queensland Baroon is fishie

[Dinodadog]

Slipped up to Baroon this am to see what it would be like later in the week, it was looking very fishie. Managed to get 11 before the mate was ready for home,he got 9 also.

It was hard to troll as there were bits of weed on the surface all over the area we covered, that being from the Maleny ramp upwards to the no go zone. I only picked up one on the troll but my mate got 5 on the troll, all were on RMG poltergeist 50 xdd 8mtrs in the purple colour. The other 10 of mine were taken on [yes you guessed it ] purple/silver s/bait in 3/8oz, cast to the edges of the weed beds,dropped to the bottom and slow rolled back with the tip of the rod in the water,trying to keep the s/bait as close to the bottom for as long as you can.

This was not one of my better days for this dam but I still managed a smile on my dial.

Have got some photos[not blacked out ] I'll share spot x with you.

Fish while you can

Dinodadog [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/baroon_001.JPG

[STU]

good one dennis thats what I like to hear cast and retrieve thats what I will try first on the weekend

[Dinodadog]

very fishie [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/baroon_002.JPG

[Dan23]

You're getting me pumped about the weekend!

[Dinodadog]

mate in his boat [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/baroon_003.JPG

[Dinodadog]

average size [img size=336]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/baroon_004.JPG

[Bommie]

nice one, its looking good:silly:

[Dinodadog]

larger size [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/baroon_005.JPG

[Rocket75]

Thanks for the report Dennis, great tips in there for the weekend. Poltergeist 8m XDD ! I have yet to see those ones, deepest we had a amart was 3m+.

Rocket

[ellicat]

I think what you did today is classified as cheating:ohmy:

Haha - just kidding. The Bassmaster at work again.

The water looks pretty murky (??) in the pics. Was it ?

[Clawhammer]

Geez that water is flat...looks like u had a nice day!

Thanx for sharing!

[kevinchen19870316]

purple spinnerbait.....got it!

[pcsolutionman]

baroon produces yet again well done dino, things are looking good for the weekend

Lee

[Tom B]

Sunday is starting to look really good

[Dinodadog]

STU worked for me should for you

Dan there is plenty of fish there even though a lot are small

Bommie it gets better

Rod try BCF ha ha

Ellicat yes its still a little dirty, hope it clears a bit more

Clawhamer that was out of the wind the main basin was a little choppy

Kev purple is always a winner

Lee should be good by then

Tom B yes sireee

[Plastic Man]

nice report dino

[Feral]

Gee Dino, I'd love to boat 10 at Baroon! Only ever done it a couple of times, normally I am happy with a few fish!

[Dinodadog]

You fishing or working sunday

[Feral]

I'm fishing!

[Terry H]

Nice work dino! Looks good for the weekend.... if it isn't overflowing with this rain

Feral wrote:

I'm fishing!

Gee, didn't realise cruising around in amazement at yakkers catches was "fishing":P

Oops, there we go again :woohoo:

[pcsolutionman]

lol, I think the boaties are going to be seriously out numbered this trip. they couldnt come up with the fish when they had the numbers at awoonga so I somehow suspect we might have them covered :P

Lee

[Dan23]

But Kev and I will be in a boat. That's got to improve the boaties odds:laugh:

[pcsolutionman]

Dan23 wrote:

But Kev and I will be in a boat. That's got to improve the boaties odds:laugh:

Dan from memory have you caught an impoundment bass yet??:laugh: :ohmy: :dry: :blush: :blush: :blush:

Lee

[Dan23]

He he, no, but I caught a wild one on a popper first try so that means shooting fish in a barrel should be easy. :laugh: :silly: :cheer:

Seriously though I just will be happy to get a couple of fish or even to be out trying a style of fishing that's totally new to me. I'll just be watching what everyone else is doing and try and do the same.

