METRO STONKERS - How to catch a GIANT stocked trout fishing around Melbourne

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10 ай бұрын

FishingMad is back on the water chasing HUGE fish close to home. Fishing metro systems around Melbourne. It was a pleasure this year to be heavily involved in Victoria's Metro Stonker Stocking program. I had the pleasure of releasing hundreds of these awesome fish into multiple metro systems around Melbourne and catching plenty of them too.
I run through the stocking process and highlight releasing some huge brood stock rainbow trout into Albert Park Lake a wondaful metro system only 3 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD and follow that up a few days later fishing on the Hobie Lynx at Karkarook Park lake catching a few huge freshwater giants.
Wonderful job by the VFA having annual programs like the Eildon Festival and metro Stonkers which makes huge fish accessible for families and beginners close to home.
In 2023 1,000 stonker size rainbow trout were released in 16 family friendly lakes across metro Melbourne including
Albert Park Lake - 120
Berwick Springs Estate Lake - 40
Casey Fields Lake - 40
Caulfield Racecourse Lake - 50
Don Lake (Healesville) - 35
Ferntree Gully Quarry - 60
Garfield Lake - 10
Karkarook Lake (Moorabbin) - 150
Lilliput Lane Reserve (Pakenham - 15
Lilydale Lake - 140
Navan Park Lake (Melton) - 30
Pakenham Lake - 90
Rowville Lakes (Sutton and Hill Lakes) - 40
Roxburgh Park Lake - 30
Spavin Drive Lake (Sunbury) - 30
Yarrambat Lake - 120
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Пікірлер: 54

@GG-rj4oj 10 ай бұрын

Great content, easy to watch. Number 1 fishing show in my books.

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much !! Really glad your enjoying the content

@Andrzej.747 10 ай бұрын

Wow great job realising them fish into the wild the public will have heeps of fun.

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Yeah it was awesome to be involved in that, and awesome to catch a few too. Hopefully many kids, beginners and local anglers have had some fun targeting them

@AlessailaSC 10 ай бұрын

ayyy! here it is! thanks for another awesome video :D

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Thanks !! Really glad you enjoyed it !!

@alft69 10 ай бұрын

Fun video! I’m usually think of Albert Park as the place for F1 race cars speeding around. Never would have believed there were such quality fish to be found there!

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Yeah Albert Park Lake is a sensational fishery. Great range of species too Trout, yellow belly, estuary perch and plenty of big carp too

@coopersfishingadventures 10 ай бұрын

Hi Alan, love the content and you always give me new places and ways to fish. Keep it up❤

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks !!

@marioscarpuzza9810 10 ай бұрын

Hi Alan, that's a fantastic thing 😃😃🎉🎉🎉

@achebwahs1111 10 ай бұрын

Awesome. Just let my keen young nephews in Sunbury know. Thank you

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Awesome !! Spavin gets a few

@tullywightman8601 10 ай бұрын

Awesome upload Allan love your vids

@Lowbrow_Mthakathi 10 ай бұрын

Even as an anti government person, I have to admit, that is an awesome program. Good on you Aussies for having a society that you can appreciate and respect your natural resources in such a manner 🫡.

@espenforfen1334 8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately our Labor socialist government is considering a new law to ban all fishing in metro dams and lakes throughout Victoria

@matthewpark7345 6 ай бұрын

Best times for karkarook lake been there few times now at different times , multiple lures , bates and not even single nibble , cheers

@cryptok9185 5 ай бұрын

did you end up having any joy or found any more info? heading that way myself at weekend

@jasononeil1768 9 ай бұрын

Hi Allan, I do a lot of trolling for trout on my Hobie PA14 mostly at Eildon, Devilbend and Eucumbene. When running two rods you need to keep pedaling and keep that forward momentum when you hook up, will stop you taggling up in the second line. Often resulting in double hookups (heaps of fun from a yak). Swap the trebles out on the doubble clutch's and bibbed minnow's to single owners hooks, less weed fouling, better hookup and quicker release's.

