queensland Mt Crosby Bass Sessions.

[mangler]

Have managed to have a couple more successful bass sesions in the Brisbane River, after I finally landed my first Brissy River bass just under a month ago. Slowly starting to suss out the habits of the bass, but still got a very long way to go!

Lately I've been getting most fish on the surface, with the Koolabung Cicada Fizzer being my go to lure over the last few sessions on dusk, then when darkness has set in the good old black Jitterbug works well. I also managed to bag my first bass on a diving lure, it was taken on a gold and black Size 3 Stumpjumper, as were a couple more shortly after.

Interestingly all my fish have come from the same couple of pools, even though I've spent just as long fishing the other fishy looking pools, I haven't managed to pull a fish out of them.

There's plenty of water to good water to explore through there, with a few other species mixed in, have seen plenty of bream, millions of mullet, a few tarpon, the odd flathead, a couple of little bullies and of course fork tailed catfish and tilapia.

I'm not sure how the water clarity is since the rain as I haven't been there since Monday, but the water has been quite clear of late.

Will chuck up some pictures, no monsters, only up to mid 30's, but I live in hope that every strike will result in a bigger model being boated.

[mangler]

Surface fish...

[mangler]

Late night bass...

It's great fun chasing these bass at the moment, especially the visual aspect of the surface strike. Just remember the No fishing zones around the old & new weirs.

Thanks for reading,

Matt

[Malcolm]

Good stuff Matt

Does the tide have any run in it where you go?

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice 1 matt.

i haven't managed to get any bass for mt crosby area ,only further up river have i had luck .

haven't been there for a while ,but always a nice area to get about ,nice country .

[mangler]

Malcolm wrote:

Good stuff Matt

Does the tide have any run in it where you go?

Sometimes on the larger tides it will push up to some of the lower pools down towards Colleges Crossing (roughly half way between the new weir and Colleges). Haven't sussed out the effects of the tides on the bass yet though, guess it's just another piece of the puzzle!

[Davo_Dinkum]

i have seen the water rise at the old weir .

but i think its more the pressure of the incoming tide slowing the flow down river ,so the fresh backs up a bit and rises .

i don't the salt would travel up much pass the rapids a allawah.

[mangler]

Davo - Certainly is a nice area, I'm yet to fish the sections up further, but will happen soon.

re the water rising at the old weir, that would be my thoughts exactly, that the fresh water going downstream backed up from the rising tide, I generally consider Allawah to be the tidal limit too.

[Joel Eadie]

looks great matt im still yet to get my first bass on surface as many others are

[yoyo]

what are the mozzies like up there matt ?

[mangler]

yoyo wrote:

what are the mozzies like up there matt ?

Dunno, mozzies don't like me! My mate who mozzies do like has the occasional grumble, but nothing unbearable.

Joel- thanks mate, good luck on the hunt!

[Dinodadog]

sounds like you are getting those bass sussed out

[mangler]

Thanks Dino, slowly getting there, but still got a long way to go, quite an interesting little fish in their habits.

[PhilK]

mangler wrote:

yoyo wrote:

what are the mozzies like up there matt ?

Dunno, mozzies don't like me! My mate who mozzies do like has the occasional grumble, but nothing unbearable.

Bloody mozzies.

Nice photos mate, must have been a damn good photographer taking them by the look of them.. very professional looking. Spewing I didn't catch anything last time when you had all the fun.

Next time...

[kriso]

you forgot to add all fish where caught due to the mojo created when wearing a John Deere cap ! hahahahah nice one mate!

[mangler]

kriso wrote:

you forgot to add all fish where caught due to the mojo created when wearing a John Deere cap ! hahahahah nice one mate!

haha, thought that went without saying mate! have to come out for another session soon mate.

Phil - must've been a good photographer hey? Hopefully next time you'll get a few.

[dan25]

awesome effort mate.

[ryanyoung]

Good drills Matt, surface bassing is pretty cool.

Ryan.