Rat mulloway up the Canning
Hey all, this certainly isn't one for the brag bag but thought I'd share as some may find it interesting.
Went out with my bro for an afternoon kayak up the canning river, from the old riverton bridge headed SE. Decided to bring the light rods along for a bit of a flick as we went, see if we could entice a strike out of any bream that may be hiding out in the snags up that way. Just for a bit of fun to break up the paddling. No such luck with the bream, but just on dusk as we were headed back, this juvie mulloway decided he'd have a go at the soft plastic i was dangling. Even at this size, good fun on a light setup. Lil fella was of course sent back to get much bigger, and he took off at a very healthy speed.
Got us wondering if they're common this far up river, anyone else caught as bycatch while breaming up that way?
(also wondered if they were the reason we saw so many smaller fish breaching the surface all afternoon?)
Liam A
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Used to
Live on riverton drive, aways used to see large schools of fish breaking the surface and occasionally pods of dolphins. Never caught a mulloway up that way but found a fairly large one floating on the surface in the middle of the river just past the bridge.
Rig
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river mulloway
A few around
they target them in the east coast rivers with lures with pretty good success
tim-o
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The juvies are meant to
The juvies are meant to school, Id love to get into a school of soapies on light gear in the river, dont hear much of it tho, mostly bycatch of breamin
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Rig
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effort
not many people target them here...yet
I will be this year but hopefully the soapies parents