queensland Borumba Report

[Tim a]

Hey guys,

I was off line around Christmas so I didn't get to wish you all a very merry Christmas, so, merry Christmas!

I went up to Borumba with a mate in his boat(he wishes for his name to not be mentioned)

We went up friday morning getting an early session in before heading back to the deer park caravan park and get our caravan sorted, then headed back to the dam for the arvo, we did this on saturday also and aswell of sunday morning before heading home.

The Bass were NOT firing what so ever, we casted jackalls (TN + Masks), spinner baits, soft platics, surface lures, metal lipless crank baits, normal crankbaits) but as soon as we started trolling we got fish I was using a locally made Yowie lure the for the trolling while my companion was changing between the predatek boomerang and a Yowie Lure. We got about 25 bass trolling during the trip but we only trolled between the ramp to the sticks, no designated trolling time as it gets boring!

Eventually my mate got 2 bass casting in the sticks, we spent hours casting in there everyday for nothing, but late saturday arvo they switched on, but as they switched on we left because we weren't sure if we could make our way out of the maze in the dark.

We both got a toga, which we were targeting for ages each day, both lost a few but I'm really stoked in landing my first one. No monster but at 50cm he's not tiddler either. The skippers went 70cm and it was a really nice fish.

On the last morning we got a few yellows in fairly shallow water up in the sticks aswell.

Then I went to Lake weyba with the family but I didn't fish there at all.

sorry about the hard to 'hard to readness' of the post, but I was up rather early this monrning nearly getting spooled twice in the noosa river!

Pics to come.

Thanks

Tim [img size=341]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Tim_basstrolled.JPG

[Tim a]

More sticks than you could..... poke a stick at? [img size=455]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Thesticks2.JPG

[Tim a]

Small yellow from the last day. [img size=455]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Tim_yellowbelly.JPG

[Tim a]

And my Saratoga, Fought hard, we found they were patrolling in pairs as we usually spooked or got smashed by 2 of them in quick succession, I think overall we hooked 5-6 togas(me most of them) but only landed 2:blush: I love these fish!!! [img size=455]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Tim_toga.JPG

[Feral]

Congratulations on the Toga Tim!

[rayke1938]

Nice fish and good report. Like that toga

Cheers

Ray

[mackmauler]

nice fish tim, your working your way towards a fine mullet, good sun protection.

needed still weather like that at noosa ay

[Dan23]

Top stuff Tim I'm jealous. Nice Hat.

[STU]

Good stuff tim nice toga

[Tim a]

Thanks guys

Mack, that ain't no mullet... yet, wait till I get it properly trimmed next week

[mackmauler]

I can spot one with potential tim, i know it needs some work done LOL

[Plastic Man]

nice report tim good stuff great work with the toga you lucky bugger

[Dinodadog]

Good work Tim sounds like you had a good time and congrats on the toga

Dino

[Cowfish13]

Well done on the fish, especially your first Saratoga:)

I recognise the spot where your second picture was taken. Just to the left of it (around the corner, near the cliff) was where I caught my first ever Bass. We all got 2 in one day at that spot. 4 on lures, 2 on bait. I guess that why I've always liked Borumba Dam.

[Tim a]

Cowfish13 wrote:

I recognise the spot where your second picture was taken. Just to the left of it (around the corner, near the cliff) was where I caught my first ever Bass. We all got 2 in one day at that spot. 4 on lures, 2 on bait. I guess that why I've always liked Borumba Dam.

As much as I hate to disagree, that picture was taken a long long way up one of the arms no where near any cliffs.

[pinkey]

Awsome work Tim!! saratoga's really are a great looking fish, cant wait for my first... wait.. gotta catch a bass before that! . What lure did you get him on? and what lb line were you using ?

[Tim a]

On a special spinnerbait with 10lb leader and 10lb fins braid - troys exage rod(thanks for letting me borrow it for the week!) - my Pixy liberto.

[pinkey]

Oh btw nice shirt, i got the same one for Christmas. - the sponsers / patches

[kevinchen19870316]

i thought the hidden person's troy when i saw the rod in ur pic..

[adventure_angler]

Ripper Toga Tim!!!

-Nelson-

[Cowfish13]

Tim a wrote:

Cowfish13 wrote:

I recognise the spot where your second picture was taken. Just to the left of it (around the corner, near the cliff) was where I caught my first ever Bass. We all got 2 in one day at that spot. 4 on lures, 2 on bait. I guess that why I've always liked Borumba Dam.

As much as I hate to disagree, that picture was taken a long long way up one of the arms no where near any cliffs.

Nah, when I say cliffs, they were only 4m high or so when we were there. The water level is much higher in your photos. The cliff-face is probably under water now:silly:. The two circled tree's were pretty much out of the water when we went there and we could easily walk on the bank in the background. And the arm didn't extend as far as that when we were last there.

[img size=455]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Thesticks2-44af69a2b0e6d4c8f84c2c3849da455c.JPG

[Tim a]

Alright cowfish, you must have an insane photographic memory to tell the difference between all the other arms tho

[Cowfish13]

Just that one;). We camped for 3-4 days at Borumba a while back and that was the only place we caught fish. So every time we go there, that's the first spot we got to. It was probably just a school of Bass on that one day, but that's our favorite spot on the entire dam:).

[Brian D]

Good on ya Tim. It is obvious that you love your fishing and your Toga, Congrates.

I too like your shirt!

[Tim a]

Got the piccy of the 70cm model. [img size=309]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/bigger_toga.JPG

[Angus]

Nice one mate. Very jealous. And i would not call that a tiddler.

Angus