Thanks, even though this was a few years ago now! It is illegal to return carp to the water in SA and the more carp out of this fishery the better. I don't show images of dead fish unless I'm eating them!
No, I don't! It's a Fox camlock extendable bank stick with buzz bar and 2x Fox Micron RX+ bite alarms, each operated with 2AA batteries. I got them online at Harris Sportsmail and had them shipped out here from the UK. I haven't seen them in tackle shops in Australia at all. They are excellent for freshwater fishing, especially when you use them in conjunction with baitrunner reels, giving a strong audible alarm when you get a run, and far better than those damned bells! The whole lot cost me about AUD$200, but they have repaid me many times over.
PS Just saw yesterday a report that an angler in NSW has just set a new Australian carp record with a 48lb (21.8kg) fish at an 'undisclosed location'. Apparently, he caught 2 fish over 40lbs in the same session!
Well I was targeting carp - the more out of there the better - hence the bait choice. If I was after callop only, I would have gone to lures. I take your point.
Hi - It's a Fox camlock extendable bank stick with buzz bar and 2x Fox Micron RX+ bite alarms, each operated with 2AA batteries. I got them online at Harris Sportsmail and had them shipped out here from the UK. I haven't seen them in tackle shops in Australia at all. They are excellent for freshwater fishing, especially when you use them in conjunction with baitrunner reels, giving a strong audible alarm when you get a run, and far better than those damned bells! The whole lot cost me about AUD$200, but they have repaid me many times over.
Warren reservoir has two access points. You need to purchase a licence which has all the details and abide by all conditions: book.tourmanager.com.au/recreational-fishing-permit-reservoirs/tours/99833
Hi - scrub and tiger worms and sweetcorn generally, however I think you will struggle at this time of year with the cold weather and the reservoir being so high. All reports suggest that the fishing has pretty well closed down until the warmer weather returns. You may get lucky if you use lures, but don't expect too much at the moment.
Nice work. Be nice if they could open up a bit more of it for angling, I use to fish it a lot when I was young and mischievous and the better spots are off limits. Not sure whether they allow kayaks in there?
Thanks James - most of the reservoir is now open to permit angling, except for the section either side of the dam wall. Trust me, there are plenty of options for those prepared to walk. Kayaks are allowed, there are 2 launching points and several kayak fishing competitions have been held so far. Apparently there have been recent fish stockings in the South Para Reservoir as well, so it sounds like that might be coming online soon, which is great as it is (IMO) a much better water. Can't believe anyone would have fished any reservoir illegally in the past ............. :)
Clarity varies a lot, depending on whether there is pumping happening or not. Lure fishing has been very productive this past spring through to autumn and the water was pretty dirty for much of that time.
@@captainfrank01 Interesting. Thanks. Not much experience spinning in fresh. Thought maybe it looked a little dirty for lures. What do you use in there? The usual Spinner baits and deep Cranks?
@@islrubsca2330 Yes, they work well. I don't use lures in here very much, but if you look here: facebook.com/groups/829607713807641/ I'm sure you will get a better idea than I can try and give you here.
@@jackieyin8409 Wynn Vale is 24km from Richmond! Other places closer to Richmond you could try are St Clair wetlands (Woodville)10km or Mawson Lakes 18km.
@@jackieyin8409 Apparently you can eat carp - I don't. You might also catch redfin, which are good eating. However, I would be thinking very carefully about the water quality before eating anything I caught in freshwater in SA.
Thank you - not up to the standard of the fish you catch though! 'European' carp are a pest (noxious) fish in Australia and have to be destroyed by law, hence the use of the gaff. For some reason they do not seem to grow to the same sizes here (Australian record is 19.7kg), but fish of 4-7kg are fairly common. Use of bite indicators and sophisticated tackle, baits and techniques is rare - a bunch of worms on a basic paternoster style rig will do the job here!
captainfrank01 I love watching carp fishing from all over the globe! Yes sad they are seen as a pest as when they get to 20lb+ they give an immense fight! You have a great setup with the bite alarms and the soft tip rods too
Hey mate carp do grow big in Australia, they've have been caught in S.A. over 30lb and over 40lb in NSW, the reason carp don't grow big where you normally fish is they keep getting smacked over the head every time they're caught 😫 ...or worse still douchbags throwing them up the bank 😖
@@petercarter6086 Hi Peter - I have to say I'm surprised that they haven't reached 100lb+ in what is perfect habitat like the River Murray in the 45 years or so that they have been here. I have seen a couple of larger 20lb+ fish caught in nets back in the day before netting in the River was banned, but have not heard of or seen any 30lb fish line caught in SA. The existing Australian record fish was caught in NSW (Centennial Park, Sydney), and 19.7kg converts to 43 lbs, so that sounds feasible. As a matter of record, any carp I catch are fed to the pelicans or buried before leaving.
