Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Report. 28 March 2011

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Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Report. For 28th March 2011
By Steve Williamson. –
Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Adventures.
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NEWS

Last Week –Interesting week with more rain, especially in the mountains which did bring river levels up again with the lower Thredbo still a little stained yesterday but clearing daily.
The rain certainly has brought some more fish into the Thredbo with reports of small groups of fish moving up the river. Most of the trout that have been caught have being caught on Rapala lures with a few fish on black nymphs for the fly anglers. The fish seem to be more aggressive (often seen chasing one another) and more likely to take a lure than a fly most days. The fish have been both rainbow and brown trout and all are  very good condition. The lake continued to fish well all week with very good repot for all boat anglers most reporting they ‘bagged out’ daily!
This Week –The week will start out with warm days in the low 20’s which will be great for both lake and river anglers.
Their might even be a little dry fly fishing on the streams.
By late week we are expecting a cooler change, which may be good for lake anglers but not so good for dry fly fishing again. If the change does come through then it might again stir up the trout in the Thredbo River and so once again lure anglers using diving minnows might do well and fly anglers using weighted nymphs might also find a few fish. Once again looking good for trout fishing over the next week.

LAKE LEVEL and TEMPERATURE
The lake water temperature is still about 17 to 18 degrees C but nights have been cooler so temperatures will drop a little each week now.
Subject o popular belief and some reports, Lake Jindabyne’s water level actually rose again last week and we are still over 80% and things are looking great.
Photos of the latest lake levels can be viewed at www.swtroutfishing.com.au
Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.


Trolling.Great report s last week with a mixture of surface, lead core lines and downrigging catching the trout which makes me think that the water temperatures are evening out through the layers and the trout have now also spread out. It is now worth trolling around some of the bays early up, keeping a little closer to the shore and use surface lures and two colours of lead core line.
It was also still worth having a downrigger out later in the morning last week. Reports are that there are still some good browns being caught on bigger Rapalas up near Waste Point.
Lure colours are also changing now depending on the light conditions. Yellowing lures, with the number 50 Frog pattern, the SW Lime Green Yellowwings and Y Freddo very popular for the brighter days. Y48 and Holographic (mostly brown lures) Tasmanian Devils in the Duel Depth best in the very early morning, later evening or when it’s cloudy. It’s still worth a try deep down deep off downriggers in the middle of the day and yesterday we were still at 45 feet deep. The better lures are my SW Black one side and Orange the other is going well and so is the Y Freddo.
Rapalas, (Rainbow Trout or Perch) trolled off lead lines is the best lure for catching the brown trout or bigger Atlantic Salmon.
Best areas to try are East Jindabyne islands, Hayshed Bay, Lion and Cub Islands and the South arm have been fishing very well. It might be worth trying Sid’s Bay early in the morning.
Lake Bait Fishing  (Primarily most rivers and streams in the Snowy Mountains Region are fly and lure only, We recommend that you first check with the Department of Primary Industries (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAITFISH IN RIVERS!)
The lake level has risen once again and the bait fishing is improving with reports of a few bigger browns being caught late evening and into the night.
Powerbait, worms or bardi grubs off the bottom are still the best bet to catch a trout.
The big secret at the moment is to fish with bail arm open and make sure you grease the line to make sure you keep it out of the slime on the bottom of the lake. (Try silicone Muslin on your line so as not to damage it)
Best areas for bait fishing at the moment have been, Rushes Bay, Curiosity Rocks, Waste Point, The Snowy Arm and East Jindabyne pumping station.


Lake Spinning Not too bad with the better time last week being the evenings around sunset and fish in the inlets for best results.
Small Celtas and Mepps in the shallows and its worth a cast using Rapalas as well. This time of year a touch of orange on your Rapala will help the strike rate.
Yellow wing Tassies are again doing best on the sunny days in deep water.
Anglers are still having good success using blades that resemble the goldfish we have in the lake.
Some of the better blades are TT Switchblade ‘Golden Boy’, Strike Pro Cyber Vibe 35 BLG and Cyber Vibe 50JU009. (note the goldfish usually bread at this time of year and the trout love to eat the little ones)


River SpinningThe Thredbo River is still fishing well with the lower sections now showing more fish than higher up. More fish have moved into the river with the rain last week and can be seen at time moveing trough the shallows.
Minnow lure like Rapalas, Stumpjumpers etc have been best with possibly the best Rapalas being Rainbow and Brown Trout Patterns or Perch and throw in the brook trout as well for good measure.
Sinking Rapalas for faster and deeper water and don’t worry about size as bigger is sometimes better.
Soft plastics have also been worth a try and we are having some luck but you must use heavier jig heads while the water is running so hard. If you want a challenge and some excitement then try using poppers. We have some new colours in stock now that are working a treat.


Fly Fishing LakeWith the rivers fishing so well I have not actually had any reports from the lake this week so I will go with the same as last week.
Streamer patters are still best with green and black Woolley Buggers (Bead head) and Williamson’s Goldfish (maybe with added weight or sinking leader). Mrs Simpson and olive nymphs are also worth a try and again let them sink into deeper water as the shallow bays the water is warmer.


Fly Fishing RiversOn the Thredbo as mentioned before there are some early spawners taking black nymphs but with some fine weather early this week it might be back to hoppers and there are some black crickets about now.
The streams were a little dirty last week but should now be cleaner and I am sure they will take a yellow Humpy or a Knobby Hopper.
Well worth spending some time in the mountains, fishing the alpine streams, before it gets too cold.
For visitors to the Snowy’s we have a full range of fishing tackle for hire at my shop and fishing tours are now available.


For more information on the latest fishing conditions, please call into –
STEVE WILLIAMSON’S TACKLE SHOP
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