Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Report March 2012

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Lake Jindabyne
Trout Fishing Report.
For 26th March 2012

By Steve Williamson. –
Lake Jindabyne Trout Fishing Adventures.
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NEWS
Lake Jindabyne’s water level is dropping at the moment by about 50cm in 24 hours due to the water release down the lower Snowy River. This should continue till Tuesday when the release will slow down, 50cms in3 days and then 30cms in 3 days. The Snowline Boat Ramp is back in action once again.
The release has not affected the fishing with the boat trolling quite good yesterday with some nice browns to 5lb caught and some rainbows off the surface. Bait anglers are still catching plenty of rainbows from the shallow bays and the spinners and fly anglers are spotting plenty of cruising trout also close in to the bank.
The rivers and streams are still flowing a little more than normal and some areas are hard to get to because roads are still washed out. One being Big Yard Road to the upper Moonbah River.
Currently the road to Waste Point is still closed and I would expect it will be quite a while before you would be able to launch a boat back up that end of the lake.
The Thredbo River is fishing very well and as predicted the increase in water flow did bring quite a few fish into the river for maybe an early start to the spawning season.
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LAKE LEVEL and TEMPERATURE
The lake level is at 98% and still dropping. The temperature today was 15.5 degrees and dropping slowly with cooler nights now.
Best methods to catch a trout.
Best method – Boat trolling has picked up over the last few days.
Best lake lure –Gold blades, minnow spins, Stumpjumpers and Spotted Dog Rapalas are now doing well.
Best lake area – East Jindy close to the shorline and the South Arm close along the south eastern side.
Best fly method lake – Black Woolly Bugger and Williamson’s Goldfish.
Best River Fly Fishing–  Black nymphs on the Thredbo River.
Best River Lures – Thredbo River. Blades, Gillies Feathertails and Bendbacks and gold Rapalas.

Let’s have a look at what the fishing is going to be like over the next few weeks.

Trolling.
Yesterday we managed a few good fish by trolling close to some of the submerged trees. Rainbows are being caught off the surface now with the cooler water helping.
Start the day and surface troll in the shallows early (till 7am) with minnow lures like Rapalas (stay in close) and then later in the morning change to 13 or 20 gram Tasmanian Devils. Best colour Tassies have been Holographic or Brown Bomber and Rapalas are ones with a touch of orange on them like the Brook Trout pattern of Perch pattern.
Still some downrigging to scattered trout from 35 to 45 feet off Jindabyne Township.

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 Industry and Investment NSW (NSW Fishing rules) as to which rivers in the area you can legally bait fish in. IF IN DOUBT DON’T BAIT FISH in the RIVERS!)
Shore based bait fishing continues to be good with local Scrubbies, bardi grubs and powerbait the best.
Artificial salmon eggs are still good on the lake in deeper water.
Shoreline access is difficult due to the high water level but that will change by next week, for the moment try The Claypits, Hatchery Bay, Town Centre near  front of Banjo Patterson Park and The Snowy Arm.

Lake Spinning
Lure spinning has still been good and there are trout about and the best fishing is in the shallows early and deep water later in the middle of the day. The Tasmanian Devil Y50, Y82 and Y48  have both been good and so is the Holographic.
Minnow lures like floating Rapalas, Stumpjumpers and other minnow style lure in either natural rainbow trout and brown trout patterns or gold colours to represent the Jindabyne goldfish that the trout love to chase and eat.
Don’t stay in one place too long and only put in a couple of casts in each area.
Shallow areas try Gillies Feathertails and Tailwalkers which are new products worth a look.
Some new lures to try in the dark are the new glow Blue Fox Vibrax spinners. Charge them up with a torch or camera flash and watching them spin through the water is incredible, trout are very inquisitive and often hit the lure hard.
Jaz Raza Blade 40 in Gold is also a must in your box of tools.
Call into my shop and I will show you some of the better soft plastics that we are having great success on over the last week.

River Spinning
The Thredbo has been fishing well, with a little less water now but still wouldn’t wade too deep.
Blades and Gillies Bendbacks and Feathertails will be good but other lures working well are Vibrax Blue Fox, Wodens Rooster Tail sonics and Blue Fox Super Minnow in yellow or blue. Minnow lures like the Count Down brown and rainbow trout pattern Rapalas are also good.
In deeper and bigger pools try some of the metal blades hat we have in my shop. We will help out with the best colours and they best way to use them to get results.
   
Fly Fishing Lake
Fishing the small bays and inlets should get some results very early and late in the day if you’re careful not to spook the trout. Woolley Buggers, Craig’s Night time and Williamson’s Goldfish have been the flies well worth using at dawn and dusk. The shallow bays on the lake are worth a try early before the sun rises but after that you had better be fishing deep.

Fly fishing Rivers and Streams
The Thredbo has been consistent, but the water is still flowing reasonably high so deeper fishing is necessary to get trout . Choose your water and then a bead head fly to suit the depth.
May be a little dry fly on sunny days in the deeper pools. Steams were running fast still last time I looked and a little hard to fish.
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.
Have you any photos that you can e-mail me?
I can use the information to add into my own reports and your photo might not only end up in my report but might also go into a draw for the best fish of the month which will win you a $50 Tassie Devil Tackle Pack.



For more information on the latest fishing conditions, please call into –
STEVE WILLIAMSON’S TACKLE SHOP
             Shop 1 Snowline Centre, Kosciuszko Road Jindabyne 2627
Fishing Charters – Bait and Tackle Supplies- Marine Supplies

P.M.B. 5 Jindabyne NSW 2627             E-mail  swtrout@airlan.com.au     www.swtroutfishing.com.au  Shop – (02) 64 561551 

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Good report mate, very handy for us northerners who conduct most of out Sweetwater work in warmer water. Have to get down there some time.
John