Ashburton River - first time fisherman hoping for some help!
G'day!
Just joined up here today, this is my first post... hello Fishwrecked! We (me, my three teenage children and wife) are planning a camping/fishing trip up to the Ashburton River in June/July and had a few questions to put forward to anyone who's ever done something similar.
First question is as to whether anyone knows how busy it gets at the riverside around June/July? We live in Geraldton, so it's quite a drive up there... the last thing we'd want to be greeted by would be a campsite congested with happy campers!
Now, onto the actual fishing questions... I've heard that there are barramundi and mangrove jack, does anybody know what other (edible!) species can be caught in the Ashburton River? Has anybody had any success catching fish casting a line off the bank, or is a boat really necessary to catch fish?
Thanks in advance for any help
Wibbly
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big john
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SAD's
Plenty of Sad's camped under the trees on the freshwater section of the Ashburton at that time of year. Not sure if its changed that much in the last year or so due to the Chevron Wheatstone project. The access track to the site runs out alongside the Ashburton through Minderoo Station.
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Faulkner Family
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i have fished the ashburton
i have fished the ashburton years ago and got the odd jack (undersize) plenty of catties and my fave would be the mud crabs. its a great place to relax and spend some time exploring
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