Bass from the upper reaches of the Brisbane River

[grinner2]

Fished the upper reaches on Sat 3rd (1st for the new season )
caught 5 fish : 1 @ 43cm
1 @ 42cm
1 @ 41cm
2 @ 36cm
All caught on Jackall D cherry Lure .
Spent the ist hrs or so fishin the surface with poppers with no result .
Back next week end to target more of the above ( hopefully a 45cm ) to set a new P.B!!!

[wags on the water]

Were you landbased, or fishing from a boat/canoe/kayak?

Regards,
Wags

[grinner2]

Fishin from coleman scanoe with electric fitted .
fished in & around newly fallen snags from the floods .
Looks like it might be a improved year for the bass.
Paul.

[wags on the water]

Thanks Paul. I might have to give it a crack when I get home again.

Cheers,
Wags

[84mick]

Hi Grinner, I've been getting them on small vibes and blades. Fishing deep with a very slow retrieve has work well, have started to see the bust up on the surface late in the arvos and managed a couple on jitterbugs after dark but its still not peak season yet.... This season I've tagged and released 26 bass in 3 sessions, ran outta tags after the first but still released another 6-7. The biggest going 510mm.

Cheers, Mick.

[grinner2]

Mick , 51cm .... thats a stonker !!!!! Havent broken out the trusty Jitterbugs as yet , but will do soon .

[1337]

Where is a good place to launch and start exploring the upper reaches of the brisbane river lads?

I have a scanoe with electric so range is pretty good.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[grinner2]

Number of good spots to launch from , Twin Bridges , savages , Burtons bridge, Lowood.
Some have easy access to the water others take a little effort .

[onehellofafisherman]

Thats great brother,
you only got those because I could get there that week end :-)

onehellofafisherman over and out