Tuggerah Lakes Bass

[qnut]

A new guy around Fishraider appears!


Just a collection of my mate & myself bass fishing around the lakes in the past month or so - Videos included.

We have got on the bass with a 12.5ft outriggered canoe using both a 6hp O/B & Paddle power to get to the more secluded spots.

Plenty of bass about with more good days than none- all were released as we never take any. ALL freshwater fishing was done solely on our own homemade hardbody lures "Bungie Lures" which we handcarve, string, paint & coat.

O-Creek (Location readacted due to people pollouting this now SPROUTING bass fishery)

7th Jan: Low Water Levels, Plenty of folage on the surface. Using "bungie" 'Powmp' Surface poppers Whilst mate used 'Gun' Medium Diver in black on green. Many Juvenile (10-15cm models taken) and wrapped up the day with 3 of these:


Taken on Bungie GUN - Made by Luke G.

8th Jan (same location 4pm): Low water levels, Similar folage on surface: Mate forgets the net (guess the size?) Using 8lb braid with 6lb fluro leader

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXcomAai2lo

And Again: Landing IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSRYl6WDG3Y

Onward to the more recent adventures in the same creek:

A prototype surface popper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntHK_BQlbPE

And The tried & true Bungie 'powmp':

29cm bass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXJSTogWTy4

32cm Bass: (explicit Language NSFW)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=921vHsm9730

Thank god for Fluro abrasion Resistance


Hope you enjoyed - Tight lines guys

Edited January 31, 2013 by Qnut

[qnut]

I cant internet for the life of me :| Sorry guys not all the links are embedding

Edited January 31, 2013 by Qnut

[Jewhunter]

Nice bass Qnut.

Ourimbah creek has always been a good bass creek.

Damn shame the way people treat it these days though.

Remember the net next time!

Cheers,

Grant.

[qnut]

Haha, Thanks Grant - It is a shame but recent minor flooding has given the creek a brand new lease on life: Our trip up to the weir on the 31st saw us gob smacked at the millions of guppies & (possibly juvenile bass?) launching themselves up & over the swollen weir *NO CAMERA, DOH*.

****WARNING**** Also a LARGE amount of trees & natural debris is now blocking access from the weir itself. Not to discourage anybody but PLEASE take care if you decide to enter the creek as many of the felled trees & washed up debris are dangling precariously in the air and could easily come down at a moments notice.*****


Some Friends & myself will be working over the next few months to remove some of the immediate debris blocking access - Work & Weather Permitting.

Tight lines guys

[bharris]

nice bass mate i would have cryed. seen the baby fish tryng to get back up the local wier yesterday lad hope there bass

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[qnut]

nice bass mate i would have cryed. seen the baby fish tryng to get back up the local wier yesterday lad hope there bass

Actually caught a few in my fishing cap - Definatley Guppies BUT some seem to have similar head/mouth caracteristics as bass - hard to tell when there under an inch. As for ol Mate - yeah he looked like he just lost the olympics.

[matt17]

Nice fish from Tuggerah mate, fish the creeks around Brissy waters a fair bit but have never tried the creeks from the lake. Nice job!