On Sunday morning i was rudely awaken by the Missus's yap yap dog so i thought i'd go for a Bass flick .

I arrived at the carpark to find some sort of Scout's do on , there were cars , tents , people & kyaks everywhere . :o

I made my way to the spot anyway & the conditions looked pretty good , but the Yakkers made things bloody difficult , zooming past in groups of at least 5 somtimes 8 & cutting very close to the ' Bank ' i was fishing .

As always i was looking over the other side kicking myself for not trying there , that's when it happened again , a massive ' BOOF ' on the surface ,so big i thought it was a BassaMundy, it was probly around 8 o'clock.This happened another 3 times , all in the same sort of area & i see it at least once every trip .

What i want to know is will these fish hit a little surface lure or popper even with so much sun in the sky or should i try floating natural baits like worms & stuff out , or lastly should i try a floating flie of some sort ????

Here's a pic of the area


On the other side ' under the shade of the Billabong tree's ' is where all the action is .

that Boofing is Bass / ep's takeing food off the surface , Id be using surface plugs while waiting for a bite on ya other rod, especially in the evening or ealy morn. you will get hits in the day but not as mutch. consentrate on shady area's . remember dont be in a hurry to retreave your plug , let it sit there 5/10/15 seconds then give it a twich. repeat process. then try a few slow / medium retrieves . even though a bass wont be hungry they will have a crack out of fustration as the plug keeps going parst.

There are some beaut surface lures out there they cannot resist Poly at reasonable prices also ....



THE GRIFFON ZEROS ARE A BIT PRICY BUT TOP QUALITY COMPONENTS AND REALISM...
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BUGGER CHUGS FROM KOKODA AROUND $8.00
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THE BATS FROM KOKODA ALSO AROUND $8.00
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KRANKYS FROM RIVER2SEA FOR AROUND $12
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I know for a fact these all work on EP to Bass to Barra so great all rounders even bream scoff them....

GOOD LUCK,,SLOW JERKY RETRIEVE IS ALWAYS A WINNER WITH PLENTY OF STALLS IN BETWEEN AS STEVE MENTIONED..

yeh smell my weapon of choise is the buger chug,

saw them today for only $6. great price,

Thanx heaps for the tips fella's , There's 2 fish i want a Jewie & a big Bass .

Yeah STEVE that bugga chug's the one you showed me but i've had a few drama's finding them , i know the good tackle shops have'em but the ones close to me don't .But on the weekend i found a good shop with a large range of lures so i think they'll have them but i spent too much moolah there on the day so i left b4 i spent more .

Mully ,


Poly????? are you refering to me as Poly or are you saying Poly's good at catching lures ???

i like the look of the last 2 lures tho , specialy the last one NICE .

I'll try to get some soon & give'em a crack over the week end .

Try an unweighted worm style SP.

Why dont ewe just fart in the water Smelly the BassamUNDIES have to come up for air & you'll know where they are

Yeah i'll give that a go , but how far do ya reckon i'll be able to cast one of them ???

Maybe a resin head for casting CNR ???

They are in close tho .

I may have to try that , but only if the Smellyfinger don't tease'em up first !!