Psycho fishing at Lake Nillahcootie
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- čas přidán 2. 01. 2021
- Dad and I had a great morning fishing at Lake Nillahcootie last week. The fish were going psycho as many fish rushed to take our bait.
We were hoping to catch a few yellowbelly but were not expecting the fishing to be as good as it was in spring. Instead we found the fishing to be better than what it was in spring.
This was the best fishing that I have had at Lake Nillahcootie for quite a long time.
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Nothing better than fishing with your Dad 👏👍
Thanks Jase, I agree mate. We always have a lot of fun.
He’s a bloody keeper alright! Echoed after dad.
That’s bloody awesome Robbie. Cherish these moments 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Haha thanks so much mate.
By far my favourite video yet! 👌👌Bloody loved it, reminds me of dad and I! 🍻
Hi Jordan thank you soooo much mate.
Your intro scared my 4 year old and now I'm not allowed to watch the angry guy on the TV🤣🤣
What a great fishing session with your dad, such a beautiful spot.
Thanks Andrew, it really is a beautiful spot that's for sure.
Hey You! Knew it was going to be a cracking video when I saw it was 20 mins long and it had your dad in it!
Thanks so much Trevor. What a ripper morning we had. Certainly one of the most fish rich videos on this channel I reckon!
You never let us down with a good video mate 👍 But this video the fishing is crazy off the charts, out fishing with your dad and catching plenty. Good stuff to both of you
46 is a nice fish. Definitely fun on light gear.
Thanks mate, it was so refreshing to see a decent yella after all of the smaller ones.
Let’s goo Robbie! A nice long video to watch while I eat dinner. Cheers mate!
Thanks so much Will. I also watch CZcams videos while eating my tea. haha
Robbie: I love how hard the cod belt these things. OH CRAP ME ROD.
very good video
Hahahahaha thanks Oli.
Action galore! Great video as always Robbie
Loved the father and son. Cheers lads. Pure entertainment.
Nice session Robbie ! Good to see you fishing with your Dad its just great !!
Thanks so much Brett.
Top stuff mate love it father and son at its best. What a great days fishing
Thanks so much Chris. Sure was a ripper session mate. Getting the boat out was a problem though. LOL 40 minutes later.... We had to wait for 6 or 7 boats to either launch or pull their boat out. It was crazy busy down that end of the lake.
Another ripper video Robbie. Thanks for sharing.
Really great fun this day Robbie, hope it means 2021 will be better than 2020 was!
Awesome video again...I love going over to nillacootie have been since I was young guy...I remember when it was a Awesome redfin fishery now I go out to get a feed of yellas from the bank...
Unreal session mate, I'm absolutely envious of your success! Well deserved though. Great work.
Great fishing! "If you've got to measure them to make sure they're legal then throw them back" is a pretty good rule of thumb for ALL fish I reckon. Great to see you fishing with your Dad again Robbie!
Thanks Frank. Absolutely, I agree. If you need to measure them then they're probably too small.
yeah i like that rule quite a lot
Awesome mate I like it when your Dad takes you out very nice to see 💚
Thanks mate. What a ripper morning we had too!
ive been here since 900 subscribers and its great to see how much youve grown KEEP IT UP ROBBIE!!!!!
WOW Thats amazing, Thank you so much for sticking with me.
Just love your acent ! Great vid old man.
Thank you so much David .
The fishing was going crazy Robbie. Great way to end the year. Have a great new year
Thanks so much mate and Happy New Year to you too mate.
Great video again Robbie awesome work 👏
holy moly you were going fast in that pre-intro. Looks like a great time. Happy new year!
Happy New year Robbie, Hope you and the family have a safe and prosperous one. keep up the good work champ
Thanks so much Sean. Happy New Year to you too mate.
ive waited 3 days for your next video i checked every night but no luck tonight i had a look and my face was lit with joy i like it wen you make jokes robbie there funny thankyou for putting joy in me
Thabk you so much for your kind words Michael.
great job robbie fantastic yellow belly
Nice to see a silver perch , when we caught them they often seemed to be schooled up with Redfin of a similar size, great to see you with your family, my brother was like yours and never fished much but now he’s got the fishing bug
Thanks mate, that is really cool. I wonder if my brother will get the bug?
