diesel Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) havent heard may bass reports this season,l myself though its been a pretty average one with not much rain,probably caught the same amount as previous years but sizes have been down.Defenenty getting bigger ones in the smaller creeks and gorges rather than the main river. Anyone thoughts? Edited May 11, 2016 by diesel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 I've been fishing for them down the south coast for about the same size as those. This is only the first season I've tried for them and the biggest has been 37cm Cheers Tara Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 It's closed season now, they're all further down stream breeding in the brackish water. Usually they school up and breed where you would normally find Estuary Perch and the Estaury Perch move way further down stream right into the salt. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 It's closed season now, they're all further down stream breeding in the brackish water. Usually they school up and breed where you would normally find Estuary Perch and the Estaury Perch move way further down stream right into the salt. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Closed season on bass is 1st of June for 3 months except in stocked dams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Closed season on bass is 1st of June for 3 months except in stocked damsThat rule was updated a few years ago mate closed season starts the 1st of may for both Bass and Estuary Perch. http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/releases/2016/bass-perch-closed-for-fishing Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Might add that you can still catch them in closed season but they need to be released immediately. Better off going for some E.Ps in winter though they're thick as blankets in parts of NSW from now till the open season again. If you do plan on chasing them in the closed season its worth crushing the barbs to help with release and wet your hands becore you touch them as they have a mucus like membrane and don't do so well on releases. Here's one I got throwing a popper around last night for a bit of fresh air- Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 How do you know where the water turns brackish? Cheers Tara Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 How do you know where the water turns brackish? Cheers Tara Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk A lot of the time it just takes trial and error of fishing further upstream untill you stop getting bream etc but it can be a pretty good identifier if there is a lot of debris and leaf litter etc on the surface all moving up or downstream in a big clump and there is none either side. I would be able to give you a few locations but only for the Central Coast sorry.Ads Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 A lot of the time it just takes trial and error of fishing further upstream untill you stop getting bream etc but it can be a pretty good identifier if there is a lot of debris and leaf litter etc on the surface all moving up or downstream in a big clump and there is none either side. I would be able to give you a few locations but only for the Central Coast sorry. Ads Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Thanks Ads, Where I fish the south coast I know the creek runs into the shoalhaven river. Time to explore. Cheers Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Thanks Ads, Where I fish the south coast I know the creek runs into the shoalhaven river. Time to explore. Cheers Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk I would try the boat moorings, bridges and weed beds along the entrance to the river. The Shoalhaven area has some enormous E.Ps, Ive seen them in the 60cm range there before so I hope you find some big ones! Happy to help! Hopefully it puts you onto some fish =) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 I would try the boat moorings, bridges and weed beds along the entrance to the river. The Shoalhaven area has some enormous E.Ps, Ive seen them in the 60cm range there before so I hope you find some big ones! Happy to help! Hopefully it puts you onto some fish =) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Thanks mate. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 That rule was updated a few years ago mate closed season starts the 1st of may for both Bass and Estuary Perch. http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/releases/2016/bass-perch-closed-for-fishing Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Sorry I did mean 1st of May. I was only talking to my neighbour last week about the closed season and how lucky we are that the Jews and Lizards are still on the hit list! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Sorry I did mean 1st of May. I was only talking to my neighbour last week about the closed season and how lucky we are that the Jews and Lizards are still on the hit list! Jeff No worries Jeff, yeah if only I could land some legal jews! I keep getting 2 or 3cm under [emoji35] haha can't go wrong with a flatty though! Ads Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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