good start to Breaming season
Heading to Kalbarri this coming weekend and the fishing itch has been hitting hard. tried to make myself wait till i got up there but hey a quick bream bash in the river cant hurt.
been checking google maps for an area that may produce with the rains lately further downriver. settled for the shelley jetty in the end, close to home and parking nearby. grabbed some prawns and a lazy start after a wander near the smaller jetty and little sandbar by 9am a bit before hightide. a few drops under the jetty feeling around, before the first bump then hit, nice, a bit of pressure and then he realised he was hooked, bolted for the pilons. watched him pull 3meters of 4lb braid against the drag, well under the jetty by now before i tightened it a bit and put the pressure on. after probably my best fight with a bream, partially due to the lack of heavy braid to back me up, i had him around the jetty and saw hed swallowed the hook and all i had was 5lb fluro against his teeth. no net so quickly leader him up. went 340mm not a PB but a great first bream for the season! was stoked. stayed for another few but the bite died off around the slack tide then the smaller ones seemed to come out after the change. all in all a good way to get pumped the Kalbarri.
rob90
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Good stuff! Your in the ball
Good stuff! Your in the ball park for the biggg boys there
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
kirky79
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Nice
fat healthy Bream there. Well done. Enjoy Kalbarri.
brownie2
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nice bream.. good effort
nice bream.. good effort
devhay
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Nice one for the Canning
Nice one for the Canning mate! gotta be happy with that
Niko
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Yeh was very happy with it,
Yeh was very happy with it, keen to do some more hunting with the spring tides coming in seems to bring out the big ones!
dan.the.man
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Good report
good report there mate,solid fish too
lachieH
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Nice job!
School mate went down to a spot about 1km from there after school the other day and caught a 38cm and the day later a 36. I can't wait to get down there soon but just like u (what a coincidence) I'm off to kalbarri as well
Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession
Niko
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Date Joined: 26/11/13
Good to know theyre around,
Good to know theyre around, i gotta explore the area more i think.
Nice beautiful town if ur keen go down to the rock in front of the boat ramp jetty near the river mouth and fish the edge. Me n the yonger bro inlaw were just pulling up a bream every other cast all in the 30's. Great sport on the same 4lb setup when they can easily brick you on the rocks. Enjoy ur trip!
ranmar850
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Plenty of big bream around at the moment here
Around the jetty and pen piles at night, but the soapies are a pain. Mates have literally been taggging hundreds. Use circle hooks to keep the survival rate up. Also down by birdshit rock, which you can now walk out to due to the sandbar touching it.
Niko
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Date Joined: 26/11/13
Thanks mate, birdshit rock
Thanks mate, birdshit rock was where id caught the bream the other day didnt know the name until soeaking to the tackle shop owner haha aply named. Havent tried the jetty or the boat pens but thinking about it tonight/tomorow morning. Going to rent 1 of the little boats to get around a bit and see what i can catch. I did catch one of the baby mullas that was tagged at birdshit rock measured it and took a photo of the tag.