The best salmon fishing i've experienced......... ever!
We'll, i've been getting stuck into the salmon landbased down at Injinup (Yallingup)lately and having a ball with plenty of salmon falling to the Rapala X-Rap 14. A lot of the early runners called front runners are eating/hunting baitfish so they're moving fast and the diving minnows are getting the results with surface lures including poppers and my favourite metals getting ignored often. There's been some chaos lately and not good ediquette re L/B but the salmon fever does that to some.
I did another trip just recently this time taking down my boat and a mate Simo. The plans were to go boat base and get amongst the schools with some relaxing captures and no shyte fight. I was down for 3 days with the first day being zip as the fish didn't show up but i did get a small Southern bluefin tuna on my 8wt fly but thats it. Simo unfortunately got seasick and therefore said he'd pass on the next day with plans for himself to do L/B.
The second day was upon us, Simo launched me and i went solo on my vessel this time and hoped things would be better with such a good run lately L/B etc. With flat calm warmish water i had a feeling that just maybe today will turn around as the previous day was a fizzer. After launching i found a school and got my first fish withing 5 min and it fell to the Rala X-Rap on my 14lb spin outfit. With getting to my destination i looked up and down the beach for zip so i had a look at the baitfish a bit further out to see if the salmon were harassing the bait. On arrival there was plenty of bait but after jigging my SP there was no salmon takes so i dropped the jig all the way to the bottom where there was a bit of a lump and got an undersize DHU on bream gear........released!
Okay by about lunch i was thinking not another fizzer again but things did turn for the better and i sighted my first big school which came through, welcomed sight bigtime. I manage to get plenty of salmon on my 8wt fly outfit and 4lb bream gear which made every capture very rewarding. I didn't use anything heavier and had a ball on that school with no boats or other pressure. Ironically the last fish i got was shadowed by a seal that look like he was playin with my salmon throughout the fight but the smart bugger waited for me to wear out the salmon and just as i pulled it out of the water (literaly) the seal came out and ripper it out of my hand and took my favourate fly also.....ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrl
The second school came through later on with a lot more fish again and my stickbaits, SP, poppers and flys getting nailed and again i was enjoying every single minute. Then what happened over the next 30 minutes was truely awesome and never experienced before. The salmon had bailed up the baitfish into the beach and went crazy with the cristal clean water throffed with salmon hammering small anchoviers by the looks and every boat who came over to the comotion and landbased angler hooking up nearby. The was plenty of yelling and a BIG buzz for that 30min with so much visual excitment i felt i was back up North gain but not the case.. Well that was it for the day and i was stuffed, i did drop my pair of Boga grips ($499 worth) in the water after releasing my last salmon that would of made 25 fish for myself that day. I decided to get the lost grips the next day with maybe another opportunatly to get into more fish, we'll see.
The next day Simo said bugger that i gotta get out there after what you experienced and Simo's L/B action didn't occur when i was running a muck as he had a bit of a fall on the rocks and decided to lay up for the day. The 3rd day arrived, Simo came out armed with sea sickness tablets and got onto salmon and also a bonito on the X-Rap not long after departure which made his day despite the changing conditions. The days weather was deteriating and i dived in and found my Boga grips which was good concidering it was buried in white beach sand with a GPS co-ord enabling me to get it back only.....lucky eh. We found one more school but the conditions weren't the nicest so we bailed with a few more fish under our belts and drove back to Perth............WOW awesome few days..
All i can say, it's the best salmon fishing i've experienced.........ever!
No pics unfortunately, sick decky!!
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Kasey L.
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Good read, thanks for the
Good read, thanks for the report Ryan. 25 fish would have put a mighty big grin on your face.
Good thing recovering that boga!
Neander
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Sounds like you had a ball
Sounds like you had a ball Ryan .
LOL Simo better luck next trip mate.
Dean
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nice fishing
nice fishing
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yeh!
Cheers fella's, my pics show the same but they're 3-4 weeks late compared to previous years and that's due to the high water temps down South!
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not yet
still to hook a salmon but i will keep trying as the old saying go,s good things come to who wait
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ryan what days where you
ryan what days where you down this way and whats the name of ya boat ?? p.m. me if ya dont want it general knowledge :) .. i thought i might have seen you at canal rocks ramp mid arfo on saturday but wasnt sure ...
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Excellent stuff Ryan
You have had plenty of salmon experience, so if you rate this year's campaign as the best then it must be a good one.
Thanks for all the info, all the best, Colin Hay
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Great Report Ryan!
Ryan - great report mate, thanks for sharing that with us! Sounds like you had a cracker of a time and glad you retreived the Boggas.
Simo - not a nice combo that - sea sickness and a fall. Glad you got out there amongst it in the end!
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great read ryan, sounds like
great read ryan, sounds like you had a ball. cheers. shame about no pics.......
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I was hoping to get a call
I was hoping to get a call from you Ryan, I was on shift but could have caught up in the evening for a beer or 3.
Cheers
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Sounds like a great three
Sounds like a great three days, Ryan well done. It must have been a sight to see, to get someone with your experience all fired up. I hope the salmon are as good when they hit rotto, as Jesse and I are heading over, will be our first trip for salmon can’t wait. Jesse’s birthday Saturday we got him the catching salmon DVD so we will be all clued up.
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good detail story
sounds like u had a ball mate,i live here lol and only been trolling once this salmon season fought some big buggers from canals on the way in from out deep.. had a big dhu and some snapper,came in and hooked 5 monster salmon,light gear was great fun.. threw the lures in the other day after being out deep but no action only did 1 run past rocky point on the way in.. no luck but we came home with a great bag of mixed snapper and cod... good story mate well done
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indijup
so far the season has been a late one,deff the water temps were high explains why a lot of mackeral were caught,even out on the coral lumps and sw banks, but indijup has been the fired up place to be this yr so far,i know the bay is producing good salmon also,personally i prefer hitting the deeper grounds ,coming home with a good feed.. this yr were r going to exxy (august) 2 big boats and a few good crew we r not going to fill the freezers ,spending half the time going forthe billies etc tagging..making some good dvd,s
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buzz!
Thanks fella's, yes with all the fishing i've done it was good to get that big buzz again........very
Feral, yes that was me mate, i dont have a name on my boat.
Dale, sorry mate, i've got a new mobile so i didn't have your number, pm me it and i'll call you and we'll catch up.......i'm doing one more trip before they hit Perth metro.
Paul, that DVD is good and Rotto is a great spot for salmon........give it till the end of this month and they should be active.
Cheers
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Was a very good trip, apart from not taking sea sickness pills on the first day. Didn't put too much thought into it and I was fine until I had something to eat on the boat. Lesson learned there.
The second day I slipped on a rock and slammed my foot at 90 degrees into the ground. This lifted up me big toenail, blood everywhere and I was at Wyadup so bit of a walk to the car.
I just had the toenail removed and it's a bit sore. :)
As Ryan said, hardened up the last day, ignored me very sore toe, got some Travacalm, took one and then was able to handle a very choppy and far from ideal day on the water. Got into some salmon and a bonito (first for me) so was stoked I went out again.
One salmon I landed flopped around on the deck a bit and bashed me toe, %#$^ that hurt!
Good trip all round, cheers Ryan. Can't wait for the toe to heal so we can head down again.