Bream Mad Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Light Rain was falling as I ventured upstream into uncharted waters armed with my new custom baitcaster. I wanted to fish fresh pools so walked a fair way before making my first cast with an evergreen plastic weedless frog. Over weedbeds, under trees the Bass were pretty hesitant to hit the surface. Usually just one sloppy shot and nothing more. Upstream I trudged, tied on a CK40 and soon had my first fish, just a dink but better than nothing. A quick snack and another lure change to a secret creek spinnerbait did the trick, very next pool this nice 40cm fish climbed on and tried out the Alphas drag The next few weedy pools were perfect for a spinnerbait and each had their own feisty bass ready to slam it I pitch out another cast between two weed beds, let the spinnerbait sink down, and begin a slow retrieve when BAM it is hammered by a lunker! After a guided tour of each snag in the pool and some serious rod bending, she is finally tired enough for a pic or two before release. A beautiful wild Bass of exactly 45cm in top condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Great stuff B/M!! 45 cm wild bass is a cracker. Looks in top condition. Nice outfit to target them on as well. Well done mate. Gotta love Bass. They are one of my fave fish for sure. Awesome report & pics!!! Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Honker wild one there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bream Mad Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 nice one kael!! those fish are lookin really healthy spewing i missed out on a good session! have to tee one up in the next few weeks Col yeh they are on the chew tee up a session before xmas we might get some more nice pics kael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Nice Bass, gonna try Upper Wyong Creek for them soon. Cheers, Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Well done BM!! Top fish there! Your new setup has been well & truly christened!! The 45cm one would have gone hard! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 great report and beautiful fish BM. The gear looks pretty sweet too... I have to stop looking at it, it only leads to trouble with Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 they are a couple of great fish there mate great stuff! There is something very special about catching bass in remote places, many years ago i caught some beauties right up in the grose river, the hike in and out would kill me today but i will never forget the tranquility and the bass smashing a surface lure! oh yeah! gotta love it! congrats on a cracker fish. pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squizy Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Good Fish...... and a great looking outfit Squizy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bream Mad Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Good Fish...... and a great looking outfit Squizy It is a nice outfit, in fact it is my favourite and it was built for exactly this purpose. The blank is an ATC IC601 (2-5kg XFast, High Modulus Graphite). Components include Fuji ACS seat and Titanium Framed SIC guides. Flor grade cork rings and gunmetal and gold windings. Which matches perfectly my Daiwa Alphas Type R. The whole combo weighs just 260grams and will cast lures down to 4grams beautifully. I am still getting the hang of baitcasting and birdnests are common with the magforce switched off (which is the way I like to pitch lures), but overall it is simply a joy to use. Cheers bm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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