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Title: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Novice on April 05, 2012, 08:29:36 PM
Yes, StevenM , there are plenty of Bass in the Bremer.

Launched from the canoe trail off Gladstone rd and headed upstream. Didn't have a lot of time, launched just after 4pm and went through to 6ish. Flicked spinnerbaits in 3/8 and 1/2oz and the wife also used a small hardbody(in fluro pink!!!!).
The water clarity was very good.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/7-3.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/1-6.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/6-3.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/9-3.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/11-2.jpg)
My wife landed six Bass, two of which were off the pink hardbody, and I landed nine. Most fish came off the larger snags but also a few from the middle of the river.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/2-5.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/3-4.jpg)

Cheers,
Dave.
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Nativeman on April 05, 2012, 08:39:48 PM
Good work people

What sort of depth in the river there Dave?

Cheers

Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: noddy on April 05, 2012, 09:19:03 PM
Nice bass from the Bremer! Looks fishy too.
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Novice on April 05, 2012, 10:03:47 PM
Good work people

What sort of depth in the river there Dave?

Cheers

I didn't take the sounder, but I dropped the anchor a couple of times. I reckon it varies between 2-4metres from the short section we did.
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: StevenM on April 06, 2012, 06:06:38 AM
Bloody beauty

Looks like a beaut spot and cant wait to hit that and push up to one mile.
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: UBK on April 06, 2012, 09:38:57 AM
Nice work, headed there this morning with my uncle. He pulled 6 I managed 5, most on spinners with a couple to hard bodies! Biggest around 46
 :youbeauty
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Novice on April 06, 2012, 09:46:30 AM
Awesome !!! I don't think we cracked one over 40 yesterday.  :Clap)

How nice of the Ipswich city council to have canoe trail infrastructure in place for the bass fishos :)
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: UBK on April 06, 2012, 09:48:58 AM
I know right?
haha we were stoked to see this place, especially to have it right on our doorstep.
I think most of ours were around that 40 mark, 2 under and the rest either right on or over! Either way for their size they fought like demons!
 :youbeauty
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: StevenM on April 06, 2012, 10:19:47 AM
How good is that

glad some inspiration was sent out there to give the place a crack. How far did you push upstream?
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Nativeman on April 06, 2012, 10:44:10 AM
Ah bugger it, I might drag my Tarpon out and go hit the Bremer for some stinkin bass...its about 10 minutes to the launch spot for me......is the the ramp slippery?

Thats a great looking Bass, UBK. Well Done

Cheers

Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: StevenM on April 06, 2012, 01:11:17 PM
Tim and His wife should be there now if you head up Sel

And whats this stinkin bass comment
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: brno465 on April 06, 2012, 08:33:11 PM
We only managed a couple of little guys, 20cm or so  :-[   Go easy on us we're new to this skinny water stuff  ;D  ;D
By the time we got on the water it was about 11am, and we didn't know whether anything was going to be biting during the middle of the day.
We went up as far as the railway bridge, cast spinnerbaits and a chatterbait, and a few different hard bodies under anything that looked like a snag, caught a few stumps and rocks and trees, but no takers till about 3pm.
Then there were a few rings starting to show up on the surface, and the couple of little fellas bit, but it stopped as quickly as it started.
We left at about 5pm, Jo caught a couple of good sized catfish on some prawns in front of the ramp, but that was the only other action.
Still, there's worse ways to spend an afternoon  :)

What sort of depth in the river there Dave?

