BrandonH
05-01-2006, 11:06 AM
Hi all!! I hope everyone had a good break and caught some fish!!
Harry/Cabfisher I hope you read this as i don't have a post count of 10 to send private messages yet:( i guess that will come soon:) Island reach camp grounds in within Imbil but was very nice and allowed dogs!! also we got a real nice spot right next to a snag in the creek witch produced fish (Story told below) if you want to know more let me know!!
now to the Report.
Day one, on Borumba dam, I flicked a popper around for near an hour up in the sticks, had no luck, trolled a spinner bait and a Jackel around after that and had some touches on the spinner but no hook ups. seeing it was our fisrt trip on the dam we decided to just go for a cruise, Had the electric going and i was standing on the bench seat trying to spot Toga as we putted around the sticks, we saw around 10 of them from just under a foot long to around 70-80 i guess, non of witch ended up on a line:(
Second day, we didn't go to the dam in stead deceded to fish yabba Creek with some shrimp we caught near by. 2 eel tailed catfish and 2 Spangled pearch, not bad for 10 mtrs from our tent!! anyways the next morning i hit the dam b4 sun up again, this time trolling for almost 4 hours! had a touch on the jackel but nothing stayed connected:( that afternoon we fished the creek again and was missing a LOT of bites that just didn't seam to want to get hooked! I told my Misses to land teh shrimp right next to this tree that was in the water but this time closer to the bank, 2 seconds and a dam big silver pearch guessing at 2.5-3KG got hooked and landed for a photo. after trying with the shrimp for another 30mins or so i decided not to waist any more as my dad was comming up the next day and i wanted to have as many shrimp for the dam as i could for that so i decided to throw on a little plastic, second cast and i noticed a flash and my line starting to move around. after a very short fight i got a Saratoga on the bank that would have been perfect for the tank!! it was about a foot long.
the next day when dad arived we got out on the dam in the arvo. i got a huge eel tailed catfish then we moved to another spot and dad managed to loose 3 shrimp in 20 mins! I had one bite and landed a 54cm saratoga:) got one other run but didn't manage to hook that one.
The last day me and the misses decided to go out in the morning, we sat at the spot i got the toga for an hour from first light with live shrimp in the water, nothing:( we moved to a bay around the corner and sat there for ages for one bite and a bass of 39cm. after such a bad morning of no action we decited to go back again that arvo, back to the toga spot:) this time we got a couple of bites that didn't get hooked b4 i noticed that there were fish going trhough at the 10-12foot mark, we changed the depth of our baits and started getting more bites, and by 6:30 we had 4 more bass in (and our) of the boat!! the biggest measuring 43cm. i flicked a lure around a bit while we were there too but didn't get a touch. I am keen to get back up there and try some different lures and technics on the fish! I was talking to a local also while i was there on the water and he said that he though the water was too hot to have any real luck fishing. it was at 33.4deg most afternoons i was on the dam. and 31deg in the mornings! I have some pics that i will post in awhile when i get them on my web page.
Cheers
Brandon..
Harry/Cabfisher I hope you read this as i don't have a post count of 10 to send private messages yet:( i guess that will come soon:) Island reach camp grounds in within Imbil but was very nice and allowed dogs!! also we got a real nice spot right next to a snag in the creek witch produced fish (Story told below) if you want to know more let me know!!
now to the Report.
Day one, on Borumba dam, I flicked a popper around for near an hour up in the sticks, had no luck, trolled a spinner bait and a Jackel around after that and had some touches on the spinner but no hook ups. seeing it was our fisrt trip on the dam we decided to just go for a cruise, Had the electric going and i was standing on the bench seat trying to spot Toga as we putted around the sticks, we saw around 10 of them from just under a foot long to around 70-80 i guess, non of witch ended up on a line:(
Second day, we didn't go to the dam in stead deceded to fish yabba Creek with some shrimp we caught near by. 2 eel tailed catfish and 2 Spangled pearch, not bad for 10 mtrs from our tent!! anyways the next morning i hit the dam b4 sun up again, this time trolling for almost 4 hours! had a touch on the jackel but nothing stayed connected:( that afternoon we fished the creek again and was missing a LOT of bites that just didn't seam to want to get hooked! I told my Misses to land teh shrimp right next to this tree that was in the water but this time closer to the bank, 2 seconds and a dam big silver pearch guessing at 2.5-3KG got hooked and landed for a photo. after trying with the shrimp for another 30mins or so i decided not to waist any more as my dad was comming up the next day and i wanted to have as many shrimp for the dam as i could for that so i decided to throw on a little plastic, second cast and i noticed a flash and my line starting to move around. after a very short fight i got a Saratoga on the bank that would have been perfect for the tank!! it was about a foot long.
the next day when dad arived we got out on the dam in the arvo. i got a huge eel tailed catfish then we moved to another spot and dad managed to loose 3 shrimp in 20 mins! I had one bite and landed a 54cm saratoga:) got one other run but didn't manage to hook that one.
The last day me and the misses decided to go out in the morning, we sat at the spot i got the toga for an hour from first light with live shrimp in the water, nothing:( we moved to a bay around the corner and sat there for ages for one bite and a bass of 39cm. after such a bad morning of no action we decited to go back again that arvo, back to the toga spot:) this time we got a couple of bites that didn't get hooked b4 i noticed that there were fish going trhough at the 10-12foot mark, we changed the depth of our baits and started getting more bites, and by 6:30 we had 4 more bass in (and our) of the boat!! the biggest measuring 43cm. i flicked a lure around a bit while we were there too but didn't get a touch. I am keen to get back up there and try some different lures and technics on the fish! I was talking to a local also while i was there on the water and he said that he though the water was too hot to have any real luck fishing. it was at 33.4deg most afternoons i was on the dam. and 31deg in the mornings! I have some pics that i will post in awhile when i get them on my web page.
Cheers
Brandon..