miller Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 hi all just a quick report went to the wier after work to see if the bass had arrived and they have in good numbers and size spent an hour chuckin surface walker for 3 landed and a heap of strikes that missed the hooks biggest was about 40cm the smallest about 30cm sorry no pics left the camera at home cheers miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 That is good to hear Miller. I have been waiting for them to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Gotta love it when the water warms up except for the algae bloom It should be a good bass season now the river has flushed the silt out of the holes with all the rain we had I wasn't expecting them to be up till mid Sept Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 hi all just a quick report went to the wier after work to see if the bass had arrived and they have in good numbers and size spent an hour chuckin surface walker for 3 landed and a heap of strikes that missed the hooks biggest was about 40cm the smallest about 30cm sorry no pics left the camera at home cheers miller It's a real good sign when bass are starting to "de-hibernate" following the rare August warmth and it looks like this particular algae bloom has some of the good nutrients in it then ? jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi waynie Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Thanks for that report Miller. Couple More weeks of workin 7 days a week and i'm there! Definatly catch up with you down there some time soon. Oh choice, love our local bass, cant wait! Lata Raida Waynie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 hi all just a quick report went to the wier after work to see if the bass had arrived and they have in good numbers and size spent an hour chuckin surface walker for 3 landed and a heap of strikes that missed the hooks biggest was about 40cm the smallest about 30cm sorry no pics left the camera at home cheers miller awsome mate, looks like the kayak is gonna be dusted off for a session real soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wastin Time Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 WooooooooooooooHooooooooooooooooooooo Bring on the bass & arvos down the river have a few skewies with Watto, Offtap, Rzep etc etc etc........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 hmmmmmm sounds like ill have to go check it out very soon mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 i went down for a quick flick on last light this arvo for a couple of strikes on divers, betts spins, poppers, fizzers and walkers. the water was extremly dirty with heaps of weed on the surface which probably didnt help. great arvo on the water though with a few baitfishos coming up dry on the humble worms also. cant wait till the weekend when i can get the yak down to devlins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylo Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Which part of the Nepean River can you fish from ? Anywhere along it ? Just that I have never been before .. mainly fish saltwater ... Is freshwater fishing a lot different to estuary fishing in terms of tackle, baits, style etc. Appreciate any kinda info you are willing to divulge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 i hope to give Bass a go this year also Can,t wait never Caught a AU bass so i hope there will be a first this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhysy Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 hi all just a quick report went to the wier after work to see if the bass had arrived and they have in good numbers and size spent an hour chuckin surface walker for 3 landed and a heap of strikes that missed the hooks biggest was about 40cm the smallest about 30cm sorry no pics left the camera at home cheers miller Mate that news is sweet. We'll have to head done for a surface session. Ive been trying for carp with no luck. Lots of eels though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKW Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Good to hear, i fished up stream of the M4 bridge last saturday arvo , also tried out the new 15hp Suzuki. The Water was still way too cold. Fished for an hour for nothing. What side of the weir are you fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark84 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 awesome i only fished the last of the warmer months earlier this year i couldnt get enough of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wastin Time Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Which part of the Nepean River can you fish from ? Anywhere along it ? Just that I have never been before .. mainly fish saltwater ... Is freshwater fishing a lot different to estuary fishing in terms of tackle, baits, style etc. Appreciate any kinda info you are willing to divulge. Mate you can get the suckers anywhere, pretty much. I have only just been biten by the bass bug so cant devulge to much - cause i dont know But i am sure your questions will be answered in due course. Next time you head up this way let us know and we may be able to organise a few of us down the river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mc Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Which part of the Nepean River can you fish from ? Anywhere along it ? Just that I have never been before .. mainly fish saltwater ... Is freshwater fishing a lot different to estuary fishing in terms of tackle, baits, style etc. Appreciate any kinda info you are willing to divulge. Mate you can definitely fish any part of it once they arrive. If you fish towards Yarramundi it will mostly be on surface lures. Once the water warms up the weed starts to grow below and anything but a surface lure gets caught up. Not necessarily a bad thing though, as there is nothing like surface strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 i went down for a quick flick on last light this arvo for a couple of strikes on divers, betts spins, poppers, fizzers and walkers. the water was extremly dirty with heaps of weed on the surface which probably didnt help. great arvo on the water though with a few baitfishos coming up dry on the humble worms also. cant wait till the weekend when i can get the yak down to devlins. Hi Adrian The sign of bass de-hibernating so early this August in these conditions may have been a flash in the pan. Could have a congregation of bass confined to an area which had "sleepers" among