Stumbled across this yesterday while looking for somewhere to take the kids while staying in Port Elliot. We headed over this morning and had a ball catching various carp, so thanks for posting this, I didn’t even know this park existed. We had most success in the smaller pond with a running sinker and corn for bait, although floats worked too.
So glad to hear you and the kids had a good time fishing in the ponds, very nice location isn't it. glad I posted the video for the families. Thanks for letting me know. Cheers David
It was great meeting you the other week at rapid bay! Couldn’t believe It, Had so much fun fishing with you and thanks for all the tips and bait, A very genuine great guy and so great with kids and a great fisherman
Hi Martin nice to hear from you mate. Thank you for your comment its very nice I'm chuffed. It was nice to meet you too, a nice friendly down to earth young fellow. I have edited a video but have had trouble down loading it, I may try again later so look out you may end up on UA-cam.
Hi Ash. Yep it was a nice fishing session, we had a good time here didn't we. I thought I would share it with some other family's. Thanks for your comment Granddaughter.
Nice catch mate, thanks for sharing! We used to live just across the road from the park, near the paddocks.. I watched them build it. I never thought there was fish in there until one day I saw a duck get dragged under the water by it's foot, it freaked out and flew off.
Hi mate thank you, you use to live across the road and you watched them build it, well I recon they did a pretty good job it is a really nice place. that would have been a shock seeing a duck dragged under the water there are some big carp in there, also referring to your other message, that interesting about the garlic being a medicine for fish maybe thats why they like it so much. Thanks for watching and commenting and look after yourself. Cheers David.
My son will be here with his family over Easter. Great spot to take the Granddaughters. I have taken them to the jetty near the surf club catching tommies. They had a ball and surprisingly didn't even look at the play ground until we where packing up to go home. I was told there are redfin in the lakes also. not sure if that's true. Seen on the news that they are stocking a few reservoirs with Yellow belly, Murray Cod and I think Bony bream. Will be opening a few up to the public to fish later in the year. More options :-) Great video David.
Hi Cliff. Yes it's a nice family friendly place. I met a young lad there with a lure he said there were Redfin in there hmm interesting. Opening up them reservoir's sounds good for all, it's what we need. Thank you for your comment Cliff.
Hi David, where abouts in the UK did you come from? I miss my uk coarse fishing, especially tench fishing. We're currently in Queensland but moving to Adelaide Hills area in October. I've already learnt so much off you. Great video's hopefully see you on the beach one day 😊👍
Hi Neil, sorry late reply mate. I'm from Hadfield we moved out hear when I was 7 and we went back when I was 11 and we move'd back hear when I was 14, my dad loved his coarse fishing too and during that short time when we went back I also did a lot of coarse fishing and it was great so glad I got to experience it my favourite fish was also the tench they were awesome looking and boy they fought hard we called them fresh water tanks. Gee it will be a big change from Queensland to hear but South Australia is a beautiful place with some good fishing when you get your feet on the ground, nice to hear you are finding my videos helpful I do get busy with stuff but will make more videos when I can. Yes might see you out fishing and let me wish you and family all the best with your new adventure.
Thanks David. Hopefully bump into you during my fishing trips. We lived in Mornington, Victoria for 18 years. Only been in Queensland for two and a half years and it's not for me. It is indeed a beautiful area. See you on the water! Lol, tank tench, that's funny. 😂
Just emigrated so looking for lakes. Been here with the kids to play and wasn't sure you could fish it! now I know! Fished Lake Alexandrina, struggling to catch anything big though, well compared to Europe.. Will venture up River I think? anyway good channel learnt lots regarding sea fishing as we live in Victor so thanks
Hi EMV Etang maison verre. Welcome to SA, nice place Lakala, relaxing and very quiet early morning. Lots of small carp in Lake Alexandrina a big fish would be 5kg there are some monsters in there finding them is the problem, a friend of mine lost one we were fishing next to the channel for the boats to enter the mornings on Hindmarsh Island it was around 10kg we guessed. (not far up from the barrage area) Swan reach go over the ferry and theres a big back water not far up the road some big fish in there. if they open Mt bold reservoir you might find what your looking for, my dad saw some monsters years ago basking near the dam wall. also brown trout down stream you have to be sneaky. Cheers David
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thank you for taking the time to reply. we still own and run www.etangmaisonverre.com in France so if you are ever in that part of the world. I have been fishing waitpinga and parsons a bit but prefer my roots of course fishing. I will look in to the suggestions. Myponga could be interesting too I think from the look of it...
