I’ve just come home from a rod-less month
in Europe where I witnessed some of the best fishing waters I’ve ever seen.
Check this river in Slovenia:
It was FULL of big trout and salmon (this trout is chowing down on another poor fish):
All the fish in this pool were 3lb+:
And this river in Croatia:
Which was full of Adriatic dace:
The beaches looked pretty fishy too:
Ireland was ridiculous - every stream
looked like it was out of a fairy tale:
And the coastline just screamed fish:
And finally Scotland - I lost count of the
number of pike I saw smashing things off the surface in these beautiful lochs:
How's this for a trout stream:
So you can imagine that by the time I got
home, I was bursting for a fish. And
when I woke up Sunday morning at 5am jet-lagged and wide awake, I decided to
make the most of it and head down to the Maribyrnong with the pups for a flick:
It didn’t take long to discover that the
river was full of 25-30cm salmon:
They were absolutely everywhere. A bit
annoying when you’re chasing bream, but I was just happy to put a bend in the
rod:
And spend some time with my pals:
I must have landed 20+ in an hour and a
half, keeping half a dozen for gummy bait:
But when no bream made an appearance, I
decided to call it quits. The ‘nong is a far cry from the untouched streams of
rural Ireland, but it’s nice to be home...even if it is bloody freezing. I’ll leave you with a few pics I took
of puffins on an island of the coast of Ireland.
Cheers!
