Mate you are a rippa... my condolences to you and your family... thank you for sharing your joy of fishing with a canadian bloke from Melbourne.. I really need to get to the places you fish.. you always have the greatest places and best stories.
Thank you so much for your kind words mate. Lake Buffalo is certainly a very picturesque lake to fish, absolutely beautiful. While I had a ripper session when I filmed this last Monday, it is a bit hit and miss up there at the moment. Thankfully I hit on this trip. March is the mist consistent.
When I had a great lot of panfish like yours that was going to be my breakfast before school. I used to get my Mum to save bacon grease and I used that to cook my breakfast fish. It added the bacon curd flavor. Nice lot of fish there. Days like that spoil me for the slower days. Good job Robbie.
What an wonderful session Robbie great Redfin. I have watched it twice. That’s what it used to be like when I was a teenager under the Echuca Wharf we used to catch about 15 and go home and cook them for breakfast
Thanks Peter. I have similar stories from here in Wangaratta. I would ride my bike down to the Ovens River in Wang, catch a few redfin, bring them home and then have a shower before school. Haha
Nice big reddies ! Noticed over the years that often their growth is stunted if there's too many in a waterway. I caught a big reddit once and after checking his gut , it had a huge yabbie that he'd swallowed whole. They're quite a savage feeder. Thanks n cheers Robbie !
Thanks so much mate. That is spot on. They're definitely all about balance. You never catch hundreds of big ones. When there's that many they're usually smaller average size. A lot of people will kill ad many as theu can to try and thin them out and encourage better growth.
@@robbiefishing the red perch is an extremely slow growing fish. a 35 cm perch might be as old as 15-20 years old. you wanna keep the smaller, and let bigger ones go, to help keep the stock healthy. i fish some private waters, thats almost havent been fished for 30+ years. the perch in there are amazing. 1,5 kilo perch is rather common. got my biggest last summer, at 54 cm and just above 3 kilos. amazing fish, and amazing fight on a tiny 0-4 gram rod :)
Wow great catch for the day. We used to get these in large numbers at the spillway at lake William Hovel back in the 70s 80s. In later years they just disappeared
Thanks mate. Yeah they're a funny fish like that. They seem to fish best during, and after wet years and then thin right out during dry years. I've caught them in the big deep hole below William Hovell, but never big ones.
Yea the ones we got there years ago were never big. The trout on the other hand were pretty big with many over 6 pounds. I did have a bit of a poke in the hole 2 years ago and lost something very big and heavy. Bigger than a 6 pound trout. Someone said it may have been a cod. Never seen any cod there back in the 80s but after all these years who knows? Have you cought any Murray Cod in the King River above Cheshunt?@@robbiefishing
Thanks UF, I was so excited that afternoon. Haha The bait session was great too. I didn't catch nearly as many, but I was treated to a pleasant surprise by-catch.
Great little session there Robbie. Got to love the Redfin mate, I reckon they're probably the best tasting freshwater fish going, certainly in my neck of the woods. Tight lines mate and keep the videos coming.
Only recently stumbled across your account. Loving these videos especially yabby and Murray Cray ones. I'd never thought I could binge watch someone else fishing but there's something really addictive about it 🤣🤣🤣
Haha Thank you so much Alo. I can't wait for crayfishing season to open next month so that I can lift my nets in anticipation of seeing the big white claws come up from the depths.
Thank you so much Shane. We all have good and bad fishing days, but every once in a while something magic happens, and that happened to me on this day.
I'm not a fisherman's tackle box but I enjoyed this video. Great part of the world and only about an hour from home. Sorry to hear about your loss mate. Lost my uncle two weeks ago. That's my mum's side all gone.
Thanks Tubby, I really the jackpot on this trip. Just walked down the boat ramp and BANG, then walked back up the boat ramp half an hour later carrying 7 redfin. Haha
Hello mate , congratulations..mate what you was saying about fishing for perch is all you need, you are spot on.. Sometimes less is more... Mate I hope your all well (including mum n dad) And you enjoy a nice feed.. Thanks so much great entertainment..top Mark's... 😎🇬🇧
Thanks so much Michael. Yeah all going well here thanks mate. Got a bit going on with family illnesses and deaths, but it happens. As long as it is in the right order... I can accept it. It's when someone gets terminally ill at a young age that I struggle to accept it. I hope you have a ripper day mate.
@@robbiefishing mate I hope your sound asleep by now..... Sickness and death are both very hard subjects to approach, and when it's a family member your world is turned upside down .. One thing I always tell anyone who faces this , is to tell the person what they mean to you , tell them if you love them .....it takes great strength from you , but makes you even stronger... never waste a moment, laugh ,cry , have a tin .... but make it memorable..... Mate our best wishes to each and everyone, more so to the person In question...we are thousands of miles away , but it spirit we are closer Respectfully your friends.......