Morning Mater. Good catch. Do you have the experience in catch a kingfish landbased in Kangaroo Island？I will go fishing there in Easter and very eager to catch one kingfish which i never got. Thanks. If there is a chance to catch you up, i can give you some very precise float and adjustable sinker, they are pretty high efficency for fresh water fishes. Looking forward to see you soon.
Hi lun. Kingfish well there's a fish I haven't caught yet, my plan is to catch one land based on video anything too big will be bye bye will have to be the right size to land. I gaffed one for a friend in his boat off Rapid Bay 44lb. Kangaroo Island is a beautiful place with great fishing but I can't really help you with where to catch a land based kingfish over there, We supply Ingrams hardware shop over there you could ask a young fellow called Dan who works there he might be able to help you out tell him David the maggot supplier told you to ask. Yes lun we will catch up one day mate .
Hi Julian, my pleasure mate. fishing with a float in the Torrens will be great fun. Plumb the water depth where you choose to fish and set your bait just slightly of the bottom burley up with bread and away you go.Theres nothing like seeing a float go under. Cheers to you too.
G'day Mate. I did do some video of the maggots feeding and some other stuff but then I got a bit self conscious about showing too many people too much. There is a show called, The Great Australian Fly, I'm in that documentary showing a little bit of what I do Its been on the ABC. Maybe I will do something another time, we will see. Its been a hard year for my UA-cam been busy (BUGGER)
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 no worries, Dave. I am only stirring. Loved that tip about sinking your line to keep the float from moving in this video. And completely understand how hard it is to generate content for UA-cam!
Hi full Cringe yes there are some big ones in there. When I was fishing in the pond with the island in it, my son in law hooked one and it had full control of him and went into the reeds to the left of one of the jetties and snapped his line.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 oh ok that sounds pretty good, next time i go there ill have to somehow keep my bait on to outlast all the small pickers. cheers for the info
Hi Annie, yes I'm sure there will be carp still there you will love it, the crucian carp in there look really nice they don't have barbels on there mouth like the other carp do.
@@anniebryce8047 Yes that is the law, but I do know a lot of people enjoy fishing in there and the crucian carp aren't that prolific in our waterways, so I can't remember whether I kept them or let them go, must be getting forgetful
Yes I sure do, a guy I use to fish with bought one back in 1979 I think, it was a long time ago. It was crossed between a alvey and a spinning reel and held quite a lot of line also had a bail arm like a hook shape that went up and down. The only problem with it was it twisted your line big time. Wow you brought back some memories finely out fishing.
Would love to take a trip to Australia one day! Great youtube channel by the way. Just subscribed! We just posted a couple new videos if you would be interested in checking them out!
Thank you for your comment Always Coastal and for subscribing. I shall definitely check out your channel. Australia is beautiful with so much different scenery and climate and fishing around the county. Cheers David
Stumbled across this yesterday while looking for somewhere to take the kids while staying in Port Elliot. We headed over this morning and had a ball catching various carp, so thanks for posting this, I didn’t even know this park existed.
We had most success in the smaller pond with a running sinker and corn for bait, although floats worked too.
So glad to hear you and the kids had a good time fishing in the ponds, very nice location isn't it. glad I posted the video for the families. Thanks for letting me know. Cheers David
It was great meeting you the other week at rapid bay! Couldn’t believe It, Had so much fun fishing with you and thanks for all the tips and bait, A very genuine great guy and so great with kids and a great fisherman
Hi Martin nice to hear from you mate. Thank you for your comment its very nice I'm chuffed. It was nice to meet you too, a nice friendly down to earth young fellow. I have edited a video but have had trouble down loading it, I may try again later so look out you may end up on UA-cam.
They're some pretty fish! Great catch, Granddad 👍😎
Hi Ash. Yep it was a nice fishing session, we had a good time here didn't we. I thought I would share it with some other family's. Thanks for your comment Granddaughter.
