Freo traffic bridge

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

Thu, 2009-02-19 15:16

Those little snapper are real greedy buggers. Nice pics too mate.
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good efoort marc,hopefully

Thu, 2009-02-19 15:51

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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size

Thu, 2009-02-19 16:05

they would be size over east
hahah

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Few more years

Fri, 2009-02-20 14:38

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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Hell yeah, thats why i wear

Fri, 2009-02-20 14:55

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 .

I have fished this spot for over 15yrs and know it like the back of my hand but still have alot of respect for this location

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Why is it so dangerous Marc?

Sun, 2009-02-22 12:23

Why is it so dangerous Marc? slippery?

 Sounds like a good evening any pics of the port jackson's

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yeah i was wondering why u

Sun, 2009-02-22 15:38

yeah i was wondering why u were wearing that

 

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you cant imagine how fast

Sun, 2009-02-22 19:41

you cant imagine how fast that current is until youve been there, its pretty damn fast 

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The current is fast and it

Tue, 2009-02-24 07:43

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.

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I can remember over the 15

Tue, 2009-02-24 07:56

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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Wise move

Tue, 2009-02-24 08:13

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.

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So true, i fish alot of

Tue, 2009-02-24 08:27

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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jeez thats crazy  you must

Tue, 2009-02-24 10:54

jeez thats crazy 

you must use heavy lead to hold bottom then ey?

 

 

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Sure do and even BIG snapper

Tue, 2009-02-24 11:12

Sure do and even BIG snapper leads wont hold the bottom sometimes

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