TR by DeeCee
Trip date: 4th October 2014
Participants: DeeCee
Launch Site: Ewen Maddock Dam Launch Area
Destination: Where the fish are
Conditions: Glassy early with a little cloud, Slight breeze later on, no current, sunny
Keen Angler Program: none
Arrived at Ewen Maddock Dam early, around 5.15am and was the only car in the car park. Put everything together and hit the water about 15mins later. Headed along the northern edge towards Spot X for a quick surface flick before the sun got up too high. Drifted along the edge of the weeds flicking the Popper when up on the sounder came some fish congregating on the bottom, switched over to a vibe and dropped it between them, a couple of lifts later a nice 26cm Bass was on, he fought hard but was boated a short time later, a quick pic and back he went...hung round there jigging for another 10 minutes or so with no more touches and decided to move on.
Switched to a hard body and trolled back along the northern edge, I'd nearly reached my turn around point when the rod bent over, fish on...this one took some line and was trying to get me in the timber, standard issue Bass dirty tactics...a short time later and a couple of tense moments fish was boated, a nice 31cm Bass, a quick pic and back he went.
Trolled back along the northern edge and then down the western side to pick up a nice fat 28cm Bass, this one went straight into the weed adding another couple of KG to the fight, landed in short time, quick pic and returned.
Entered one of the weedy bays on the western side so it was time to change to a Beetle Spin to try and mitigate the weed, first cast I was onto a fish, a short time later a 27cm Bass was boated, pic taken and fish returned...
One other small fish around 25cm landed before I pulled the pin around 9.15am, a gloriously peaceful morning with only a couple of other yakkers on the water
Cheers
DC
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