rayke1938

Was told no cricket ,golf or tennis for a month so went home and told judy to turn off tv. Now have frying pan implant on head also.

Lens replacement surgery

Why I am legroped for a while

you will be ok if you do not bait your breath

For local Bne info do a search on some of Mad Mullets posts for jetty based in the logan using light gear. He used to sell made up traces etc. Also in QLD bag limit of `1 and max size limit apply. If you get a biggun do not post on social media because fisheries will track you down.

We decided to go downstream this morning and had a bonus when we went to do our shrimp pots. The dam is now at 97% and we found 4 of our old pots that would have been submerged since 2021 when the dam was last at that level. Needless to say there was nothing in them so we brought them home to clean up and refurbish. After checking the rest of our pots we went furthur down stream and could only find around 4 or 5 bass. We had a friendly visit by the rangers who were checking all boats and they said that the fishing was a bit hard. We then went upstream with a few small bass and plenty of barred grunter in Ians island. Then up to a few spots just above bass bay where we found some small schools of larger bass ending up with 33 bass before we ran out of shrimp.

Back to the eastern arm this morning with Rick and Joy. Hard going with only rat bass. We went downstream first off to where we caught some good bass last week and apart from a 40cm one they were all rats. We then went upstream for more rats. We were a bit restricted as I had not charged my i pilot remote and the spare remote in my tackle box was also flat and I do not know how to drive the i pilot from my humminbird. looks like I am going to be doing a bit of study and also be more careful about charging the remote for the i pilot. Finished up with 38 bass and one tandan and 6 barred grunter. Joy caught the 2 best fish a 40cm bass and a 45 cm tandan.

I was planning to go to Hinze today but got email yesterday from a recently retired person who must be suffering from early onset Alzheimer's . Said going to NPD on sunday so I said meet you there. After a couple of text messages I got a phone call to say he meant next sunday. Anyhow didnt matter as there were more fish for me. I ended up with 64 bass ranging from 15cm to 40cm with the most between 20 and 32cm. All on live shrimp with the fish sitting at around 6 to 8 feet and they were taking the bait immediately before I could get the bail arm over. Knocked off just after 10.30 and left them biting.

Went to eastern arm for the first time for a few years. 8am launch due to having to return home for a rough job to change a wheel bearing using a second hand bearing. Woke the neighbours up as I had to use the angle grinder to cut the inner to get it off the axle Found fish in all our old spots. First place was in 25 feet of water on the edge of the drop off opposite the pump tower where we pulled around a dozen bass before going to check some other spots in among the trees further downstream on the western side of the dam. We fished another 6 spots before finishing up at midday with a total of 5 tandanus, 4 barred grunter and 43 bass. Was glassed out all morning and only one short shower. Now to source a magnet for the brakes , set of brake linings and a new set of bearings .

Plate sized yella NPD ,Ray Kennedy 1/1/23 southside.

Hard going to start off new year at NPD this morning. 16 bass and one yella between the 3 of us. Small bass around the floats and nothing elsewhere, Percy is back pestering us and all his mates stinking up the ramp.

All prepared . Plus home made shortbread.

Bass Team south. Joy Hughes hinze western arm bait live shrimp.

Bit of a slow day today. Barred grunter were at most places we tried. At least the eagle got afew snacks. Best bass just over 40cm with another 2 at 35 and the rest around 30cm. We went upstream to within sight of the salvenia barrage and could not find a school anywhere. Finished up with 27 bass and one tandan. All tagged and released.

Not even a grinner?

I think that Neil is putting some in.

Good day today at the western arm. We had a fair supply of shrimp so we headed upstream straight away and tied up to an isolated stick that is now protruding from the water now that the dam has gone down. We quickly boated 20 odd bass but they were just legal or under so we headed further upstream into the trees above bass bay. The bass were a better size in the high 30s and low 40s.Just after 8.30 we ran out of shrimp and proceeded back where I had a few shrimp traps to load up with more bait. While we were there Neil said I had some traps further in that I lost when the dam came up 3 months ago. We located the pots and amazingly they were loaded up with shrimp so we rebaited them for next time that Neil comes. We ended up with 70 bass and 3 tandans tagged and a few barred grunter for the eagle. Cheers Ray

Not as many as hinze and Baroon Pocket. They are protected in western NSW. Very popular eating fish nice firm white flesh,

only 20 and 3 legal.

Part of todays catch.

Another example of Hai,s cinermagraphic skills with his mobile phone. https://www.facebook.com/669291303/videos/810997666667225/

Good day at the western arm today. Rick and Joy were looking after their granddaughter Amelia so naturally she came along to show us her angling skills that she honed up at North Pine dam last sunday. She baits up her own hook and even knows how to count down the bait to the depth that the fish are holding. After doing our shrimp pots which were a little light on due to lack of maintenance we pulled into Ians island for 20 odd bass before the barred grunter moved in. We then moved upstream to the top of bass bay for another 20 odd bass till the school dispersed so we moved around 100 feet around the corner and tied up to a tree and once again another 20 odd bass. Amelia was getting a bit tired so we decided to head home but wen we went past a solitary stick we saw a good show on the sounder and in the next half hour boated another 15 bass before running out of bait, In all places that we fished the fish were holding half way down the water column no matter what depth we were in. Finished back at the ramp at 11 am with a total of 75 bass and 2 tandanus plus assorted barred grunter that the eagle enjoyed. Fish were looking real healthy with only a few showing red spot. Note rare photo of Rick holding one of his beloved tandanus.

PRFMA members released 120000 healthy bass fingerlings into NPD today. We arrived at the dam at gentlemans hour of 7am and had a Xmas drink and sausage and then did our shrimp pots and returned to the ramp at 9am to meet the fingerlings supplied by Hanwood hatchery. We loaded up the 2 large eskys that were equipped with aerators to keep the fingerlings in prime condition and proceeded downstream to release the fingerlings on the edge of the weed beds. Amelia did an excellent job of doing this. Naturally once this task was completed we had to have a fish. The fish were a bit hard to find but we finally located a school near the floats where we proceeded to catch 28 bass,4 yellowbelly and one tilapia. It was fantastic to see Amelia releasing the fingerlings and seeing her struggle to land some good sized fish. Ps 100000 yellowbelly to come next month Cheers Ray

Woke up at usual time of 3am and thought that the dog was being unusually friendly and found out why when I put in my hearing aids and heard the thunder. Headed off at around 5 with a spectacular lightening display accompanied with rain that had all cleared by the time we arrived at the dam. We had some shrimp left over from last trip so we headed into the honey tree on Ians Island to find someone tied up about 20 feet away from our favourite tree. By 7am we had ran out of shrimp with 19 rat bass on the counter. After going downstream and checking our shrimp traps we then tried our usual spots for only 7 bass so back to the tip of Ians island for a donut . Back to the honey tree where we increased the tally to 38 bass and a few barred grunter which are back with the warmer weather. Best bass was 42cm with the majority under 30cm. All tagged and released. Cheers Ray