Southern saratoga

Out at Ewen maddock dam today with Xander Catches Bass and I got this beautiful 56 cm Saratoga on a rapala crush City creek 2.5in motor oil. And actually as I am trying to post this fish I just got a 46 cm Australian bass on the exact same lure.

Nice 56cm Saratoga

My workmate Craig fished the Mary River near Gympie Queensland Australia and caught this nice Saratoga. Fish released.

First Saratoga

Lake macdonald, Noosa. Few hours and I personally got nothing but the parnter scored this beautiful toga 🎣🎣🎣 tight lines

Just to prove it wasn't a fluke, another Saratoga boated this morning. I now have a 47cm PB. Bass were also biting, best at 37cm. Both fish released.

Finally another species ticked off the bucket list 🙌. A Southern Saratoga under the water lillies at Lake Cania this morning. These fish go aerial on the light gear, 6lb braid and 10Ib leader. Released well to fight another day.

After seeing some topwater feeding action, I cast a Chase Baits flexi frog over the ripples and into the shallows. I popped it through the lillys, then a slow retrieval in the open water, and I watched my frog get hit. It went straight for the weed pulling string and fighting hard. As I got it closer to the kayak, it spectacularly went airborne, showing me the beautiful big pink spots and massive scales. That's when I knew it was the prized Australian native Saratoga. After a few more big runs and another aerial display, I finally netted this cracking fish. What a fish and what a handful to photograph on a kayak alone. Check out the size of that mouth and how graciously she swam off. Get amongst it 🤙🎣💯🤘