My Best RedFin Spot
Submitted by BIG TUNA on Tue, 2012-07-24 20:07
Went out 1 early mornning with my girlfriend,sis and lil boy fishing 1 of my good spots in dwellingup river and on the soft plastics and some fresh bait got all the redfin i wanted .....
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FIGJAM.....
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AlwaysFishin
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Now that is a top feed!
Now that is a top feed!
BIG TUNA
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They went down tops ! :D
They went down tops ! :D
FIGJAM.....
Vinesh87
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Great catch, i know the spot
Great catch, i know the spot its a great place !!
Mr x
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if u dont mind me asking what
if u dont mind me asking what are those live baits cheers
Leemo
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hoping they aren't
hoping they aren't Galaxis..... :S
bludgin' since 94'
BIG TUNA
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They are just minnows scooped
They are just minnows scooped up with a net in the shalows !
FIGJAM.....
Vinesh87
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They look a little bit like
They look a little bit like Galaxias, hard to tell from the top
big john
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Glass minnows
Glass minnows? Redfin love them.
Nice work big tuna.
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scott99
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nice feed there
nice feed there
soupster51
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Great stuff
Such a tastey pest. Well done mate.
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dkonig82
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Few good perch in that lot
Few good perch in that lot
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BIG TUNA
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Thanks guys !
Thanks guys !
FIGJAM.....
UncutTriggerInWA
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Great catch mate
I love fishing with live minnows! What do you do with the smaller fish? Probably be good burley mashed up.
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BIG TUNA
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they go good for crab
they go good for crab marron and also cray bait for the pots mate ....i keep them in the freezer all year round and use them as i need them !
FIGJAM.....
fishon
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The big ones a beast of a
The big ones a beast of a reddie Never even thought of eating them tho Wat are they like on the chew
Wes F
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Good Haul
A few good spots up at Dwellingup, remove as many as you can, great to eat nice firm flesh.
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Jarlaxle
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What rig
What rig do you use for your livies BT?
I used to fish that spot for cobbler but was always getting snagged up, do you use a float?
BIG TUNA
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yeh Jarlaxle shit loads of
yeh Jarlaxle shit loads of snags but you just got to push past that and keep trying no float just a runing rig size 1 sinker to swivel then about 30cm line to a small size 12 hook ! you just got to cast around till you find a less sangy place ..there is heeps of redfin around just need the fresh bait and you will find the fish !
....and no its not a firm flesh ! befor its cooked it is but on the chew its a nice flake typ of flesh !
FIGJAM.....
hekser
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is it near nanga camp?
looks like nanga? went there as a kid. wicked place. never fished it.. there was this awesome rope swing :D
Versus
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jeez dont kill too many,
jeez dont kill too many, they're good for our waterways. hey beachkid?
zeolio
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galaxies??
wtf are galaxies??
championruby
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Western Minnows, a native
Western Minnows, a native fish endemic to WA.
Nice redfin Tuna
redhilux
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What do redfin taste
What do redfin taste like??
Is it a sweet taste like a pinkie or full taste like herring, skippy etc???
championruby
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Not a strong taste in my
Not a strong taste in my eyes, goes well lightly battered or crumbed
crezz
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nice catch mate, i love going
nice catch mate, i love going to get some reddies for the barbie
br3nno
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Jelly!What do size hooks?
Jelly!
What do size hooks? Weighted line??
BC
sheldoncy23
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where
if you dont mind me asking lads where abouts is this spot?
crezz
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sheldoncy23 if you fish the
sheldoncy23 if you fish the warren river you cant go wrong. if you know some local cockies in the area, even better.
LegendLuke1
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Where did you go
Where exactly did you get them near the bridge or by the lan pooles, nanga bush camp. Pls can you be specific because i really want to get some red fin as i have never fish freshwater australia
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grantarctic1
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An old
This is an old post , and he is not a member anymore .
Any of those spots will get you Redfin, you just have to move around untill you find them.
LegendLuke1
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Where
ok but i have been there using all my lures and bait and never caught a redfin so can you pls specify a good spot (lan Pooles, Nanga Bush Camp, Bridge) where
LegendLuke
duncan61
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Wellington dam
Go to Wellington dam and fish near the wall on the west side the water is easy to get to and can be very deep.Green and black striped soft plastics replicate the native tiger minnow.Cast long and you will get taken on the sink just about every cast if not on the retrieve.Redfin have massive gobs and I have caught them trolling on minnows at Drakesbrook dam that are the same size as the lure.If you only want big ones use big plastics.The last couple of hours of daylight seem to work best during the day the river below the dam has large trout in the pools and is easy access for the most part.I found a dead perch on the bank at Wellington that was massive and Without a photo no one is going to believe the size it was so there are big fish in there.The flesh is a firm pink colour that turns white when cooked and is delicious as their diet is mostly juvenile marron.With a good knife the fillets are a dream to take of and their skin is so tough they skin super easy they have big shoulders with lots of meat even small ones.dont try to scale them as it is near impossible as my mate found out the hard way and when I showed him how easy they are to fillet and skin we had a good laugh.I find the trout in the rivers to be near inedible some times the females have orange rubbery flesh and the males are white and go mushy when cooked.Stocked dam trout are better probably cos they were pellet fed for most of there lives.I have been involved in fresh water fishing since the late 70s and I believe some waterways are naturally hatching out trout as the fish have been stocked for the last 100 years and they have adapted to W.A. conditions.I lived in Yarloop for 13 years and was literally surrounded by the spotty buggers so I have seen some interesting things fishing in the hills around that area.We used to get the live minnows with bamboo poles and tiny 22 hooks with a segment of worm but I think they are protected now.Harvey dam has some massive perch and I have hooked up and lost line at a rapid rate then been bricked by some big fish in the past.Enjoy there is good action to be had if you know where to look I still have the teeshirt but live in the northern suburbs now so dont go fresh anymore.Lot of good memories
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