glenbawn bass,help needed

[hornbag]

I am heading up to lake glenbawn to try and catch a bass , what type of lures would I need ,and what colours, where would one start to fish this big lake , with luck should be there early sept.. I normaly chase the yellow belly around victoria , been told this place has a lot of storms with big hail , thanks for any help , hornbag.

[basserman]

yeh it is true about the squalls over tha lake and they happen VERY quick however there is alot of cover and bays to get out of it in and just wait it out
as for the fish first i would start if i had a good sounder out near the dam wall and sound around looking for thermoclines, baitfish, and of couse bass and if you can find these drop a lightly weighted plastic down to the depth they are and work the area like that
slow but can be worth it with alot of very nice bass falling that way
other than that i would head into the timber and rock faces and also along the weed beds useing spinnerbaits and that failing i would resort to the worst of the lot and go one the troll with some thing like a mcgraths ultra deep merlin or another lure like that that works down in 20+ feet of water
colours well purple brown and reds work well

[hornbag]

Basserman , I only have a 104 lowerance sound will this do the job or will i have to get something else , i have not caught a big bass over 25cm (bullen merri)yet thats why i will be going up your way , don`t know much about soundes yet but will learn , i am not aloud to use soft plastics while i am at glenbawn some comp rule that i going to fish for the first time . something freshwater masters , have you heard of it,, i will get some spinner baits and the mac grath lures thanks alot it more infro than i had before your reply. What are theses bib lures that the are talking about and do they work???????????? hornbag

[basserman]

the bibless lure you mean??? if so i would like that are talkinf jackles all they are are like the halco tremblers and used alot like a spinner bait

if you not allowed to use plastics then you don't need to worrie about my first sugetion however i only have a cheap lower modle modle sounder myself but it works ok the biggest thing is to know how to use your sounder and how to tell what it is showing you

[hornbag]

you are right , i do not know how to use this sounder at all , got any tips .. have you heard about this comp..hornbag

[basserman]

heard of the comp but don't know much about it
i have only fished a couple of comps before and although i know i would go ok in a comp i just can't be bothered yet as it is most of my fishing is done on a whime when i have a few hours to my self

tip on useing the sounder yeh use it and play with it untill you know it
took awhile for me to get used to my sounder (any sounder really) and trust it in what it was showing me
i have a cheap one that shows bugger all details but i can work it out know if i'm over a snage or over a thermocline and if it is bait down there however as it isn't great detail i can't see indervidual fish

http://www.fishnet.com.au/reports/re...?water_key=328 thats a link to another fishing site that has a few reports on Glenbawn for you