Gippsland Lakes Fishing Club Inc.

The club trip to Tamboon 9-11/12/2016
Kevin,Doug and myself arrived on Thursday although Doug wasn't sure which weekend he had booked or whether his booking started on the Thursday or the Friday !!
I set up camp quickly and was out on the water soon after but only got as far as the first green buoy when the motor stopped and I had to hail a passing boat for a tow home--great start to the weekend which I had been looking forward to for 12 months.
Luckily I was able to spend most of my fishing time in Kevin's boat except for Saturday morning when I set off with Doug.
Kevin and I spent Thursday afternoon lure fishing with some success as we caught 4 bream and 4 Flathead, two of the bream which Kevin caught (and released ) were 42 cms. These turned out to be winning fish for the weekend.Doug returned without having a bite.
Friday saw Ian and Shawn turn up as well as a howling gale which lasted all day and most of the night.
Saturday  morning I went with Doug to do some bait fishing as Kevin was still into lure fishing. We had minimal luck despite touring all over the lake and even tried a short way up the river. By this time the wind had got up and on the way down the river Doug got drenched -- he had fallen backwards into a foot of water earlier in the day - but refused to have a nice hot shower when we got back.
The Myer's boat -Shawn's new tinny-- managed one fish courtesy of Shawn as usual.
Saturday night was the "club dinner" which consisted of burgers,sausages,hot potato chips and carrots followed by fruit salad and cream all washed down with the odd beer or glass of wine.
Sunday morning was very calm which made lure fishing very difficult as their was barely a ripple on the water.
Kevin and I found a 'Hole" a kilometer or so up the river which was full of fish from which Kevin managed one bream but then things deteriorated as he also caught a large skate which did a few laps of the boat before Kevin accepted it was not a very large bream or Flathead and cut it loose.
Due to the miserable weather Kevin and I decided we wouldn't stay until Monday so we all apacked up and headed for the highway.
Robin Widdowson