purple5ive wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:45 am
Always a great day fishing with the old man...
Most hardbodies usually work well here. But I'd say the daiwa double clutch. Atomic shiners, various rapalas in similar shapes would be the best.
There's plenty more that work ofcourse. Just depends on personal.preference...
Targeting bass (Australian bass, not big or small mouth like you have there) here isn't as easy as what you guys have over there. So be prepared for that...
A little bit of reading and I see why that could be. Unlike Australian Bass bass (with the exception of stripe bass) our species don't migrate to the ocean. They aren't as affected by the construction of dams if at all. Our freshwater bass species have a lot less to contend with aside from heavily pressured bodies of water. With high fishing pressure they do become extremely difficult to catch to the point where ultra light finesse techniques are called for to even see a strike. There have been a bunch of techniques that gained popularity for this over the years. (Ned Rig, Mojo Rig, Drop Shot, Neko rig etc.)
My personal favorite is floating a 3" worm "wacky rigged" on a jighead under a slip float next to current or submerged cover and twitching the rod tip just enough to make it move.
It seems the B.A.S.S. organization has made it over there. According to the article the tackle used is very similar. From what they list in article I have the U.S. equivalent of all those in my tackle already. That's encouraging to know if I ever get far enough inland to fish fresh water at the right time.
First AU B.A.S.S. Tournmant