Bass Fishing

With a canoe, a beer esky and a couple of fishing rods, Wayne and I returned to the Colo River in pursuit of the Jaguar Shark Australian bass. We started at the wooden bridge in Upper Colo and arranged for Gill and Denise to meet us with the car, about 3 hours later, at the Putty Road bridge downstream (east). Despite fears that we might drown, end up beached or lost in the bush, we did in fact make it to our destination. 

 The current was fast enough for most of the trip us not to need to paddle much at all, other than to steer the canoe. The shallower areas in the earlier sections meant that we occasionally had to punt rather than row, but at no point did need to get out.

 view from the bow

  The sandbanks offered plenty of opportunity to stop for a beer to fish

The trip took four hours (including a couple of stops). The last couple of kilometres required some rowing as the river deepened and we were travelling against the tide, but otherwise it was easy. for most of the trip it was totally serene and relaxing; we barely saw a soul and the only sound was the birds and the water. The bass fishing season ends next month, but I'd definitely want to do it again in the spring; ideally, camping for one of two nights at the Upper Colo camping ground or somewhere en route.

Sailing in from the sunset

Incidentally, we didn't actually catch any fish.