What a cracking day Robbie, you had best grease up your pan mate for a Ruddy great feed, for you and family… That was hilarious seeing you get back your soft plastic lol…
Thanks so much Wayne. Haha It took me a fre seconds to work out what was going on. Haha 🤣 You'd think that having something that big stuck in your throat might put you off eating for a while wouldn't you. LOL
Glorious evening on the reddies mate. I love my BOGS gummies, wear them around the farm down on the surf coast constantly. Beware of the fit assist finger holes on upper boot, I got wet feet through those fishing a small productive reservoir Noth of Ballarat yesterday. Got 2 nice rainbows & one horse reddies like yours. Cooked a feed of snags up for family relaxed in the sun on the grass bank everyone happy, any never saw another person. I have fished your country since I owned my first HQ Holden 1989 and have some beautiful spots way up Dandongadale, Abby yards, etc....I have watched EVERY single video you've ever uploaded luv them nightly ritual now...I rarely comment but was inspired by you tonight mate.
Hi Simon thank you so much for your kind words mate. My first car was a HQ Holden. 202 auto, high beam dip switch on the floor. I loved it, but geez it was thirsty. LOL It was a 1972 Prem. I deliberately chose the boots without the handles. Best decision I made. Haha As soon as I saw the holes it was a definite NO from me. LOL One thing that the bogs do a lot better than the gumboots is hold their shape. I can slide my feet right in with no hands. With gumboots I need to use my hands to hold the top open. Haha
Your a classic. Yep the good old 202 red motor, my first car wagon HQ,. 2nd car sedan HQ, 3rd car panel van HQ,. 4th car GTS Sandman 308 Ute......wrapped it around a tree at Tolmie leaving the pub around 1993 .... Shame imagine what it would be worth today. Had my old fj40 short wheel base land cruiser (& a XR400) living in the shed at the parents 10 acre get away house in Tolmie, Bunsons Rd. I regularly took the back tracks into King Valley and fished up from top crossing & every other tiny bit of water around. Arrrrr those were the days. You are incredible the way you take time to reply to EVERYONE, you legend, luv ya without meeting you!
@@007slyman Thank you so much mate. I'm glad you didn't get injured in the prang. That entire road has a speed limit of 80kph now from the start of the climb on the Mansfield side all the way to Whitfield. When I had my Ls in the early 90s, I learnt to drive in my old man's HQ wagon. It had a 161 red motor in it and barely had enough power to pull the skin off a banana. Haha
Thanks for another video Robbie . Condolences Robbie it's always a punch in the gut when you loose someone close. I was out your side of town yesterday never been through Wangaratta before it's beautiful part of Victoria.
@@robbiefishing Spot on! Loved fishing upstream from Lake William on King River. Some good fly fishing spots and some fantastic deep holes. Wish I was young again, but watching you brings it all back. Thanks.
What an awesome session Robbie. Your Mum will enjoy that lot. I had a bit of a laugh at about 17 minutes in, when you caught another and "Mum will enjoy this one" an advert popped up.....a woman snoring while sleeping in a mattress adverts. I thought , "Robbie I hope Mum is more entheustic than that". Perfect timing for an advert like that. But again great session thanks for sharing.
oh man wish i had those days haha although i did had a good session before never had large fish like you had. but its definately a great feeling wen u walk up to a boat ramp, cast out and get a decent amount of good perch
Nice one. If you ever get a chance try Lake Gillear near Warrnambool or the old Hartwich’s Reservoir just North of Hamilton. Both are full of redfin. Best redfin I got from Hartwichs was about 45cm.
Mate! Excellent work. You were in the right spot at the right time. A redfin fisherman I know always reckons you catch them better on a windy day especially if the winds behind you as they come in close waiting for something to blow from offshore like insects etc. I look forward to the day I bag some that size. Always love you vids👍
You called them redfin. Lol that's what we call them here in coastal NC. I've not heard them called that untill now. Other names I've heard them called are Raccoon Perch and hardback. Thanks for sharing.
You ripper Robbie! Nice fish mate and great video. I live in FNQ and my favourite fishing is chasing sooty grunter in the freshwater creeks by myself, especially on surface lures at sparrow fart. Keep doing what you love doing because that's what it's all about. Cheers mate.
Great Channel Robbie good job. Over in the states here in the eastern US specifically Virginia at least that I know of we call them yellow perch River chickens
Hey Andrew, thanks for watching mate. I have seen your yellow perch. I did read up about them once and from what I can gather they are a very close cousin to ours. We calls ours redfin. They are actually an English Perch, the same as the ones caught in England. I think your yellow perch are from the same family, and genus, but a different species, so a very close brother if you know what I mean.
