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https://youtu.be/m33_iw3bV3I Another good day despite a hickup with my bow mount. We started off ok and did the shrimp pots and then the bow mount kept turning itself off and I notices a little red battery symbol on my remote which indicate a low battery. We proceeded upstream on just the stern motor and still made 5.6kph . Saw the feral cows still around grazing on the green pick . With no bow mount I could not use spot lock . Fortunately there was no breeze so we were able to hold position reasonably easily while we caught some good fish. We ended up with 47 bass and a bonus of 7 yellas with Joy catching 6 of them. One was deformed possibly damaged as a fingerling. All the yellas were tagged and released . The fish went off a bit at 10.30 so we called it a day as it was very hot and humid. I checked out my chargers and batterys when I got home and found a corroded anderson plug so everything will be ok for Sundays return trip.

https://youtu.be/XvUYvxzm6_E Couldnt scrape up a decky this morning so I went to the western arm by myself. Had about 6 very small shrimp left over from last trip so I used them up at the upstream end of Ians island for 3 bass and a yella before doing some of my shrimp pots. Only barred grunter back at Ians island so I just pottered around in the trees whilst working my way downstream . Got a few scattered bass but no schools located so I went downstream to opposite the white marker where I found a small school. Back at the ramp by midday with a total of 34 bass,one yella and one barred grunter. Smallest bass went 34cm and one just scraped the 50cm mark.

Had a good day well upstream with 60 odd bass all on live shrimp and only 2 barred grunter for the eagle. All bass were legal with most over 35 cm.

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Wet bum today for 3 of us but it was worth it. We launched at the western arm at 6am and headed up towards bass bay and did our shrimp pots. Had to walk the bank to retrieve a few that were high and dry as it was a fortnight since we last did them. We tried a few spots locally and only picked up a few bass and then the rain came. We went back to the trees at the tip of Ians island and found some quality bass ending up with a total of 41 bass. Would have been a lot more if Craig was not using 6lb leader. I watched him get bricked 7 times in a row. Very heavy rain for over a hour and I ran the bilge pump around 5 or 6 times. Only one photo due to too hard. Out of curiosity I had a look at BOM for Advancetown which uses the Canungra weather station and it said only one mill of rain. https://lensdump.com/i/BD38tH

Another good day up the eastern arm this morning. The cows were still hanging around and we tried to ring Matt the ranger to give him the heads up but were having problems with getting signal but think Matt finally got the message. Bit of entertainment with a couple of water bombers passing overhead every 15 minutes. I tried for a photo but only got cloud think Rick may have been more successful. Bass were schooled up on the edges of the trees and good sized and healthy. Between the three of us we boated 71 bass on live shrimp. 14 of the bass were over 40cm and only one undersize.

What can go wrong. Barometer 1020+, full moon ,slight wind. Hai forgot to tell decky no bananas. Guess what he had in his lunch box. . Only one 25cm bass by 10 am. We even at one stage seeing if we could catch some tilapia in shallow. Hai was happy because he caught his first one and was impressed how hard it went. Tried all the usual spots and ended up just slowly checking the main basin until we found a school in 20 feet of water near fad 0. Spotted a couple of scabs who must have walked in from Whiteside road fishing the bank in H6. Final tally was 29 bass,2 tandans, one tilapia and one forky

Nor do I

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of us had a good day at the eastern arm this morning using live shrimp . We picked up a few small bass on the flat opposite the water tower before going upstream, All our usual spots produced bass with 30 bass boated in the first hour . We decided to explore further upstream and were rewarded with 113 bass and one tandanus by 10am when we ran out of shrimp. We were catching good fish on shrimp that were only 1/2 long. Ran into Matt Wellington the ranger who was walking the bank looking for the stray cows and had a yarn to him before knocking off and heading back to the ramp. Only 7 bass were under 30cm and they were caught in front of the water tower. Sorry forgot how to uload photos

We cooked up when we got back to the ramp for a late lunch,

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Strange day yesterday one decky slept in so we did the shrimp pots and returned to ramp to pick him up and headed downstream to find that he spare gas cylinder in his car so half cooked brecky was bagged up and returned to esky. No fish were found till we arrived at the floats where we caught a few 35cm bass and a couple of good sized spangled perch. Tai got a smile on his face when just as we were going to leave when he boated a nice yella. Tried a lot of places for only a 45cm bass before we went back to the floats for a few more 35cm bass. On the way back to the ramp we stopped at Andrews drop off and got stuck into some more 35cm bass. We finished up with 30 bass,2 spangled perch and one yella and finished up with a late lunch cooked up at the ramp.

nice fish,good photos.

formidable weapon.

Admin does this site for free in his spare time and he is extremely busy running his own business and he is not a computer expert, Brian ( Ellicat) does an excellent job as a moderator. Site needs someone with technical ability to volunteer to assist when there is a problem. I do not think the site would survive if members had to pay to maintain the site. Is there a difference between a code in a photo and just in someones post. cheers Ray

too complicated for me if people want to see photos they will have to click on link

another try https://ibb.co/ncQMvJc

i will see what Neil does.

ta

Did this work?

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My plans for the week consisted of going to Boaties market today and Fishing NPD on thursday. All thrown in disarray when late friday I was informed that we are going to Esk for the week on Monday. I decided that I would rather miss out on the boaties market today and go fishing instead. Quick phone call and I was able to rustle up a couple of deckies and arranged to meet Roul and Hai at the gate. I think I may have been better off going to the boaties market. Thick fog when we launched and used the gps to navigate halfway out of the bay when the fog lifted enough so that I could see the bank. Could only find 12 small bass to 36cm, 2 spanglies plus Hai provided some entertainment when he nearly wet himself when he hooked into a good yella. Good run continued when I got home and unable to log into suntag to record my miserable catch.