About me

My name is Scott McAuliffe I come from Wagga Wagga, NSW and have decided to create a blog that follows and documents my fishing adventures.

Rainbow Trout from Talbingo Dam (Sioux City)

I started fishing when I was very young when my old man would take me chasing Trout in the Tumbarumba region of the Snowy Mountains and you could say that I have had the fishing 'bug' ever since. However, over the last four years I have really started to fish the Wagga and Snowy Mountain regions extensivly.
I have a soft spot for Trout fishing but I also love fishing for Natives, with 99% of my fishing being with lures, with the occosional use of bait. There is just something very special about hooking a fish while casting a lure.

My Hobie Outback

I own a Hobie Outback, which I bought at the start of 2010 and use it extensivly in a local waterway called 'Old Man Creek' but it also accompanies me on most of my trips to impoundments.Most of my impoundment fishing is at Blowering Dam, Talbingo Dam, Lake Eucumbene, Mannus Lake or Bethungra Dam, with Eucumbene veing my favourite, mainly due to the fact that I have rarely had a bad day there.

I do my fair share of trolling in the Hobie, but my absolutre favourite type of fishing is lurecasting from the bank, whether it be for natives or Trout, the rush you get when that strike happens is awesome.
90% of my fishing is done with a good mate from work, Kancky. We get out probably every second weekend, maybe more often in spring/summer, much to the dissapointment of our better-halves.

Kancky with a nice Golden Perch

I plan on using this blog as a way of keeping a diary of my fishing events to hopefully find some corelations between, time of day, weather patterns, air pressure and good fishing.

Cheers,

Scottie

Personal Bests:

• Rainbow Trout: 53cm - Eucumebene, Buckenderra. (Nilsmaster Invincible)
• Brown Trout: 58cm - Talbingo Dam (Custom Crafted Teeny Extractor)
• Murray Cod: 72cm - Old Man Creek (70ml AC Invader)
• Yellow Belly: 44cm - Burrinjuck Dam, Woolgarlo. (Lipless crank bait)
• Redfin: 45cm - Bethungra Dam (3" Pumpkinseed softplastic)
• Carp: Don't know.

Gear I Use

• Pflueger Trion 6'4" 2-4kg Baitcast rod + Daiwa Zillion (Crazy Cranker), 30pd Power Pro Braid
• Pflueger Trion 6' 4-8kg Baitcast rod + Abu Revo PRM, 30pd Power Pro Braid
• Pflueger Trion 6'6" 2-4kg Spin rod + Pflueger Supreme 1030, 5pd Sensei Braid
• Pfluger Trion Tournament 7'2" 2-5kg Spin Rod + Daiwa SOL 2000, 8pd Power Pro Braid