queensland NPD 15/7/09

[rayke1938]

Still the donut king with John Ford. graham got a nice bass well over 45 in practically the same place as last trip. Am going to have to break this up as photobucket is crashing my firefox for some reason.

[rayke1938]

Ended up with half a bucket of redclaw.

Some good shots of the dawn mist over the water.

[rayke1938]

Also met up with AFO member Victor who by his own admission is a lurker,looker and learner.

He doesnt post but says he has learnt a lot from the site picking up tips on redclawing and is doing ok on the naparjus.

Cheers

Ray

[fishingnut]

that mist looks eary...how bloody cold was it down there? hard to get out of bed for work, alot easier to go fishing tho

[rayke1938]

Temp was 3 degrees had our woolies on.Crept up on a pelican in the mist and gave it a bit of a stir.

Cheers

Ray

[fishingnut]

haha watch those pelicans ray

[Angus]

Victor! Get your arse into gear and post

Well done Ray. Half a bucket of red claw is always awesome in my book!

Angus

[Rocket75]

bloody bass are proving elusive, hope they get hungry soon

[Dinodadog]

I managed 1 yella on a napjaru yesterday, barometer dropped heaps after we hit the water, which doesnt help much. Wallyfly got one small bass on bait and a small yella on a g/vibe and another chap got a big yella on jackal.

[TomW]

Good report and pictures. That Bass is a beauty

Thanks TomW

[chris_stewart14]

Going to head out on the dam Saturday morning for the first bash in a acouple of months.. Where are they biting boys? Just kidding.

[wallyfly]

Hi all, As Dino said , I got a small bass 40cm but full of roe making it the fattest little female in the obese stakes. The yella dressed up nicely and it would have been nice to have taken home some redclaws but there is someone on the water who thinks that sharefarming in the way to get a feed. We've got a pretty fair idea who it is so watch this space this time next week. The doer had better duck !!! Ian

[viclick]

Angus wrote:

Victor! Get your arse into gear and post

Angus

Well I suppose that leaves me no option but to de-lurk. Hi guys.

Met Ray signing out after what was a quite frustrating day out on the water. Took my friend Mike out tring to get his first NPD bass. He was keen as so hit the cold misty water by 6:30. Been having a fair bit of success in the shallows <10m on napjarus so trolled down the edges down to my redclaw pots, got 3 hits but none stuck for more than a couple of secs. Checked the pots for a good haul of 60 redclaw - sounds like sharefarmers must have filled up on wallyflys pots before they got to mine. Spent the rest of the morning trolling around with no joy so headed back. Fortunately on our return the ramp was in use so did a circuit of the boom and Mike picked up a 46cm FL bass (sorry pic is on his camera). I suppose you got to be lucky sometimes.

Probably will take my sons out on Sunday to check the pots and have a quick fish. I'm currently working on getting them fully addicted to fishing, seems to be working so far...

[kriso]

top stuff mate! thats a beauty of a bass there! hope to hear some more reports from you soon

[rayke1938]

Thanks for report . That is a nice bass in the photo.

Cheers

rAY

[viclick]

rayke1938 wrote:

Thanks for report . That is a nice bass in the photo.

Cheers

rAY

Thanks Ray, it is a nice bass, think it went a bit over 45cm FL. It was a rotten day, wet and windy, but the boys picked up 2 each of that size... they certainly made up for getting soaked to the bone.

Victor

[Little Grey Men]

Great photo Victor. Nothing makes a kid smile more than holding a honkin big fish in front of a camera.

Thanks for sharing.

[jackman60]

looks like a good session