rayke1938

4 of us to the western arm this morning. Fish were hard to find and small. I caught what looked like a tagged bass but when I reported it to suntag it actually was a barra that was tagged in Trinity inlet. Ended up with only 46 bass with largest 42cm.

We were a bit late starting because I attended the local flea market and held up a bit more due to a decky no show no phone call no email .Uncertain what I will do if he wants another trip.   Either tell him to get stuffed or maybe make an appointment for a trip to NPD and then go to hinze. We did our shrimp pots and made certain that they were all marked correctly pending visit from fisheries. Could not find a fish anywhere until we came across Mark at the floats. He said that there were a few bass around so we moved off a bit and hit the spotlock and got into them. Most of the bass were under or just legal but a bass is a bass. Finished up with 68 bass,5 yellas and one tandan.

Four of us had another good say at the western arm today until we ran out of bait. Some of the bass had red spot disease which according to Bill  at suntag is a result of poor water quality or a sudden influx or cold water. A few others were missing parts of their dorsal fin.

We launched at 6am and after doing our shrimp traps we arrived at our usual spot opposite the white post near the old quarry at around 7am. My first fish was a respectable 50+ bass so I said lets go home as it cannot get any better. It was a hot bite with us running out of shrimp at 10.30 with 127 bass on the tally. Rick was happy with second prize with another bass over 50cm.

Cheers Ray

Could not entice a decky so I went on me Pat Malone. Launched at 5.30 and first off to a couple of spots on Ians Island for zilch and then headed up to bass bay area for the same result. Whilst I was up there I checked some shrimp pots that have been there untouched for at least 2 months. They were all manky and 2 had rusted out but the other couple were full of huge shrimp. I then headed downstream stopping on a couple of spots on the way and still on a donut. At 9.15 I arrived at our usual spot opposite the white post with nothing showing on the sounder but at least I got off the mark with a 28cm bass. I moved 30 feet and I got rather busy catching 40 bass by 11 am when I ran out of bait.

Up to 3 decky spots avail this sunday. 6 am start or leaving redland bay 4.45 am western arm bait fishing only with live shrimp ( supplied). No smoking if under 12 years old byo life vest. 0403072325

Back to the western arm this morning. No wind but quite a bit of drizzle but we kept dry with the umbrellas. We started fishing at around 8am after doing our shrimp pots. First spot was in 24ft of water in front of the white post followed by trying spots around 43 ft in the same area. When it got a bit quiet ( Aprox 40 bass caught) we moved into the bay around the first tree where we increased the tally to 77 bass knocking off at 11.30 and back to the ramp by midday. All caught on live shrimp, tagged and released. Best bass 45cm with the majority in the high 30'S. Rick recaptured a bass that he tagged a fortnight ago.

Not a bad day despite the wind being a lot stronger than forecast. After doing 12 of our shrimp pots before the wind got up we headed down to opposite the white post which is located down just before the visitor centre. By this time the wind got up but we did not worry as we immediately started to catch some good sized bass. The wind increased more and it became very uncomfortable with the wind blowing us sideways with the spotlock trying to hold us in position. We then moved into the bay where it was more comfortable and after trying a couple of trees we found some more good sized hungry bass. Up until this move I was happy to have the fish of the day with a 45cm bass and buggermeded Rick pips me with a 52 cm bass that was tagged.  The bass was tagged by S Morgan on 7/6/2018 and measured 48cm so it has had a good growth rate. We knocked off at 11.30 with a total of 56 bass all caught on live shrimp and tagged and released

Cheers Ray

A bit quieter today with only 40 bass boated. After 6am launch we went straight downstream to opposite the white post and tried everywhere between 25 and 50 feet of water for only 2 under 30cm bass. We went back into the bay and the fish were also scarce but we managed 30 bass around the three trees . Around 10 o'clock we went back in front of the white post for another 10 bass before calling it quits with rain imminent. As normal Joy outfished both of us with Rick getting the largest bass at 45cm. All fish tagged and released and caught on live shrimp.

Had a pleasant surprise this morning at the western arm. We launched at 6am to an overcast sky and cool breeze. We were expecting the water to be dirty after the recent rise but the visibility was around 8 feet. We headed straight to the bay where we have been doing ok for the last few weeks and by 9 am had only boated 4 fish with the largest going 32cm. We then went exploring in the trees opposite for nothing and gradually worked our way down towards the dam wall. We found quite a large school opposite the white marker. The fish were located all over a drop off from 45 to 55 feet but some of the fish from the deep side of the drop off were coming up with baurotrauma so I adjusted the spot lock so we were only fishing in 45 feet of water. By 11 am we had caught 88 bass when we knocked off as Amelia was tired from catching fish. Her best bass ( and the fish of the day) went 47cm. All fish caught on live shrimp and released. We were only able to tag 50 fish as suntag are waiting for more tags to arrive and are rationing them.

A bit late after the fact but consider RACQ ultimate Take it out in your name but on the wifes car. Wife will only be covered when she is driving her car but you are covered on any car that you drive,. Have a good look at their terms and conditions you get very good cover and they would have either trucked your car back to local jeep agent at home and paid fares for you and wife back home. or paid accommodation costs while you wait for car to be repaired You were lucky it happened in town and not on the highway and have to pay expensive towing fees just to get jeep back to a garage.