I am so glad I have been a subscriber since you had only 20k subscribers. I really wish I was your first but I was a few years to late. Thankfully I found this channel and try to watch every video. Now Robbie your content is getting out to the world and you have 50k subscribers. I sure hope you can continue to reply to every comment but I know it is going to get a lot harder now that your channel is growing so rapidly. Good luck for the future Robbie and I love your content.
Good times👍❤ Great to see Nillahcootie with so much water as well
Thanks mate. It is still looking, and fishing great.
Thanks for the great video
Thanks so much for watching it mate.
Great to be out with your dad. Your a lucky man. Great video. Enjoyed it so much. My dad died over 33 years ago and I still miss him. Great video. Your dad's a gass man.
Thanks so much Vincent. I'm so sorry to hear about your father. I wonder if I would be much different to who I am if it wasn't for my fathers influence? Like certainly deals out some bad hands mate.
I really enjoyed that thanks robbie!!👍
On ya Robbie great trip!
Good terrain & lake!
Love your content - such a legend
Thank you so much Josh.
Damn bro I'm on a Robbiefishing marathon watched 3 vids in 1 day lol. Love the videos where you fish with your dad. Great looking lake too. Definitely a must try spot one day.
Thank you so much champ, you're such a legend. I hope you have got that M50 all worked out mate.
Robbie fair session mate👍. You must have just got there at the right time good bite. And your Dad got a feed . Good video mate keep em comin👍
Thanks so much David. Sure was a ripper of a morning. When we got there we just launched and went fishing. When we left we had to give way to 6 or 7 boats. haha It took us 40 minutes just to pull the boat out. It was crazy busy down that ends of the lake.
GOOD session Robbie!
Hey Robbie loving the videos
Sooo happy he posted today
Thanks Sam I hope you enjoyed the video mate.
Ripper video mate! Nice size yellow belly
Thanks so much Dean. I was stoked to see the big one.
Good fun there mate
Love you Robbie. Can you please do a yabbie bait comparison video?
European carp is the best bait. Hands down
Thanks so much Jim. I am hoping to film another yabbying video soon mate.
I really enjoyed that video with you and your dad Robbie. Reminded me of times fishing with my dad. I could see that your dad wasn't interested too much in your big yellow belly because you caught bigger than him lol..... that's what dads do ..... they don't want to be outdone by there sons lol. Great video mate. Please do more of these with your dad. And Please tell him from me that your son one this time but yours is next .lol 🤣👍👍👍👍
hahaha Thanks so much David. I remember years ago we went fishing. I was only about 13 or 14. We caught 9 yellowbelly... and I caught every single one of them. It was just one of those nights.
Anyhow as a typical kid I wouldn't shut up about it. LOL I was bragging to my neighbour, his name was Bill. And dad said, with a serious voice "It doesn't matter who catches the fish mate as long as they get caught".
hahahaha Bill never let dad forget it! LOL Every time dad wanted to tell us about the fish he caught Bill would say "Remember Terry it doesn't matter who caught the fish" hahahahaha
@@robbiefishing bloody hilarious Robbie. Do you still say it to him to this day lol. Keep up the Great work mate. All the best to you and family and especially your dad 👍👍👍
Nice Catch Robbie
Hey mate, love your stuff. Looking back through some old videos. Didn't realise it was rare for fish to shit on you. I have had a RUN of fishing incidents lately. 2 Macquarie perch and 2 large brownies over the last 3 weeks that have shat on me. Must be something in the water...
HEY YOU ! Awesome Video 👏 😃
Thanks mate.
It must be very harting to see so many small fish (cod and yellobelly) for the future of fishing
Hey Roger it sure is a wonderful sign mate.
that crank bait looks awesome mate , gotta get one for myself
Hey Sam they sure are awesome mate. There's a link to where you can find them in the video description.
Good one Robbie
Good trip well done mate👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hi Cam thanks so much mate.
Shitting fishing lol 😆 You’re cracking me up old mate. Great to take a few home for a feed . Might take me little tinny over this weekend.. Looks like it’s fishing well 👍🇦🇺🍻🎄
Hahaha Only me mate....only me. LOL Thanks mate, and good luck if you head over.
Lovely days fishing
Thanks mate it sure was.
Good work. I normally crash the yabbies head a little bit but to let som juice out
Bravo.
Good one mate good size to eat or smoke 💨 lovely 😊
Thanks so much Leigh.
Awesome video friend
Thank you so much.
And also happy new year
Thank you. And Happy New Year to you too.
