new south wales first bass flick of the season

[FishingCrazy]

I managed to score a few days off work mid-week, and being the first week of open bass season in Northen NSW it was a no brainer of what I was going to do.

That night I loaded the ute, tied on fresh leaders, then couldn't sleep in anticipation of the first bass flick of the season.

The alarm screamed at me at 4am, jumped out of bed then suddenly realized my throat felt like dry sandpaper and my nose felt like someone had squeezed a full tube of silicon up each nostril..............MAN FLU........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..

It takes a fair bit to stop me going fishing, tried to walk it off round the yard then headed back to bed thinking, "WOW, I must be sick".

Headed to the doctors who said I had a cold (really?? lol) and need to rest a few days, he also noted that I am now over 50 and should have a prostate exam......and asked me " Would you like one?"   

........................WOULD I like one?

......WOULD I like one? 

What sort of a question is that?

Every time I go to a doctor, now I am over 50, they always ask me that. Why? Do they enjoy the nervous squeamish look on people's faces????

Anyway,

Slept all day, dreaming of catching bass, woke on the couch at 3am the next morning and thought "stuff it, I'm going". What does a doctor know????

I mean he asked WOULD I like a prostate exam, lol.

Soooo glad the "need to fish" won the battle of "need to recover" as the fishing was well worth pushing myself to get up and moving.

Here is a vid of the morning and arvo surface session. The weather was extremely hot for the first week of spring, 32 degrees in the shade at 11am, don't know if that's why the bass were hitting the surface so well or if it was because a lot of the grass and trees along the bank had been burnt away meaning they weren't getting much food from the frogs and insects etc. that they would usually be getting?

I was using the Zman frogs.

How good is bass surface fishing.

 

[ellicat]

Haha, prostate exams, man flu and Zman frogs. What a mix!

Looks like a fun session to kick off the season, with some nice quality, healthy looking bass.

Did you get permission to roll out the swag ? Looks like some nice country.

[FishingCrazy]

Yeah slept the night next to the creek, woke up with a herd of cows all standing around me looking confused. lol

The bass were still biting but I only fished for an hour, man flu got the better of me.

 

[ellicat]

That's a shame. Hope you are on the mend.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Great work @FishingCrazy. I'll hopefully be able to get onto some in coming weeks on surface as well. 

[FishingCrazy]

7 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Great work @FishingCrazy. I'll hopefully be able to get onto some in coming weeks on surface as well. 

Good luck mate, soooooooooo much fun on surface. 

 

49 minutes ago, ellicat said:

That's a shame. Hope you are on the mend.

Cheers mate, yeah still crook but no way I'm going back to that doctor lol

[Angry51]

yeah, got all that bbuutt how the prostrate, you didn't tell us.?

[FishingCrazy]

On 09/09/2023 at 7:17 PM, Angry51 said:

yeah, got all that bbuutt how the prostrate, you didn't tell us.?

A gentleman doesn't kiss and tell 

Prostate is in good health

 

[Angry51]

32 minutes ago, FishingCrazy said:

A gentleman doesn't kiss and tell 

Prostate is in good health

 

Never even saw a gentleman did you?

And no kissing, the forum doesn't tolerate such behavior.

[Bretto77]

That's a great read and and a great watch

Thanks for sharing that. I love how fishing prevails ultimately .