need info on the kalgan river
Submitted by barcelona125 on Sun, 2012-03-04 13:19
hay guys i just need some info and some tips on fishing the kalgan river, albany.
i'm staying at the caravan park at the mouth and i will be doing most of my fishing off my kayak.
also wondering what i would catch and what lures to use. i know the basics, eg. blades, soft plastics and diving minnows for bream and flathead.
would surface lures be any good in the river. i know that bream and whiting attack them but i have never tryed fishing with them.
any info would be apprieciated heaps.
thanks.
Wes F
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You will definantly get Black
You will definantly get Black Bream head up past the ski club and you will get to Honey Moon island some real nice areas up that way. A chance of Mulloway through that area as well. The bridge that you cross after turnoff to caravan park has rocks toward the mouth. Oyster Harbour which the Kalgan flows into has a lot of shallow flats with weed areas. Can get big sea mullet, gobbler and pretty much all ya estuarine fish. I use to catch/spear a kind of bream which were very blue (blue nosed bream?) at the Lower King bridge had a lot of fun that way as a kid catching herring,small salmon and my first mulloway. I'm no expert on lures but try and experimentwith different types, be the same as river fishing anywhere. That caravan park is very popular Enjoy ya time out
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.
barcelona125
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thanks wesi might chuck some
thanks wes
i might chuck some surface lures around in oyster harbour if it is shallow like u say it is.
Wes F
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There's some Aboriginal fish
There's some Aboriginal fish traps made from rocks between the Lower King Bridge and the caravan park ya staying at on right hand side as ya heading east turnof at bottom of hill. worth a look and a fish there on high tide.
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.
barcelona125
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thanks wes i might look into
thanks wes i might look into that
Joodles
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Mate paddle down to the
Mate paddle down to the channel downstream of the lower bridge just before it enters oyster harbour as Wes said. Fish that channel and associated flats with plastics or your preferred baits for KG's. You'll find other species in there but if you get onto whiting who cares!
Good luck