Articles Adventure Bound Lake Eildon Golden Perch | Lake Eildon Golden Perch |
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| Written by Scott Gray | |
| Tuesday, 17 November 2009 | |
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Check out Scott's article on Lake Eildon golden perch in the latest October 2010 Issue of Fishing World magazine. |
Lake Eildon in Victoria has now established itself as one of the state's number one golden perch fisheries. This is the result of 10 years of ongoing stocking of fingerlings by Fisheries Victoria and with some stocked fish now reaching around the 20lb mark and plenty of other year classes coming through its likely to continue as a premier fishery for many years to come. This spring the impoundment produced first class lure fishing for golden perch on the edges of the lake from the boat and bank and we found the most successful lures were the X-Rap shad 06 and the new Rapala clackin rap 06. The bank fishing was truly unbelieveable as we walked along casting lures in the crystal clear shallows finding school after school of fish to hit our lures.
The X-Rap shad 06's are ideal to cast from the boat or bank. They are a bibbed lure which is dives down when retrieved and suspends when the retrieve is paused. This is an ideal lure for fishing the flooded margins and produced most of the fish on the shallower banks. The lure also has an internal rattle and a fly is tied on the back treble for added attraction. The most effective pattern we found was the perch pattern as they resembled a small redfin perch juvenile which comprise a large component of the diet of golden perch during the spring months. The lure will dive when retrieved and suspend when paused.
Clackin Rap 06's are essentially a lipless crankbait and very effective fished on the deeper banks. They are a bibbless lure which has an anchor point at the top of the head and in this model there is also a internal rattle for added fish attraction. These lures were dynamite on the big golden perch cast from the bank and boat in amongst heavy structure. To fish the lure, cast it out and let it swim down then give a few sharp rips with the rod before retrieving it slowly. Try imparting some extra action with the rod tip to mix it up as you retrieve it until you find a method that brings a strike.