Port Stephens bass fishing 15.3.2008

G’day lads

the weekend started early, on Thursday. For about a year now I’ve been raving to Darryl about my sneaky never-fail bass spot, up Karuah way. I’ve never seen anyone else in all my visits there and it’s chockablock full of hungry bass, who’ll slam a surface popper in full daylight. Darryl was pretty fired up after all the stories so we loaded the mini canoes into the station wagon, and left Sydney at 3.

You know what’s coming, don’t you? On arrival the place looked picture perfect. Golden afternoon sunlight was reflecting off the lily pads- the lily pads which I *just knew*, were concealing dozens of ravenous bass. As we launched the boats I limbered up the ol’ casting arm, knowing it was in for a big workout:

Zilch. Nada. Nothing, not even a missed strike. Having given the place such a big buildup, I felt like a total goose! All I can guess is that (like Fountain Creek and Brooklyn dams) all the rain this summer has sent the bass over the spillway, and/or downstream. At least we got some good exercise, paddling around.

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