Steele Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 G'day lads.....Im from down under(australia)and a keen bass fisho too.....I found the site and was amazed at the info.....good job...I will have no probs sortin some gear when i have a crack at ya fishery for bass in the u.s... Anyways I thouhgt i might give ya all a peek at some aussie bass from a lil dam near where i live in Newcastle,NSW,Australia....Here's some pics to get started and i got a video of some of the biggest bass and best fishing i have ever done.... The video was shot of my mobile phone as we lost the $4000 vid cam when launching... > Anyways hope ya like it.....Aussie Bass grow too around 4kg maximum or 9lb and live in aussie rivers of the east coast which are tidal allowing the bass to migrate through winter and spawn in brackish(salt and fresh mix)waters before headin back upstream for the summer...They respond well to spinerbaits,crankbaits,lipless rattlers,poppers,finnesse plastics and deep jigging....There is a healthy tournement scene....Any ways gday and i hope ya like!!!! Quote
Super User T-rig Posted August 26, 2007 Super User Posted August 26, 2007 WELCOME to the forums! I allways love reading about different countries! Those are some fat fish! Are they pre-spawn fish? Quote
Steele Posted August 26, 2007 Author Posted August 26, 2007 Post spawn believe it or not!!!!Bass are also stocked in local dams and impoundments(Noth'n like the size of some of your dams n lakes)by local stocking groups and fisheries departments....They cannot breed in just fresh water as mentioned before so are a put and take fishery although 99% of anglers practice catch and release.....Most tournements are catch and release also....The week i got those fish me and 2 mates fished the flooded edges of the dam with spinnerbaits,cranks,plastics,poppers,fly,beetle spin's and any other lure we had catching between 250-300 bass for the week and taking only one trophy for a mount....A 3.24kg bruiser taken on 4lb fireline and 10lb vanish leader.....Awsome fishin....Heres a pic attached... Quote
Steele Posted August 26, 2007 Author Posted August 26, 2007 The bass go slow over winter and dont hit lures much but in sept(our spring)they fire up and cruise the edges lookin for feed(craw,worms,frogs,small fry n fish)and are targeted usally with 8-12lb braid and a 12-14lb flurocarbon leader and one of the anove mentioned lures.....We got a flood the week before we got the fish which were feeding in the flooded edges......Note all fish came from a 100m stretch of water.....Been chas'n bass for 6-7 years now and it was the most awsome lure fishing in fresh water i have ever had....Barra included!!!! Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted August 27, 2007 Super User Posted August 27, 2007 Welcome aboard! Quote
Steele Posted August 27, 2007 Author Posted August 27, 2007 cheers...heres the mount...its a water resou0rce and sort of off limits where we got em but electric power only n no harm done.... oh yeah and the link again..... Quote
justfishin Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Great pics ! That is the strangest looking bass I have ever seen in your right hand in the pic. What strain are they?, and where does your DOF get those fish? Just curious. Quote
Super User T-rig Posted September 10, 2007 Super User Posted September 10, 2007 Great pics ! That is the strangest looking bass I have ever seen in your right hand in the pic. What strain are they?, and where does your DOF get those fish? Just curious. They are australian bass and native to Australia. Quote
justfishin Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Thanks. When I read Australian Bass, I just took it as transplanted North American Bass. Very cool stuff. They are very unique looking and look well feed and healthy, thanks. Quote
tritz18 Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Great fish very fat must of been fun to catch Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted September 18, 2007 Super User Posted September 18, 2007 Australian bass: http://www.nativefish.asn.au/bass.html Quote
FivePoundBluegill Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Those are some interesting fish Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted October 6, 2007 Super User Posted October 6, 2007 Awsome looking lake in the video. Also liked the way you surfed around in the jon. I woulda been in the water for sure..... Quote
Matthys Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Welcome And those things are fat!Nice catch! Quote
miked62 Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 Hey Steele, you forgot to tell our US friends about the other little species we stock in some of our dams Cheers Mike Quote
beats Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 Steele, do you have nothe=ing better to do than torment internationally ;D. Jokes mate, learnin tips and secrets to adapt from abroard is a smart thing, they have been at it longer than us Quote
Still a Bigbuckifan Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Dang that barra's huge. How much did that bad boy weight . i catch them down here in florida ( Transplanted from australia for food) My biggest is about 15#. Thats the biggest we got down here so far Quote
miked62 Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Don't know how much it weighed, we usually just mesure them down here. That's my buddy Trevor holding a 4 foot long Barramundi from Monduran Dam in Queensland Aus. Check out the timber in the background, you need to use 50lb braid, 60lb leader and a locked up drag just to get them out of there. We refit the lures with the strongest trebles you can buy and we still sometimes streighten them. I didn't know there were any barra stocked in the USA, how do you find they taste? Cheers from Aus Mike Quote
fivesixone Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 Those bass..... They're so fat! But there mouths are sooo smallllllll......... :-/ ;D Nice fish, though! I thought I heard somewhere they didn't even have bass in Australia... :-[ Quote
Super User Dan: Posted November 4, 2008 Super User Posted November 4, 2008 wow that one on the left in the first pic looks like its a worm away from popping! Quote
SPAZ Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Don't know how much it weighed, we usually just mesure them down here. That's my buddy Trevor holding a 4 foot long Barramundi from Monduran Dam in Queensland Aus. Check out the timber in the background, you need to use 50lb braid, 60lb leader and a locked up drag just to get them out of there. We refit the lures with the strongest trebles you can buy and we still sometimes streighten them.I didn't know there were any barra stocked in the USA, how do you find they taste? Cheers from Aus Mike barra's seem to be popular these days in the Us for eating. I did have an opportunity to try it at a restaurant and I liked it a lot. A mild tasting fish. I had some left over that I refrigerated for the next day and I thought it tasted even better than the night before Quote
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