Fishing on the Cooper's at Innamicka

Yeah but handlines are the pits, tangles and even when you get a fish not much sport. You can buy cheap med rod and reels for $50, with 12lb line . Teach the kids the right way from the start.
Cheers Pete

Gday Pete,
Didn't realise you can have sport with the yellowbelly in the muddy water!!
Handlines suit my camping style. Can cast a few of them and come back an hour or two later to see what's there.
Cheers
phil

Thanks Phil and Madfisher i'll look in to it, you have given me some thing to go on.cheer's GD

Greendog, I use a rod sometimes but mostly handlines when I'm fishing out there and going after yellowbelly. Handlines are easier for the kids on the creek banks and then when they get a bit bored with it they can tie it around a stick and Dad can check it later! I find that with the handlines we can pull the nice big fish in a lot more easily than I can with the rod (and I'm not a novice fisherman). Bait - use local yabbies (fresh not frozen) - we find if we use meat we tend to get black bream rather than yellows.
Have fun - it's great.

just a reminder if your using opera house nets for yabbies to check them regulary for tortoises

I guess the diff is I fish for maximum sport rather then max food. But big Goldens(Yellowbelly) do put up a good fight on light gear. It just a matter of tiring then out a bit before trying to land them. We have landed Murray cod up to 50lb on light baitcasters, just takes patience and about 30 to 50 mins.
But the piont I trying to make badly I guess is in the future all forms of setlining will be banned. This is already the case in most of NSW. So it is better to educate kids about sportfishing ethics while they are young
Cheers Pete