I’ve killed a few as well. I just think it funny we have to kill them when that won’t make any difference to there numbers. Plus they lay stinkin on the bank 😂
Yes, I tend to agree, but Warren is (until it was emptied) an emerging and valuable local native fishery thanks to stocking by RecFishSA. Ironic that with Murray River water pumping the carp will come back once it refills anyway. As a matter of interest, I don't leave them on the bank, I either remove them or bury them with a small shovel that I take with me.
Why would you pay $33 for a permit to catch 'mud marlin', would be nice if they invested the fee on timber fishing platforms around the area and make the place more attractive and safer for folks to take the family and let them enjoy the sport in some sort of comfort, until they make the place more user friendly I won't be fishing there.
Everyone to their own mate, I actually quite like catching carp! There are plenty of good natives in here as well - if I used lures, I might catch some that my $33 has gone towards stocking into the Warren! Timber fishing platforms wouldn't work here because the water level fluctuates so much during the year, and besides, not everyone sees those as 'attractive and safer' for fishing. What's wrong with taking some deck chairs and fishing with the family from a 'safe' bank? I think you expect a little too much and maybe should be thankful that RecFishSA had the drive to undertake stocking and negotiating reservoir access in the first place. Guess I won't be bumping into you then.
It's a rotten shame that our inland waterways are bursting at the seams with carp, redfin, tench, goldfish ... Just wait until some Asian immigrant introduces the snakehead. Eternal damnation to those people that originally introduced and released them. Cats and rabbits too. When I was a kid in the 80's I lived at Strathalbyn, and there were some cunning monster carp in the Angas River - well over a metre long. Huge ones in lake Alexandrina too. They need to introduce the carp herpes virus to wipe 90 percent or more of them out. Then use genetic engineering with Gene Drives to make any survivors only produce offspring of one sex, leading to population collapse and local extinction.
Love watchin captain frank before fishin! Coming from another SA youtuber!!
Thanks, appreciate that!
Some good muddys amongst those👍
Do u let them go.?
Thanks, even though this was a few years ago now! It is illegal to return carp to the water in SA and the more carp out of this fishery the better. I don't show images of dead fish unless I'm eating them!
Perfect , another frank special
We’re the hell is Warren reservoir
Says in the description!
What were the rod holders you were using if you don't mind me asking
No, I don't! It's a Fox camlock extendable bank stick with buzz bar and 2x Fox Micron RX+ bite alarms, each operated with 2AA batteries. I got them online at Harris Sportsmail and had them shipped out here from the UK. I haven't seen them in tackle shops in Australia at all. They are excellent for freshwater fishing, especially when you use them in conjunction with baitrunner reels, giving a strong audible alarm when you get a run, and far better than those damned bells! The whole lot cost me about AUD$200, but they have repaid me many times over.
The dam in Cloncurry Q.L.D has 25kg plus carp everywhere.
Yet to see a carp anything like that big - just under 20kg is the national record. Do you have any pictures?
PS Just saw yesterday a report that an angler in NSW has just set a new Australian carp record with a 48lb (21.8kg) fish at an 'undisclosed location'. Apparently, he caught 2 fish over 40lbs in the same session!
@@captainfrank01 Those are a couple of big fish.
If you want Callop and anything other than carp, I'd ditch the worms and corn.
Well I was targeting carp - the more out of there the better - hence the bait choice. If I was after callop only, I would have gone to lures. I take your point.
What is the name or what is it called that rod holder u using? And can u buy it in Adelaide? Thanks
Hi - It's a Fox camlock extendable bank stick with buzz bar and 2x Fox Micron RX+ bite alarms, each operated with 2AA batteries. I got them online at Harris Sportsmail and had them shipped out here from the UK. I haven't seen them in tackle shops in Australia at all. They are excellent for freshwater fishing, especially when you use them in conjunction with baitrunner reels, giving a strong audible alarm when you get a run, and far better than those damned bells! The whole lot cost me about AUD$200, but they have repaid me many times over.
@@captainfrank01 thanks mate
How did u enter that spot? Thanks
Warren reservoir has two access points. You need to purchase a licence which has all the details and abide by all conditions: book.tourmanager.com.au/recreational-fishing-permit-reservoirs/tours/99833
@@captainfrank01 thanks for the info champ!
@@henleyjang YW
Awesome mister
What bait do u use for the fish.
want to go kayaking fishing there on sunday pls respond asap
Hi - scrub and tiger worms and sweetcorn generally, however I think you will struggle at this time of year with the cold weather and the reservoir being so high. All reports suggest that the fishing has pretty well closed down until the warmer weather returns. You may get lucky if you use lures, but don't expect too much at the moment.
Ill try aldo nedd to try out new mods on water
Nice work. Be nice if they could open up a bit more of it for angling, I use to fish it a lot when I was young and mischievous and the better spots are off limits. Not sure whether they allow kayaks in there?
Thanks James - most of the reservoir is now open to permit angling, except for the section either side of the dam wall. Trust me, there are plenty of options for those prepared to walk. Kayaks are allowed, there are 2 launching points and several kayak fishing competitions have been held so far. Apparently there have been recent fish stockings in the South Para Reservoir as well, so it sounds like that might be coming online soon, which is great as it is (IMO) a much better water. Can't believe anyone would have fished any reservoir illegally in the past ............. :)
is it too dirty to lure fish in there?