Great video and experience!
Thank you James.
🤙💙😊 thanks for another relaxing day fishing..and is that fishing pole is awesome ..
My pleasure!! That fishing rod holds a lot of memories its called a Sealy Aquarius 3 piece float fishing rod. Thanks mate.
Beautiful place David!!
Hi Lior. it is a Beautiful place very well looked after, fun for everyone. All the best mate.
Serene! ....Thanks
Very Serene nice place and thank you.
Never considered fishing there. Will have to give it a shot!
Another great video as always
G'day TMuzz Thanks mate for the comment. Yes have a go there with a float good fun, and them crusion carp are good looking little fish.
You have a very good place for fishing, new friend
Nice catch mate, thanks for sharing! We used to live just across the road from the park, near the paddocks.. I watched them build it. I never thought there was fish in there until one day I saw a duck get dragged under the water by it's foot, it freaked out and flew off.
Hi mate thank you, you use to live across the road and you watched them build it, well I recon they did a pretty good job it is a really nice place. that would have been a shock seeing a duck dragged under the water there are some big carp in there, also referring to your other message, that interesting about the garlic being a medicine for fish maybe thats why they like it so much. Thanks for watching and commenting and look after yourself. Cheers David.
Good vid
Thank's Brian!!
My son will be here with his family over Easter. Great spot to take the Granddaughters. I have taken them to the jetty near the surf club catching tommies. They had a ball and surprisingly didn't even look at the play ground until we where packing up to go home. I was told there are redfin in the lakes also. not sure if that's true.
Seen on the news that they are stocking a few reservoirs with Yellow belly, Murray Cod and I think Bony bream. Will be opening a few up to the public to fish later in the year. More options :-)
Great video David.
Hi Cliff. Yes it's a nice family friendly place. I met a young lad there with a lure he said there were Redfin in there hmm interesting. Opening up them reservoir's sounds good for all, it's what we need. Thank you for your comment Cliff.
Hi David, where abouts in the UK did you come from? I miss my uk coarse fishing, especially tench fishing. We're currently in Queensland but moving to Adelaide Hills area in October. I've already learnt so much off you. Great video's hopefully see you on the beach one day 😊👍
Hi Neil, sorry late reply mate. I'm from Hadfield we moved out hear when I was 7 and we went back when I was 11 and we move'd back hear when I was 14, my dad loved his coarse fishing too and during that short time when we went back I also did a lot of coarse fishing and it was great so glad I got to experience it my favourite fish was also the tench they were awesome looking and boy they fought hard we called them fresh water tanks. Gee it will be a big change from Queensland to hear but South Australia is a beautiful place with some good fishing when you get your feet on the ground, nice to hear you are finding my videos helpful I do get busy with stuff but will make more videos when I can. Yes might see you out fishing and let me wish you and family all the best with your new adventure.
Thanks David. Hopefully bump into you during my fishing trips. We lived in Mornington, Victoria for 18 years. Only been in Queensland for two and a half years and it's not for me. It is indeed a beautiful area. See you on the water!
Lol, tank tench, that's funny. 😂
Just emigrated so looking for lakes. Been here with the kids to play and wasn't sure you could fish it! now I know! Fished Lake Alexandrina, struggling to catch anything big though, well compared to Europe.. Will venture up River I think? anyway good channel learnt lots regarding sea fishing as we live in Victor so thanks
Hi EMV Etang maison verre. Welcome to SA, nice place Lakala, relaxing and very quiet early morning. Lots of small carp in Lake Alexandrina a big fish would be 5kg there are some monsters in there finding them is the problem, a friend of mine lost one we were fishing next to the channel for the boats to enter the mornings on Hindmarsh Island it was around 10kg we guessed. (not far up from the barrage area) Swan reach go over the ferry and theres a big back water not far up the road some big fish in there. if they open Mt bold reservoir you might find what your looking for, my dad saw some monsters years ago basking near the dam wall. also brown trout down stream you have to be sneaky. Cheers David
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thank you for taking the time to reply. we still own and run www.etangmaisonverre.com in France so if you are ever in that part of the world. I have been fishing waitpinga and parsons a bit but prefer my roots of course fishing. I will look in to the suggestions. Myponga could be interesting too I think from the look of it...
