queensland Lowood stretch of the river

[tomca]

Picked up young Dan before dawn with promises of big W escapees to be caught.

It was cold and a thick fog blanketed the river. We launched as the sun was rising and we worked opposing banks. I had a walk the dog on and attracted a a couple of spangled perch. Dan was having no luck

I gave snags like this a good going over for bugger all interest

A first for me and a real treat was seeing a couple of platypus up close. I saw a swirl and watched them for a while and they come over for a look at me.

When the fog lifted around 8am and the sun hit the water it really got the fish firing. I was first with a small one that gave me a bit of curry

I got another straight away then Dan cracked the code and got a few too

And I got the biggest

Not exactly the escapees we were after and a bit soul destroying when they do a really good impersonation of bass sometimes, including the surface strikes and trying to brick you in the snags.

[Keen-as-fisho]

meow.... Oh well it still puts a bend in the rod

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice 1 ,better than sitting at home .

me and bro went to kholo bridge this arvo ,a canoe stealth mission .just got on the water and first flick and the phone rang and had to come home .real bugger as the shadows where coming .

[AngryBundyBear]

Nice one better than no fish and good just to be out on the water..

[dan25]

Was definitely disappointing that the bass didn't come out to play, and even more dissapointing when you think you had bass, then up pops a dirty catty. It was good to get out though, and give the hobie a run, perfect conditions as well.

Few more photos

[FishoDave]

nice work guys

hopefully the bass come out to play for you soon

[rayke1938]

In americia they have large mouth bass we have large finned bass.

Looks like the banks are starting to revegitate and walking the bank will be out of the question now.

Cheers

Ray

[kreel]

How do you score a trip like that? Its a point for each non-vermin fish and negative 1 for each vermin. Do you carry over the negative score to the next trip, or is it a blank canvas?

Still it looked like a really nice spot and a very pleasant way to spend a lazy few hours.

[Bommie]

good to see the platypus are still there after the floods

[Dinodadog]

some of the creeks and rivers only need a spit of rain at the moment and they start to run and turn chocklate and the fish go into hiding. Worst part then is the waiting for it to clear.

Dino

[madmullet]

some nice shots their... atleast you got out

[roobs]

they are beautiful (the platypus) and not uncommon in the upper stretches, kholo too.

[eg_vtec]

top effort. always good to be out fishing

[tugger]

Better than a poke in the eye and the scenery makes up for a day minus the target species

[RyanG45]

hopefully the bass come back on soon was hoping to get out with my uncle in between low wood and fernvale, i heard that after a big flood the fish come back better than they have before.

cheers ryan

[Guest]

That looked like a great days fishing, well done boys some nice pictures taken

Keep up the good work.