Clarity varies a lot, depending on whether there is pumping happening or not. Lure fishing has been very productive this past spring through to autumn and the water was pretty dirty for much of that time.
@@captainfrank01 Interesting. Thanks. Not much experience spinning in fresh. Thought maybe it looked a little dirty for lures. What do you use in there? The usual Spinner baits and deep Cranks?
@@islrubsca2330 Yes, they work well. I don't use lures in here very much, but if you look here: facebook.com/groups/829607713807641/ I'm sure you will get a better idea than I can try and give you here.
Bright do well on troll
Captain do you know any other places in Richmond? In SA?
I know plenty of places in SA! Not so much Richmond, that is a western suburb of Adelaide and has no fishing water as far as I know.
Ok thanks do you know any other fishing places close to Richmond?
@@jackieyin8409 Wynn Vale is 24km from Richmond! Other places closer to Richmond you could try are St Clair wetlands (Woodville)10km or Mawson Lakes 18km.
Thanks for the spots I’m gonna go on a fishing trip soon so thanks and do you know what fish is good to eat in those places again thank you very much!
@@jackieyin8409 Apparently you can eat carp - I don't. You might also catch redfin, which are good eating. However, I would be thinking very carefully about the water quality before eating anything I caught in freshwater in SA.
Nicely done
Thank you - not up to the standard of the fish you catch though! 'European' carp are a pest (noxious) fish in Australia and have to be destroyed by law, hence the use of the gaff. For some reason they do not seem to grow to the same sizes here (Australian record is 19.7kg), but fish of 4-7kg are fairly common. Use of bite indicators and sophisticated tackle, baits and techniques is rare - a bunch of worms on a basic paternoster style rig will do the job here!
captainfrank01 I love watching carp fishing from all over the globe! Yes sad they are seen as a pest as when they get to 20lb+ they give an immense fight! You have a great setup with the bite alarms and the soft tip rods too
@@NICarper Yes, the gear is very effective. I had the alarms sent out from the UK as they aren't available here.
Hey mate carp do grow big in Australia, they've have been caught in S.A. over 30lb and over 40lb in NSW, the reason carp don't grow big where you normally fish is they keep getting smacked over the head every time they're caught 😫 ...or worse still douchbags throwing them up the bank 😖
@@petercarter6086 Hi Peter - I have to say I'm surprised that they haven't reached 100lb+ in what is perfect habitat like the River Murray in the 45 years or so that they have been here. I have seen a couple of larger 20lb+ fish caught in nets back in the day before netting in the River was banned, but have not heard of or seen any 30lb fish line caught in SA. The existing Australian record fish was caught in NSW (Centennial Park, Sydney), and 19.7kg converts to 43 lbs, so that sounds feasible. As a matter of record, any carp I catch are fed to the pelicans or buried before leaving.
I’ve killed a few as well. I just think it funny we have to kill them when that won’t make any difference to there numbers. Plus they lay stinkin on the bank 😂
Yes, I tend to agree, but Warren is (until it was emptied) an emerging and valuable local native fishery thanks to stocking by RecFishSA. Ironic that with Murray River water pumping the carp will come back once it refills anyway. As a matter of interest, I don't leave them on the bank, I either remove them or bury them with a small shovel that I take with me.
Why would you pay $33 for a permit to catch 'mud marlin', would be nice if they invested the fee on timber fishing platforms around the area and make the place more attractive and safer for folks to take the family and let them enjoy the sport in some sort of comfort, until they make the place more user friendly I won't be fishing there.
Everyone to their own mate, I actually quite like catching carp! There are plenty of good natives in here as well - if I used lures, I might catch some that my $33 has gone towards stocking into the Warren! Timber fishing platforms wouldn't work here because the water level fluctuates so much during the year, and besides, not everyone sees those as 'attractive and safer' for fishing. What's wrong with taking some deck chairs and fishing with the family from a 'safe' bank? I think you expect a little too much and maybe should be thankful that RecFishSA had the drive to undertake stocking and negotiating reservoir access in the first place. Guess I won't be bumping into you then.
They've just done quite a bit of work there, there's a pontoon with kayak ramp in this spot now. New toilet block and picnic areas, more parking
It's a rotten shame that our inland waterways are bursting at the seams with carp, redfin, tench, goldfish ... Just wait until some Asian immigrant introduces the snakehead.
Eternal damnation to those people that originally introduced and released them. Cats and rabbits too.
When I was a kid in the 80's I lived at Strathalbyn, and there were some cunning monster carp in the Angas River - well over a metre long. Huge ones in lake Alexandrina too. They need to introduce the carp herpes virus to wipe 90 percent or more of them out. Then use genetic engineering with Gene Drives to make any survivors only produce offspring of one sex, leading to population collapse and local extinction.