@@robbiefishing I live in the USA and the only difference I notice is the teeth, ours are not the best to lip with ur finger also the gillplate is similar to glass or a razor and is very sharp on the small ones
Thank you so much. I'm not sure when you're coming down, buy I find Lake Buffalo fishes best around March and April. I had 3 trips last week and this was the only successful one.
Good redfin brother I'm hoping to get up there soon to target the bigger cod like they do in Eildon through the cooler months A feed of redfin will do nicely if the cod don't show up Can't wait to get up there
Hi Robbie I'm in South Australia and redfin are the same as carp in that it is illegal to put them back in the water. Have to say I think they are the best eating fresh water fish.
They sure are beautiful eating. If I was you I would put them back anyway and not tell anyone. Haha. It's not like the S.A. government is going to replace them with native fish. There's a lot of greenies here in Victoria that lecture me for releasing redfin, but theu can all get stuffed.... even if the Victorian government makes it illegal, I will still release them anyway because theu bring a lot of happiness to a lot of people.
I’m so jealous, I went with a mate of mine to Bostock Reservoir in Ballan on the weekend and all we got was 1 Redfin each but very small. You’re killing it mate well done
Thanks mate. There's a lot of luck involved. I went back here 3 days after filming this last week and caught 1 small redfin. LOL And... 3 days before i filmed this my dad and I had a really slow session. There's a lot of "Right place at the right time" involved.
Haha It was blowing s gale at the car park. I suspect that as I walked down the boat ramp I was sheltered from the wind a bit. When I share the bait fishing video that I filmed afterwards you will see how windy it was. LOL
Hey mate I reckon it would be much harder to catch them now, ad you said there's been a massive weather change now to 2 weeks ago. Winter has hit us head on.
Well I think whenever you talk it’s either interesting or funny. You could just catch a tadpole and be happy Robbie. It’s all about being out and enjoying life 🤗
A great day fishing, lots of action lifts the spirits. I was thinking when you are doing your Yabbie fishing, you use dog food and other baits. Have you ever used the fish heads and chucks of other fish you have caught for bait? Here in British Columbia we have used different baits like you do , but we would also use the trout heads of pieces of herring , they seem to work well, even the carcasses of the Crayfish ( we call them) work well, just curious, thanks for the video
Thanks mate. I sure have. I often use fish heads and off cuts, they work exceptionally well. Our winter crayfishing season starts here soon and I can not wait.
Many Winters in North Dakota on Lake Sacagawea in a propane furnace heated ice house that we would tow out on the lake with a four wheeler fishing for these things with nothing but a half gallon peppermint schnapps, a bottle of vodka and our fishing gear. LOL
Only just found your video channel, a great session. Here in the UK a redfin is a roach, don't know if you have them in your part of the world. Incidentally where actually are you.
Interesting that English perch is considered a pest in England. These videos are from Australia and they are classed as a noxious pest over here. I always assumed they were classed as a pest because they are an introduced species. Getting caught transporting live redfin within australia is a $5000 dollar fine.
@@robbiefishing no they are a bit different cheetah trout is a rainbow trout and a Brook trout cross and a tiger is a brown and Brook cross but it is sometimes hard to tell between one another one has more circle kind of markings the other has stripes
@@robbiefishing ya mentioned a few things going on in ur life atmo champ i hear ya that's why I love ya content a beautiful distraction thanks for sharing😁👍🇦🇺
Hey mate told you there's big one's there. Pity you didn't get a chance to whack on a silver celta with red and black stripes. The plastic was going to good eh. Cheers mate 👍🤠
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Jealous Robbie no fishing like that in SA. Freshwater is not like Victoria. We are more saltwater and surf fishing.
@@paullubcke8554 Thanks Paul. Sadly S.A.Fisheries really do lack any decent management. It's been a problem for a very long time.
@@who-mperg4683 hahaha thanks mate. I'm a bit "out there" at times. LOL
@@robbiefishing Certainly has.
What an awesome catch, it was lovely to watch, keep them coming.
Thanks so much Gav. Sessions like that don't come along all that often.
Mate you are a rippa... my condolences to you and your family... thank you for sharing your joy of fishing with a canadian bloke from Melbourne.. I really need to get to the places you fish.. you always have the greatest places and best stories.
Thank you so much for your kind words mate. Lake Buffalo is certainly a very picturesque lake to fish, absolutely beautiful. While I had a ripper session when I filmed this last Monday, it is a bit hit and miss up there at the moment. Thankfully I hit on this trip. March is the mist consistent.
