queensland Has This Happened Before ??

[Lozzel]

Well as you know we went to Somerset dam today to catch a Bass, What a joke.

My sounder tells LIES shows heaps of fish but none of them bite,I think its BROKEN..

Arrived at 8.30 am After getting permits, Wind blowing at 20+ S/SW(bloody cold).went across dam heaps of marking fish at 22mts ,tried a drift too windy, tried anchor too windy & chopy.Tried live shrimp,lures, & jigs no good on any.

Moved up towards beam ck, trying to get out of wind,same thing as before.Gave it up at 11.30am and headed home. No fish and most of our shrimp still kicking.Lost about 12 shrimp to small fry.

On the way home decided to go to Kooka to drown the remaining shrimp.Might be lucky and pick up a Bream on incoming tide.Got the usual Catties, 1 good run that might be a Threadie. After a couple of hours I hooked into what I thought was a bigger Cattie, And surprise surprise in comes a bloody BASS, Yes I got my first ever Bass .Not a big one at 36 FL but still my first bass. Now I want more.

Know i would like to know if this has happened before or is it a first. My missus just laughed at how much time & money I spent going up to the dam, when all I had to do was go to KOOKA.

The FISH my first bass.. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSCN0693.JPG

[Lozzel]

And again , usual spot on the corner. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSCN0694.JPG

[Feral]

Gee you look warm!

Bass in brissy river probably from the dam anyway! They will be moving downstream to breed in the brackish water at the moment.

[Lozzel]

Yea I was ,coming from the tropics I am not used to cold Sth Westly winds.

Its always nice & warm up north..

[rayke1938]

Congrats on your first bass and a wild one at that.Ps its closed season for wild bass at the moment as it is their breeding season.

The wild ones are supposed to fight harder than their impundment cousins. I would say it is a wild bread fish as its years since wivenhoe overflowed its spillway. There is a population of bass and yellowbelly on the lower reaches of the freshwater the yellas are escapees but the bass breed there.

Once again

Congratulations.

Ray

[Plastic Man]

nice one mate yeah the bass at somerset are like that sometimes we have seen the sounder blacked out and chucked everything at them and they still wont bite might be because of this cold trough comeing in makes them inactive

[Feral]

Same when we were there Lozzel, heaps on the sounder, they were just not interested.

[Lozzel]

Thanks Ray,

I read in a post last nite about the closed season, so this little fella is still swiming, somewhere arround kooka.hope he keeps away from the bullies thou.

Plast man ; Its been along time since I saw that many fish on a sounder. Just not hungry the SOOKS.

[Aaron H]

Awesome Loz congrats, u have to come down the Hinze next trip plenty of bass there mate jesus u a r keen going down there today, I think today was the coldest I have felt since moving up here

[polyphonic]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Thats a classic

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Big congrats on the first Bass

[Lozzel]

Ray , Yea he was a good little fighter. Just thought to start with I had a big cattie. Lots of short runs in him.

Aaron , I havent felt that cold since I went to VIC for a holiday. :laugh:

Going to NP in the morning. Now I've got 1 I'm hooked. Want to get 1 on lure now.

[kriso]

nice one mate, spoke to a guy that said he pulled one there, i thought he mistaken but obviously not.

[Plastic Man]

Plast man ; Its been along time since I saw that many fish on a sounder. Just not hungry the SOOKS.

[Mack_attack]

probably is a bass but it might be an estuary perch(almost identical).but it might be a bit far north for them

[Plastic Man]

mack attack that is a bass man

[Feral]

Same when we were there Lozzel, heaps on the sounder, they were just not interested.

[Aaron H]

Get the GVibes out Loz, thay'll rattle up plenty of NP bass ask Nelson;)

[Brian D]

That's a classic loz - spend time and money going west - get FA - come home and get the target species - like poly says :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Angus]

Mate i only just saw this report.

Thats awesome!

I have heard for years of Bass at Kooka but thats the first photo i have seen of one.

Well done!

Angus

[Gazza]

First off congratts on your Bass

But it did remind me of a simular situation

2 of my mates down south took 2 weeks off work to hunt Sambar deer they walked around the cold wet mountains stalking their prey for days on end got close but not a shot fired as they headed for home a female sambar ran out of the scrub and straight into the front of their hilux :pinch: lots of damage but they got what they went for :laugh:

Gaz

[Dazzamcgee]

Well done on the bass mate !! Good work!!

[Crusty]

That's awesome mate. What a beautiful fish :woohoo:

[werewolf]

lozzel thats a cracker of a story mate. Sounds like a case of \"one last cast\" syndrome to me:) I never seem to pull it off myself though lol

[Angus]

Werewolf: How do you feel not that your territory has become a bit of a AFO hot spot

Once again we will have to catch up in the summer for a shark. Keen to try for one in a yak

Angus