FSCBSA and the BBB's
The explosion at my feet was knee trembling. I was left standing there with water dripping from my nose, heart thumping, hands shaking and an adrenalin rush never before experienced in my short fishing career. Two casts later, over a kilo of golden bronzed dream lay beaten at water’s edge.
Well that’s the way I remember it, some 28 years ago, the place was Brogo Dam and the fish was one of the first Australian Bass stocked there in the early 1980’s. Thankfully I have been lucky enough to have many a Bass grace my lures since then, especially in Brogo Dam due to the efforts of the Far South Coast Bass Stocking Association.
Brogo Dam was finished in 1976, to be used as an irrigation and water supply dam in the Bega Valley District. In the early 80’s fisheries
stocked the dam with 7,000 Bass fry, which at this stage was still very much experimental, less than 3 years later the fish described in the opening paragraph was the result. However with no follow up stockings, Bass in Brogo Dam were virtually non-existent for well over a decade.
In 1993 fisheries stocked a further 13,000 fry into the dam, although with the vast food supply the dam has to offer, this was merely a token gesture. Then in 1996 Brogo got the boost its’ fishery so badly needed, in the form of the Far South Coast Bass Stocking Association(F.S.C.B.S.A.)
The F.S.C.B.S.A. was formed by a group of keen anglers throughout the Bega District solely for the purpose of raising funds to stock Australian Bass into Brogo Dam. Now some 22 years on the efforts of the Association has stocked an amazing 400,000 plus fish into this waterway and anglers from all over the country are now experiencing one of the best little bass fisheries this country has to offer. In order to raise the funds required to keep the ongoing stocking program current the association hosts the event known as the Brogo Bass Bash (BBB) every year on the first weekend of December for the last 20 years.
On behalf of the association I would like to put out our sincere thanks to all those associated with the BBB and especially to all our sponsors
too numerous to mention who made this event possible and to keep our goal of stocking this great waterway with Australian Bass
an ongoing concern, and if you haven’t had the opportunity to fish this impoundment be there soon as you are missing something very special.
Regards,
Darren Redman
President FSCBSA
Well that’s the way I remember it, some 28 years ago, the place was Brogo Dam and the fish was one of the first Australian Bass stocked there in the early 1980’s. Thankfully I have been lucky enough to have many a Bass grace my lures since then, especially in Brogo Dam due to the efforts of the Far South Coast Bass Stocking Association.
Brogo Dam was finished in 1976, to be used as an irrigation and water supply dam in the Bega Valley District. In the early 80’s fisheries
stocked the dam with 7,000 Bass fry, which at this stage was still very much experimental, less than 3 years later the fish described in the opening paragraph was the result. However with no follow up stockings, Bass in Brogo Dam were virtually non-existent for well over a decade.
In 1993 fisheries stocked a further 13,000 fry into the dam, although with the vast food supply the dam has to offer, this was merely a token gesture. Then in 1996 Brogo got the boost its’ fishery so badly needed, in the form of the Far South Coast Bass Stocking Association(F.S.C.B.S.A.)
The F.S.C.B.S.A. was formed by a group of keen anglers throughout the Bega District solely for the purpose of raising funds to stock Australian Bass into Brogo Dam. Now some 22 years on the efforts of the Association has stocked an amazing 400,000 plus fish into this waterway and anglers from all over the country are now experiencing one of the best little bass fisheries this country has to offer. In order to raise the funds required to keep the ongoing stocking program current the association hosts the event known as the Brogo Bass Bash (BBB) every year on the first weekend of December for the last 20 years.
On behalf of the association I would like to put out our sincere thanks to all those associated with the BBB and especially to all our sponsors
too numerous to mention who made this event possible and to keep our goal of stocking this great waterway with Australian Bass
an ongoing concern, and if you haven’t had the opportunity to fish this impoundment be there soon as you are missing something very special.
Regards,
Darren Redman
President FSCBSA