queensland NPD 21 June 08 Slugfest

[Rocket75]

Despite poor results of late I decided to brave the icy wind and chase the elusive bass this afternoon.

Upon arrival I found a familiar face...Aaron H was just preparing to wet a line, so together we donned the waders and hit the water.

Things were pretty slow with no interst in spinnerbaits or lipless cranks. The wind was fair in our faces which made casting a chore and cut distance considerably.

Out of neccesity and hope, Aaron changed to a small (20g) gold slug and in short time had 3 fish to my none.

Evidently the fish were holding deep and about 50-60m off the bank.

Eventually I nicked one of Aaron's slugs in silver and got a few bass for myself. (First bass on slug for me!)

Dino wandered down and joined us for a while, joined the slug party and showed us how to catch bass withour gettting your feet wet.

I think Aaron ended up with 8 fish ranging from 30cm up to 43.

Dino got a couple of middling ones and I ended up with 3 lil' tackers.

Side effect of the long casts and deep water was seeing my joining knot (braid to backing) for the first time since loading the reel.

Fishing this style with small capacity reels may see you with an empty spool, so be prepared!

No big ones today, and who knows if the pattern will be the same tommorrow, but it's fun trying:cheer:

Thanks for reading.

Aarons fish of the day

[img size=319]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/NPD_21_june_08_003.jpg

[Rocket75]

This is what one of this week's bass spat up

[img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/NPD_21_june_08_001.jpg

[Aaron H]

Ok just finished a different post, Can we scrap my other one mods?

Little fish with the lure of the day

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[Aaron H]

Bass thats been in the wars, hardly any spikes left [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/21062008_001_.jpg

[Dinodadog]

Nice session Rocket and Aaron, good to run into Rocket again and meet up with Aaron. Just shows you need to be prepared for all styles of fishing, only had 1 slug with me, I usualy carry at least 3.

[Dec]

Well you guys did better than me and George we only got two fish well I'd better get some slugs for the next time. Just asking I have only ever got 1 bass on a slug winding flat out what other retreives do you find work on bass.

[username_taken]

well done guys. I tried slugs a fair bit the other day with no luck, will have to give them another go. Some heavy plastics might be a good move as well.

[Plastic Man]

slugs again might have to get there soon and try that it was fun last year

[Aaron H]

Dec wrote:

Well you guys did better than me and George we only got two fish well I'd better get some slugs for the next time. Just asking I have only ever got 1 bass on a slug winding flat out what other retreives do you find work on bass.

I think it was Stu and Andrew last year that taught us to fish them a bit like a plastic letting it hit the bottom and wind slowly with a few twitches

[Rocket75]

Dec wrote:

Well you guys did better than me and George we only got two fish well I'd better get some slugs for the next time. Just asking I have only ever got 1 bass on a slug winding flat out what other retreives do you find work on bass.

we were casting as far as possible, letting the slug hit bottom, then lift/jig and take up slack, and repeat etc

Rocket

[Terry H]

Slugs on my IMX? no thanks, the mask vibes take a good 1/3 to 1/2 my line

Edit: lol I find slugs an interesting concept in dams... clearly they work though!

Well done guys!

[Plastic Man]

Rocket75 wrote:

Dec wrote:

Well you guys did better than me and George we only got two fish well I'd better get some slugs for the next time. Just asking I have only ever got 1 bass on a slug winding flat out what other retreives do you find work on bass.

we were casting as far as possible, letting the slug hit bottom, then lift/jig and take up slack, and repeat etc

Rocket

yeah what you said rocket that how we were doing it last year so you guys think they were schooling ?

[EMP]

The three of you guys rock. Good on you for braving the windyish cold weather. I could only envy you for being able to fish today.

Hopefully I'll find time for a couple of NPD hours for myself tomorrow.

EMP

[Aaron H]

Yeah there was a pretty good school there unfortunately I run out of slugs, (bricked in the grass again)

[Terry H]

Aaron mate... Im' sure Lee has some spare concrete if you need some :laugh:

what happened? If they get you in the grass, give them some slack and they usuall come out

If you are winding it in and get caught in grass, give the rod a few rips/flicks - make sure you dont have a dodgy rod like lees one (snap!) :laugh: this usually degrasses you

I'd say I'd hit NPD tomorrow morning until about noon, but at this stage I'd need a sober driver to take me there

[Terry H]

um.. of course you can always be darn unlucky and then you can always go for a swim :laugh:

[MichaelJ]

so the slugs are starting to work again

was this at bullockys or just before bullockys same as last sunday?

terry i use 15lb braid and 14lb leader so its easy to pull the lure back out of the grass lol

[Aaron H]

TerryH wrote:

Aaron mate... Im' sure Lee has some spare concrete if you need some :laugh:

what happened? If they get you in the grass, give them some slack and they usuall come out

If you are winding it in and get caught in grass, give the rod a few rips/flicks - make sure you dont have a dodgy rod like lees one (snap!) :laugh: this usually degrasses you

I'd say I'd hit NPD tomorrow morning until about noon, but at this stage I'd need a sober driver to take me there

:laugh: It worked a couple of times mate but I got caught a fair way out and after about ten minutes lost patience with it, and swimming for a $4 slug was not an option:laugh:

[Terry H]

:laugh: true

$25 lure on the other hand...

[Aaron H]

$25 lures mate I'd be there with the scuba gear:laugh:

[Terry H]

yeah please do, just can I have MINE back? You'd still keep probably $1000 in lures

[ellicat]

The slugging season has started at NPD again:woohoo:

Nice work fellas:)

[Rocket75]

whatnow wrote:

...was this at bullockys or just before bullockys same as last sunday?...

same spot as last week, but instead on the fish being 2-15m out and ravenous, they were 50-60m out and picky.

Rocket

[Jords]

Rocket75 wrote:

This is what one of this week's bass spat up

[img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/NPD_21_june_08_001.jpg

what is this??

it looks kinda like a roggy pillie haha

[ellicat]

Looks a bit like a baby saratoga.

[Rocket75]

my first thought was a baby tandanus...then maybe one of those little goby type critters that live in holes under water.

But really I have no idea, could be a toga I suppose.

Any one else know?

Rocket

[Dan23]

I got two bass in the grass within 10M of the bank at mcgavins today one on a slug and one on a Blade. So I guess they could be pretty much anywhere at the moment.