trout fishing in the Brindys?

Thanks guys, your advice is appreciated.

Yeah I didnt mind giving it away because I know longer live in Canberra lol

> I’m not silly enough to give away good local trout streams on an ineternet forum!

Haha…exactly. Generic spots only. Mind you…your account name on here ain’t a bad little river to fish either. Certainly there’s a few around it that our my absolute favourites. 🙂

I took a nice brown for the Goodradigbee at Flea Creek last year – than and I’m not silly enough to give away good local trout streams on an ineternet forum!

No the place I’m talking about is a long way up stream. Im guessing maybe 20km or so but not looking at a map so not sure.

Two foreign invaders — redfin and carp — displacing another two — rainbow and brown trout.

The Goodradigbee at Flea Creek

In recent times, this section of the Goodradigbee has been overrun with redfin and carp.

The Goodradigbee at Flea Creek in Brindabella National Park is good for trout (could alos be the place Shauno is talking about). Take the Gentle Annie fire trail from just near Picadilly Circus (get a good map) and follow it down till you hit Flea Creek, cross the creek and you’re at the Goodradigbee – you can fish right there, but will probably have better luck heading up streama piece. Don’t try descending the Gentle Annie unless you have a decent 4WD, and take some camping gear in case it rains, ’cause unless you’ve got some serious mud tyres, the track will get seriously greasy aftert a spot of moisture.

Best place and usually drought proof if you want to fish in the Brindys’is Goodradigbee River especially if you dive up and park at Mt Ginnini its a hell of a walk down following a a dirt road which ends in a very isolated part of the Goodradigbee River totally pristine wilderness and abundant trout. You have to walk up inside the river as its to over grown on the sides and not really suitable to fly more like Number 1 or 2 celta. Ive seen plenty of feral pigs down there as well. Its more an overnighter as its a good 3 hour slog back up the 800m vertical elevation to the carpark.

A reasonably easy place to get to would be to head along Coppins Crossing, and take the turnoff to Uriarra Xing. Head down to just past the Scout camp, there’s a couple of nice recreational areas down that way. I’ve seen the trout jumping out of the water down that way, although I’m told the majority of what you’ll catch is carp.

Finding a potential fishing spot is relatively easy using google earth. Look for a river that’s in close proximity to a road, or as far away as your legs will take you, done deal.