queensland Winter fishing at Cressbrook

[tomca]

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/ramp-138eb17406adac5bfb260bd37bdce4ec.jpg

After 168km I arrive at the dam and see this view from the ramp.

First thought, bewdy! nowhere for the fish to hide. After using 1/4 tank of fuel to get to the water, I slide the boat in and head off.

The conditions were less than favourable, water temp was an unpleseant 17 degrees and the wind was from the east at 15-20 knots. I found a section that ran with the breeze and every time I stopped, there was a good 20 minutes to drift and fish.

I caught 12 bass to 20cm on 1/4oz blades and 2 big fat tandanus on grub tail plastics drifted on a paternoster rig.

There were no shrimp to be had in my traps and I couldn't give an earthworm away.

[tomca]

The weather started to deteriorate around 3 so I packed my gear up. As I strapped the boat down, I saw near the ramp that the bass were boofing garfish above the weedbeds.

Oh well landbased fishing now.

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/plastic.jpg

Used this to land another 7 small bass.

[tomca]

wish I could say this was the average fish landed, but sadly it was the biggest for the day.

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/cressbrook_bass.jpg

With the water so cold there, none of the fish even tried to put up a fight.

Hopefully Boondooma will fire for me on the long weekend.

[Malcolm]

Geez doesn't look much water in there at least you got some fish Tomca

[Dinodadog]

fish is fish wherever they come from,well done

[tomca]

yeah Mal, but 21 fish divided by seven hours= a lot of casting.

And I haven't fished there before, I took my big tackle bag and tried almost everything in it.

[marty]

Malcolm wrote:

Geez doesn't look much water in there at least you got some fish Tomca

That photo is deceiving as there is still a lot of water to fish. The creekbed that runs through the middle is very deep, and there is plenty of water to the left and right of the ramp. Even the bank on the other side in the photo is a reasonable distance away. Cressbrook is a funny spot to fish - sometimes hot and sometimes not!

[Mack_attack]

looks like a nice spot and 21 bass in 7 hours is still pretty good even if they are small

[Angus]

Nice one Tomca, sorry I could not make it.

Looks like a fun session and I always enjoy fishing new water.

Angus