queensland Skinny albert bass fun !

[wesfish]

well i finally had a go at the albert river for some bass, i started trekking downstream and was very impressed with the skinny water that you can fish there! i trekked down to the next big pool of water fishing any lil section that was 1 foot or deeper, the lil pockets all had numerous amounts of bass in them, i had heaps and heaps of missed hook ups but landed 10 bass ranging from tiny bubs to about 30cm, the 30 cm ones were great fun in the tight water :woohoo: i did not get a touch at the next big section of water so i just hit the lil spots that produced on the trek down! the skinny water available in the albert is action packed fun :laugh:

[wesfish]

lil bub

[wesfish]

skinny water

[wesfish]

bub bass

[wesfish]

nice snag

[wesfish]

lil bass from the snag

[wesfish]

another surface bass

[rumrunner]

looks like great fun! mate what section did you hit?

cheers ian

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice 1 wes

even the little 25 cm bass go hard .

i reckon i mite be on the Albert at xmass,can't wait .

skinny water bassin is great fun.

[wesfish]

behind the rural fire brigade near the bridge! glad i had my big gum boots for the trek through the scrub lol great fun trying to get the rod through the dense scrubs , and the amount of spider webs :laugh:

[rumrunner]

im yet to fish that section!

im heading there tomorrow to soak some shrimp in the larger pools above the lustcome weir.

cheers Ian

[wesfish]

the water looks very fishy above the weir and behind the fish breeding place! would make for a great paddle in a yak! well worth exploring thats for sure

[Dinodadog]

well done, I could get lost there for days

[ryanyoung]

Love the pics Wes, looks like a lot of serenity! I love fishing in spots like that, great fun.

[dan25]

Awesome stuff Wes. Thats a great looking spot :cheer:

[mick fillet]

hey well done mate thats some nice pics.

are there well worn tracks from other people hitting the spot or what? did ya just have to bash ya way through the scrub?

[Brian D]

Brave man fishing there after dark or before sun up, wait till you meet the locals.

:laugh:

[Swagger]

Great stuff there! I have walked some of those sections, but your pics I havent been to yet! I have nailed about 10 bass in the last few weeks from those sections. All have been undersize but there was one decent one I have hooked and lost that peeled off line for about 5 mtrs before coming loose from the lure....really disappointed me that one

[wesfish]

mick fillet wrote:

hey well done mate thats some nice pics.

are there well worn tracks from other people hitting the spot or what? did ya just have to bash ya way through the scrub?

nah no tracks , just big gum boots for wading shallows and make my own tracks lol waders would be perfect for exploring more of the area,

brian lol if the area around the weir section is any thing to go by then the locals are disrespectful drunks, i have never seen so much rubbish in a swimming area before! i dont think they would be capable to follow me through the terrain so i feel safe :laugh:

[natang]

Nice skinny water fishing there boys! Some really nice looking bass there too.

[Brian D]

wesfish wrote:

mick fillet wrote:

hey well done mate thats some nice pics.

are there well worn tracks from other people hitting the spot or what? did ya just have to bash ya way through the scrub?

nah no tracks , just big gum boots for wading shallows and make my own tracks lol waders would be perfect for exploring more of the area,

brian lol if the area around the weir section is any thing to go by then the locals are disrespectful drunks, i have never seen so much rubbish in a swimming area before! i dont think they would be capable to follow me through the terrain so i feel safe :laugh:

Wes I totaly agree, I don't fish there anymore. Years ago it was better but there has always been camp fires and a bit of rubbish but now there is crap everywhere.

Above the weir is a good bait spot with bigger fish but not as many. At the pipes on the old bridge (Stanmore road weir) is my yak launching spot. On the north side (salt) in another month you'll be able to catch bull sharks and bass in the same hole. If you walk around the road side, under the bridge and through the park there are tracks leading to some good holes. It is much cleaner there.

[tugger]

nice looking water wes the fish don't mind the small holes looking at that

mark

[Angus]

Nice one Wes. Love that sort of terrain.

Angus

[wesfish]

cheers

yeah i was amazed at the amount of bass holding in the lil spots, my biggest cast in these areas was 3 mtrs max lol some only 1.5mtrs lol i cant wait til the next overcast early morning session out there