Lake Bullen Merri baitfishing for Chinook Salmon

My son Zephyr and I made a trip down south to fish a couple crater lakes near Camperdown. We fished Lake Bullen Merri first and got some nice Chinook Salmon on the first afternoon of our trip, which is the footage we used to make this video. I hadn't fished here for years but glad I made the trip back, it's a top spot !

[@tadeuszmichaelwlodarczyk3120]

Just watch this video excellent 👍. Definitely Nice salmon they let you know there their you two had a ball. Will look up where this place is Thanks Al

[@wimmerafishhunters]

thanks heaps for the great feedback ! WE love fishing here, it's a top spot, we had a lot of fun making this video ! Glad you liked it cheers !!

[@danmurphy5889]

So good, love your videos.

[@wimmerafishhunters]

Thanks so much ! I'm glad you are enjoying our vids ! We appreciate your support, thankyou !

[@yep.fishing]

Hey Al, I used to go there as a kid with my dad but just went back today for the first time. Threw lures land based for a couple of hours. I want to try Burley and oil hards next time to get my first Chinook. They look like they fight pretty good

[@wimmerafishhunters]

Yeah the chinooks are great fun, pretty easy to catch too ! Did you catch any landbased ?

[@yep.fishing]

@@wimmerafishhunters nah I didn't fish for too long, was more so to scope things out so I can make a plan of attack next time.

[@Ted...youtubee]

6 months ago got 2 tiger trout there.
Getting live bait at 4:30am was fun.

[@alvanstan600]

That's a bit early !!

[@markovasil1608]

Great video guys, keep it coming

[@alvanstan600]

Thanks so much ! We have heaps of vids done ready to go and scheduled for regular weekly releases every Friday so plenty more to come!

[@markovasil1608]

@@alvanstan600 it’s great for beginners or people trying new lakes to get some tips

[@darrynjones325]

Good work boys

[@alvanstan600]

Thankyou !!

[@lanhphan2309]

Amazing video! So can I go to catch Chinook Salmon at this time brother?

[@wimmerafishhunters]

Yeah they are biting ok there atm, thanks for watching!

[@outnaboutexplorers2103]

Great video guys! Done very well!! I’ll have to check this place out!
That sounder works so well you can see the fish!
Question, what size line and leader and you running?

[@wimmerafishhunters]

Thanks for the feedback !! In this video we were useing 6 and 8 pound leader. Main line on the rods was 8 pound. We love our Lowrance HDS Sounder !

[@outnaboutexplorers2103]

@@wimmerafishhunters I always fish with 30 and 20 pound, do you think that’s too heavy and could spook the fish?

[@wimmerafishhunters]

yes I reckon that's a bit too heavy sorry, eight pound line is a good start. There are no snags really so you can go pretty light and get more bites that way !@@outnaboutexplorers2103

[@kobiefletcher2310]

Tighten the drag but not too tight

[@LarrysFishing]

Had to look this place up, ton of lakes in that area, but to have one you can catch some Salmon, just awesome. What made you think of using piltchard in freshwater? Worked great, but would of never crossed my mind. Great job, that looked like a lot of fun. Well done guys!!!

[@alvanstan600]

Thanks Larry! Lots of good lakes down that way ! Pilchard is a very popular bait for chinook salmon and rainbow trout ! I like frozen saltwater whitebait too which I think is even better for them !

[@LarrysFishing]

@@alvanstan600 Would of never guessed that, but great tip. Cheers

[@downunderfishing105]

I went up to purrembete and we where using live minnow got heaps of reddies and a 15cm chinook salmon the got stocked the weekend before

[@alvanstan600]

Ok nice work !!