kurwongbah fishing

[Cammy]

i went the the dam today hoping to catch some tilarpia, since my mates have never seen them beofre, and they hardly go fishing.

but i was dissapointed, we got there at 3pm and stayed till 7pm with only 2 turtles! no fish what so ever, i thought this dam was packed with tillys? we tryed various baits, like prawns, fish flesh, and pillies, and i no they are omnivores and eat plants and algea 2, but i thought we would have atleast gotton 1 fish, in 4 hrs fishing!:(

well we had a good time i guess, well i did , one of my mates was sitting on the ground making a spear out of a stick and the other one was falling asleep,lol.
but the dam looks really good! and very very weedy.

how have done fishing for tilarpia in this dam? i no some people bring out truck loads.

Cammo

[Cammy]

just some of the pics i took at dusk;D

[Luc]

For tilapia, I only use earthworms for bait fished under a float aiming to hold the bait above the bottom weeds.

I use a running float with a stopper tied to the main line so I can easily adjust the dept of the bait.

I prefer a pencil type float then if the bait is set too deep, the float will lie on its side and I know to adjust it.

It there's weed beds visible on the surface, I try to place the bait a couple of feed past the edge of the weed bed.

Luc

[loophole]

making a spear sounds likeu woulda had more luck catching em with that;D :P

[Cammy]

hmm worms, i thought about getting them, but our yard is dry and i will have to buy them, at 6.95 a carton, but hey i will try them next time! thnx mate

Cammo

[Little grey men]

I agree with Luc on this one mate....Worms are the go, they don't really go for much else. I've tried a few different baits but only caught them on worms.
Except for a big one at North Pine that was foul hooked on a Jackall..hooked it in the back.

[rayken1938]

There was a comp there yesterday over 700 tilapia caught. Best baits peeled prawns and worms. Winner caught 140 but all very small but who cares that is 700 less.
Cheers
Ray

[Cammy]

tilarpia or any other, noxious fish are to be disposed of humainly and quickly and cannot be used for anything! not even bait, nor live bait.

Cammo

[loophole]

hmm worms, i thought about getting them, but our yard is dry and i will have to buy them, at 6.95 a carton, but hey i will try them next time! thnx mate

Cammo

i got 2 compost bins and a worm farm you can come and raid them. seeing as my barra dont wanna eat them.:P