queensland Hinze Dam 14-10-07 - Toga Show.

[Angus]

Hey everyone,

I was helping Steve Wilkes out at Hinze on Sunday and it was a good day. All the dads and sons who attended got plenty of bass, and more than average big big eel tails as well which gave them good fights.

The highlight of the day came while setting up the boats though. There was a large number of Toga herding a school of bait around the water tower. At first some people thought, \"surely its just 1 maybe two toga moving very fast\", but low and behold at once we saw 5 backs arch out of the water different locations. I have never seen or heard of toga acting like this but it was awesome to watch. Both Mick and Steve who fish the dam weekly for the last 7 years have also never seen this!

It dead set looked like surface action out on the bay and the Toga carved through the mass of bait. It also lasted a good 5 minutes. By the time we had the boats set up and showed the kids the ropes however, they had gone

Anyway i just wanted to share this as a very unique experience!

Angus

P.S. Mental note \"Ill be on the water early for the toga comp\"

[ellicat]

That's pretty exciting. What do you think the bait was ? Banded Grunter ?

[Angus]

Im not sure. When they scattered they looked just like \"guppies\" or whatever. They would have been only a couple of cm's long. Seeing the backs arched out the water though, that was cool.

Angus

[rayke1938]

Angus where did you launch from/ Was it near the water tower on the eastern arm?

Cheers

Ray

[Angus]

Yeap. Thats the tower Ray.

Angus

P.S. The ramp there at the moment is easy to use.

[Plastic Man]

man that would of been awesome to see too bad you didnt have a spinnerbait ready oh well still a great sight to see

[Angus]

Plasticman: They were to far out for the lite jog head i had on. Plus i was helpping the kids rig up etc. But my line finger was twitching haha.

Angus

[roobs]

i've never heard of freshwater fish herding baitfish like that. amazing.

[Angus]

Roobs: I know man it was unreal. I never thought if toga as a social or schooling fish either. Thats what i found amazing. I wonder if its seasonable?

If so get your leccies and head up to Hinze!

Angus

[STU]

That sounds like an awesome sight to see

[MichaelJ]

did the toga have any size on em?

[Angus]

Its hard to say how big they were due to distance and the fact i didnt see the whole fish ever. However from what i saw they could not have been small!

Angus

[James W]

yes..that would have been very cool to see...and very frustrating too:P