough idea on how big the fish are?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, I use to do that. Maybe I should do it again.

[@stevejones9636]

hey Robbie are you using mono for lure fishing? i hope so because i hate tying so many knots but everyone i tell they say you cannot use mono for line only braid.

[@robbiefishing]

Hey mate, I sure am. I only use braid on my heavy rods. I tried light braid once, never again. Mono all the way. Here is a video that I made a few years back that you may find interesting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnullX57eJ2qbLM

[@stevejones9636]

hi yes i also get tangles on thin braid on the top ring too even on fg knot you have given me confidence to go mono now thanks mate

[@johnlugton6835]

❤😅

[@ryliedissmtbfishing]

hey robbie just wondering what weight was your jig head?

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, it was 3/32 ounce.

[@carlm6334]

Will this be a catch n cook

[@robbiefishing]

No mate, I cooked it at home.

[@edwardsieferman1205]

Robbie: in all of your videos that i have watched, I've never seen you wade fish. Is that just not your cup of tea? Or are those streams just not conducive to wading because of hidden obstacles in the water? Cheers!

[@robbiefishing]

Hi mate, I actually wade a lot in many of my videos, but only in the warmer months. I wade in a lot of my cod videos, but mostly in my trout videos. Most of the streams that I fish are smaller, so it's a combination of wading and walking the banks. In and out of the water. I guess the camera doesn't show me in the water because it's on my head. Haha

[@edwardsieferman1205]

@@robbiefishing Hey Robbie thanks for the response! I guess I haven't watched the "right" videos, eh? LOL Cheers!

[@robbiefishing]

@@edwardsieferman1205 The only thing I don't do is wear waders. I hate them. Haha I wear gumboots for snake protection. They're great armour in the bush. They fill with water regularly as I often wade chest deep in the streams, but they dry out quickly in summer. Haha

[@edwardsieferman1205]

@@robbiefishing Aha! Maybe that's why I assumed you DIDN'T wade fish, because I'd never seen you wearing chest waders. I'm the opposite: I don't like "wet wading", so I wear mine year-round. And no venomous snakes to worry about! Cheers!

[@BasicFishingNZ]

damn thats a hog of a perch.

[@user-ef7el1ud3e]

That redfin was red on its fins

[@robbiefishing]

They certainly do get very vibrant colours. The clearer the water the more vibrant their colours seem to be.

[@debbiedunne651]

If there not stocking streams anymore y are we paying to fish?

[@robbiefishing]

Excellent question. I love everything that the Victorian Fisheries Authority do, except the lack of trout stream stocking. I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet over that one. They still stock lakes thankfully, and the trout swim up the streams, but not all streams run into lakes. There's definitely a notable difference in fishing between the streams that flow into those lakes and the ones that don't. We have more and more people fishing, and have stopped stream stocking at the same time.

[@debbiedunne651]

@@robbiefishing I’m sure the amount of money fishery’s make a year , would be more than enough to stock all water ways i think.After all the fish do all the hard work🤣

[@Wkdvy]

Hey Robbie where abouts is this

[@Tommy23_]

He doesn't normally give away his fishing spots