First you fished up the day care center, now your fishing the primary school. I think that big fish may have been the principle lol. Keep it up mate
Hahahahaha
Good fishing 🎣.
I got some yabbies from Gippsland while visiting my parents, left them in a small amount of water, and wtf all dead the next morning.
Plenty of rabbits down that way also if you know where to look.
WOW That sucks mate. Was it shallow enough for them to stick their heads out of the water?
@@robbiefishing yes, and some vegetation
Hi Robbie. I'm sorry I haven't seen you in a while. I've been really busy getting things ready for the guinea pigs that just arrived today. I just wanted to say great video and I really want to meet you some day
Thanks so much Harriet. Guinea pigs hey? WOW how exciting is that! Great stuff
I know
@@horseyharriet230 How lovely.
awesome brother! Hope that leg of yours was nice to eat not to tough and gamey?! hahahaha! How did you cook it? Boil some water in a pot add a house brick then your leg and eat the house brick?! hahaha!
hahaha I actually released it. It was over the maximum size. LOL
Great video robbie ive had plenty of fish poo on my hand (more so salt water fish) not just poo but especially bream when spawning males tend to make a mess 😂😂. I read your CZcams paragraph before hope ur health is getting better
Hi mate thanks so much for your kind words. I am already feeling much better. These melatonin tablets are working a treat. It is 10:20pm now. I will reply to comments until 10:30pm, then go to bed and be asleep by 11pm. It's amazing how much better you feel with a decent nights sleep.
Great vid dude! I can only ice fish on my channel cause Minnesota is 🥶
Thanks so much mate. WOW, Ice fishing is something that I have always wanted to do. It looks like so much fun.
Hey Robbie great vid your fishing was red hot I see it’s so good to see you and your dad catching up my question to you has much changed I may believe your dad that he caught more fish lol did he catch more when you were a kid lol the tackle box your dad has my dad has exact same and he has. De holler to get hooks out of fishes mouth and I was throwing a dead carp back an he had a head that was pretty messed up it was the rocks fault I swear not. Me so I did not pick it up so I got the dee hooker dad has had it for 20 years and I accidentally yeated into the water and cos it’s so dirty we could not find it lol great vid mate 2021 is off to a ripper
Hahahaha that's a funny story. Thank you so much mate. The fishing has changed a lot mate, and for thr better.
@@robbiefishing haha awesome lol
Great vid as all ways even little yellas have lots of meat
Hopefully we can catch some fish at lake nillahcootie
If ya have to measure through them back.wise words
That fish was like a stressed out Python when they wee and poo all over you 😳🤣
Hahaha Ive had that happen with a shingle back but not a snake..... Thankfully. LOL
@@robbiefishing my 18yr old Son caught 2 carp today with me in the Lachlan. Never seen him so animated Thank you Robbie 👍🥳
@@robbiefishing ps I’m a DV survivor. Been out of it since July last year now I’m living my best life 😊
Good place to do some sculling
went out with dad fishing last week and caught 20 yellow belly or or 40cm some were 50cm and caught a 55cm cod all on lures
WOW sounds like you had an amazing trip. Well done mate.
nice video robbie
Thanks so much Harrison.
Hey Robbie! What depth do you suggest to fish in for yellas at Nillahcootie?
Hey Robbie I catch a lot of cod and I’ve had quite a few poo on me and a lot throw up have you ever had that happen?? Anyway thanks for the awesome videos 👍🏼
You scared the crap out of that one.
Hey Robbie nice vid what type of rods do you prefer using baitcasters or spinning rods?
Thanks mate. I prefer a baitcaster for lures, such as the lipless crankbaits in this video, but I prefer spinning reels for bait fishing, and for casting light lures such as trout and redfin lures.
I’m pretty sure if the fish swallows the hook just cut the line because the hooks are designed to dissolve in case the fish does swallow the hook.
What's the difference between American crayfish or what I call crawldad and what you guys call a yabbie? Thank you
Those Rippa lures are pretty good gear. Not bad for around 10 didgeridollars.
Didgeridollars 🤣🤣🤣 I've never heard that saying before.... BRILLIANT!!
Gotta love the Jan juc worms.
got my 1st lot the other day.
good value for money.
Robbie, what's the average cost for yabbies if you were to buy them ? no chance of a dam in Melb mate.
Absolutely David. I caught a few small cod on them this evening. They're big fat and juicy! To be honest I honestly do not know. We have a couple of dams that we usually get them from. I think they're around $10 - $12 per dozen or thereabouts.
