queensland PB@NP 21/6/08

[fishyman]

hey guys,

well your probably sick of NPD reports by now but what the hell.

me my father and one of his work mates went to NPD this arvo, started off at mcgavings where i met dan and we had a fish for a while after he left we changed tactics and went to bullocky's driving past i saw rocket and aarons car.

arrived at bullocky's and went to the right if your facing the peninsula. started casting my G Vibe in some greeny mossy color. when soon after BAM oooh yay a bass.

only a wee little tyke but still good fun non the less

a few more casts and WHACK:ohmy: :ohmy: ZZZZZZZZZZ:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ:blink: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ:huh: :huh: and well you get the picture.

after an awesome fight up comes a instant PB and i knew it.

put her on the mat and she measured 53cm :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: yay new PB and very fat like my last one.

released her to swim away.

no luck after that

i could see rocket aaron and dino over the other side pulling in some bass but couldnt tell the size.

i love this NPD thing

[fishyman]

sorry about the no smile thing, was trying to explain to dad how to use the camera

oh and he got 3 little guys over at mcgavins, his work friend got zip.

dad also lost 3 of my lures

[ellicat]

Nice fish Fishyman.

You'll have to start taking a set of scales too.

[efc]

very solid fish mate well done

[fishyman]

ellicat wrote:

Nice fish Fishyman.

You'll have to start taking a set of scales too.

funny you mention that ellicat, going to get some tomorrow

[ellicat]

Hopefully you'll start a trend - would be nice to see and hear some NPD weight comparisons this season.

[fishyman]

well i reckon last weeks effort (50cm) would have been over 2.5kilo easy pushing 3 maybe. today's effort maybe 2.2-2.4kg

[woody1]

you must be really small cuz that fish looks huuuge! haha great catch mate! looks really heavy

[EMP]

Fishyman mate, that fish could have easily swallowed you. That's one huge mother! Beautiful!

Congrats, buddy!

EMP

[Aaron H]

Awesome mate well done

[Dinodadog]

Well done thats one nice looking fish

[pcsolutionman]

well done mate, a few fat fish atm, would like to see some weights

Lee

[Beefa]

Nice fat bass fishyman always a good feeling when you get to upgrade your pb's.

Heath

[Feral]

pcsolutionman wrote:

well done mate, a few fat fish atm, would like to see some weights

Lee

Good idea Lee - Anyone seen a light cradle for weighing fish around? As I catch and release I dont really want to be hanging any reasonable sized fish from the mouth.

I suppose a plastic shopping bag would do the job.

[Plastic Man]

verry nice bass mate well done

feral i have used plastic bags before they work fine

[werewolf]

holy smoke that is a cracker!

[Rocket75]

beautiful fish mate, we could see some fishos from where we were but did not know who it was! good to see there are still a few big ones interested in the biblesscranks . was he in close or holding deep?

Nice work

Rocket

[fishyman]

Thanks everyone,

yeah i will be weighing fish from now on i think.

Rocket, i hooked him about 15m out just slow rolling it back.

[fishyman]

and im also eagerly awaiting my 10 spinnerbaits off zim man as i now have none left

[werewolf]

Feral wrote:

Good idea Lee - Anyone seen a light cradle for weighing fish around? As I catch and release I dont really want to be hanging any reasonable sized fish from the mouth.

I suppose a plastic shopping bag would do the job.

Mmm interesting point. How would the plastic go as far as keeping the slime on a fish though? I was going to suggest a sling of some sort made of hessian that could be dipped in water first, but I dunno whether this would be any better.

[bretto]

Well done fishyman. That is an awesome fish mate and sure beats sitting at home. Congrats on the PB.

[efc]

weigh them in an enviro net. Or a fish sling made out of shadecloth could work.

[username_taken]

well done mate, what a stonker!

maybe weigh them in one of those coles green bags... should be reasonably slime friendly.

[fishyman]

thats a good idea UNT

i might try that

[MichaelJ]

another monster npd bass for fishyman

[Dec]

We got a 53.5cm bass a few weeks ago that weighed 2.8kgs I have noticed that the fish are very fat in NPD in the moment from the little ones to the big ones. Also well done on the Bass fishyman.

[fishyman]

thanks fellas

[benno573]

+1 for green coles bags, take the black plastic thing out and wet them, works a treat.

nice bass there tom! and go the g-vibe!:woohoo:

[fishyman]

and i didnt even need a paddle for that one benno

thanks mate

[benno573]

fishyman wrote:

and i didnt even need a paddle for that one benno

thanks mate

good thing that too... you may have forgotten it! g-vibes are totally my favourite lure after my trip to gladstone. yet to nail a bass on one but the winter camp is just around the corner!!! :woohoo:

[fishyman]

bloody great lure for the price