queensland Success at NPD at last!

[fenelious]

I had a mate come out on the dam with me today, and after a few previous sessions resulting in a few previous doughnuts, we finally got onto a few fish

We kicked off at about 1030-1100 and got nothing in the first couple of hours, trolling around and trying shrimp at a few spots. Then we found a drop off where the fish were sitting above in about 4-6m of water. The little school hung around for us, and we pulled 8 good sized Bass up, with a few more getting away. The biggest was 49cm and the smallest was 33cm. All on shrimp. We tried a few lures but they weren't interested.

I'm stoked to finally get some Bass at the dam, I'm learning more all the time so hopefully it's a sign of more success to come. :cheer:

Sorry no photos.

-Steve.

[taib]

well done mate! The bass put up an awesome fight! Im headed there tomorrow with Rayke. Have only started getting back into fresh water fishing for the last 2 months after a 13 year break and have since turned away from the salt.

Bass love their prawns, and im sure some lures do alright but i prefer to stick to the lazy fisherman method with bait... drop, sink, sink, sink, smash! fish on!!

Look forward to your next report and hopefully with some pics!~

Well done.

cheers,

ty

[taib]

Hey fenelious, the fish ur holding in ur profile pic.. was that caught today? That looks like a nice fat yella! was that caught at NPD too?

ty

[crazywalrus]

Hi there Steve

I met you today when you got back. I was the Duty officer. That was was one mighty nice Bass there well done.

Cheers Ted

[rayke1938]

Good session Steve it can take a while to crack the pattern there and then things change and you have to start all over again. The biggest problem is finding where the shrimp are as at the moment they are scarce.

Cheers

Ray

[fenelious]

Ty, no I caught that 49cm Yella in my profile photo 6 or so months ago in Nth Pine River on a hard body, but no doubt he would have come from the dam originally before going over the wall... That was a good day; my second favourite catch behind my one and only Toga :-)

Oh g'day Ted, good to put faces to names :-)

-Steve.

[Dinodadog]

Well done Steve good to see you are cracking the pattern, lure fishing could still take awhile out there as the water is still no where near as clear as we need it.

Dino