@@robbiefishing Thanks mate can only wish Eppalock would fish like this video.
Cheers mate, keep up the great work.
Bloody awesome! What a great session. Did you keep the Yella or give it to your dad , Rob?
Thanks mate. I gave this one to my mum and dad to make sure they had a decent feed.
Ha, ha it looked like milt to me Robbie, not crap.
haha I am not sure to be honest. That was my first though but then there was a heap of brown/green crap with it, which is exactly what snake pooh looks like. The white comes from the hjigh levels of calcium that they eat and I thought maybe yellowbelly might be the same? I honestly don't know sorry mate.
Hey Robbie wish I had a lake like that near here...just asking how long are the worms and how much they cost for how many.thnx
Hey Paul, it is hard to describe the size but they are bigger and juicier than any other night crawlers thay I have ever used.
I looked at there website but it looks like they're out of stock. Here is the site mate:
www.fishingworms.com.au/
@@robbiefishing wow..Thnx Robbie that's fast...I need get me some worms..my tiger strikers are ready to go...hope u go yabbying soon..I still can't find any in dams arou d here...think the drought killed most off here..ty
Hi Robbie. Don't you fish with live small fish? Live linning a small fish normally produces some big fish. Awesome video Bud👍
Thanks Richard, I have in the past and it is a dynamite technique. There are a lot of rules around that these days though.
Hey Robbie if you get garfish they always 💩 green all over you.
LOL ReallY That doesnt sound like too much fun mate. LOL
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Aah... stick the hook in the yabbie BEFORE you chuck it overboard. I can see what I've been doing wrong now. :)
hahahaha It always helps. LOL
A life changing piece of advice. I don't know how I ever got this far without it!
I like your dad's ideology there, if you have to measure them to even be sure if it's legal, then it's probably not worth keeping, it's cutting hairs too much. As you pointed out, the minimum legal size for a lot of these fish is pretty small anyway, a 30cm fish is rather small, once the tail and head is discounted you only really have maybe a 15-16cm long fillet. I think realistically that 35cm and upwards is a good size to keep Yellowbelly.
For cod however it's a different story, since legal size is 55cm, a cod of that size is indeed a very good sized meal. And apparently you don't want to keep the huge cod like the 80cm+ ones anyway, since those are the ones that are the breeders that lay the most eggs, which helps keep the population alive. Apparently a small breeding cod will only lay 10,000 eggs, where as a large cod will lay up to 90,000 eggs. So the large cod specimens should never be kept, and should be released I think. People should only take the 55cm-70cm specimens for eating.
I will take Redfin however that are only 25cm, since there is no legal size limit, they are considered a pest anyway that affect native fish, so I take all Redfin 25cm and up.
One advantage of Yellowbelly is the deep body. I find once a Yellowbelly is maybe around 40cm, they start to develop a very deep body. They often can be nearly twice as deep in their body as a common fish species of a similar length. So you get a lot of meat off the Yellowbelly I find, and it's bloody excellent tasting meat with a nice rich taste.
primary school? more like day care any way keep up the great videos robbie
hahaha I think you might be right. LOL Thanks heaps mate.
Loving your content. We've just started fishing at Lake Nillahcootie. What's the largest cod you've caught? We've had luck with the murray cod but not yellow belly. What would you suggest to increase our chance of catching one? Thanks for your videos, I really enjoy them :)
Yebbly are very structure oriented, like cod, however, in my experience, you are more likely to find them on snaggy, branchy timber and scattered rock/broken bottom than on the bigger logs and rock bars that cod prefer. That is not to say you won't find either species in the other structure, it just seems to be a preference. Other good places to find yebblies are around the margins and in breaks in weed beds, at flow ins from smaller feeder creeks and streams, in shallow, sunny bays, particularly later in the day and very early in the morning. If the bay has a lot of reed beds, all the better. Hit the drop offs into deeper water through the day, fish the shallows into the evenings. Hunt the shaded areas where possible. Yebblies love a good patch of shade and often hang in them in schools like cows around the lone gum tree in the paddock. Once you get one, focus on the area. Where there is one, there is often more.
You don't say whether you are shore fishing, or in a boat, nor do you mention bait vs lure.
