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Title: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: Paul Dolan on August 14, 2011, 06:38:24 PM
Had a fish at the duck pond yesterday and had a ball :thumbsup I started with a edge bite amongst the lilly's using a Husky Jerk in Glass minow colour Landed about a dozen or so and a sleepy cod which was a first for me.

Then as the afternoon rolled on a I located a big school of quality fish with the Humminbird 798 SI  where I've found them in past years and caught them on Fly and Ima Jigs. It was a fish a cast for about an hour with which ever I decided to cast at them.

Being able to hole position with the Minn Kota I-pilot is a real bonus with schooled fish you don't have to do anything but fish.

Awesome fun at a great lil dam.

Paul   
Title: Re: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: Paulo on August 14, 2011, 08:01:32 PM
Nice pics Paul,liked the sounder shot and the sleepy.A first for you?
Paulo
Title: Re: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: Sweetwater on August 14, 2011, 08:41:16 PM
Awesome report Paul, thanks for sharing.

Those be very good fish for the Duckpond ( aka Lake Gregory (http://www.sweetwaterfishing.com.au/lakegregory.htm) )

Have you heard of any Saratoga in there PD? I sighted one in the sticks there years back & never saw another.

Cheers,

Fitz..
Title: Re: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: Paul Dolan on August 15, 2011, 09:25:40 AM
 Paulo yeh my first Sleepy cod,apparently there are quite a few in there and I love finding schools like that one you know straight away it's game on especially on fly cause they just cant resist a fly twiched through them..

Have you heard of any Saratoga in there PD? I sighted one in the sticks there years back & never saw another.

Cheers,

Fitz..

Fitz funny you should ask that,when I was catching the bass around the edges I think I spooked one as I went in to get a bass out of the lilly's,only a few meters in front of me were those 2 tell tale little whirl pools the toga leave when they take off and I instantly thought of toga.
I would love to see a few thousand in there it would be a great location for them they love that sort of country.

Paul
Title: Re: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: dougout on August 15, 2011, 11:10:52 AM
nice work Paul ...... some handsome look'n bass there mate.
 your report has inspired me to have another play out there one day  8)
would love to see what size the toga are.
Title: Re: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: Paul Dolan on August 15, 2011, 04:32:50 PM
Thanks Dougout it's in your backyard mate just go do it,top lil dam that one :thumbsup I'll be getting up there as much as I can as the water warms to get into some topwater bass on fly.
I did try a bit of topwater fishing the other day but no takers.

Paul
Title: Re: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: will7 on August 15, 2011, 05:19:05 PM
We we advised about this dam a week ago some yakkers where fishing the school bass in the evening and where pulling around 20/30 each evening, we had already pass it and we decided not too travel backwards. Adding it too the do list later in the year.
Title: Re: Back to the Duck Pond
Post by: UBK on August 16, 2011, 08:00:45 AM
Looks like a sweet little dam, checked it out and did a bit of researching.. Yet another place to visit on my ever growing list  ::)