When I had a great lot of panfish like yours that was going to be my breakfast before school. I used to get my Mum to save bacon grease and I used that to cook my breakfast fish. It added the bacon curd flavor. Nice lot of fish there. Days like that spoil me for the slower days. Good job Robbie.
Thanks mate, gee that's sounds amazing. Fresh fish fried in bacon fat, could it possibly get any better? Haha
What an wonderful session Robbie great Redfin. I have watched it twice. That’s what it used to be like when I was a teenager under the Echuca Wharf we used to catch about 15 and go home and cook them for breakfast
Thanks Peter. I have similar stories from here in Wangaratta. I would ride my bike down to the Ovens River in Wang, catch a few redfin, bring them home and then have a shower before school. Haha
Nice big reddies ! Noticed over the years that often their growth is stunted if there's too many in a waterway.
I caught a big reddit once and after checking his gut , it had a huge yabbie that he'd swallowed whole. They're quite a savage feeder. Thanks n cheers Robbie !
Thanks so much mate. That is spot on. They're definitely all about balance. You never catch hundreds of big ones. When there's that many they're usually smaller average size. A lot of people will kill ad many as theu can to try and thin them out and encourage better growth.
@@robbiefishing the red perch is an extremely slow growing fish. a 35 cm perch might be as old as 15-20 years old. you wanna keep the smaller, and let bigger ones go, to help keep the stock healthy.
i fish some private waters, thats almost havent been fished for 30+ years. the perch in there are amazing. 1,5 kilo perch is rather common. got my biggest last summer, at 54 cm and just above 3 kilos. amazing fish, and amazing fight on a tiny 0-4 gram rod :)
Robbie thank you mate awesome clean content for the family . Always love your energy and great videos mate ! 👍🏻 you make us laugh. Thanks so much .
Hi Marko thank you so much for your kind words mate.
Best Redfin fishing I have seen, thanks Robbie. Great to see you were having a ball.
Thanks John. Definitely one of my best ever sessions. The type of fishing that dreams are made of.
What an awesome session! Those minnows are like crack for redfin! Thanks for the awesome videos Robbie!
Thanks so much Ricky. They sure do work a treat.
Wow great catch for the day. We used to get these in large numbers at the spillway at lake William Hovel back in the 70s 80s. In later years they just disappeared
Thanks mate. Yeah they're a funny fish like that. They seem to fish best during, and after wet years and then thin right out during dry years.
I've caught them in the big deep hole below William Hovell, but never big ones.
Yea the ones we got there years ago were never big. The trout on the other hand were pretty big with many over 6 pounds. I did have a bit of a poke in the hole 2 years ago and lost something very big and heavy. Bigger than a 6 pound trout. Someone said it may have been a cod. Never seen any cod there back in the 80s but after all these years who knows? Have you cought any Murray Cod in the King River above Cheshunt?@@robbiefishing
Now THAT'S a HAUL of red fin Robbie! Like it USED to be when I was a kid! A few stonkers there for sure mate! SMOKE a few of those up dude!
Thanks UF, I was so excited that afternoon. Haha The bait session was great too. I didn't catch nearly as many, but I was treated to a pleasant surprise by-catch.
@@robbiefishing Cool! Cod?
Great little session there Robbie. Got to love the Redfin mate, I reckon they're probably the best tasting freshwater fish going, certainly in my neck of the woods. Tight lines mate and keep the videos coming.
Thanks so much Sean. I agree mate, beautiful eating fish for sure.
Brilliant when all the conditions are just right and it's a fish a chuck. Those were some hard fighting perch
Thanks Grant. You're not wrong mate, trips like this don't happen all that often.
Only recently stumbled across your account. Loving these videos especially yabby and Murray Cray ones. I'd never thought I could binge watch someone else fishing but there's something really addictive about it 🤣🤣🤣
Haha Thank you so much Alo. I can't wait for crayfishing season to open next month so that I can lift my nets in anticipation of seeing the big white claws come up from the depths.
Another most enjoyable video, thanks Robbie. Cheers buddy, take care and stay safe😅.😮 👍
Thanks so much mate. This is one of my all time favourite videos on my channel. This was such an epic trip!
Thats gotta be one of the best shore based redfin fishing I've ever seen your a legend Robbie thanks for the video 👍🏻
Thank you so much Shane. We all have good and bad fishing days, but every once in a while something magic happens, and that happened to me on this day.
I'm not a fisherman's tackle box but I enjoyed this video. Great part of the world and only about an hour from home. Sorry to hear about your loss mate. Lost my uncle two weeks ago. That's my mum's side all gone.
Thanks so much Aaron. I am so sorry to hear of your loss too. It is a part of life though isn't it, as sad as it is.
