miller Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) hi all went down thr wier for a quick flick very quiet had a couple of half hearted hits moved up river and second cast bang line starts peeling of the reel and im thinking carp wouldnt be the first time that ive hooked a carp on a surface lure then it turns and gives up the ghost and starts flaping on the surface i slowly bring it in and get a look its a bass and a big bass now the knees start to shack i have no net and 10lb trace rocks every where and one clump of weed at my feet so i slowly glide the big girl onto the weeds and up the bank i call out to a bloke flicking lures just up from me and it turns out to be bluedog a couple of pics on his phone as i didnt take the camera and watch her swim away i measured her up next to my rod and when i got home i measured it she was 49cm mabye 50cm my best to date as soon as i can get the pics off my phone ill post them cheers miller heres the pics Edited November 26, 2008 by miller
Blood Knot Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Good onya Miller, top bass at that size Looking forward to seeing the pics. John
rizzo Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Top stuff Sean gee wizz the bass size are improving down the weir and the silver perch are making a comeback too, we gotta catch up old pal i sent you a PM Cheers Rizzo
outdoordan Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 Top effort Thats a bloody good river fish, and one which will take alot of casts to improve upon. Congrats. and tight lines
glennmreid Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 well done. wish that I could get a decent bass down there. at the moment there seems to be alot of small stuff. great effort
stoney Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 (edited) That is one awesome bass for the Nepean. Well done. Edited November 26, 2008 by stoney
MaccaPoint Matty Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 Hey raiders, Firstly nice looking bass - very impressive!! I have never really fished for Bass before but after reading many reports on this site I am definitely going to give it a go soon.. My question is it looks like most people release the Bass, are they not good to eat or a protected species...?? Thanks in advance for answering this as I have been thinking about it for weeks.. Cheers MPM
Mike Armour Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 Hi Miller, There are plenty of people that have been fishing the Nepean for years and not pulled out the elusive 50cm fish including myself. Well done mate on a very special fish. Matty, you see the odd person cleaning a bass here or there but in my opinion there are much better eating fish around. I believe the bag limit is 2 also so not much of a feed. Mike
glennmreid Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 I do the same as Mike and release my bass. I'm not into eating freshwater fish. Just reminds me eating something from a fish tank
MaccaPoint Matty Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 Thanks Mike, I thought that might of been the case, they dont look like they hold much meat - Well the smaller ones anyway... I agree with you Chopper... i have a freshwater fish tank at home with a barra, sleepy cod and archer fish and I definitley dont see myself tucking into a archer fish...!!! Will post some pic's in the coming days of my tank... the barra is impressive - will smash anything you put in there and makes for a great party trick..! Cheers guys, good luck on the water this weekend if you going to wet a line! Matty
glennmreid Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 Thanks Mike, I thought that might of been the case, they dont look like they hold much meat - Well the smaller ones anyway... I agree with you Chopper... i have a freshwater fish tank at home with a barra, sleepy cod and archer fish and I definitley dont see myself tucking into a archer fish...!!! Will post some pic's in the coming days of my tank... the barra is impressive - will smash anything you put in there and makes for a great party trick..! Cheers guys, good luck on the water this weekend if you going to wet a line! Matty Looking forward to seeing your tank photos. I just set mine up last week. I have 3 bass, and 2 golden perch. Only small at the moment, but the bass particularly love their food. Will be interesting when they get a bit bigger and I introduce live insects. I bet they will smash them. The barra must be amazing. I can imagine what they would be like.
taloyoak Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 Nice one mate!, Best Bass I've seen for a long time. Keep at it!!!
glennmreid Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 that's a great bass! Nice and fat! I bet you were so happy catching her!
MaccaPoint Matty Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 Was that your post the other day chopper with the pics of your tank..? Looks very nice...! Mate when u get the insects happening its great fun, as you may know Archer fish actually spit water at the bugs which is pretty amazing to watch.. I hold the bugs about a inch above the water and most times I get squirted with the water..!!! The barra is great, trying to feed him slowly so he dosent get too big too quick but its too much fun watching him smash the live bait...!! I put a smallish yabbie in the tank about a week ago to try clean up some of the crap off the bottom but came home the other day and his belly was huge...!!! - Yabbie gone in one bite!! Will put a post up over the weekend so you can check my bad boy out..
arpie Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 Well done Miller on getting that terrific bass! Good to see there are still some good sized fish in the Nepean (assuming it is the Nepean!) My knees would have been knocking too!! THey have some real power, those big ones! The first Bass I ever caught at Glenbawn was 50cm & I thought I'd got a snag, so jerked the rod tip ..... it was only when it jerked back that I knew I had a good fish on! Congratulations! Roberta
mitch Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 Great Bass mate, that's a top catch, hope you keep on gettin 'em Mitch
glennmreid Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 Was that your post the other day chopper with the pics of your tank..? Looks very nice...! Mate when u get the insects happening its great fun, as you may know Archer fish actually spit water at the bugs which is pretty amazing to watch.. I hold the bugs about a inch above the water and most times I get squirted with the water..!!! The barra is great, trying to feed him slowly so he dosent get too big too quick but its too much fun watching him smash the live bait...!! I put a smallish yabbie in the tank about a week ago to try clean up some of the crap off the bottom but came home the other day and his belly was huge...!!! - Yabbie gone in one bite!! Will put a post up over the weekend so you can check my bad boy out.. Yeah Matt, that was my tank you saw here the other day. Real happy with it. Looking forwatd to seeing a photo of the bad boy barra!
Juggs Posted December 16, 2008 Posted December 16, 2008 Well done mate,top fish. Steve nice fish, nice to know there are 50cm fish still to be caught to the person asking if they are ok to eat some people dont mind the taste, ive tried one from glenbawn but have had better fish to eat the main reason is the nepean is a dirty cesspool tbh over 50 treatment plants along its length, all the agriculture chemicals and effulent run off from the farms further up stream. they say the nepeans total flow in non rain periods is 80% treated efulent, skiers are warned to not ski if they have open wounds
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