@fishingmad 9 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for that. I will do that 100%. I Appreciate it.

@eitai2001 10 ай бұрын

Good to see you fishing in Karkarook. That's my local, but haven't fished there before 😅

@robertthompson3216 10 ай бұрын

I hope that people catch and release so the joy of catching a large trout can be enjoyed by many.

@davidgeorge4784 10 ай бұрын

I’ll be in Melbourne in November. Looking forward to fishing Albert park lake

@peterlipsett4644 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. Any idea if the fish from these suburban lakes are good to cook? Is the water quality Ok?

@fishingmad 9 ай бұрын

It all depends on the waterway, eg Albert Park Lake is a storm water drain runoff and the water clarity is not great or safe for eating. I think there are some website that report the water quality.

@Michael_Lane_Fishing 10 ай бұрын

Good they went into local lakes in Melbs. But would they have been better released into regional areas to promote travel into those areas? I sense the Goulburn River may have missed out this year due to Metro lake stockings.

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

They were stocked in the regional lakes the following week as part of the Eildon festival including stretches along the Goulburn. Also hundreds of different regional lakes get stockies most school holidays

@Michael_Lane_Fishing 10 ай бұрын

Yes but the quality was well down in stretch around Thornton on the Goulburn, heaps of anglers went home fishless or with small skinny fish. Genuine stonkers (10lb+) were few and far between compared to previous years@@fishingmad

@graemewindley1614 9 ай бұрын

Trouble is, just to drive to the Goulburn and back is prohibiting in expence

@cruzefrost7918 8 ай бұрын

There’s more then 1 lake at Roxburgh park, which one is it? 😊

@MarcuS-tk8rj 3 ай бұрын

where do you recommend to fish near the cbd?

@bryanmorrion9503 10 ай бұрын

Metro Melbourne and rainbow trout. Im from Sydney so where is the fresh water area that doesn’t connect to salt water??

@jobygeorge5100 5 ай бұрын

Is it legal to keep if we catch one?

@fishingmad 5 ай бұрын

Yes 100%, i helped stock them in there so i release them

@paulgenevincent5564 10 ай бұрын

Hey Alan how to you attach the GoPro to your hat?

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Berley pro action Hat

@paulgenevincent5564 10 ай бұрын

@@fishingmad thanks man

@mattyhjames 10 ай бұрын

How do you manage to capture hook ups on the GoPro without leaving them running the entire time?

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

I try and preserve the batteries most of the time, otherwise you need to take 15+ batteries or external power which can be a pain. So often wait for the action to start. Plus this saves heaps on edition times and storage.

@nicholasn9745 6 күн бұрын

When are they stocking stonkers again

@fishingmad 6 күн бұрын

Usually around term 3 school holidays

@Jack-um2yj 10 ай бұрын

I was 200th like

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Thanks !!

@Jack-um2yj 10 ай бұрын

@@fishingmad No worries! Do you know any good snapper bait?

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Cant go past squid, pilchard, silver whiting and salmon. Great bait options for snapper.

@Jack-um2yj 9 ай бұрын

@@fishingmad I’m watching your whiting video right now!👍

@brettellis1837 10 ай бұрын

Lol don't fall in looks cold ya could get a sniffle as well.any trout cod in it or just invasive trout.😂😂.

@sultanrabah706 10 ай бұрын

Hey mate, what address is the roxburgh park lake?

@felixfelicis5574 10 ай бұрын

Hi alan do u still have the savage gear s8 reel?

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

Yeah I still have a few SG8 reels, I mainly use them when targeting whiting and pinkies

@felixfelicis5574 10 ай бұрын

@@fishingmad which models are they and how do they perform one year on?

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

2500, 3000 and 4000 and they have all been pretty good, I haven't had any issues. I did have a SG6 that had an issue which was replaced. Many good reels around that price point these days too

@Maddfisher 10 ай бұрын

Can you eat stocked trout in Albert park lake

@fishingmad 10 ай бұрын

That's a great question, much of the water in Albert Park is run off from storm water so people would need to be careful eating anything from Albert Park. Personally I don't