queensland 53cm bass today

[Dinodadog]

Wallyfly and I went for a walk out at the dam this morning, my 1st cast with an atomic hardz was hit throwing water nearly a metre in the air it was a sight to see, only problem it never hooked up. That was it until we were at bullockies where Wallyfly using 6ft eucalyptus rod no reel and no line managed to land a 53cm bass. I popped off a couple of pics before it was retuned to the water.

Fish while you can

Dinodadog [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/dead_001.JPG

[Dinodadog]

same fish [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/dead_002.JPG

[Rocket75]

hope you handled that fish carefully before release (otherwise it might have fallen apart at the seams :ohmy: )

I wanna catch the bass that scared that one to death...have a look at the wide open eyes!

[chris_stewart14]

Did you guys take it home and eat it? Nothing better than fresh Bass fillets

[Brian D]

I do't get it - are you saying you grabbed it by hand or tree branch?

[Little Grey Men]

Beautifully well conditioned fish Dino. Bright eyes, shiny scales and obviously holding it's winter fat. What a cracker of a fish.

[kreel]

Lovely fish Dino. I too am a little confused:

"6ft eucalyptus rod no reel and no line"

What did you do, spear it? If so, teach me the technique it'll save me heaps on tackle.

[Beefa]

I think it may of been dead already before Dino found it.

[chris_stewart14]

kreel wrote:

Lovely fish Dino. I too am a little confused:

"6ft eucalyptus rod no reel and no line"

What did you do, spear it? If so, teach me the technique it'll save me heaps on tackle.

Im guessing this means he poked it with a gum tree branch.

[wesfish]

chris_stewart14 wrote:

kreel wrote:

Lovely fish Dino. I too am a little confused:

"6ft eucalyptus rod no reel and no line"

What did you do, spear it? If so, teach me the technique it'll save me heaps on tackle.

Im guessing this means he poked it with a gum tree branch.

was he actually fishing for koala's and caught the bass as a bi-catch? :laugh: :laugh:

[Dinodadog]

We actualy noticed it near the shore as we were driving out, I would say it was the victim of a poor release, Wallyfly grabbed a gum tree branch and pulled it ashore and I got a couple of pics. It was on the nose,funny as it was the only sniff of a fish we got all morning.

[Brian D]

Sorry - dur I get it now - it was dead! :blush: Wonder why I'm going blind? :blush: :blush:

[wallyfly]

Ho Fellers, Stink it did!!! Dino nearly chucked. The mastery with the gumstick was a feat off excellence, boast as I might, couldn't believe the size but the pong,yuk!!

Someone must have given it a rough time before releasing it. Pity!! :ohmy: Ian

[TomW]

wesfish wrote:

chris_stewart14 wrote:

kreel wrote:

Lovely fish Dino. I too am a little confused:

"6ft eucalyptus rod no reel and no line"

What did you do, spear it? If so, teach me the technique it'll save me heaps on tackle.

Im guessing this means he poked it with a gum tree branch.

was he actually fishing for koala's and caught the bass as a bi-catch? :laugh: :laugh:

They're an endangered species now... :laugh:

[yoyo]

By-catch or BI catch...? ;-)

[Davo_Dinkum]

looks pretty rotten ,bet it stunk big time.puke material for sure.

shame when u find a big dead fish.

[chrissy_fisher]

did you end up eating it...i love eating dead fish

[werewolf]

I'm surprised that known has mentioned it so far, but once a fish dies it starts to dry out and shrink! So just how big would this fish have been alive? 55 cm? 56 cm? It must have been a whopper! :woohoo:

[Little Grey Men]

Hey Dino and Wallfly, have you noticed that when you do come across the occasional dead bass out there they seem to be a good size fish. I'm guessing old fish that don't recover very well after release.

That fish could very well be close to fifteen years old and just given up the puff after it's rumble with the angler.

I came across one a few weeks ago near one of our old spots and it was honestly the biggest bass I've seen. I started to smell it way before I came across it.

You release a thirty cm bass and they take off like a bullet...whereas the big girls take their time and usually head for the nearest cover to sit a spell.

Useless information but just something I've noticed.

[aussiebass40]

yeah thats right it would have been a massive bass