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Downstream of Wappa Dam,South Maroochy river
« on: December 31, 2011, 11:37:54 AM »
Went for an explore this morning with my spin rod and a few lures. Got a few little bumps on a spinnerbait and a small diving minnow thinking they could have been Spanglies or even mullet (plenty evident). Alot of rock impediments to bass in this section but you only need to bushbash about a few hundred metres before you find near level water so should hold some. Nice scenery. Cheers PAT.



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Re: Downstream of Wappa Dam,South Maroochy river
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2011, 11:25:35 PM »
Pat there will be Bass in there, I caught my first Bass in those waters, downstream of where you show. Was only a dining room table size hole against a grass bank in a rock shelf area, but it held a 37cm bass  :youbeauty

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Re: Downstream of Wappa Dam,South Maroochy river
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2012, 08:11:57 PM »
Cheers Brad I know they are in there as I've caught them down lower below the large rockface but I was curious as to how far down from the falls the fish could navigate upstream. I think I got to the last decent rapids but you just don't know until you've paddled it. If I get the chance I will head up this week as the water quality was pretty good. Cheers Pat.

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Re: Downstream of Wappa Dam,South Maroochy river
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2012, 02:24:02 AM »
I fished a few pools further down just after new year and caught 4 bass , 24cm , 27cm , 32cm and 35cm . got plenty of hits but i was only using surface lures , some real bassy pools

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Re: Downstream of Wappa Dam,South Maroochy river
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2012, 07:42:41 AM »
I had a fish up above the large rock face heading up stream but the surface weed and the weed below in places was so thick even a spinnerbait had trouble getting through. I got one spanglie and a half hearted hit from a small bass I saw come out from the end of a laydown just as I was about to lift it out of the water. Hoping this rain will clear some of the surface weed and I can chase the mullet population on light fly gear. Pat.

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Re: Downstream of Wappa Dam,South Maroochy river
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2012, 09:58:13 AM »
To add to this topic, below is some video from Wappa Falls which is just below the wall at Wappa Dam. If bass got this far upstream I doubt they would get much further...


 

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