fishingnut

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11 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Well done mate. You're definitely right about that tomorrow stuff.

Good to see ya giving a coupla seniors a bit of competition.

Dunno about that ! I have a lot to learn but luckily I have big ears and good teachers.

Especially on jigs I love it 

Bass  and bass with catfish underneath 

With anticipation through the roof as usual I was up early and off out to the dam. Wasn’t as cold as it has been lately which was much Welcomed being up to my knees in water launching the boat, heading off down stream looking for that school that I found last week I passed up a few loose schools that I have been seeing sitting in the small drop offs. Made it all the way down the dam and heading back with all but two tiny bass and whopper forky giving me some grief on the silly string. Working my way back to the ramp I bumped into a familiar face and a quick chat and report from each other reveals some better needs. Working my way back hitting the edges looking for a toga or some bass sitting in the edges was nothing but casting exercise.almost home and the sounder lights up “you bloody beauty”  dropped a shrimp down and was on immediately, after a few on shrimp I started to jig  and that’s where the fun started, almost a fish a drop for a frantic 20min session. Even managed a double hook up at one stage with a dirty bloody forky taking the blade off the bottom. Turned out to be a good session in end. 
fish while you can guys n gals as tomorrow isn’t promised. 

20 odd bass and a hand full of catfish, didn’t have much time to take pics 

cheers 

Try the slim beauty its very similar to the albright but just a bit neater

It is a great knot for sure but @AUS-BNE-FISHO just keep it simple and use a uni knot and kreh loop knot.  I see your in scouts so wont take you long to master these

Nice one, I had fun casting to the edges last week and forgot how hard they hit a spinnerbait ! 

Nice one ray, caught a tagged fish yesterday it was  staged by g white and tagged 5 years ago and grew 38mm. 

Well for ray not for me !  After putting the boat in and finding out the rear motor has decided to pack it in I should have taken the hint. Beautiful foggy conditions out there this morning making me second guess where I had the shrimp traps, after debating to head down the dam with only one motor my greed got the better of me after the session I had earlier in the week. Passing a few scattered  Fish here and there and seeing the bass sitting in the small drop offs I should have really stopped and had a go at what was on offer but the blinkers were on ! Passing a half decent school I stopped for a quick jig to see if they were hungry but my own impatience got the better of me and off I went ( see rays report for the school he sat on ) hoping I could replicate the previous session I looked everywhere and only raised a few fish here and there. Nothing jigging but got some casting to the edges using spinnerbaits ( forgot how good the bite is fishing edges) and a couple on shrimp. Only a hand full of fish for the day but beats vacuuming that’s for sure! As they say you can’t win em all. 

2 hours ago, ellicat said:

Bloody he'll. I'd give up a coffee or two for a session like that.

Nice fat forkie. 

ill have to drag you out there one day mate. Ray if you had of thought I could have got it out the car when i was getting the stuff out the back and dropped it off to you.

Good to see they have come up our end. Hopefully they hang around. 

Interesting about the tooth paste, I knew about the hot water reminded me to pack a thermos next time 

10 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Great session there Beau, that's one good looking sounder screen  

Was a fish a cast for a while there, I even stopped and had smoko to give my self a  break. 

23 minutes ago, ellicat said:

All good things come to those who wait (or get sick of the serenity) haha

How did you line yourself up perfectly with that cloud behind you ? Gifted.

You'll have Dino and Ray getting jealous with numbers like that.

Just naturally gifted mate !

20 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey fishingnut

That's a great session you've had there, great job on the bass and PB forkies. I am going to try to finish up my work for school by Friday so I can go out Friday morning, I know the tides are right at the park and I have to do work (Sigh!)

Just a quick question, also. Do the forkies have to be kept from the dam or is it optional? I always see everyone fishing NPD gives them to Percy or the eagles, but is that because it is by law (like you have to kill tillies, carp, etc) or just because it is wanted to? 

Cheers Hamish  

they were never in our dam and when seq stopped PRFMA doing the dish recovery below the dam wall after a spill some dumb arse had put them above the wall and into the dam, never going to get rid of them now but will do everything I can to keep the numbers down

Well done on the river perch, can honestly say I have never caught one .

Hope I run into them tomorrow.

Happy bday mate 

Thank you.  Il just keep mine as a spare then just incase, How long have you had yours for ? what size cable and anderson plugs did you use to power it from the battery ?

Did a few leaps and one long tail dance, was awesome to see.

35 minutes ago, ellicat said:

The mod has earned his keep. lol

Only half his keep I see some still sideways 

@rayke1938 how long does it take to pull your boat up into the trailer ?

Yeah I have listened to a few older fellas that fish the dam over the years and practiced what they preached