Now that’s a Redfin session! Awesome video and lovely spot Robbie. ✌️🙂
Thanks Tubby, I really the jackpot on this trip. Just walked down the boat ramp and BANG, then walked back up the boat ramp half an hour later carrying 7 redfin. Haha
@@robbiefishing I tried further around to the left. Best I could get was, 1 about 2” and a stick! 😳🤔😂
@@tubby5006 haha Would you believe that I went back 3 days later and caught..... 1. LOL It was dmall, and even it got off at my feet. Haha
That’s some bloody good fishing there Robbie well done mate!
Thabks mate. These were bug enough to pass as W.A. redfin. Haha
Hello mate , congratulations..mate what you was saying about fishing for perch is all you need, you are spot on..
Sometimes less is more...
Mate I hope your all well (including mum n dad)
And you enjoy a nice feed..
Thanks so much great entertainment..top
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Thanks so much Michael. Yeah all going well here thanks mate. Got a bit going on with family illnesses and deaths, but it happens. As long as it is in the right order... I can accept it. It's when someone gets terminally ill at a young age that I struggle to accept it.
I hope you have a ripper day mate.
@@robbiefishing mate I hope your sound asleep by now.....
Sickness and death are both very hard subjects to approach, and when it's a family member your world is turned upside down ..
One thing I always tell anyone who faces this , is to tell the person what they mean to you , tell them if you love them .....it takes great strength from you , but makes you even stronger... never waste a moment, laugh ,cry , have a tin .... but make it memorable.....
Mate our best wishes to each and everyone, more so to the person In question...we are thousands of miles away , but it spirit we are closer
Respectfully your friends.......
What a cracking day Robbie, you had best grease up your pan mate for a Ruddy great feed, for you and family…
That was hilarious seeing you get back your soft plastic lol…
Thanks so much Wayne. Haha It took me a fre seconds to work out what was going on. Haha 🤣 You'd think that having something that big stuck in your throat might put you off eating for a while wouldn't you. LOL
@@robbiefishing yer lol 😆
Glorious evening on the reddies mate. I love my BOGS gummies, wear them around the farm down on the surf coast constantly. Beware of the fit assist finger holes on upper boot, I got wet feet through those fishing a small productive reservoir Noth of Ballarat yesterday. Got 2 nice rainbows & one horse reddies like yours. Cooked a feed of snags up for family relaxed in the sun on the grass bank everyone happy, any never saw another person. I have fished your country since I owned my first HQ Holden 1989 and have some beautiful spots way up Dandongadale, Abby yards, etc....I have watched EVERY single video you've ever uploaded luv them nightly ritual now...I rarely comment but was inspired by you tonight mate.
Hi Simon thank you so much for your kind words mate. My first car was a HQ Holden. 202 auto, high beam dip switch on the floor. I loved it, but geez it was thirsty. LOL It was a 1972 Prem.
I deliberately chose the boots without the handles. Best decision I made. Haha As soon as I saw the holes it was a definite NO from me. LOL
One thing that the bogs do a lot better than the gumboots is hold their shape. I can slide my feet right in with no hands. With gumboots I need to use my hands to hold the top open. Haha
Your a classic. Yep the good old 202 red motor, my first car wagon HQ,. 2nd car sedan HQ, 3rd car panel van HQ,. 4th car GTS Sandman 308 Ute......wrapped it around a tree at Tolmie leaving the pub around 1993 .... Shame imagine what it would be worth today. Had my old fj40 short wheel base land cruiser (& a XR400) living in the shed at the parents 10 acre get away house in Tolmie, Bunsons Rd. I regularly took the back tracks into King Valley and fished up from top crossing & every other tiny bit of water around. Arrrrr those were the days. You are incredible the way you take time to reply to EVERYONE, you legend, luv ya without meeting you!
@@007slyman Thank you so much mate. I'm glad you didn't get injured in the prang. That entire road has a speed limit of 80kph now from the start of the climb on the Mansfield side all the way to Whitfield.
When I had my Ls in the early 90s, I learnt to drive in my old man's HQ wagon. It had a 161 red motor in it and barely had enough power to pull the skin off a banana. Haha
Robbie your wife is good to you. Your heart is in the right place. She loves you for you treat her well and vice versa.
Thank you Michelle. I took her up to this spot a few days after i filmed this.
Thanks for another video Robbie .
Condolences Robbie it's always a punch in the gut when you loose someone close.
I was out your side of town yesterday never been through Wangaratta before it's beautiful part of Victoria.
Thanks so much George. I love living here. I've been here all my life and have no plans on ever leaving.
Loved the video, your enthusiasm and good humour. Keep it up Robbie.
Thank you so much for watching mate.