We had the sounder on.
Over the afternoon the water level dropped by about half a meter, going by the marks on the bank
Just in front of the ramp is 3 meters or so deep, with shallow rocks on the other side.
Up stream is mostly 2 meters or so deep until you are nearly in sight of the railway bridge, from there it's only 1 meter or so.
There are shallow rocks everywhere.
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: UBK on April 06, 2012, 08:34:05 PM
Cheers mate, we pushed up passed the rappids and train bridge to the bigger bay, ran out of time to go further! Next time will spend more time and push further!!
The ramp isnt too bad, wouldn't recommend old thongs on it though..... lol
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: brno465 on April 06, 2012, 08:36:17 PM
The ramp isnt too bad, wouldn't recommend old thongs on it though..... lol
And look out for the old tv set submerged at the end of it, probably not the best thing to stand on  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: UBK on April 06, 2012, 08:38:10 PM
Oh yeah I saw that too lol if you go passed those rappids you will find a submerged 4x4 in its entirety!
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Novice on April 06, 2012, 08:48:19 PM
Gave the Bremer another go this afternoon, launching from the Albion Street bridge at Brassall.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=brassall&hl=en&ll=-27.602871,152.744256&spn=0.002458,0.004989&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=40.408835,81.738281&hnear=Brassall+Queensland&t=h&z=18 (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=brassall&hl=en&ll=-27.602871,152.744256&spn=0.002458,0.004989&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=40.408835,81.738281&hnear=Brassall+Queensland&t=h&z=18)

There is a steep concrete path that goes down beneath the bridge. A drop of about 1 metre down to a sandy bank is all that is in front of you for launching a canoe or yak.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/a-2.jpg)
Some pics of the scenery in the area.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/a2-1.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/a3-1.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/a5-1.jpg)
In the hour and a half I fished there, landed 9 Bass. One fell to a spinnerbait, all the rest were caught on a Gara Tarki in purple and black. Largest went 54cm.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/a8.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/a9.jpg)

Cheers,
Dave.

Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: UBK on April 06, 2012, 08:51:31 PM
Nice, that's a good size little brute!
I think there is a lot of exploring for me to do around these parts...  :youbeauty
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: brno465 on April 06, 2012, 08:58:02 PM
I had a purple and black Dambuster and a purple Stumpjumper in the tackle box and didn't try either of them  ::)
I stuck to lighter colours when the water was so clear.

Any tips ?
As I said earlier, we're new to fishing this sort of area  :))
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Novice on April 06, 2012, 09:08:51 PM
Most of those came from downstream of the bridge(I didn't venture past the next bend).

There are not a lot of snags in there, but where there is a log or stick in the water, there was a fish. I was hoping to get some bycatch with the bass eg. Bream or flathead.

The gold spinnerbait that worked well yesterday , only accounted for the one bass. Half way through the session( I launched around 4.30pm) I switched over to the Gara( timber hard body). All the fish came from snags with the lure almost hitting the timber. As these lures float very well, pausing not long after starting the retrieve seems to get the fishes' interest.

If I had stayed out into the dark the surface gear may have got a run but there was a lamb roast in the oven at home :)
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: StevenM on April 06, 2012, 09:14:16 PM
So we have about a km of river that has produced 50 odd bass in 24 hours

cant say thats too bad right.

Thanks for entertaining me people and accepting the challenge.

Looking forward to next week myself to give the are a goin over.
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: UBK on April 06, 2012, 09:26:50 PM
I will be back next weekend for sure, put a whole day into it and venture further!
I was throwing a purple timber lure today for no interest! :( lol
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: bushwacker on April 06, 2012, 09:32:46 PM
I reckon that Tarki hasnt come off your rod in a long while haha.

Im onto you  ;D

Steve
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: takrat on April 07, 2012, 05:10:06 AM
Submerged TV sets and 4x4's really sounds like someone is trying out something different in artificial reefs. Probably be the odd shopping trolly too? JUst goes to show where Bass will hang out. Hardy little buggers.
JD
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: UBK on April 07, 2012, 06:44:36 AM
Funny you should mention a trolley... There is one along the way,  half out of the water!
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: StevenM on April 07, 2012, 09:42:50 AM
Heap of trolleys at the one mile bridge
Title: Re: Bremer River-Coalfalls/Brassall
Post by: Woodji on April 07, 2012, 10:20:14 PM
Had a great day with UBK on Friday, keen to go early Monday morning again anyone interested?      as UBK is out of town?  8)
Looking at putting in at about 5.15am