queensland Bass in the Bay - WIN!

[kreel]

With all this fresh water gushing out of the sky, creeks and rivers I decided that targeting the usual Snapper, Bream and Tailor off Wello would be useless. I used my brain-box and decided to target Bass instead!

We woke at 5am and, deciding to take a leaf from Davo's book, making it onto the roads around 7:15am arriving for an early morning session at Wello at 'Sparrow's brunch' - 8 - 8:15am.

This was our first venture onto the water over the Christmas break and nothing was about to deter us. We managed to miss the early morning doldrums and arrived just in time for the winds to pick up. I had my best Bass-magnet lure on the troll behind me determined to get something in all this fresh water.

Shortly after passing the end of the jetty, my line made that sweet zinging noise when you know you're onto a good thing. A Long-nosed Bass (bshiticus maculata) had taken my lure and was dancing around behind me, tBox had turned around in time to see it repeatedly break the water and do a dance Barishnikov would be proud of. It was a feisty little beast, but i had managed to make a solid hook-up and at 40cm+ it was soon the subject of my dinner plans.

Things were looking good with a gentle 10 knot wind and an out-going tide making short work of the pedal out to Huybers. It seemed that we arrived at Huybers shortly before we set out.

One of our regular Wello buddies was out amongst it - we saw Ahmedy and his brother in the distance as they skimmed along the water like a scrap of paper caught in the wind.

Not wanting to catch cold in this fresh breeze we decided to call it a day and turn back into the 15 knot head-wind, against the tide and begin the amble back in (it looked like it could take a while and I just wished I had packed a lunch and maybe a good book to while away the hours).

On the way in I managed the only other fish of the day a Golden-Pinkie Perch (Macquaria Crapulata ambiguous). When the little sucker first took off I thought I was onto a monster with the amount of line it was dragging off the spool - then I realised I had loosened the drag significantly when I put the rod in the rod holder. In came the Yella-Pinky at an embarrassing 33cm and back in the briny it went.

Eventually we made it to shore and saw that Ahmedy and his brother were just behind us. While the lads had no fish to show for the morning, Ahmedy will soon take delivery of a stack of goodies from the States and will be taking on the War against fish with a completely new and modernised arsenal. Good luck killer.

A note to Ahmedy - where's the report about your latest PB Snapper!

Product placement: We decided to cruise round to Mal's new Hobie Emporium at Murrarie under the Gateway bridge and check out all the delicious yaks on our way home. Its nice new digs for Mal and Hobie and a convenient new location for us! Welcome to Brismore Mal.

So its Bass and chips for this lucky angler tonight and I suspect tBox will be having baked beans on toast. :whistle:

[Old Scaley]

Very amusing as usual, Kreel. How wonderful to see that big yellow ball in the sky again. I managed to get the boat out today, but only as far as Stones Cnr Marine for a service. Hope the weather keeps up!

Steve

[eg_vtec]

nice session. keep it up

[crazywalrus]

well done and great read. The wind this morning looked like it would be a little lumpy out there

[tomca]

so how bad did T/box outfish you today? :dry:

looked good @ sunrise for a Wello sesh.

[kreel]

au contraire Mr Ca or may I call you Puss?

tBox was fishing for Snapper and the like and had missed the significance of so much fresh in the Bay, hence baked beans for tBox; bass and chips for me!

PS: Whats a "sunrise" and where do you get one.

[Davo_Dinkum]

PS: Whats a "sunrise" and where do you get one.

i have heard of sunrise.

think it's a swear work like work is .

[Young_fella]

PS: Whats a "sunrise" and where do you get one.

i have heard of sunrise.

think it's a swear work like work is .

No no no davo. I'm fairly sure sunrise is a fine food, it's a rare delicacy in QLD.

[Keen-as-fisho]

:woohoo: He can catch fish. Not a bad bass there mate :whistle: They go alright on the palate too.

[ryanyoung]

In stitches once again mate, very entertaining read!!! Nice bass by the way lol!!!

Cheers,

Ryan.

[Sparksie]

Nice work Baden on the "fresh water" fishing and the species re-naming also...

Ahh, so Mal has moved to Briso eh.

Good to see you got out.

[tugger]

ah yes thats my favourite species of bass to and i know i don't get out much but who is Barishnikov is he a good mate of yours:whistle:

[big dave]

i went out to the mouth of the brissy because of the wind. got a few tailor and few bullies. wasnt a good day but just good to be out on the water

[kriso]

this report reeks of " tbox i will hold your fish while you get the camera out" & quick just take the photo of me holding the fish so its not out of the water so long lol! nice fish t box.

[kreel]

Knocked a couple of good sized fillets off the "Long Nose" last night, a few crumbs and some crunchy chips and it was a lovely meal. TBox enjoyed her baked beans too.

Tugg: You young fellas. Barishnikov was a man's ballet-boy, at home prancing around the stage in his undies with a bunch of shielas similarly undressed. He was equally relaxed downing a slab of Schmirnoffs and a couple of hot pies at the footie. I even heard that he was a dab hand at bassin'.

You younstas have got to get your hand off your PlayStation and pick up a book; may I suggest the 1972 Playboy bumper edition.

Hey Lubbers (if that's your real name) where's my damn tractor!?

[kriso]

Hey Baden the fish wife ( is thats your real name) wheres my damn kayak? lol

[ahmedy14]

haha Kreel, nice pics and even better fish names. It would have been great if you had been alive back in the days when things were being named . i had a not-sit-down-and-rest-weekend so didnt really have time to post anything. but the uzche is now settling in. so err I'll post the PB soon!

[Doobsy]

Great read Kreel.

I hope you remembered to bleed that L-N Bass.