queensland NPD 18/3/20

[rayke1938]

Back to NPD with Rick and Joy this morning. Redclaw still very scarce so we brought half our pots home. Had to work hard to find some bass but plenty of forkies for percy and the eagles. Picked up 3 bass and plenty of forkies on Andrews drop off,not even a forky in front of the fig tree,nothing on the floats, nothing between the islands, nothing at the old far marker and then we found a school of bass mixed in with some forkies in forty  feet of water in front of the cassia tree. Fortunately most of the forkys were on Ricks side of the boat so Joy and myself were able to concentrate on catching bass.On the way back to the ramp we pulled up on the floats to see if we could get a yella and Joy caught a spangly. Final tally was 47 bass.

No photos today

Cheers Ray

Edited March 18, 2020 by rayke1938
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[Luc53]

NPD 8/3/20 

That's the trouble with going back in time, you can't garantee you remember the exact places you had been to!! 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi rayke1938

Good job on another session, is it normal to get spangled perch?

Cheers Hamish

[rayke1938]

used to be plentiful bit scarce now. Possibly tilapia or forkys.

 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi rayke1938

Righto, that’s a pity. Thanks for that too.

Cheers Hamish

[Luc53]

In the early years of the dam, they were a common catch using small lures and celta spinners.

Caught a few almost at 1 kg.

Great little fighters and not bad on the plate.

 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

10 hours ago, Luc53 said:

In the early years of the dam, they were a common catch using small lures and celta spinners.

Caught a few almost at 1 kg.

Great little fighters and not bad on the plate.

 

Hi Luc53

WOW, 1Kg seems very big for them. I might have to try somewhere (where they are abundant).

They sound like a fun fish to catch.

Cheers Hamish

[Luc53]

In the early years of the dam there was plenty of space & food and although common enough, they hadn't as yet overbred and stunted.

IMO being egg layers, as Ray said, the introduction of tilapia and catfish has resulted in very high mortality of eggs and fry hence their much reduced population.

Historically, some of our fishing writers did comment that in some isolated river systems will low population of spangles they can grow to a good size.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi Luc53

That is a real pity that the forkies and tillies have been a pest towards them, I do hope there are some dams/creeks still abundantly populated  

Cheers Hamish

[rayke1938]

They used to be in good numbers in Baroon Pocket but have not fished it for 3 years.

Cheers Ray

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi rayke1938

Thanks for the tip, I will do my research to see if there's still a good population.

Cheers Hamish  

[Dinodadog]

Yep plenty up at Baroon dam.

[Luc53]

Hi Dino, how's the recovery going?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

56 minutes ago, Dinodadog said:

Yep plenty up at Baroon dam.

Hi Dinodadog

That's good to hear.  

And like Luc53 asked, is the recovery going good? 

Cheers Hamish