them. May have been territorial as winter grasses have not recovered going on the state of the water. It would be good value to see reports coming in over the next few weeks or so. It would be quite unusual to see my son Paul up there again just yet and he has quite a few Mercs and Minn Kotas to run in on the little bass boats he imports from the U.S. You too are as keen as mustard Adrian and funny you know, when I pulled up alongside you and the boys when we were on the way to the Hawkes that day, and we spoke at the traffic lights in Pennant Hills Rd, and I saw your set up, something said to me, that must be Kingies till i die, coincidence ay mate? Regards jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 hi guys i was just fishing off the wier at penrith the fish get held up because of the wier im heading down on sat or sunday arvo so if any of u head down and see a big bloke with a shaved head and goatie come over and say hi cheers miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylo Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Thanks Wastin Time and Steve Mc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 (edited) hi guys i was just fishing off the wier at penrith the fish get held up because of the wier im heading down on sat or sunday arvo so if any of u head down and see a big bloke with a shaved head and goatie come over and say hi cheers miller Yep, Miller! That's what it is. Good thinking to test out a weir after we had near record warm weather this August. The water warms up quite a bit from the sun where it stops at a weir. That's where a lot of the critters have assembled, ay? That's really good info for all! Never know I may get my tassies out and we'll have a fish up there one day. In the mean time I'll try to paste this link of my young son Paul's youtube home video when he was playing around up at Penrith, throwing jitterbugs at bass and opening the throttle a bit running one of his bass boats' new Johnsons in. Cheers mate & thanks for the good location tip. I know eveyone will apreciate your good effort there jewgaffer PS And Miller have a watch of young Dallas 147's other youtube videos on the link above if you've got a bit of time to see some of the best quality Australian Snooker matches .One of the playrers , Neil Robertson (Vic) is a future World Champion of the standard of the best players at the Cruciable in Sheffield England. Another few of the players on the videos likewise, Shawn Budd, Nick Vasic and Glen Wilkinson, all Australian Title Holders and they used to work for me when I was in the game in the early and mid nineties. The quality of the play, I'd say would be the best to be seen from Australians. HOPE YOU ENJOY . Cheers JG. Edited September 1, 2007 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Hi Adrian The sign of bass de-hibernating so early this August in these conditions may have been a flash in the pan. Could have a congregation of bass confined to an area which had "sleepers" among them. May have been territorial as winter grasses have not recovered going on the state of the water. It would be good value to see reports coming in over the next few weeks or so. It would be quite unusual to see my son Paul up there again just yet and he has quite a few Mercs and Minn Kotas to run in on the little bass boats he imports from the U.S. You too are as keen as mustard Adrian and funny you know, when I pulled up alongside you and the boys when we were on the way to the Hawkes that day, and we spoke at the traffic lights in Pennant Hills Rd, and I saw your set up, something said to me, that must be Kingies till i die, coincidence ay mate? Regards jewgaffer cheers mate, i think you may be right due to some other huys i have spoken too saying one day they are on and the next they are no where to be seen. shouldnt be long now till the water warms that little bit more and we can all get stuck ito them. it is definately a small world thats for sure but thats a good thing i reckon. hopefully see you out there again soon when i get back from holidaying in QLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 fished the weir and down stream for about 3 hours the sarvo using poppers divers and plastics for nothing give it another month i reccon mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 hi guys i was just fishing off the wier at penrith the fish get held up because of the wier im heading down on sat or sunday arvo so if any of u head down and see a big bloke with a shaved head and goatie come over and say hi cheers miller Hey mate, I will probably be down there myself with a mate or 2 on sunday. I will be taking worms though as I have not had much success on lures so far this year. (of course I will take the flick stick and lure case down as well) I have been picking up small bass on worms near the weir for about 6 weeks or so now. I normally get down the river to start the season from the start of August the last couple of years as they are coming back earlier and earlier each year. I have been fishing the Nepean system for about 20 years or so I would say and the river has not been in this good condition (except that it is still very dirty after all the rain weeks ago) for about 10 years. I am very excited about the up and coming season. There are several spots further down toward Yarramundi which are more productive for bigger bass but I wont target them until I start getting some near the weir. These spots are a lot harder to get to. Very inaccessible without a Yak. (reminder to self: Buy a Yak asap) It should be another bumper carp season this summer too. Big boys up to about 9-10kgs near the bridge. I know that they are a filthy fish, but big fish and fun fight all the same. If I see you there then I will trot up and say hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylo Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Someone told me that any carp that are landed must not be returned to the water (this is in NSW). What are you supposed to do to them when you land them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 kill em hang em in a tree thats over hanging the water come back in a week when theres maggots all through it and fish around it where the maggots have been dropping in the water there will be bass there or you could always use them to stick under your mates car but your gonna have 1 very angry mate in a weeks time mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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