Freo traffic bridge
Submitted by tailor marc on Thu, 2009-02-19 14:07
Went down freo traffic bridge last night with ziggy, scano and exmouthfisher and the snapper were biting hard!!! I caught 4 . All released well. Also caught yellow tail, butter fish, port jackson sharks etc.
I had a half yellow tail out that got smoked twice and snapped me off. Not sure what it was :(...
Here are a couple pics....
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Sounds like an interesting evening Marc
Those little snapper are real greedy buggers. Nice pics too mate.
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good efoort marc,hopefully
good efoort marc,hopefully it will grow big = ] and it could be a famous spot for snappers haaha.the only river in australia that has big snappers .ha
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micktree
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size
they would be size over east
hahah
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Adam Gallash
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Few more years
Few more years and look out. The current under that bridge is amazing at times, something you'd see up north.
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tailor marc
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Hell yeah, thats why i wear
Hell yeah, thats why i wear my PFD CO2 vest. there has been many deaths there :(
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/comments/0,21590,23997461-2761,00.html
I have had a few close calls myself .
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Mantis
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Why is it so dangerous Marc?
Why is it so dangerous Marc? slippery?
Sounds like a good evening any pics of the port jackson's
schecky
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yeah i was wondering why u
yeah i was wondering why u were wearing that
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you cant imagine how fast
you cant imagine how fast that current is until youve been there, its pretty damn fast
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GusG
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The current is fast and it
The current is fast and it is tricky to move around there at times. Make sure if you plan to go there you do what I did and the first time just go for a look, not to fish. Get a bit familiar with the place first.
tailor marc
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I can remember over the 15
I can remember over the 15 years i fished there 4 deaths in total now. Im sure there have been more we dont know about aswell.
The current rushes through there at a fast speed and i have heard that the current that swerls around the pylons can suck you under or make it hard to stay afloat.
Can be very tricky getting down from the walkway onto the narrow beams then walking the beams you have to dodge bottles left there and u bolts etc. The wood can also become slippery.
I have only fallen once and just about went in.
I bought the pfd co2 vest mainly for my rockfishin downsouth but seeing as though i have it sittion there at home i might aswell wear it down there.
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7739ian
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Wise move
i don't care if it only saves you once - rockfishing down along the south coast and places like Quobba it's a must if you don't want to risk becoming another statistic.
tailor marc
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So true, i fish alot of
So true, i fish alot of hardcore places like sugarloaf rocks, canal rocks, steep point cliff and at night, red bluff kalbarrri and even grandstands kalbarri etc.
I like to know that if i go in that i will be afloat
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schecky
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jeez thats crazy you must
jeez thats crazy
you must use heavy lead to hold bottom then ey?
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tailor marc
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Sure do and even BIG snapper
Sure do and even BIG snapper leads wont hold the bottom sometimes
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