bluester
17-07-2007, 21:11
Well that was one of the best hol's i've ever had.Stayed at Club Hotel Dolfin just north of Negombo. 26/06/07 to 11/07/07. The country is lush with veg and most people i spoke to were friendly and all willing to give as much advice as they knew, The strong winds usual for this time of year were a blessing as far as staying cool was concerned. Temp was between 29 and 37c , only had a bit of rain 1 evening and one pretty good storm which stired up the fish a little the day after. Having my own fishing tackle on holiday seemed to draw a few spectators and interesting stories from envious gents who wished they had some tackle with them. The hotel location was perfect as i had the canal on one side and the beech directly in front of my room and as an early riser i found my self fishing one of them every day exept one from 6 to 9;40 am so i could run back for b'fast befor 10.
It took me a couple of days to get a fish and i was suprised at what eventualy worked. Firstly the canal; Went trolling for 4 hrs and didn't catch, was using rapalas, shads and about 10 other trolling lures i had. I saw the heads of a couple of fish and this kept my hopefull, so no luck this time,
When i got back i saw some local kids free lining bare hooks catching small silverfish
(looks like mullet)
so I had a go and lifted a good 5 kg of fish from the water which the kids were most greatfull for (THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE A POOR BAIT).
Spent the next few days walking the canal and throwing all types of lure and spinner to no avail so started trying the surf on the other side again lures, bass wedges, tobies, baited prawns and nothing until i down sized to a set of 3 hokkies , 8 am morninig after the storm next to an esturey a Barramundi of about 8 or 9 lb and 2 seconds later a mullet of about 4 to 5 lb. I gave them away to a local man fishing with a net and just as i did he pulled the net in with a barramundi of about 40 pound , I stayed with the hokkies for most of the lure fishing after that and caught another barramundi 5lb, 3 mullet 2 - 3lb and 4 flat heads over week.
Best results bait fishing for me were on the small silverfish cut into large fillets where catfish were caught throughout the day various sizes in any rocky bay.
Lost 3 lots of tackle on a rather large fish that i couldnt land (i think its the same fish anyway) dont know what it was but it took 2 rigs into the rocks that cut like butter and then on my third attempt using 30lb line and a 4 ft wire trace it decided to run...... and run .... and run until i run out of an entire spool of line when it then shot left out to sea and to the opposite side of the breakwaster rocks and left me with about 20ft of linesnapped off (so glad i took an extra spool of 20)
Locals all said the best time for fishing is during december and jan so i may have to negotiate with my lady for another trip then but all in all great
It took me a couple of days to get a fish and i was suprised at what eventualy worked. Firstly the canal; Went trolling for 4 hrs and didn't catch, was using rapalas, shads and about 10 other trolling lures i had. I saw the heads of a couple of fish and this kept my hopefull, so no luck this time,
When i got back i saw some local kids free lining bare hooks catching small silverfish
(looks like mullet)
so I had a go and lifted a good 5 kg of fish from the water which the kids were most greatfull for (THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE A POOR BAIT).
Spent the next few days walking the canal and throwing all types of lure and spinner to no avail so started trying the surf on the other side again lures, bass wedges, tobies, baited prawns and nothing until i down sized to a set of 3 hokkies , 8 am morninig after the storm next to an esturey a Barramundi of about 8 or 9 lb and 2 seconds later a mullet of about 4 to 5 lb. I gave them away to a local man fishing with a net and just as i did he pulled the net in with a barramundi of about 40 pound , I stayed with the hokkies for most of the lure fishing after that and caught another barramundi 5lb, 3 mullet 2 - 3lb and 4 flat heads over week.
Best results bait fishing for me were on the small silverfish cut into large fillets where catfish were caught throughout the day various sizes in any rocky bay.
Lost 3 lots of tackle on a rather large fish that i couldnt land (i think its the same fish anyway) dont know what it was but it took 2 rigs into the rocks that cut like butter and then on my third attempt using 30lb line and a 4 ft wire trace it decided to run...... and run .... and run until i run out of an entire spool of line when it then shot left out to sea and to the opposite side of the breakwaster rocks and left me with about 20ft of linesnapped off (so glad i took an extra spool of 20)
Locals all said the best time for fishing is during december and jan so i may have to negotiate with my lady for another trip then but all in all great