Awesome Robbie what a great catch and one of the best eating imports that we have in our fresh water streams and lakes
Thanks Rod, and I agree. If not THE best. I prefer a redfin fillet over a trout any day. 👍👍
Good job Robbie. Nice to watch. Talk as much as you want, it all makes memorable sense to me.😜
Haha thanks so much mate. This is one of my all time favourite videos on my channel.
@@robbiefishing Spot on! Loved fishing upstream from Lake William on King River. Some good fly fishing spots and some fantastic deep holes. Wish I was young again, but watching you brings it all back. Thanks.
Great video. Such a great fish, first fish i caught as a child many years ago growing up on the Murray. Awesome getting that lure back.
Thanks mate, they really are an awesome fish to catch.... and to eat!!
aniother awesome vide , thank you so much , nothing like being near the water and fishing to relax
Thanks Bernie, you're not wrong mate.
What an awesome session Robbie. Your Mum will enjoy that lot. I had a bit of a laugh at about 17 minutes in, when you caught another and "Mum will enjoy this one" an advert popped up.....a woman snoring while sleeping in a mattress adverts. I thought , "Robbie I hope Mum is more entheustic than that". Perfect timing for an advert like that. But again great session thanks for sharing.
Hahaha that's so funny. 🤣 Thanks for the laugh, and thanks for watching.
A couple of cracking reddies there Robbie, nice work.
Thanks so much Neil.
oh man wish i had those days haha although i did had a good session before never had large fish like you had. but its definately a great feeling wen u walk up to a boat ramp, cast out and get a decent amount of good perch
Thanks mate. These days sure are uncommon. I was so wired that evening. LOL
Nice fishing Robbie have fun mate
Thanks mate. :)
awesome fishing robbie, you got a lot of good reddies
Thanks mate. This was certainly one of my more memorable fishing trips.
Great job Robbie I caught my first ever Redfin yesterday and they fight hard for little fish
Thanks mate, and well done.
Nice one. If you ever get a chance try Lake Gillear near Warrnambool or the old Hartwich’s Reservoir just North of Hamilton. Both are full of redfin. Best redfin I got from Hartwichs was about 45cm.
Hi mate, thanks so much for the great tips. Hopefully some day I can get down that way.
Great detective work Robbie, the culprit was caught...... good feed and hope you are all good with the personal stuff mate.
Thanks so much for your kind words mate. Haha That was very kind of that redfin to bring my lure back to me. LOL
Mate! Excellent work. You were in the right spot at the right time. A redfin fisherman I know always reckons you catch them better on a windy day especially if the winds behind you as they come in close waiting for something to blow from offshore like insects etc. I look forward to the day I bag some that size. Always love you vids👍
Forgot to ask you, what pound line do you use?
Thanks so much mate. Great theory about the wind, I must remember that.
I am using Platypus Pre-test 5lb monofilamemt line on this reel mate. 👍
Wow your mother will be delighted to see you coming. LOL.
Thanks Vincent. Both parents ended up with a decent feed of fresh redfin. Haha
You called them redfin. Lol that's what we call them here in coastal NC. I've not heard them called that untill now.
Other names I've heard them called are Raccoon Perch and hardback.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate. Haha here is Australia everyone calls them redfin.
what a beautiful lake, the view is impressive
Thanks mate, it really is a magnificent Lake to fish.
You ripper Robbie! Nice fish mate and great video. I live in FNQ and my favourite fishing is chasing sooty grunter in the freshwater creeks by myself, especially on surface lures at sparrow fart. Keep doing what you love doing because that's what it's all about. Cheers mate.
Thanks so much mate. Sparrow fart is the best time of the day by a mile.
That’s fun to watch Robbie. Enjoy your feed and I hope your parents do too.
Thabk you so much Kev. 👍
Great Channel Robbie good job. Over in the states here in the eastern US specifically Virginia at least that I know of we call them yellow perch River chickens
Thajks mate. I think your yellow perch are a very close relative to these fish.
I never knew you had exactly the same type of perch down there as we do here in Finland. Interesting stuff.
Yep, we sure do mate.
Looks like perch in lake Michigan
Awesome fishing there, Robbie! You'd have to be happy with a feed of redfin like that!
Thanks Frank. I was VERY happy with that session don't you worry. Days like that dont come along very often.
Nice work! Fewer redfin in the water means more native fish, so the more you catch the better.
honestly love the videos such a cool guy
Thank you so much mate.
Thats a bloody good feed fella
Beautiful country.
Thanks Pat, it sure is beautiful up there.
Great Feed mate well done. Colours are great.
Thanks so much Dave. Isn't it amazing how the clear water brings out the colours so well.
