Last Week's Fishing

Hi all,

 

Cam here, been lurkin in these forums for about a year and decided to contribute something. Was a mad fisherman as a youngster and lately getting back into it with my mater

 

Last few weeks I have been fishing the river, looking for the elusive land based blue manna ( Any tips would be appreciated). A short write up of the spots I have hit up follows.

 

Garrat Road: 1) Went on the incoming king tide, managed a handful of bream, the biggest goin 29cm. No crabs in a 3-4 hour stretch off the jetty

                    2nd) Went on the low tide for a short lure session last night. Didnt manage a fish but saw a group taking 15-20cm baby bream and tailor and hiding them in bags under the pylons, reported to fisheries who unfortunately didnt have anyone available.  They did follow up the call today however, and had a discussion about what to do when they are off duty.

What does everyone do when they see this? I wanted to confront them but couldnt count on me or them holding their temper.

 

Applecross Jetty and surrounds:  Had a good session on bream 2 nights ago from 25-29cm with several bigger ones being lost. We were using small rock crabs, snapbacks and river prawns.BLowies were surprisingly not that bad. Still no blue manna crabs in a 3 hour soak (7pm till 10pm) A local told us about large yellowfin whiting in the area, anyone else heard about

Peppermint Grove/ Mosman Bay: Fished further towards chidley from the Freshwater bay YC. Heaps of small tailor around 15-20 cm chasing large bait schools, Only one legal amongst the ones we caught so put them all back. Never caught one that small before, they have no fight in them whatsoever at that size, even on 2kg. Again no crabs, but large masses of blowies around to go with the bait fish.

 

Anyone have any surefire LB crab spots or tips? We are using spleen, chicken, bony herring, farkin sausages and all.  I just want a couple for tea. hahah

 


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i got a couple under the

Tue, 2011-01-25 18:35

i got a couple under the narrows bridge mate in the middle of the day. so maybe at better times u might do a bit better. both crabs were way over size. no littles ones caught. was there for about 2 hours.

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drive to mandurah

Tue, 2011-01-25 18:36

 take a scoop net and a big bag there thick as down there

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I want the big boys

Thu, 2011-01-27 15:11

I have been to the peel-harvey before and will do so again, but living close to the river and seeing all the great photos of the big blues being posted from the swan has piqued my interest in catching a swan river blue. I heard they taste better also,

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ive had luck at freshwater

Tue, 2011-01-25 19:10

ive had luck at freshwater bay and claremont jetty for crabs.

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mindarie marina has never

Tue, 2011-01-25 19:32

mindarie marina has never really failed me, lamb necks for bait

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crabs

Tue, 2011-01-25 19:46

the jetty in front of the old brewery , we were dropping nets along there on saturday and got our limit of big blues no worries

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ryan C

Tue, 2011-01-25 21:45

did u do any fishing while waiting?

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What about the construction work

Thu, 2011-01-27 15:01

I have seen a lot of digging and work being carried out on the sea wall there. The water is realy murky close to the shoreline. Wouldnt this affect the crabs

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cheers for the tips

Thu, 2011-01-27 15:17

Thanks guys,

 

On another note, hit up windan bridge power station side on tuesday night. Caught approx ten bream, all undersize 18-23cm. A small flathead also made an appearance. All caught on river prawn.

 

Looking to dig for worms around my stretch of the river ( ascot/maylands). Anyone know if there are good grounds that far up or should i head downriver to the Mt Henry etc.?

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With the crabbing I would

Fri, 2011-01-28 09:51

With the crabbing I would give Bicton Baths a try if you want to drop some crab pots off there. Its good depth at about 3 metres and I have caught crabs there dropping pots before. Just difficult with all the boats moored around there. Otherwise, narrows is always good. Heard belltower is worth a shot too. Canning bridge is always full of people crabbing and fishing so if you can find a spot out there you will get some crabs. Good luck!

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