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Help needed for westen fishing trip
« on: April 17, 2012, 09:24:13 PM »
With the oppotunity to have a five day weekend next week I have decided to head west to experiance some of the fantastic Yella fishing that has been reported of late. My only problem is I have never ventured west of Gundi, & with a girlfriend who wants to join me I am after some info on spots to look at. Not after anything too flash but toilets would be good for her. I am planning on taking the tinny & the kayak, so somewhere I could launch the tinny would be good. Hope someone can point me in the right direction,

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Re: Help needed for westen fishing trip
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2012, 08:55:50 PM »
Andrew,
It depends on how far west you want to go. There's some good stuff on the Darling near Louth on a property called Trilby station. In fact there's no shortage of good fishing along the Darling, but Trilby has it all and comfy beds and dunnies to boot.
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Re: Help needed for westen fishing trip
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2012, 09:54:13 PM »
Thanks John, I will put that on the to do list but might be a bit far for a long weekend.

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Re: Help needed for westen fishing trip
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2012, 05:26:25 AM »
How about just East of Gundy Andrew? Does that interest you at all and how big is your tinny, is it a flat bottom punt?

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Re: Help needed for westen fishing trip
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2012, 05:12:03 PM »
That would be fine Dave, yes 3mt edgetracker plus my yak.

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Re: Help needed for westen fishing trip
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2012, 08:03:46 PM »
I looked at alot of rivers over Easter: MacIntyre Brook, MacIntyre River, Weir River, Little Weir River, Balonne River, Narran River, Moonie River, Barwon River, Bokhara River, Birrie River & Culgoa River. I'd say that almost all of them west of Gundi looked probably too dirty for lure fishing, though I did peg a few spinnerbaits at one lagoon near Goodooga.

Saw fish caught on bait at Jack Taylor Weir & below the Beardmore Dam at St George.




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Re: Help needed for westen fishing trip
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2012, 05:18:26 AM »
That would be fine Dave, yes 3mt edgetracker plus my yak.

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