Got to love those high barometer Bass. Went for a fish after work at the Nepean River, Rowing club weir. Three Bass on bugger chug best was 24cm.

Has anyone had the opportunity at Winter Bass this year?

Not me, but there are a few guys going up to St Clair this weekend I believe, will see how they go, if their boats can get into the water given the dam levels.

Dan

I generally fish the Gross Vale River even in the cooler month's. We usually get a few. Prefer to fish with Fly normally but haven't had chance this winter.

Failing that we have a paddle in the Hawkesbury River.

Rick what flys do you use on bass in river through winter, i usually use down sized dulberg divers through summer months but dont usually use fly through winter

Bassman just read your reports, and although Ive never fished these locations (have'nt done much freshwater fishing), I would like to in the future. So keep up the good work. Do you ever fish any further down the river, like around Maitland, or do you just stay up Muswellbrook way?

We use Dahlbergs too, as well as clousers and shrimp patterns in assorted coulours. It depends more on the time of day we are fishing though. As Winter Bass will still take Cicada patterns off the surface in the evening. Although there are not nearly as mainly hits as in Summer.

We still pick a higher Barometer day if I can help it.

what colour bug

G'day Billy (wishnwasfishn),

I dont know the exact colour name. But the bug is like a dark greenie/grey and has a redish holigrachic flash to it. Hope this helped. I generally find dark coloured lures in general work pretty good of an evening on the Nepean.

Basscaders lures work ok too.

ohk thanks that dide help i have a mate that swears by the light green chugger bug it is the only lure he will use but rarly also uses a betspin

billy

Fizzers or Fizzers imitations (by Producer) are good too. Basscaders and jitterbugs usually work pretty good as well

hey my dad went out yesterday and pulled a couple of big bass upstream from develons lane.

Our recent rains

We have just been out with Craig McGill too which we will post in a few days. The Entrance next, Mudgee for Trout April, Townsville May :)

Cant wait......

(Edited By rick at 10:45:02 10/03/07)

hey went on a fish on sunday the 11th march and pulled some really good fish between 2 kanoes we pulled about 38 bass at an average of 27cm all a good size best being 39 between forks caught by billy.all in all i think nepean is back.more rain would be nice as well

Really looking forward to this coming season. We have had a lot more water in the Nepean and quite a few mini floods. I would love to see the times of old.

We used to catch and release 120 Bass a day (that was our best day but still big numbers were very common 6-8 years ago).

We could do with one more big flush just before Dec to allow the migration back to the fresh for them.