First Upper Swan Bash for the Season
Decided to give the dinghy for it's first run since May so got fresh fuel and headed out after the Mrs finished training this morn.
Knew the tides would be rubbish at 11am but I was pleasantly surprised to pull in a fiesty 28cm model on my honey hole flats after 20 mins along with half a dozen or so 22-23cm bream. Moved to the deep snags and caught a few Billy Grunter and then hooked a solid very dirty fighting bream that hit liike a train. Reefed him away from the snags and had a great fight on the 1-2kg rod with 6lb line on my 1000 reel and he went 35cm.
I spooked a few easy 35+ bream trolling the flats too and I reckon the presence of yellowtail grunter and nice clear water is a sign of some great bream hardbody fishing to come in the upper Swan this season similar to 3 years ago.
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meglodon
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Catch and release
Or catch and cook. nice size bream
Jackfrost80
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Catch and release Meg for no
Catch and release Meg for no other reason than the fact that I head up there for pure R&R in the tranquility of the upper Swan and not a feed.
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big john
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Rig
That's a sweet, little river rig mate. Stealth mode!
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Jackfrost80
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You should see her on the
You should see her on the Peel flats BJ. I can cover huge ground at wading depth scooping crabs from the casting deck without getting wet and pulling in whiting on poppers.
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big john
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Nice
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Faulkner Family
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well done. gotta be happy to
well done. gotta be happy to see them in good numbers. certainly dirty fighters tho.
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dano83
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Nice work jack, that's a
Nice work jack, that's a perfect boat for breamin.
do you go up behind to lilac hill that's a good stretch up there.
Jackfrost80
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I head up adjacent to Lilac
I head up adjacent to Lilac with the outboard and work my way back to Fishmarket Reserve with the Watersnake. So much varying spots to try from flats, to reeds, deep drops, deep snags, shallow snags and cutout shallow banks surrounded by snags. No day up there is ever the same and you have o crack the code on the day which is what I love about it.
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Dale
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Nice fish Jack, frustrating bloody things they are.
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Mr Wolf
OOH YEH
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I know that
pipe bridge well !!! !!
Rob H
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Is that a Spindrift?
2.4 or 3?
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Yeah the 3m Spindrift.
Yeah the 3m Spindrift. Perfect for 2 people but no more than that.
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rob90
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Cheers for the post. Good to
Cheers for the post. Good to see ya getting into them. You've helped spark the fire under my ass to dust off the bream gear and get the yak wet. All on hards?
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Jackfrost80
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Yeah mate all on the trusty
Yeah mate all on the trusty Ecogear SX40 in 303 colour. Gave the placcies a crack but the ground was too snaggy
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duncan61
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success hill
I lived in Kiara and know that area well.Good for bull sharks as well this time of year
just do it.