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{{+1}}Cania Dam{{-1}}
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Cania Dam has a reputation of being an all round fishing venue but in reality for me it is best suited to the warmer months when there is plenty of insect activity.{{end}}
Last Updated: March 22, 2023
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Categories: Bass, Big fish flies - temperate & tropical destinations
Tags: #fishonfly, #fishonlure 
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{{+1}}Calliope River{{-1}}
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The Calliope is a big river system and provides a variety of fishing options from very tidal hot water salt water at the power station near the entrance to almost fresh water above the Old Bruce Highway bridge just outside of the town of Calliope.{{end}}
{{+1}}Borumba Dam{{-1}}
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Located near Imbil south of Gympie Borumba Dam is unique in that it offers both great Bass and Saratoga fly fishing.{{end}}
{{+1}}Boyne River{{-1}}
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{{+1}}Chatto’s Grub tail prawn – open/top pour soft plastic{{-1}}
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This combination, my grub tail prawn, has earned a place in my tackle box as a favourite when scroungers such as fingermark, blue salmon, grunter, mangrove jack, flathead, bigger than average bream and of course rock cod are on the chew.{{end}}
{{+1}}Check list – offshore deep water dark side fishing{{-1}}
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From the year 2000 and up until we moved to Gladstone in Central most of my fishing was with fly. Since moving to CQ my fishing has been quite different and with "tongue in cheek" I have basically called it fishing on the dark side.{{end}}
{{+1}}Check list – lake barra outings{{-1}}
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One of my favourite past times is dusk and night fishing for big barramundi in Lake Awoonga. To be successful in the dark it's important to have the right gear at hand and knowing where each item is.{{end}}
{{+1}}Rule of twelfths{{-1}}
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The rule of 12ths ... an easy way to know the approximate water depth at intervals of roughly 1 hour as the tide rises or falls.{{end}}
{{+1}}Molix Shad 140 swimbait{{-1}}
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This jointed soft plastic swim bait is ready to use straight out of the packaging and is a favorite of mine for deeper water.
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The form and a very fish like swimming action of this paddle tail are complemented by a small spinner under the the belly which adds just enough flash to bring it to the attention of close by barra even in discolored or moon lit waters.
Another plus is exposed hook on the top of the lure and a set of trebles under the head that together give this lure a very a good hook up rate.
Comes in a great range of colours with "321 - Black Gold Tiger" as shown above being my favorite.
It fishes well at a range of speeds and even on a slow roll it has a great action.
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{{+1}}Happy Rock Softies – grub{{-1}}
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This just one of the Happy Rock softies that is a credit to its designer Trev Burgess. He gave me my fist one probably two years ago and I have been using them ever since.
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Unfortunately Trevor passed away in a tragic boating accident at Lake Awoonga on 4th September 2020. A very sad day for our fishing community ... RIP Trevor.
This is the only grub soft plastic that I carry and I fish it with confidence in those very quiet times when we can see the fish on the sounder but they are not interested.
I rig it up weedless in two ways.
- The first is on a 5/0 Owner Flashy swimmer ... this can be fish as you please but the original retrieve that Trevor described to me was a very slow roll.
- An alternative is to rig it on a 5/0 Owner twistlock to which has been added a few turns of lead wire that has been well coated with a couple of layers of red nail polish.With such a small amount of weight this softy can be fished really slowly with the tip of the rod imparting gust a few twitches.
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