Having lunch with bass

[MitchCalcutt]

It was the only lunch break I've had for ages and the only reason I look it was my location. I just happened to have a rod in the car, the plan was to have a flick for halh an hour before getting back to work. 1 hour later we had landed 8 big Bass and lost my best lure. Jamie my apprentice landed his first Bass and it was a beauty @ around 44cm.
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[bdowdy]

and you reckon i got it easy at work...ha.ha .GREAT FISH MATE cant wait to get back up there and get into some fish ive got withdrawels.....bloody snowing here at the moment..FREEZING..... cheers bdowdy..brett

[rc@hinze]

Good to hear you back into the bass Mitch - and in suburbia to by the looks of things. Its the sessions you dont expect to be good that often surprise you.

[steve99]

Better send me a PM with location,Mitch.


Steve

[Little grey men]

Nice one Mitch. Good to see the duel vibes are still producing for you.
Good first bass for your apprentice as well.

[MitchCalcutt]

Better send me a PM with location,Mitch.


Steve

Hi Steve, every man and his dog knows the spot I was fishing except you. look closer and you'll pick it.
Hi LGM, That was my last 3D VIBE in that colour. Don't think they make that one any more. Went again thismorning and got some on a new lure, most yesterday took 5" jerk bait in white. I doubt their all that fussy right now.
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[tonyp]

Yes i know the spot very well, I live there and don't you know it is closed season on Bass !

[Leigh77]

It just goes to show that the word is not getting out there...even though the DPI/F did a press release and so on. The DPI/F should do more to promote the closed season, maybe the fishing forums themselves should promote it as well.

yes, that is a top spot for Bass...But you have to wait till Sept to start chasing them again.

For those that dont know the closed season for Bass runs from June - Aug (inclusive).

Leigh

[Roo]

I'm guessing this is brackish water so there would be other target species available. I thought it meant a Zero Bag limit applied to bass for the duration of the "season". I Know it kind of defeats the purpose of the closure, but it is a bit hard to define in waters holding multi species.

[MitchCalcutt]

It just goes to show that the word is not getting out there...even though the DPI/F did a press release and so on. The DPI/F should do more to promote the closed season, maybe the fishing forums themselves should promote it as well.

yes, that is a top spot for Bass...But you have to wait till Sept to start chasing them again.

For those that dont know the closed season for Bass runs from June - Aug (inclusive).

Leigh

Hi Leigh,
I have to admit I didn't know there was a closed season on impoundment Bass. Thanks for the info, I'll look up the detailes.
Good thing I was jigging for flathead.
Mitch

[tonyp]

Mitch,

from the amount of reports of your Bass ventures you would know where that Bass is from is not classed a an impoundment ! and there is no 80 foot concrete wall stopping the bass from moving down stream.

If you would like to contact the Australian Bass Assoc and ask anyone wthin the club will give you the full run down on the rules for BAss fishig and maybe able to help with a few things around where you live and fish :-)

I have watched many of reports on this area and thought maybe they would slow down within the closed season but....................No they did not and this is the only reason i spoke up. If you or others did not know of the Closed season on Bass i am sorry but i will post a message for all to see else where on this forum if it helps an will stop further problems.

Cheers Tony

[MitchCalcutt]

I won't fish for bass again untill it becomes legal

[Leigh77]

There was a lot of confusion in regards to the new rules...some people read them as you could still target them (catch and release), but others read it as you couldnt.

There is a 9 page thread on another fishing forum in regards to this which lead the moderators to contact the DPI/F and get final clarification. As it turned out you can not target them at all.

This is a small step in protecting the spawning fish, but it needs to go another step as the trawlers that rape our rivers do more damage in one morning then all the rec anglers could do in a year. Surely the trawlers must be the next target for the DPI/F to consider themselves as being serious about this matter.

Leigh.

EDIT : You can still fish the impoundments, but since the location you were fishing is not listed as one of those impoundments (even though that area has been heavily stocked for the past 3-4 years) they are off limits.

[MitchCalcutt]

There was a lot of confusion in regards to the new rules...some people read them as you could still target them (catch and release), but others read it as you couldnt.

There is a 9 page thread on another fishing forum in regards to this which lead the moderators to contact the DPI/F and get final clarification. As it turned out you can not target them at all.

This is a small step in protecting the spawning fish, but it needs to go another step as the trawlers that rape our rivers do more damage in one morning then all the rec anglers could do in a year. Surely the trawlers must be the next target for the DPI/F to consider themselves as being serious about this matter.

Leigh.

EDIT : You can still fish the impoundments, but since the location you were fishing is not listed as one of those impoundments (even though that area has been heavily stocked for the past 3-4 years) they are off limits.

Thanks Leigh,
A couple of other serious Bass fisho's like myself didn't even know there was a closed season.
I personaly haven't bought a fishing mag of any descripton for many years, since most of the writers now only talk about their promotors, I've lost interest in reading their stories.
Mitch

[two fold]

Great photos mitch, wowbig bass alright.
what was the lure?
purcho