Hawkesbury River Wild Bass

[Doc1978]

Hi all.

Been a loooong time since i posted a report, i've been a very lazy angler (maybe i should join LazyAngler.com?) and not taken any pics the last 10 or so outings. Actually made an effort yesterday to take some pics, even though it was with a phone that didn't belong to me!

AA member and moderator Happy Gilmour joined me for an afteroon/evening targeting wild Bass on the upper reaches of the Hawkesbury River yesterday afternoon. After gathering some info from the local tackle shop, we armed ourselves with spinnerbaits, Jackal TN50's, and other assorted Bass lollies.

We launced at Windsor boat ramp and headed straight upstream. Thanks to the local info, we successfully negotiated extremely shallow sections of the river and the 5.5m Galey took it all in her stride!

With the temp at 33 degrees, we started throwing our lures in to the bank, targeting shaded areas with solid structure and overhanging trees. Happy opended the account with a couple of undersize fish. In typical Bass style, they weren't shy in attacking lures almost the same size of themselves.

It wasn't long when our first keepers made it in to the net. Happy had done it all before, but these were my first legal wild Bass and I was one very happy camper. After working one section for over an hour, we decided to head further upstream after Happy spotted a nice area on Google Maps. Happy's hunch proved to be a good one, and we found some beautiful looking country with multiple snags and weed. It wasn't long and we had a few more legals in the boat, along with plenty of undersize fish.

All in all, we had a great day with all fish released after some happy snaps. Always nice to explore a new area and come up trumps!

Enjoy the pics.

Doc.