That’s awesome Robbie, great fish. Was stoked to see you get the soft plastic back! Love your vids, keep it up 👍🏽
Thanks so much mate. Haha That was very kind if that redfin to hand deliver my lure back ro me. LOL
Cracking vid! Great session Robbie well done mate
Thanks so much Tommy. 👍
Good on ya Robbie! what a session!
Hey Robbie, in Wisconsin where I live there are yellow belly perch and they are very very similar to these red fins same family most likely
Hey Andrew, thanks for watching mate. I have seen your yellow perch. I did read up about them once and from what I can gather they are a very close cousin to ours. We calls ours redfin. They are actually an English Perch, the same as the ones caught in England. I think your yellow perch are from the same family, and genus, but a different species, so a very close brother if you know what I mean.
@@robbiefishing I live in the USA and the only difference I notice is the teeth, ours are not the best to lip with ur finger also the gillplate is similar to glass or a razor and is very sharp on the small ones
This is awesome. I can’t wait to get to Victoria on my trip around Australia and fish here. And like always the best fishing videos
Thank you so much. I'm not sure when you're coming down, buy I find Lake Buffalo fishes best around March and April. I had 3 trips last week and this was the only successful one.
@@robbiefishing sounds awesome, do you get your lures/soft plastics from the local tackle stores???
Yes, please do a review of the boots
Thanks mate. Already done it..... here it is: ruclips.net/video/Vs8lNIRqKCI/видео.html
Good one Robbie 👍 learnt from your advice thanks
That's amazing how you got your soft plastic back
Haha I was surprised. Funny fish!!
Good redfin brother
I'm hoping to get up there soon to target the bigger cod like they do in Eildon through the cooler months
A feed of redfin will do nicely if the cod don't show up
Can't wait to get up there
Thanks mate. You will love it. Lake Buffalo is like a mini Lake Eildon.
Hi Robbie I'm in South Australia and redfin are the same as carp in that it is illegal to put them back in the water. Have to say I think they are the best eating fresh water fish.
They sure are beautiful eating. If I was you I would put them back anyway and not tell anyone. Haha. It's not like the S.A. government is going to replace them with native fish.
There's a lot of greenies here in Victoria that lecture me for releasing redfin, but theu can all get stuffed.... even if the Victorian government makes it illegal, I will still release them anyway because theu bring a lot of happiness to a lot of people.
Great feed there Robbie! And you should do a review on your bogs, haha! Glad you like them. 🤙🏻
Thanks for the feedback mate, they're so bloody good. I'm totally going to review them. Haha
Redfin are great eating and fun to catch
You're not wrong mate, thats why so many of us love them.
I'd be happy with that kind of session any time of year! Great work mate
Thanks mate, I think any of us would. This was definitely one out of the box. LOL
Bloody hell, wish my redfin fishing was that good! Well done 😎 this was awesome! 😁🎣
Thanks mate. I think we all wish for that. Haha Fishing trips like this don't come along too often.
@@robbiefishing that's very true!
I’m so jealous, I went with a mate of mine to Bostock Reservoir in Ballan on the weekend and all we got was 1 Redfin each but very small. You’re killing it mate well done
Thanks mate. There's a lot of luck involved. I went back here 3 days after filming this last week and caught 1 small redfin. LOL And... 3 days before i filmed this my dad and I had a really slow session. There's a lot of "Right place at the right time" involved.
Super session - great average size and such beautiful coloration Robbie!
Thanks Frank. Isn't it amazing how fish always have more vibrant colours when caught in clear water.
ripper!!! there all massive robbie keep it up
Thanks so much mate. 👍
Such a beautiful spot to fish. You did better there than I did. Still caught a couple.
Thanks mate. Sure is a beautiful place. It's been hit and miss lately. I had a hut in this day, but definitely had a few misses recently too.
What an awesome Redfin session, your Mom is in for a great meal :)
Thanks so much Larry. She said she loved every single bite.
WORTH the drive!
Absolutely. 👍👍
@@robbiefishing ;o)
Great video Robbie you got some nice redfin
Thanks so much Noah.
They were some nice reddies robbie pritty cool mate.👏
Thanks mate. I was certainly on top of the world thst night. Haha
Outstanding session. Enjoy the fillets 😄🐟
Thanks mate. My parents enjoyed them immensely.
Nice redfin nom nom! Didn't look that windy! hahaha
Haha It was blowing s gale at the car park. I suspect that as I walked down the boat ramp I was sheltered from the wind a bit.
When I share the bait fishing video that I filmed afterwards you will see how windy it was. LOL
Good job nice fish nice lake
Thanks Zdrav. It sure is a beautiful place.
love all your videos 👌
Thank you so much mate.
We had great weather then l wonder if that helped.....its so bipin cold now not sure how many redfin would jump on the hook....
