CRESSBROOK MEET AND GREET 8TH+9TH MARCH

[aquarius]

Hi Ausfishers...Just arrived back home from our 5th Meet and Greet.
A big thanks to Lucky Phil and Bugman for another well organized weekend of fishing and meeting new faces.
The Dams water level is low at present and the fish were few and far between.
After loosing a couple of lures to the dam's thick weedy bottom yesterday my mate Jimmy and myself found a spot this morning that produced 2 bass 30cm and 25 cm.
These were Jimmy's first ever surface lure caught bass and now he's hooked!
By the way if anyone is thinking about a feed of redclaw forget Cressbrook....we had 8 traps out overnight and not one redclaw.
Maybe we had the traps in the wrong spot but from what i found out the redclaw population in this dam is very small.
A very enjoyable and relaxing weekend thanks guys .
A few pics from the digi camera...sorry the first and third pic are a little out of focus..had to downsize them to post....lucky for Betty Boobs!!
Cheers Brent

[aquarius]

Jimmy's first Bass

[aquarius]

Cressbrook Dam at 6am....The mist was just starting to clear as we headed for the Bass hunt.

[aquarius]

And we get to meet Betty boob's!

[Lucky_Phill]

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To Brett, Brian, Fred, Peter, Chris, Brent, Jimmy, Craig, John, Johno, Jack, Rob, Steve, Randall, Caveman, Jordo ( passing thru ), thanks for the turn out. Had a couple of " friends drop in as well !. And a big thanks to Betty Boobtube for her Cameo appearance, hey Jack

To Maree & the Brookster ( and all her new Dad's ), ???

Hey Fitzy and Dale, we had Bacon and Eggs & Coffee waiting for ya's at the camp.......

Lost Property, BBQ Sauce ?, Red Square Bucket, Choc Cream Bikkies, Bikkie Barrell ( Brian ! ), Mineral Water Container, tent brush, Check shirt........Fred ! A Johnnie walker glass and Nes'cafe cup !

To those of you who donged a ? fish ?...........well done, as it's been hard to do so there lately.

One thing to come out of the trip was, that no-one will starve on an Ausfish M & G !

Fishing stories were limited, alcohol consumption was limited, sleep was limited, fish were limited, skill was limitless ! I do believe to be a ' Freshie ", you have to take your fishing serious.

It's a funny thing, when ya get a bunch of blokes together, who are all " average " blokes, (although some won't eat certain kinds of MEAT !.),it's not a bad mix, as we haven't known each other long enough to get the irrits with each other !

Lifestyles, backgrounds, beliefs, claim to fames, brag books , eating habits, drinking habits, sleeping ( read snoring ) habits and the like, and it all comes down to the common interest.....fishing. Wether it's the Hunter Gatherer, get away from the big smoke, need a feed, thrill of the chase, etc, it's all about us and them, those peskey little, scaled scallywags, that are so hard figure out !

Obviously more are passionate about the sport / hobby, than others, but none the less, it's the common thread. enough of the BS.

The whole trip went according to plan, and that plan was, there was no plan

To those guys I met for the first time......pleasure.....! To the usual suspects.....as always

Stats :- 137klms from my place to the camp site.....and took 1hr 55minutes. Yes it's over 60k's shorter than thru Toowoomba, but the same time ! Go Figure !

I think I'll leave it here, a big thanks to you's who helped put this together, you know who you are !

I look forward to some reports here over the next few days, and pics.

OH ! I nearly forgot.......passed 2 garage sales on the way home.......

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[sunrise]

Got them Phil.
Brought a "john wayne" vidio for $2
no fishing reels or rods lol
had a great weekend
Thanks for puting me on the fish Webie
I am now not a virgin fresh water fishing man

hey bug man
what was the score

ahhhh
let me think.......


lol
had a great weekend
johno

[aquarius]

Sunrise over Cressbrook.....no garage sales here!

[sav]

Thanks to Phil, Phils cheese and kisses, Brett etc etc for organising the weekend - as I said a hard act to follow, I'm a newbe to the M&G's and really enjoyed the company, drinks, jokes, drinks, and after the red wine even betty looked ok.
Pity about the fishing but I think Aquarius photo of the mist over Cressbrook sums it up - we couldn't have dreamed of better weather and conditions.
Re the lost property Phil, the coffee cup and scotch glass were mine. Give them to Sunrise - sure he will get at least 50c for them at his next flea market.
I'll now have to buty another bottle JW to get the free glass (lifes hard).
Catch you all later.
Sav

[mackmauler]

Cressbrook is a nice place, the air is so clean you could cut it with an axe there was a few punters trolling the camp ground after midnight as well, dam noisy them old 2 strokes lucky- Phill and bugman a well deserved thanks on such a tidy setup and a good feed, Even caught a few gar, and saw fisherman pull in a bass first cast this morning, All the best fellas, see you at the next one.

Rob

[Chris_J]

Yeah it was a top weekend Great to meet you all.....Phil & Bugman thats for organising it all....you did really well It was just a pleasure just to be out there...great company, great food and great weather...what more could ya want?well besides active fish

Thanks again for a great time

Chris

[Randall]

Good to catch up with a few of the hanger-oners on Sunday arvo.
Phil...that packet of biccies was mine was`nt it?

Heres a few more photos.

Randall.

[Randall]

Betty!!!!!

[BOMBER]

Hi All,

Was great to meet a few of the stayers sorry we missed you SAV maybe next time. Randall and I had a great morning on the dam well should I say good 30 mins on the dam on the water by 6:15am down to a litle spot I was told about got 8 Bass on Poppoers and one on soft plastics then saw Pete and Touchy so went over for a GAB then trolled around a bit saw Fitzy and Basser and went over there to hang a bit of SH&^%$# and cast lures at each other at 50 paces, went for another troll for 0 so went to the camp to say HI good to meet a few new BLOKES and see some old faces, maybe next time will be able to make it for the whole turn out looked like a great couple of nights would have been had, I'm sure Randall will post the pics around about here today sometime, hope to see you all again soon.

Regards,

THE BOMBER

[Randall]

Got nine of these on the surface early on Sunday.
Only lasted for 45mins though and then they shut down.
Tiny fish, but perfect location.

[Randall]

Peters casual look pretty much summed up the weekend!!!