Dinodadog

My reflexes are not what they used to be, I was to slow getting it in.

Forgot to mention I caught 2 tagged bass,both were caught previous 1 year a go and must of been good mates as here are their numbers, U20715 and U20719, been hanging out together for the last year.

Needed a change so headed up to lake baroon. Found a few schools, first pic shows a school of small bass, second shows a school of larger bass. Last pic shows where most bass come from, a snag in 15ft of water. Some bass were on spinnerbaits and most on shrimp, 63 all up.

Dino

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

What sort of depth were they in and do you find a difference with them in different seasons ?

In spring they are moving to the edges a bit more early in the morning or late arvo. They can be found at the edge of the weed in about 8 to 10ft of water. Then in between they move back out to deeper water around 20ft deep wgere they usually sit during winter. Have managed a few in 58 ft of water using slow blats ( slugs or spoons ) during winter.

Dino

Creeks I fish are very shallow, early morning or late afternoon is best fishing time.I use 1/4oz spinnerbaits, shallow hardbodie minnows or cicada paddlers for surface strikes.

Dino

2 hours ago, ellicat said:

Problem solved and another good day on the dam.

Do you find the stinger hook accounts for a lot of hookups ?

I very seldom fish without them Brian, if fishing from the bank I add a trailer (soft plastic to the stinger)

Headed out to the dam thursday morning and boy was it cold First cast was a nice 57cm yella at the bottom of koala straight.Wind was blowing but I thought I would be OK heading down the dam. Finding schools has been a bit hit and miss lately, you can get a good tally or only a few. Thursday I found 5 schools,first 3 would not touch a thing, fourth one got a few and last school the bass nearly pulled me out of the boat, got several out of 56 bass going over 40cm, some on lures and most on shrimp.

Dino

8 hours ago, Jono4500 said:

Forgive my ignorance, is that kurwongbah? Havnt been there since npd allowed kayaks, but if it is hows the coomboombah weed going in there? 

Weed is still thick in places and yes its kurwongbah, when you can locate the bass its an OK dam.

I have just got myself a garmin sounder for the hobie yak, only trouble is the cover for the sounder sits about 4cm below yak. So when loading I have to lift the yak over 3 roofraks, which is not easy when standing on the ground or balancing on a small step ladder. (when you get older ) I will also have to remember not to come into the bank to fast or to shallow.

Dino

4 hours ago, ellicat said:

Top numbers.

How cool are butcher birds !

Nearly had a problem with the butcher bird, I had a plastic creature on the end of my casting rod, he flew down and tried to take it, I quickly got rid of it.

4 hours ago, Jono4500 said:

Good work out there. So that picture of your sounder screen, is that what a school of bass looks like? I've sounded the odd arc here and there but don't think I've seen that. 

Yes that shows active fish moving about.

14 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Nice one mate, Some big fat ones there. 

Who was your mate? 

Butcher bird, I would hold a shrimp up in the air and he would fly down, land on side of boat, mumble something to me, then grab the shrimp and fly off.Had the same a few years a go.

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

That's one fat cattie ! Must be full of eggs ??

Not that I am in the habit of taking pics of catfish,but the pic does not do this fish justice, it was the bigest eel tail I have caught there.

On 13/07/2021 at 7:38 AM, Jono4500 said:

Nice work. Is that npd by any chance?

Yes spot on