The first round of the ABT held at Teemburra saw Matt & I nervous / excited but with a clear plan of what we needed to do ……… Tactics were discussed & destination set …….all we needed to do was hope that 1 or 2 of the earlier boats did not beat us to our destination
With a staggered start we watched as boats blasted their way towards our part of the dam (Teemburra Ck) …… As we ran past Trev & Scotty & 1 other boat , we were confident that our little spot would be ours – though the remnants of a bubble trail indicated that a boat had recently been through ……. Our worst fears were soon realized when we saw a little tinny on our spot - - - Now all credit to Matt who urged me not to get within 100M …. We soon found ourselves being abused..
(mistaken identity) – worst still they hook up & land their first fish. With no option but to commence fishing ……. I soon found my self hooked up on bass gear & a little C lure to a feisty fish ……. Rod in one hand , reel in the other – fortunately the fish was only a 54cm job & no damage was done – what a way to land your first fish in the ABT
The evening proceeded slowly in the creek till we decided to proceed to our night location …… fortunately this prominent location had been ignored . We fished this location to the death for zip
Day 2 saw Matt & me up early for a quick dash to Kinchant for a social fish ….. after some suggestions from Trev & Scotty – As we were staying only 15 mins away it turned out to be a good move with several barra missed by Matt on surface lures , though he managed a couple of sooties. Cruising through the weed beds we were gob smacked seeing free swimming barra ( incl meter +ers) & many sooties - I described it as an aquarium ….. It was that clear . later that morning we were fishing to barra that were only a few feet below the boat & once we worked out our presentation , we landed a few small fish on scorpions Attachment 39201 & a megabass minnow Attachment 39200. Matt unfortunately straightened a treble on a 90 …. & lost the fish. Finally we threw some frogs at some tailing big fish to no avail …….. but still exciting stuff!!!
On the water at 3 pm for our 4pm start …….. We had a lot to do to be in the money & decided to fish a little bay that was also popular with Steve B Attachment 39202……. Arriving behind Steve we agreed to fish one side of the bay each. Not long in matt hooks & lands an 80s fish on a evil minnow slick rig – whooo hooo – just what was needed. 10 mins later I hook up to another similar size fish - half way in & nothing (spat hook) ……… As we moved on to the back of the bay Matt is slammed & during the first jump the slick rig is propelled 5M into the air
…. Bugger !!! . Unfortunately Matt missed a couple more fish prior to dark ------ then things went quiet. We relocated to fish our grassy island & it wasn’t long before I was onto my second fish – landed & measurements / photos taken we finished off the session with 1 each , though 3 fish lost that would have been contenders for the Daiwa big fish prize. A mid field finish – we avoided the doughnut!
After a few drinks at the Pinnacle hotel ……. We drove through to Proserpine & the second event!
To be continued
Matt please feel free to add photos & comments
Nagg
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