queensland New to bass fishing, any help needed!

[Sunny boy]

Hello my friends, 

I have been fishing in Brisbane river and estuaries for 2 years and wanted to try freshwater now.

Summerset dam is probably closest to get to and i may use kayak for fishing as well.

 

Can someone kind enough to point me to some easy start spots both land based and with a kayak.

Some advice on bait are welcomed as well!

 

Thanks brothers and happy new year!

 

 

[ellicat]

Have you considered North Pine Dam ? (Also referred to as NPD)

A few members here frequent the place and do very well.

Live shrimp is the gun bait.

[Luc53]

Have a look at the PRFMA website for help fishing freshwater for bass. 

There's a number of useful articles for you to read.

http://prfma.com.au/articles/

 

[Jono4500]

 

Live shrimp are the go for bass bait, if you can't get those I use/buy live earthworms, nightcrawlers I think, from tackle world lawnton. From kayak I use a bait line and lure line, zerek or ecooda shrimp are my faves. 

 

 

 

P.s.  I've had too many good weather days on somerset made unfishable due to wakeboat and jetskis churning it up, in saying that though it is a shared waterway and they've got as much right as me to do what they do. I'm sure there's some spots to the north of dam they don't go to so maybe check that out before launching kayak. Or just go npd. Better fishing! Good luck either way

[Sunny boy]

15 hours ago, ellicat said:

Have you considered North Pine Dam ? (Also referred to as NPD)

A few members here frequent the place and do very well.

Live shrimp is the gun bait.

Thanks ellicat, yes i read a lot of NPD reports here and it looks very productive! Maybe i will give it a go as well!

[Sunny boy]

15 hours ago, Luc53 said:

Have a look at the PRFMA website for help fishing freshwater for bass. 

There's a number of useful articles for you to read.

http://prfma.com.au/articles/

 

Thanks Luc for the helpful information!

[Sunny boy]

12 hours ago, Jono4500 said:

 

Live shrimp are the go for bass bait, if you can't get those I use/buy live earthworms, nightcrawlers I think, from tackle world lawnton. From kayak I use a bait line and lure line, zerek or ecooda shrimp are my faves. 

 

 

 

P.s.  I've had too many good weather days on somerset made unfishable due to wakeboat and jetskis churning it up, in saying that though it is a shared waterway and they've got as much right as me to do what they do. I'm sure there's some spots to the north of dam they don't go to so maybe check that out before launching kayak. Or just go npd. Better fishing! Good luck either way

Thanks Jono for the tips and yes i find it easier to get earth worms than live shrimps for baits.  For the boat traffic at summerset i probably need find the right time to avoid them, thanks again for your tips!