Top Tips For Trout Trolling In Australia's Alpine Lakes - Part One

[@Black-March]

Trolling speed should be dependent on water temperature, higher temperature higher speed. :)

[@clivejenkins9924]

Great Vidio, what LB leader do you use whilst downrigging fish Talbingo. Cheers

[@clivejenkins9924]

And any other tips please.

[@FishtalkVideo]

6lb leader for all trolling. When downrigging, you don't need a long dropback from the boat, 20 metres is plenty if you are at least 6 metres deep.

[@aidansteers3301]

Great work guys watched them both what hooks do you use for trolling worm at Dartmouth on lead line

[@FishtalkVideo]

Long shanked worm hooks. You can get some with a serration near the eye that helps to stop the worm from sliding down. Most important to get hooks with the gape in-line. An offset gape will cause the bait to spin. Hope this helps.

[@aidansteers3301]

Thankyou that's very helpful 👍👍

[@paulmullins7430]

Thanks for sharing the wisdom boys.

[@FishtalkVideo]

Our pleasure!

[@glenfrog71]

Hey fellas do u make the hook setups or buy them like that Thanks glen

[@FishtalkVideo]

Which hook setups are you referring to, Glen?

[@glenfrog71]

The double on the tazzies

[@AaaAaa-mu1ro]

Hi guys great videos learnt lots watching your videos. Recently moved to Cheshunt/Wang area full time and after watching your great videos has made me dust out my old magnum downriggers/planer-board mast and buy a boat. Can I ask what rods do you use on the downriggers and for the lead lines? Do you use braid or mono? What kilo breaking strain and line colour? Have you ever tried or had any luck using dodgers instead of ford fenders? Stay safe during lockdown

[@FishtalkVideo]

Welcome to the area, I was principal at Whitfield PS in the 80's and grew up in Wangaratta, lot's of fishing opportunities in the King river/ Lake William Hovell. Lead line rods are around 7 foot with a medium taper, I use Daiwa Beef Stick 702MS, 4-8kg. Choose a leadline that is 14 or 18lb rather than 27lb, less drag and go deeper. Downrigger rods, 6.5-7.0 feet, need to be flexible so you can load them up. Braid with a mono leader. Line colour I haven't really thought about. Have used dodgers, but we prefer fenders, actually prefer neither but they are necessary on most occasions. I will try to put together a video that runs through the gear we use and how we set it up, so stay tuned!!

[@AaaAaa-mu1ro]

@@FishtalkVideo Thanks for the info on rods and line a Video on the gear would be great

[@Ren-qp5dt]

Great tips and info , just learning to trout fish and love the segment , any chance of doing a tutorial on the downrigger for the beginner/uneducated, thanks again guys from Wagga Wagga

[@FishtalkVideo]

Happy to provide info on downrigging, it's quite a simple process and opens up many more possibilities for trout trolling. Will work on it and get something up soon.

[@Ren-qp5dt]

Thanks guys , I appreciate the cost and time it takes to do a video, but I think info like this helps people know end. Even looking at downriggers for sale on the net opens up many questions on what to buy , what’s needed for my area and most of all do I need to spend big dollars on one ? I stumbled on your channel by accident and so glad I did , thanks again , your knowledge and experience is priceless , cheers fellas

[@darrellhigginbottom7140]

Very informative guys. Thanks

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thanks Darrell. I hope you got a few tips!

[@ronandersen703]

Thanks for the great tips, fellas. Really looking forward to part 2.

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thanks heaps, Ron. Part two will be up soon mate.

[@AdventureCD]

Good tips guys - Thanks

[@FishtalkVideo]

Our pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@greghammond7956]

Thanks for sharing your local knowledge guys, much appreciated. Looking forward to the second instalment 👍

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thanks Greg, tight lines mate.

[@jessestone554]

Top job boys thanks for doing that, good video. I can’t wait for the next one. Tight lines

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thanks Jesse, it should be up soon. Thanks for the feedback 👍

[@michalesinclair5274]

thanks Ross and Jamie very enjoyable video great tips

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thanks Michale, cheers mate.

[@chrischeater261]

Fabulous info chaps thanks.

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thank you very much, we hope you gained something from it.

[@F4LLENZEBRAS]

Good video boys 🍻

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thank you, appreciate the feedback👍

[@mrpoopypants9586]

Some great tips. Much appreciated, sometimes you just need to get your thoughts reinforced by someone with more experience. It's pretty frustrating when youtubers treat everything like a major secret, makes you wonder why they are making the videos. Really enjoying your stuff and it's making us plan to travel around a bit further and enjoy more of the mountains. (and I don't think we're much of a threat to anybody's local spots or fish numbers!!! :-) Thanks. PP

[@FishtalkVideo]

Thank you so much! It's nice to get such positive feedback. We hope you can get to beautiful Lake Dartmouth soon.

[@mrpoopypants9586]

@@FishtalkVideo Yeah, Dartmouth is definitely on the list, we fish Eucumbene and and Snowy R a fair bit. Hope you guys get that virus under control soon. With the fires and the virus, it's been some hit down there. We'll be down as soon as the border opens, almost a patriotic duty to go fishing and support local communities!! :-) Been looking at boats, seems to me a runabout is pretty ideal for lake fishing, I like the idea of a bimini on lousy days! Any tips? Cheers PP

[@FishtalkVideo]

@@mrpoopypants9586 spot on, I have a 475 Quintrex Bay Hunter, and Jamie has a 430 Stacer, and the Biminis certainly are handy for inclement weather. A trolling baffle allows 40-50hp engines to troll at slow speeds, and 4 strokes can go slow all day without any problems.

[@mrpoopypants9586]

@@FishtalkVideo Awesome, thanks mate. Some more googling ... I think my young bloke is going to make sure this happens... Cheers