Toppy
18-01-2006, 03:05 PM
Hi guys, had some spare time during the last few days & thought I'd sneak down a couple of creeks here on the goldie.
Set off from home 4am & drove the short distance to creek X, took out one of my favourite topwater lures & a handfull of zoom soft plastics.
To my delite it hadnt looked like anyone had fished there for some time"woohoo". Flicked out the little baby bass colour plastic rigged on a ponyhead jig head & whammo I was on!
A small Bass around 28cm scooted around the rockpool doing its best to shake me off, a quick pici and away she went.
A few more casts with no luck so I changed rods & went to the heddon spook. Time to get one on a popper! Downstream from the ledge I was standing on I could see a fresh snag still covered in green leaves from the last heavy rain. It lay in about 2mtrs of water & about 20mtrs downstream. It was a bit of a mission to get a good cast in & took a few attempts to negotiate the overhang & almost going arse up on the slippery rocks!
At last, I got a gap in the jungle & managed to lob my popper right amongst the cover. Yippi!!!!!
I slowly started to walk the dog along the length of the snag, a small change in the water surface behind the lure indicated someone was home. A few quiet words of encouragement were expressed - come on, come on, take it & then wak it was on for young and old. The fish headed for the leafy end of the snag luckily & I was able to put enough pressure on the 2kg braid to pull it out. Had it swum into the woody end I would have not been so lucky.
A slightly better fish this time about 32cm & in much better condition, man they pull for there size!
I continued with the session for another hour & only managed 4 more brief hookups & one other landed & released. I went home for breaky then feeling content with the mornings outing & the knowledge that those same fish would await my return.
Set off from home 4am & drove the short distance to creek X, took out one of my favourite topwater lures & a handfull of zoom soft plastics.
To my delite it hadnt looked like anyone had fished there for some time"woohoo". Flicked out the little baby bass colour plastic rigged on a ponyhead jig head & whammo I was on!
A small Bass around 28cm scooted around the rockpool doing its best to shake me off, a quick pici and away she went.
A few more casts with no luck so I changed rods & went to the heddon spook. Time to get one on a popper! Downstream from the ledge I was standing on I could see a fresh snag still covered in green leaves from the last heavy rain. It lay in about 2mtrs of water & about 20mtrs downstream. It was a bit of a mission to get a good cast in & took a few attempts to negotiate the overhang & almost going arse up on the slippery rocks!
At last, I got a gap in the jungle & managed to lob my popper right amongst the cover. Yippi!!!!!
I slowly started to walk the dog along the length of the snag, a small change in the water surface behind the lure indicated someone was home. A few quiet words of encouragement were expressed - come on, come on, take it & then wak it was on for young and old. The fish headed for the leafy end of the snag luckily & I was able to put enough pressure on the 2kg braid to pull it out. Had it swum into the woody end I would have not been so lucky.
A slightly better fish this time about 32cm & in much better condition, man they pull for there size!
I continued with the session for another hour & only managed 4 more brief hookups & one other landed & released. I went home for breaky then feeling content with the mornings outing & the knowledge that those same fish would await my return.