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| Report I have just returned for a hastily arranged "exploration trip" to Peter Faust Dam ! …………where in the hell is that you might ask. Well, the dam is also called Lake Proserpine and is situated an approx. 6 ½ hours comfortable drive south of Cairns, some 26 ks west of Proserpine, which sits another 50 odd ks west of Airlie Beach (the gateway to another fabulous destination the world renowned waterway – the magnificent Whitsunday’s region). I have heard stories for a few months now about monster barramundi living happily in the dam. Of anglers being smashed comprehensively by BIG barra in the sticks and after a visit to one of Cairns well known tackle shops and viewing a quick video of some recent action made a hurried (and extremely excited) phone call to my mate Terry Holman of Fish Hunter fame. We’ve just got to get down there I demanded and after a quick conference with our respective loved ones – hell, we had to consider the consequences of abandoning our day jobs, the wife and kids at such short notice - and just to partake of some fabled fishing action. Well you all know how it is. In what seemed like a blur we were packed and headed down there, towing Terry’s comfortable 4.7m Custom Craft, a dozen rods loaded with 50lb braid, 60lb leader and dozens of big deep diving lures beefed up with extra strong trebles……….we were told that we would need all of that gear and to be prepared for very heavy tackle losses………Hmmm! On the way we picked up that legend of a fishing writer, John Mondora, plucked him from his cane farm (harvesting would finish while he was away) and the happy trio pushed on. Now John has fished all over the world (next week he’s on his way to Egypt to try his luck on the barra’s even bigger cousin, the monstrous Nile Perch of the Aswan Dam) and has clocked up more hours on Lake Tinaroo than any other angler that we knew. His impoundment fishing knowledge would be invaluable to the likes of Terry & I who are predominantly coastal "creek" fisherman. We checked into Camp Kanga (local camp / cabin accommodation) a short distance from the lake and were surprised to see that it was only 1.30pm. We had made good time. Even after dropping into the guys at Proserpine Tackle for a chat, local knowledge is everything, and even so called "experienced fisherman" should never tackle new waters with blinkers on. After launching, checking drags (tightening up even further) selecting a range of deep diving lures, discussions on where to start – this is a huge body of water (When full it covers an area or 4,350ha.) – we commenced our exploratory troll. This afternoon was just going to be a "suck it and see" exercise as we hoped to meet up with the local guide next day and really start to enhance the steep learning curve required to fish this waterway in the limited time available to us. WE HAD LITERALLY ONLY GONE 200 METRES WHEN JOHN’S ROD WAS ALMOST PULLED FROM HIS HANDS……..SHIT, WHAT THE HELL……AND IT WAS ALL OVER | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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