This was the clubs second trip to Liddell to chase those monster ferals, and the turn out was good. 12 members came along to try there hand on the carp. The day was cool, partly cloudy, but very little wind when we first arrived. We put our boats in and set off to various locations around the dam in search of some targets.
Brett Aley, Steve Call and myself headed to one of the banks that I had fished previously. The first thing that struck me was how much the water level had dropped. In areas that we were successfully picking up fish on the previous trip, there was barely 6 inches of water and that meant that we had to look a lot further out in order to see any fish. It was very hard going with a only a few small fish seen and they were too far out and very spooky.
We soldiered on and walked around to find Bob and Peter Houston casting at the reeds from the boat. they had picked up a few fishing this way, but they agreed that it was quieter than a usual Liddell day.
The clouds finally disappeared, but the wind picked up a bit, making it hard to see the fish through the ripples, so we headed back to the boast and tried fishing out of the boat for a while. talking to the other guys that were out, all were reporting very tough conditions, with only a handful of fish seen, let alone caught!
Bob decided to move down the dam, out of the wind a bit and we did likewise. Bob and Peter came across a spot that allowed them to wait for the fish to cruise past, and they landed a fair number of them in a short time, whilst we watched on and spooked more fish than we had the chance to cast at! Very frustrating.
It was soon time to head back to the ramp, but not before part taking in some of Chris Bannerman's scones..... A good day out despite the conditions and distinct lack of fish!
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