Rust De Winter

[dodger]

Planning to go there in a week or so, from the Parks board launch site any hints on fishing spots will be greatly appreciated

 

:fishn

 

[Deceiver]

the fish are shallow, go through the neck into the mainlake, and go towards the pylons, fish the lillies with a weighless fluke or senko and you find some fish.

 

[dodger]

thanks deceiver will give it a go, any preference on colours for the flukes and senkos

 

[Little Green Fish]

Watermelon gold flukes, senko's sorry I don't use them @ all have never learnt to fish with them.

 

[bassing africa]

@ Little Green Fish

You're missing out if you're not fishing Senko's, great bait, simply rig up weightless and fish or on a small mojo, if you can fish a fluke you can fish a senko.

 

[bassist11]

i have to disagree the fish at RDW go deeper in winter i think.

 

[Deceiver]

the fish at the moment are in the shallows, i mean 3 foot to 10 foot. If i big cold front moves in prior to your trip, then fish the "cabbage bowl" which is straight ahead of you as you go through the neck into the main lake. The cabbage bowl allows you to fish from 18 foot to 1 foot. Also you can fish the river section as the channel allows access to deeper water where if a front moves in allows you to cover multiple depths quite easily. obviously any deeper than 6 foot, add a texas (if using a brushog) or mojo (nothing too heavy) for senko and fluke. I like watermelon red or candy in rusties, but gold does work well.

 

[big one]

bassist11 wrote:

i have to disagree the fish at RDW go deeper in winter i think.

Hi winter time doesn’t necessarily mean the fish go deep I have caught fish in winter 3-4foot of water… many anglers thinks that fish go deep in winter but it’s not always the case in a dam like rust de winter with all that grass the fish go and lie very tight in the cover just fish slow and this time of the year the fish feed up before the winter…and be sure to try some top water in winter you might just be surprised…

 

[Silver Lake Marine]

WHITE SPINNER BAIT WITH SILVER WILLOW LEAF BLADES
WATER MELON RED FLUKES
WHITE CRANK WITH RED EYES

 

[Little Green Fish]

bassing africa wrote:

@ Little Green Fish

You're missing out if you're not fishing Senko's, great bait, simply rig up weightless and fish or on a small mojo, if you can fish a fluke you can fish a senko.

This might be true, but give me a grub, and there isn't a happier basso than me....