30/09/2026
Lake Manchester Fished True! 🐟🎣
Pro Staffer David Simmons () gave us a detailed insight into his session at Lake Manchester.
"I’ve heard lake Manchester has been fishing well for the past few months and it didn’t disappoint. It’s the first time I’ve been there and there were lots of fishy looking spots. The plan was to point hop up the dam to where I had seen videos of others catching schooled fish to decent size.
Some points held fish on the edge of the w**d line, but couldn’t get them to react. As I kept making my way up the dam, I noticed lots of suspended fish in ones or twos about 3-4 meters in the middle of the lake. I changed my trolling lure from a Blitz XDR to a Blitz DR and trolled to the next point. Hooked up within 100m to a monster 53cm fish!
Kept trolling until I got to a flat up the back of the dam where fish had been schooled and I picked up another trolling. The school stayed formed up for a while picking up a good half dozen on spoons. After a while the bite went quiet, but picked up a few more on the reliable 3.1 Inch HP Shadtail.
The wind continued to pick up as the day went on, so I decided to point hop my way back. Picking up another couple of fish in the main basin before reaching the launch site."
🎣 Equipment used:
Edge Delta 711
OSP Blitz DR
Edge Black Widow 703
1/2oz jighead
OSP 3.1 HP Shadtail TW101
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