Dave_ Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 G'day Raiders, Me and the young bloke entered the Pirtek comp on Sunday and decided to try a few new spots in the Hunter River for Bass. With the barometer at 1023, I thought we'd be in for a good day. We drove until the ute could take us no further so we pushed on further by foot until we found an awesome little beach/cove where the river was wide and deep. We were armed with every lure I own, including plastics, hardbodies, surface and blades but the order of the day was bait, something I never use for Bass. I got a bucket full of live shrimp the night before and it wasn't long before we had our first fish.....a hefty Carp....good fun but not what we wanted. This was quickly followed by a second slightly smaller Carp. Bugger...crap spot......or so we thought. That was the last we seen of the ol' mud puppies but things went quiet for a while. Suddenly our shrimp start getting hit by something different but we're not hooking up . We landed a small Bass of about 25cm but lost about a dozen shrimp in the process so I changed to big mouth circles with success. Every cast was a bite and we landed about 12 or 14 Bass to 32cm. Great fun until we ran outta shrimp! The young fella started digging for worms but couldn't find any. I found an old rotten log in the scrub and smashed it open to find about 20 big wood grubs, beauty! That was bait sorted for the rest of the day. The Bass loved them, we got another 8 or so and we got our biggest for the day on the grubs. Things went quiet again and I kept losing my wood grubs to strange bites. Suddenly I hooked up to a beast. I was thinking "please be a monster Bass" but after a good strong fight, up come a fat eel. It fought like a fish, not the typical fight you usually get from them. The Bass disappeared and we got another 2 eels, both while retrieving at speed. The eels scared the Bass away but we still had an awesome day with heaps of fish landed. It goes to show that bait is still a good option from time to time and it pays to go the extra mile to find a good spot. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoe Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Nice report and good catches mate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davonyx Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Great photos, looks like a very successful day out. Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabbie raider Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Nice catches Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Well done Dave and son for persevering and succeeding with your quest. Good blow by blow report too mate. Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perch Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Does anyone know any good fishing spots along the hunter river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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