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General Category => Fishing Reports => Topic started by: messy on April 02, 2011, 09:39:14 AM

Title: Lake Manchester fishing report
Post by: messy on April 02, 2011, 09:39:14 AM
while hiking around the lake recently i saw a new waterhole created by the floods below the spillway of lake manchester.
I had some spare time tuesday arvo so i decided to check it out as this whole area was underwater during the recent floods so i figured anything could still be lurking in there.
It was a really fun afternoon with me and a mate probably getting over 50 fish each, with him getting 4 fish in the first 4 casts. Even though they were all just spangled perch it was still fun to try out a few lures and i got my first fish on a surface lure.
unfortunately i think most of the fish will be stuck in the hole once the spillway stops overflowing because the creek flowing out will stop running and was really shallow even when i were there. I don't know how that will go because they seemed to be pretty hungry already taking nearly every lure thrown in.

Title: Re: lake manchester
Post by: Dick Pasfield on April 02, 2011, 11:57:09 AM
G'day Messy


Reckon those spanglies are destined to be bird tucker if the creek dries up as well.. You could chuck em back in the dam I guess.  You'll be getting things like that all over atm.. Bad luck for the fish, good fortunes for the fish eaters ;)
Title: Re: lake manchester
Post by: messy on April 02, 2011, 02:28:04 PM
haha yep theyve already started circling.
good fun while it lasts though