queensland Hinze 21/1/09

[rayke1938]

Arrived with the melbourne heathen at 6ish ti find dino already there.

Proceeded downstream casting and trolling for nil result.Had a bit of a yarn to a guy in a yak. He said that he was on the way to work and had got 4 bass over 40cm on surface poppers earlier.

The heathen got a 32cm one trolling a purple spinner bait.

Trolling spinner baits seemed to work quite well with 1/2 ounce ones bumping bottom at 23 feet when trolled at 2kph. When they started bumping i just increased speed to 2.5 and they were ok.

We went down to Ians island where I got one around 40cm casting purple spinnerbait to bank.

Also noticed a large cleared area where they were removing all vegitation.

I had previously heard that no vegitation was going to be removed and it was all just going to be left to rot when the dam filled to new level.

They were even salvaging all usable timber and mulching the rest.

Returned to ramp where we met another yakker who was just going to launch and he said that the fish were only interested in yellow lures.

Also watched this feller having a play around.

Had a great day despite lack of fish.

Cheers

Ray

[James W]

still a great day had ray...nice...

funny that guy said yellow lures were the go at the moment..cuz in the stanley i cant get a hit on anything other than yellow...weird

[WayneD]

Removing all vegetation is what they did at Lenthalls and now since it has filled has been a coffee colour for months. I wish they wouldn't do that...... but then again if you leave all the veg to rot then that is probably no good either. It didn't look like the new ramp I have heard rumours about getting put in over on the western side????

I haven't had any surface action at all at Hinze this year and this is only the second report I have read with someone catching a bass on surface. Most of my fish have been in the 25cm range so it's good to hear about some bigger ones getting caught.

Looks like it was a top morning on the water for you and at least you caught a few.

[rayke1938]

It is quite a large area that they have cleared maybe its going to be for the ramp and also a park area similar to what they had at the wall. Maybe a new rowing course also.

Cheers

Ray

[Feral]

So does Dino have the Yak bug? And whats that funny thing he is waving about? never seen that used on your yak before

[maxi]

uhhh ohhh

now the bass really need to be on there toes ....

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Rocket75]

1 to the heathen, 1 to Ray ... How did Dino go?

A donut free trip? :ohmy:

Last summer trolled bibbed lures were getting hits left right and centre...but not so much of late...maybe the water level pushing the fish further up the flooded banks is to blame?

Rocket

[Brian D]

What dino got a donut hahahhahaha - nar I bet he was the heathen

[rayke1938]

Waiting for Dino to do his own . I don't want to steal his thunder.

I also rang water alliance and the clearing at Ians island is commencement of vegetation in preparation of the flooding when dam wall is completed.

The new ramp on western side will be just south of the one that we are currently using so we will still have the winding road to traverse.

Cheers

Ray

[Dinodadog]

no donut but not far from it