Monday, October 25, 2010

Blowering with Riverina Sport Fishing

I received a late call on Friday night to see if I was interested in heading up to Blowering with Dave Carter and Jamin Forbes from Riverina Sport Fishing. Apparently a few people had pulled out of the trip so when Matt Rava gave me the call I jumped at the chance. I had heard a lot about these two guides and I must say, right from the start they impressed me with their professional approach to their business. Blowering is a place where I have always struggled to have success and the other guys that came on the trip had previously only had limited success at this place as well.
Lunch time at Blowering
Jamin and Dave each own identical 5.8m Actioncraft boats with 150hp Honda's on the back and 80lb electrics on the front. Beautifully set up, 5 people can fish from these platforms without a worry in the world.
Started the day down on the wall casting a spinner bait on my rod, and two Jackall on Matt & Dave Rava's rods. Dave drove the boat with his hand held remote for the electric and it was incredible to see how skilled he was in working the electric. Over the course of the day the boat was always positioned perfectly, there was never a time when the three of us who were fishing couldn't make an effective cast! This is what made the day so enjoyable for me. We were able to constantly fish without a worry in the world.
After spotting a few fish along the wall but not hooking one, Dave Made the decision to head around to a bank near Log Bridge Creek. Along this bank we spotted over 50 Golden Perch in the shallows and had quite a few follow our lures, but no takes. After being taunted by the Goldens on this bank we headed further into Log Bridge Creek and found a little waterfall coming into a bay, as we got closer to the bay we started to see a few fish, once we were in there we could see more fish that you could poke a stick at. A heap (estimated 60-80) Goldens had schooled up in the bay, and 75% of them were huge, well aver the 10lb mark, Dave estimated that a couple would have surpassed the magical 20lb mark. But again these Goldens had other things on their mind, I managed to hit one in the head with a spinner bait and that was as close as we came to hooking one.
The 50cm Murray Cod
One thing that was a nice treat throughout the day was the ability to fish the whole dam, the 150hp enabled us to cover so much water without losing any fishing time. Just before lunch I managed to boat a little 50cm cod up near Blowering Creek
The afternoon session was a funny one, the wind picked a a little and it was very difficult to spot the fish with a ripple on the water. Then in came the rain..... big fat rain and I quickly found out that the waterproof lining on my waterproof jacket had perished and I got rather wet! Luckily there was another jacket in the boat. We still managed to get 5 or 6 bites but just couldn't convert!
Overall I had a a very good day, there were a few things that really appealed to me.
First of all having everything done for me was a real treat, no tying knots, no making lunch, no decision making and no packing everything the night before. This was great, all I had to do was fish, fish and fish.... perfect. 
It was a real confidence booster to have a guide tell you that your doing things right, I think fishing is all about confidence and in future I will fish with much more confidence in different techniques that previously I had questioned a little. 
It was great to be able to cast all day. I don't own a boat so normally I am at the mercy of the boat owner, which means I will generally do what they want, most of the time this equals trolling. I love casting and it was a lot of fun to do that all day, and having a bloke who can drive an electric as well as Dave could was such a bonus. 
Well worth the money for such a good day, I would recommend this to anyone who is half keen on fishing, obviously there will be some people that see it as a waste of money but the knowledge and confidence I gained from this experience certainly justifies the money spent!


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