Baits for yebblies include smaller yabbies (small being relative to the size a cod will eat. A yebbly will smash a good sized yabby), shrimp, worms, grubs with a shrimp/worm cocktail being right up the top for yebbly bait.
Lures, Yebbly like a nice small to medium lure. In the 50 - 80 mm range seems about their comfort zone. You will pick them up on lures outside this range, but this seems to be the most consistent. Hardbody divers
Vibes and Blades (Deadly but snag prone if fished from the shore. Fish so it just bumps along bottom with occasional pauses and dead stops, jerking it back to life and letting it flutter back to bottom before resuming retrieve briefly before repeating the dying fish = dinner routine.)
minnows
rip-baits
soft plastics (curl tails, paddle tail minnows and wriggle tails are great rigged on jig heads, pin tail minnows, split tail minnows, paddle tails and worms deadly on a dropshot/paternoster rig. Wriggle tails, worms, creature baits and craws great on running sinker rigs)
Spoons (traditional Metal and Tassie Devil style winged spoons inclusive)
Inline Spinners (size 1-3)
Spinner and Chatter baits in smaller sizes
jig spinners
Small Surface Lures (cicada imitations, bass/whiting poppers etc)
Skirted Jigs
Mostly you want to fish slowly for yebblies. They are generally not the most active fish in the pond, preferring to ambush an easy meal than chase a fleeing minnow or yabby all over the place. There are times that they will be actively hunting, but the rule of thumb is fish slowly, and then slow it down a bit. Basically, fish as slowly as you can and still impart action to the lure. Plenty of pauses and direction changes in the retrieve also helps as the lure darts and stops and stuff.
Don't be in an almighty rush to whip the lure in and make the next cast. Fish the lure all the way to the shore/boat. Yebblies are a fish that are very prone to following and striking late. They also lurk close to the shoreline much of the time when hunting, as this is where they expect to find the smaller bait fish, yabbies and shrimp they feed upon, along with many insects and worms washed out of the shoreline vegetation etc. This means that fishing in close, parallel to and right up to the shore is important. There will often be fish sitting just off the shore line you will miss if you discount the last part of the retrieve to whip it back out towards the far shore again. Fish all the way to the tip and then make a couple of figure 8's or swishes before slowly lifting the lure from the water. This will often tempt a following fish to strike.
From a boat, find standing timber, drop offs and old creek beds and gullies, rocky areas, the shoreline, and weed beds. Fish with bobber yabbies, worms and wieighted lures lust jiggling them slightly. This includes blades, vibes, spinner baits and plastics. Spin the shoreline using spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, inline spinners and bibbed divers, with top water lures in the evening and at sunrise. Get as close to structure as possible.
Should be enough to go on to find and catch some Yebblies. They are a fun fish, hit like a freight train, but have little stamina. Make sure they do not get a chance to bury their head into the sticks, if they do that, you are in trouble. Tight drag and keep the pressure on is the mantra. They are even more prone to doing this than cod are. And the seem to know every nook and cranny in the area.
Best of luck getting onto some.
@@AndrewFishman Yes so we fish on the shore line, often near the bridge. We have some trouble with the weeds in some areas and losing our hooks. We have just been using simple bait - worms, corn, cheese. Yet to try yabbies, or lures. We are just starting out so have begun simple. We found one larger lure washed up on shore when leaving on our last trip. Could I send you a picture of it via e-mail to see if you think it's worth using at Lake Nillahcootie?
@@kellym9756 sure you can, Kelly. It is andyfishman at hotmail
Hi Kelly thanks for your kind words. My biggest cod from Nillahcootie, I am not sure sorry. I remember getting one a boost 55cm once, but have seen photos of them over 1 meter.
Yellowbelly love a moving bait, they also love freshwater, which is why we love fishing it in spring time when it is filling.
At the moment people are catching yellowbelly from the bank in all parts of the lake using worms and small yabbies.
@@robbiefishing We've had no luck at all with worms! Haven't tried yabbies. Any other non-live bait options? Not my fav! Haha.
Hey you your watching the best fishing CZcams channel in the world robbiefish
Thank you so much mate.
How much money have you spent on fishing gear
Watches man catch fish on a certain lure. Buys 10 of those lures. Yep, 2021 is just like every other year.
Hahaha I hope you have a great year hank.
Try a challenge were you have to only use big w or kmart lures
Try fire tiger lure
never had a reptile shit on my had but a fair few fish have
haha Role reversal mate, other way round for me. LOL
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