Hey mate I reckon it would be much harder to catch them now, ad you said there's been a massive weather change now to 2 weeks ago. Winter has hit us head on.
Magic 🎩 hats off to the day
Thanks mate. This was certainly one of my more memorable fishing trips.
Well I think whenever you talk it’s either interesting or funny. You could just catch a tadpole and be happy Robbie. It’s all about being out and enjoying life 🤗
Haha thank you so much Sharon. Being happy is what it's all about.
Robbie I’m sure the lake level dropped nice size red fin mate.
Thanks Debbie. Haha I think so top. LOL
I love your videos keep.it.up.king
Thank you so much mate.
I've been suffering that first cast squid thing lately and the not catch a damn thing at all curse too. 😂
Haha it's so annoying isn't it. 🤣
Over the age of 40, its fine to talk to yourself 😆 🤣. What a catch Robbie. Condolences to your family.
Haha thanks Deb. I don't even realise I do it and usually edit it out, but I left it in this time for a laugh. Thank you for your kind words.
Mate! What a session 👏 I hope your mum was indeed as happy as 10 mum’s 😂
Thanks Martin. 👍 haha she sure was mate
Great session Robbie🍺👍🏽
Thanks so much Allan.
What a solid session!
Thanks mate. Short and VERY sharp. Haha
I just found your channel bloke you do alrighty... I might stick around longer if you dont sing haha.... Ta Fanks for sharing
Hahaha thanks mate. What's wrong with my singing? LOL 😂
@@robbiefishing You had the local police turn up because they thought they heard someone in pain and you ask me what is wrong with your singing?
I just commented just then on the blue tongue lizard video just refreshed my page and you uploaded a video 😀😀😀
Haha I hearted your comment on that video. I hope you enjoy this one too mate. 👍
@@robbiefishing what is the best blue tongue food
@@Lachiefishing144 Mine loves meal worms and bananas and the occasional live yabby.
Always helpful mate thanks
A great day fishing, lots of action lifts the spirits. I was thinking when you are doing your Yabbie fishing, you use dog food and other baits. Have you ever used the fish heads and chucks of other fish you have caught for bait? Here in British Columbia we have used different baits like you do , but we would also use the trout heads of pieces of herring , they seem to work well, even the carcasses of the Crayfish ( we call them) work well, just curious, thanks for the video
Thanks mate. I sure have. I often use fish heads and off cuts, they work exceptionally well. Our winter crayfishing season starts here soon and I can not wait.
Many Winters in North Dakota on Lake Sacagawea in a propane furnace heated ice house that we would tow out on the lake with a four wheeler fishing for these things with nothing but a half gallon peppermint schnapps, a bottle of vodka and our fishing gear. LOL
Haha that sounds like my type of adventure. LOL
I have the same rod as you where using in the video and I also have a Sedona 1000 reel
Awesome, they're a great rod for casting long distance.
Only just found your video channel, a great session. Here in the UK a redfin is a roach, don't know if you have them in your part of the world. Incidentally where actually are you.
Interesting that English perch is considered a pest in England. These videos are from Australia and they are classed as a noxious pest over here.
I always assumed they were classed as a pest because they are an introduced species.
Getting caught transporting live redfin within australia is a $5000 dollar fine.
Awesome session mate, thumping reddies
Thanks buddy. I really did hit the jackpot that day. WOW
Good job Robbie 👍 I had a cracker of a day today even tho it was slow I still managed to get a 48cm cheetah trout and drop a couple bigger fish
Thanks mate. WOW that is awesome. Is a cheetah trout and a tiger trout the same thing?
@@robbiefishing no they are a bit different cheetah trout is a rainbow trout and a Brook trout cross and a tiger is a brown and Brook cross but it is sometimes hard to tell between one another one has more circle kind of markings the other has stripes
@@Timbo_Breambo WOW there you go, you learn something new each day. I will look them up. Thanks for the info.
That's why we love you robbie
Thank you so much mate. 👍
Where is that scenery looks amazing
Hi, I was fishing at Lake Buffalo.
lovely feed there man awsme session hope ya mum enjoyed them i luv my mum too 😁👍
Thanks so much Peter. My mum absolutely loves a feed of redfin mate.
@@robbiefishing ya mentioned a few things going on in ur life atmo champ i hear ya that's why I love ya content a beautiful distraction thanks for sharing😁👍🇦🇺
thats as good as it gets mate, nice one. ps. keep talking its great.
Haha thanks so much Mick. Days like this don't come along too often mate.
Hey mate told you there's big one's there. Pity you didn't get a chance to whack on a silver celta with red and black stripes. The plastic was going to good eh. Cheers mate 👍🤠
Thanks Mick, it sure was going too good. As they say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Haha