Marron season
Submitted by Broome lad on Wed, 2016-01-06 08:31
Any one going for a marron season opens 12 noon on Friday I haven't been for years any tips on which rivers to look at don't want spots just a bit of advise . Cheers
Bodie
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Yep will be marroning, both
Yep will be marroning, both down dams and down margs way.
Water levels will be lower this year.
Paj man
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The only really well known spots are
the Harvey and Wellington dams. The amount of people at Harvey last year was the most I've ever seen in 3 seasons of Marroning. Quite literally could not find a spare bank one night.
You'll struggle to get exact locations other than the general systems which people fish. I'm away this weekend but going to give the Murray an explore next weekend - it's a big system so hopefully there will be a few untapped locations...
Download the marron rec fishing brochure, pick a river/dam and go from there. A lot of it is trial and error.
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Broome lad
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Yep
Might go down and give the Blackwood a crack I reckon rather find a spot on a river in the bush somewhere than tromp around on the banks of a dam with the hoards , cheers for that hopefully get some results .
Bart76
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I live on the Blackwood and
I live on the Blackwood and the river levels are ridicously low already!!!!
Paul_86
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Excuse my ignorance but is
Excuse my ignorance but is low water levels a good or a bad thing for catching maron?
crasny1
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From past experience
Living on the Harvey on Stansfield Rd (old house now under water in the Dam) low water levels appear to warm the water and make Marron a little more active. Also some theorise that less water concentrate them up, but I just find that this has little effect as they are very aggressive towards each other.
Once the water stagnate though its another issue as they aren't fond off still water in the wild. Marron ponds for farming is constantly aerated to prevent this.
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Paul_86
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Cool, cheers
Cool, cheers
petermac
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guess the collie boys
oh well guess the Collie boys will be pulling their marron traps out of the water soon
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barneyboy
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haha
yep probably other good spots to check
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Perchhunter
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Anyone heading Murray river
Anyone heading Murray river way have a rethink big fire in lane Poole reserve, roads closed in the area. If you are still going be aware
Paj man
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Bugger
Hopefully that's sorted asap (for the folks who are living there) and by next weekend for me.
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Willlo
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water is so low around
water is so low around collie area that many catchments have dried up and marron have been walking. News is that fisheries and recfish members have been relocating them to more permanent waterways so as said above i would be looking at any of the deeper catchments search google earth
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KingToby
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Yeagarup
Heading to yeagarup for the weekend at the end of the month, camping up the Waren river. mannaged to get a few nice size last year just using a snare.
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Broome lad
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Got
A mate who camped on the warren now got there two days ago spoke to him yesterday when he went into Pemberton for supplies he said where he is there's no spots left on the bank to camp all full up but he said water level is good down there .
Bodie
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Fires are going to prevent
Fires are going to prevent much marroning this weekend, apparently yarloop Main Street is on fire
Dale
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Yarloop has gone almost, Southbound has been cancelled. The southwest is almost isolated aside from a huge drive via Boddington and across to Collie.
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crasny1
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Boy
from the sound off it up in my usual huant all you will have to do is wait a day or 2, walk around along the rivers/creeks and Dams and pick up Pre-cooked marron for yourself
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Paj man
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Haha
Made that joke to my mates last night. No need to bring the gear down next weekend.
Can they actually survive a bushfire? I imagine the shallower areas probably not but in the deeper pools they might stand a chance?
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crasny1
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Dont think they have the slightest worry
Takes one hell off a fire to boil water in moving or even stagnant streams no matter how hot the fire is.
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choc
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Went today, 29 marron
Went today, 29 marron between four licences. Bloody hot and sticky.