G'day mate, lots of perch (Redfin) in Myponga. but will be very good when they open it to the public. Looking forward to that.
You at blow hole beach last weekend
No I wasn't down there last weekend.
Nice fishing. Have you tried using corn as bait for carp? It’s my favourite bait for carp fishing.
Hi FishingAddict 387, yes I have tried sweet corn it is a very good bait. My problem with that was, I would eat most of it myself YUM.
Corn is my go to if not tiger worms are good
Morning Mater. Good catch. Do you have the experience in catch a kingfish landbased in Kangaroo Island？I will go fishing there in Easter and very eager to catch one kingfish which i never got. Thanks. If there is a chance to catch you up, i can give you some very precise float and adjustable sinker, they are pretty high efficency for fresh water fishes. Looking forward to see you soon.
Mater=Master 😁😁😁
Hi lun. Kingfish well there's a fish I haven't caught yet, my plan is to catch one land based on video anything too big will be bye bye will have to be the right size to land. I gaffed one for a friend in his boat off Rapid Bay 44lb. Kangaroo Island is a beautiful place with great fishing but I can't really help you with where to catch a land based kingfish over there, We supply Ingrams hardware shop over there you could ask a young fellow called Dan who works there he might be able to help you out tell him David the maggot supplier told you to ask. Yes lun we will catch up one day mate .
LOL HA HA
Thanks for sharing your rig set up, Dave. I reckon that I’ll give the float rig a go in the Torrens. You reckon it’d go ok there? Cheers!
Hi Julian, my pleasure mate. fishing with a float in the Torrens will be great fun. Plumb the water depth where you choose to fish and set your bait just slightly of the bottom burley up with bread and away you go.Theres nothing like seeing a float go under. Cheers to you too.
Thanks Dave!
Still waiting to see those carp get eaten by your gots, Dave. :)
G'day Mate. I did do some video of the maggots feeding and some other stuff but then I got a bit self conscious about showing too many people too much. There is a show called, The Great Australian Fly, I'm in that documentary showing a little bit of what I do Its been on the ABC. Maybe I will do something another time, we will see. Its been a hard year for my UA-cam been busy (BUGGER)
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 no worries, Dave. I am only stirring. Loved that tip about sinking your line to keep the float from moving in this video. And completely understand how hard it is to generate content for UA-cam!
do you reckon there would be any big ones in there?
Hi full Cringe yes there are some big ones in there. When I was fishing in the pond with the island in it, my son in law hooked one and it had full control of him and went into the reeds to the left of one of the jetties and snapped his line.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 oh ok that sounds pretty good, next time i go there ill have to somehow keep my bait on to outlast all the small pickers.
cheers for the info
Hi David. Would there still be carp at this place. Just checking as this vid is a few years old.
Hi Annie, yes I'm sure there will be carp still there you will love it, the crucian carp in there look really nice they don't have barbels on there mouth like the other carp do.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thanks David. Will have to give it a go! Presume all Carp caught in the lake can NOT be returned?
@@anniebryce8047 Yes that is the law, but I do know a lot of people enjoy fishing in there and the crucian carp aren't that prolific in our waterways, so I can't remember whether I kept them or let them go, must be getting forgetful
Are there red fin perch there to
Hi, worth a try a young lad told me there were some red fin in there a few years ago. So you might get lucky.
Have you tried corn for carp
I have used corn before it is very good my problem is I end up eating my bait. I'm happy with using bread most of the time.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 do you know what a seamartin is
Yes I sure do, a guy I use to fish with bought one back in 1979 I think, it was a long time ago. It was crossed between a alvey and a spinning reel and held quite a lot of line also had a bail arm like a hook shape that went up and down. The only problem with it was it twisted your line big time. Wow you brought back some memories finely out fishing.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 i bought three great reels for the beach when there isnt much wind
Thats sounds good, Hope you get plenty of fish with them.
Would love to take a trip to Australia one day! Great youtube channel by the way. Just subscribed! We just posted a couple new videos if you would be interested in checking them out!
Thank you for your comment Always Coastal and for subscribing. I shall definitely check out your channel. Australia is beautiful with so much different scenery and climate and fishing around the county. Cheers David