aquarius
21-04-2002, 06:16 AM
http://www.ausfish.com.au/chat/images/smilies/cwm24.gif Greetings Ausfish members....Our plan was to fish Maroon Dam late afternoon and into the night......We met our guide (FITZY) at the boat ramp around 3pm friday 19th april..
After he gave us a prep talk on safety and a quick tour of his boat we headed off to a beaut spot at the top of the dam ....The water level is quite low at present so we weaved our way in and out of the dead timber casting lures as we went....it wasn't long before i had a strike....a nice bass of 39cms.....boy was i stoked...my first Australian Bass on a rapala husky gerk .......My mate hooked up some time later but he said it was worth the wait.
Two hours went by with several fish boated and released....The sun was about to set so Fitzy said its time to change the plan of attack.....We were to use poppas for the rest of the evening session......something i could not imagine myself doing......Fitzy fine tuned us in the art of flicking poppas before we started to slowly motor around to 1 of the many small bays.......This was a real adrenalin rush when the poppa got hit for the first time......Those bass pull hard!!!!!
The action continued up until around 10pm when the bite slowed right down.....Only hooking up every half hour after that.......We stayed on the dam until 12-30am at which time two happy fishermen had just about cast our shoulders off!! 20 + bass in an evening session ..what more could one ask for.
The mate and i would like to thank Fitzy for a very special evening bass fishing.....You have shared your knowledge with us and for that we say thank you...mate we will be back there in the future to practice all that you taught us.
Cheers Brent and Barry
After he gave us a prep talk on safety and a quick tour of his boat we headed off to a beaut spot at the top of the dam ....The water level is quite low at present so we weaved our way in and out of the dead timber casting lures as we went....it wasn't long before i had a strike....a nice bass of 39cms.....boy was i stoked...my first Australian Bass on a rapala husky gerk .......My mate hooked up some time later but he said it was worth the wait.
Two hours went by with several fish boated and released....The sun was about to set so Fitzy said its time to change the plan of attack.....We were to use poppas for the rest of the evening session......something i could not imagine myself doing......Fitzy fine tuned us in the art of flicking poppas before we started to slowly motor around to 1 of the many small bays.......This was a real adrenalin rush when the poppa got hit for the first time......Those bass pull hard!!!!!
The action continued up until around 10pm when the bite slowed right down.....Only hooking up every half hour after that.......We stayed on the dam until 12-30am at which time two happy fishermen had just about cast our shoulders off!! 20 + bass in an evening session ..what more could one ask for.
The mate and i would like to thank Fitzy for a very special evening bass fishing.....You have shared your knowledge with us and for that we say thank you...mate we will be back there in the future to practice all that you taught us.
Cheers Brent and Barry