Watch out for Kev though, he reckons he's a bass pro lol:P

[STU]

pcsolutionman wrote:

lol, I think the boaties are going to be seriously out numbered this trip. they couldnt come up with the fish when they had the numbers at awoonga so I somehow suspect we might have them covered :P

Lee

I reckon it will come down to experience of fishing baroon which I have never but the crawdad is in it own catorgory not boat or yak:P but I hope to still get a few shouldnt be much differnt to other impoundments:blink:

[Feral]

I fully expect to be outfished by the "Yak Bass Pro"! He would want to hang his head in shame if he didn't!

I just want a few, that will keep me more than happy!

Stu - yes and no, I know how to get more, (mind you that doesn't mean I'd get more!) I just dont like to troll! I prefer to cast lures at the edges.

[Dan23]

Feral wrote:

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Stu - yes and no, I know how to get more, (mind you that doesn't mean I'd get more!) I just dont like to troll! I prefer to cast lures at the edges.

That's music to my ears feral.

[Dinodadog]

The most rewarding style of fishing for me is to cast to the weeds or edges, but to get to these places I do a little bit of trolling along the way. Gives me a chance to wash the dust off a few lures, I also use this time to test the depth of any new lures I have purchased, by running the boat over decreasing depth till the lure starts hitting bottom, then I know next time I use that lure what depth to run it at.

[STU]

That is a good way dennis as long as you use the same lb line with that lure cause that can make the depth it swims at vary but no doubt you already no that.

[Dan23]

Yeah, I do the same in the Kayak. Troll to the destination then cast then troll to the next spot. Maximum amount of time with a lure in the water.

[Angus]

Dan23 wrote:

Yeah, I do the same in the Kayak. Troll to the destination then cast then troll to the next spot. Maximum amount of time with a lure in the water.

Dan: Thats how i always fish Baroon. Always get fish on the troll in between spots as well, but prob get more casting. I think thats also most likely becuase i spend more time casting. Im sure if you trolled around allday you would clean up.

Also if you troll and get a fish its well worth trolling back over the same patch. There was one day up there i swear we could have just caught fish non stop doing this.

Angus

[Feral]

Last time the "Kayak Bass King" got 70 doing that, while I got 2.......

[Tom B]

I think Stu and myself will be trying hard not to be outdone by the yakkers, but it sounds like it might be a bit tricky if we stick to our gameplan and cast all day

[pcsolutionman]

dont worry ill be spending most of my day casting. Unfortunatley casting to the edges of the weed beds usually produces fish between 25-35cm on average where as fish trolled deep in the basin average more like 35-45 cm . not as fun catching them on the troll though

Lee

[Tom B]

well instead of trolling the schooled fish in the basin have you tried casting spinnerbaits and jackalls at them when they appear on the sounder, that usually works in other dams

[Terry H]

I think I'll be doing an hour or so of trolling, before having a flick and another stint of trolling for some select species

[pcsolutionman]

Tom B wrote:

well instead of trolling the schooled fish in the basin have you tried casting spinnerbaits and jackalls at them when they appear on the sounder, that usually works in other dams

Yeh I have done that before, got a few on ice jigs and lipless cranks but not as many as trolling deep divers, dont know why

Lee

[Tom B]

maybe cos the trolled lures are in the fishes strike zone for longer.

one good technique to employ when trolling is if you have 2 guys in the boat trolling and one hooks up, the other guy can have a rod with a jackall or ice jig ready to go and cast it out in hope of a double hookup, works about 50% of the time whenevr ive tried it

[Feral]

Tom B wrote:

well instead of trolling the schooled fish in the basin have you tried casting spinnerbaits and jackalls at them when they appear on the sounder, that usually works in other dams

Thats how I got my two on the trip mentioned, finally got sick of seeing the blokes catching them in deeper water on the troll, moved over to deeper water until I found a school on the sounder, then dropped my faithful mat black G Vibe in and jigged a couple almost immediately.

[rayke1938]

but my mate got 5 on the troll, all were on RMG poltergeist 50 xdd 8mtrs in the purple colour.

Thought I had one i have never used it at baroon before.

Cheers

Ray [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1010864_AFO-6c1740b53be34bd1973af2eb0006900a.jpg