bass & yellow, brissy river

[Bommie]

Snuck out mid morning to chase some bass out fernvale way. Only managed to fish for an hour until the rain got to heavy and bailing out the canoe was becoming a hassle. Paddled to a good snag just out from the bank and cast towards it as I drifted past, managed a strike but no hookup so I paddled back trolling a lure out the back and managed a small bass about 24cm. Trolled past the same spot and picked up four bass in consecutive runs, the biggest 30cm(only babies).

On the last past before the rain I picked up a small 30cm yellow . I didn't have to change the lure and all fish were caught trolling, and fish released [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/bass-abd178f442e4a25566ba89908f3e87a3.jpg

[Bommie]

a [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/y.jpg

[Bommie]

the biggest bass

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[Bommie]

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[Aaron H]

Nice session mate, much water in the river there?

[Bommie]

yeh not to bad, there is a little flow, bit dirty

[Angus]

Nice one mate.

I was hoping to try up that way soon and I think that just sealed the deal

Angus

[Aaron H]

hmmm I am thinking a yak trip coming up soon

[Bommie]

i'm always keen to fish out there, always produces fish

[STU]

good one mate

[Dinodadog]

Well done Bommie

[Bommie]

Aaron H wrote:

hmmm I am thinking a yak trip coming up soon

its definitley kayak/canoe countryB)

[pcsolutionman]

sweat, No excuse needed to get out and chase some natives

Lee

[Terry H]

Is it just me or does that bass have bigger/darker eyes than normal?

[Plastic Man]

awesome mate good stuff

[nigehey]

Wow! Inspiring! I've found my eyes darting to the yaks for sale section on ebay to get on the water. Just have to find one with a pram carrier.

[Rocket75]

TerryH wrote:

Is it just me or does that bass have bigger/darker eyes than normal?

No mate, the Bass is the one on the right of picture :silly: :silly: :silly:

[Cowfish13]

TerryH wrote:

Is it just me or does that bass have bigger/darker eyes than normal?

Yeah, I think it does. Probably just from the different environment that they live in.

Nice fish Bommie:) Did they fight well for their size?

[Bommie]

yeh cowfish they always fight hard from the river, the small bass put up more of a fight then the yellow, they hit the lure then head straight for the snag

[Bommie]

thanks for the replies

[werewolf]

For the general stretch of river near Fervale there is access and parking on the far side of the bridge (Wivenhoe side - we used to park this side) and I think on the Fernvale side as well. We used to take a 2WD vehicle down there but I think it was a bit hairy. Certainly would not do it in the mud!

[Ash]

Nice work man! Hows the weed problems up near fernvale? I know up untill recently there was a lot of clogging issues. Nice catch man, cant wait to i get to hit the upper river! Never fished there before,

[ellicat]

Thanks for the report Bommie. Wild fish seem to go that much better than impoundment fish hey. Must be fitter or something from the flow.

By the way, are those your toes:blink: :S :laugh: :laugh:

Just kidding - couldn't resist:P [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/bass_a.jpg

[Bommie]

yeh I was blessed with a couple extra:laugh:

[Bommie]

Ash wrote:

Nice work man! Hows the weed problems up near fernvale? I know up untill recently there was a lot of clogging issues. Nice catch man, cant wait to i get to hit the upper river! Never fished there before,

there is weed and reeds along the banks , it would be hard to fish from the shore

[Bommie]

werewolf wrote:

For the general stretch of river near Fervale there is access and parking on the far side of the bridge (Wivenhoe side - we used to park this side) and I think on the Fernvale side as well. We used to take a 2WD vehicle down there but I think it was a bit hairy. Certainly would not do it in the mud!

if you are talking about twin bridges down to the highway bridge on the fernvale side, it is all blocked off to cars, you can only park on the left of twin bridges but can still get to all the spots just have to walk

[werewolf]

Bommie wrote:

werewolf wrote:

For the general stretch of river near Fervale there is access and parking on the far side of the bridge (Wivenhoe side - we used to park this side) and I think on the Fernvale side as well. We used to take a 2WD vehicle down there but I think it was a bit hairy. Certainly would not do it in the mud!

if you are talking about twin bridges down to the highway bridge on the fernvale side, it is all blocked off to cars, you can only park on the left of twin bridges but can still get to all the spots just have to walk

True hey Bommie? Far enough it has been quite a number of years since I fished their last! We used to take the car down to the water for loading the canoe.

[Bommie]

yeh werewolf, in a way its a good thing, less people swimming and fishing the area, more fish for me to catch:laugh: , you can still launch from twin bridges, you just have to go through a couple of rapids to go downstream:)

[Bommie]

also there has been alot of fish put in the river by various fishing groups over the years, plus the ones that come from the dams:)

[werewolf]

Sweet yeah we used to have some good times up there, it has been so long lol.

[big al]

mmmm I think its time to chase some bass:)