queensland Kingaroy trip

[tavita86]

Hey guys

Ive been meaning to post this for a week but have been busy with work. i hadn't been for a fish in awhile (also because of work) so when a few of my mates wanted to hit up kingaroy to chase some bass and yella's on a weekend i had off, i jumped at it! i'd never caught a bass before so i was excited!

Headed off on Friday avo with my good mate Kiel to meet up with his uncle who lives in kingaroy and has been getting a few fish lately. Excitement was high with the plan to landbash a creek in the morning and then in the avo take the boat onto the Dam to a spot that has been firing.

Anyways the creek action was pretty hot with many small bass landed - i reckon 1 in 5 were legal - and they were also pretty skinny.

me after getting my bass cherry popped. i think my smile was bigger than the fish!

Langer with a nice little bass

walking the banks

Once it started to heat up the yellas came out to play. We had quite a few follow the lure all the way to the surface, only to swim away very smugly.

Kiel with a nice 52cm yella (the best for the trip)

Double hookup

and another one

After that we headed off tot he dam, with little success only about 4 bass in a few hours. langer reckons the wind was different today then when it had been firing.

Day 2 we headed to a different creek where we could get the boat in. The bass werent as hungry in this creek but were bigger and healthier. We only got 1 yella out of this creek and two silvers. Theres another hole further downstream that is supposed to hold some good yellas but we couldnt get there due to logjams - i think a yak trip is in order.

langer with a nice bass

myself with my new PB (45cm to the tip) and best bass of the trip

42cm silver

The standout lure were the stumpjumpers but spinnerbaits, plastics with beetlespins and a pink micro mullet also worked well. All in all it was a great weekend with some good fish landed and a new bass addict has been added to the list. I actually went up to the brissy river twice in the past week with no luck but also not many lures or time. Hooked!

Thanks for reading

Dave

[Dinodadog]

Well done pulled a few out of those creeks myself.

Dino

[samsteele115]

Well done on your first bass!! :woohoo: That's a great effort.

[Angus]

Very cool mate. I have not seen those systems on here before but they look cool!

[tavita86]

Thanks guys it's lovely country up there aye Dino. There was quite a bit of scotch thistle around which stopped us from getting to a few pools/snags so I'm itching to do a yak trip!

[Angus]

Would love to hit with a yak. Is that roughly the Stuart River system?

(Understand if its classified ).

Angus

[tavita86]

The creek we went to on the first day is right near BP Dam (sorry not too sure of the name) and I think the one we went to on the second day is the same one. There was fish all along the creek though even in spots that were easy to walk to.

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