Gday Raiders,
I have recently joined a freshwater anglers club here in SA (SAFWAA) and cant wait to get out there to chase some Aussie Bass...
The dams they stock contain a fair few diff species; callop, cod, bass, rainbow & brown trout, atlantic salmon, catties and silver perch (as well as a few reddies and carp that have found there way in), and although i am familiar with cod callop and trout fishing techniques and lures, i have never hada shot at bass before....
I would be using my bream/creek flickstick; a 6ft 1-4kg strudwick sicstik pro and stradic 1000FH combo with 4lb smoke fireline..... hopefully i wont be undergunned, im not sure how big they get in SA though...
My lure collection is quite extensive and contain all sorts including;
-bucketloads of SX40s
-jackall chubbies
-jackall cherry 48Ds
-jackall flat fry
-jakall nitro jnrs (tailspinner lure)
-megabass 3/7oz spinnerbaits
-SX48s
-variety of poppers (jackalls, ecogear, strike pro)
-smiths camions, jades, towadis
lots of plastics as well....
these are my normal bream and trout lures,,, will any of these be suitable for the bass? and if so in which circumstances?
any other suggestions? and im also after a bit of an idea of techniques u guys use.........
i know im asking a lot, but hopefully one of you has a spare moment to fire off some info
thanks guys, and hopefully ill be putting up a pic of my first bass soon
cheers,
Macca