SALMON
Submitted by max199 on Thu, 2007-03-08 15:47
Went dowm south with half of Perth on the long weekend looking for some salmon. Haven't explored much but managed to find a medium sized bay south of Indijup point. Saw a couple of good sized schools of what looked like salmon.Managed only 1 good sized fish of 5kg. At the most there were probably 10 people spread out within this bay and with only 3 people fishing.
Bloody awsome sight seeing a school come in with a wave with the sunlight lighting their shapes up. Really exciting stuff.Weather was okay with a med easterly in the morning which was off shore where i was then later a sea breeze. Saw a few boats trolling but nothing caught, atleast with what i saw with my binoculars. Any else went down south??
SPESS
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Gettin me xcited mate,
Gettin me xcited mate, awsome.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
sherbert
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I cant waite
Bring them on
steve
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max199
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Too Early??
Was all amped for a monday early morning fish at the same spot and guess what? No one told the fish to be there...Caught the sunday salmon on a metal lure which slides along a double leader which is then tied to a single hook on one end then a swivel to the other. When the salmon jumps the metal lure slides away from the hook preventing the salmon having weight to throw , close to it's mouth. ATB MAXY
SHizz
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where you been all this
where you been all this time? nice fish man, should catch up to wet a line soon ey?
max199
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SHizz
Been around. Haven't had access to the net. I'm keen to chase some more salmon! ATB MAXY
Lukas
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Looks like injidup to me.
Looks like injidup to me. Was there today and saw one school move through. didn't manage any though.
Will be back there tomorrow...
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dan south
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Dan.probley c ya there
Dan.probley c ya there lukas.
Lukas
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Will keep an eye out. Should
Will keep an eye out. Should be there bout 3ish for an hour on my way home.
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merv
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Small Schools
There were small schools of salmon spread out a long the coast last weekend,with many seen but not caught around bunbury through to dawsville.The blow we had last week may have dispersed some from bigger schools.Point Peron could be worth a look at this weekend for a few.
max199
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Take 2
Lukas,Dan, Howd ya go?? I went today again (Sunday) and landed two good sized fish. Made the little Bream graphite SINGGGGG with 4lb braid. Not that hard to land when there's enough line on ya reel.Had a ball. Not too many schools though.You can see anything that swims by up at the car park hey and you are right about Indijup point. MAXY
Lukas
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Had a rod but no lures!
Didn't go on friday. Forgot to take my tackle box with me to work. Not gonna happen this week though. Got a new tackle bag for all the lures and tied a leader for the light line so I'm ready to rock. If only I didn't have to go to perth tomorrow!
Oh well tuesday is looking good. If they've hit augusta hard then they should be here some time this week!!!
Still waiting for my new reel with the 6lb on it!
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max199
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Temptation
After seeing how well my older bro is doing up at Kal I decided last night to go down again. Got up at 5am and was fishing by 8am. Some cow boys there though. Slamming the schools right on top of em and scaring em too much. Again the first school swam by around 10ish. MAXY
[img_assist|fid=132427|thumb=1|alt=Sunday Salmon2|caption=Quick pic of gear with a Salmon head ache... Tastes mighty fine too!]
dan south
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will be there tommorrow and
will be there tommorrow and tuesday need give my light rod a work out.
Lukas
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Might catch ya tuesday if
Might catch ya tuesday if you're there in the arvo dan. Will be heading down after work at about 3ish again.
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Yeh no worrys mate il have
Yeh no worrys mate il have me fishwrecked shirt on and waiting for some schools to cruz by hope theres few.
max199
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How?
How did ya go boys? Anything worth mentioning
Lukas
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Nope
Nah. Chased a school up and down the beach but they stayed out of casting range because I didn't have a 12 ft rod...
Saw a couple landed looked to be about 6-7kg's but no joy for me. Might have another look this afternoon.
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max199
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WIND
There wasn't a sea breeze that I saw last week end, do they still come by when it's on shore in the afternoons? Obviously it would be harder to reach a school... MAXY
dan south
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Went and had a look just
Went and had a look just then real strong onshore,sloppy still managed to pull one out.
streetfighter80
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oh its been so long
i havent caught a salmon in lets see damn 13 yrs
hopefully break that this season
hope it shapes up like last yr
SPESS
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Dont worry street! I hadnt
Dont worry street! I hadnt got one for years too, not for lack of trying though they always seemed out of casting range which would peave me off until last year when i got heaps! So cant wait for this year if it goes like the last. Well have to head out together one day for some fun when they get here. Sooner the better i hope.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
sherbert
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I got a couple
Last year but only small 2/3 kg steve
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max199
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Hell...
I should thank my lucky stars going by your two success's. Only really tried from last year with 1 landed and last week end with three so far. Wasn't a hard thing at all.Where did you try for em street? Spess? Sherbs? MAXY
SPESS
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Trigg blue holes,
Trigg blue holes, yanchep(later in the year) and north moles worked good for me but you did have to use a large popper to get the schools interested when they were out of casting range and once they come in switch to the other gear. I found that raiders and snipers in the 40 to 65gm size did most of the damage as well as 5' tsnami prerigged fish also worked well when you arms got tired of winding the metals flatout. Saying that though i did see them all up the metro coast alot when i was about but they could only be accessed with a small tiny, to far away from shore. Had a great time last year landing around the 40 fish mark in around 10 sessions. Hope its the same this year.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
sherbert
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I got mine at white hills
And swanbourn in front of the life saving club,and the girls are not bad as well
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dan south
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got six more this morning
got six more this morning
sherbert
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Were
comeing around the cape ?????
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SamC
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was that at honeycombs again
was that at honeycombs again dan? or mitchells?
cheers
sam
Cheers,
Sam
dan south
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yeh honeycoombs
yeh honeycoombs
max199
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honeycoombs?
honeycoombs Augusta or up more? Only shitin ya. Good to hear, were the ones you caught lately Dan good size? 5kg? Yeah that's where I got my one at Swannie. Big fat prick just like me... Only this one had a scar on it's tail. I posted it up somewhere, maybe on tyhe brag board. MAXY
SPESS
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Well done mate 6 is a better
Well done mate 6 is a better than none, which is all ive got this year.lol.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
dan south
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Yeh there pretty big at the
Yeh there pretty big at the start of the season one i got last monday went to the 6 mark.
SPESS
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They must be feeding pretty
They must be feeding pretty hard them by the sounds of it! Hows the herring population going!lol.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
dan south
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My old man went to wydup
My old man went to wydup rocks the other day to get some herring but there was none cause ther was salmon every where but thes lots of sardines around to.
SPESS
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They might be at the 10kg
They might be at the 10kg mark when they hit perth then by the sounds! LOL i wish!
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
dan south
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u never know mate seen a
u never know mate seen a 10kg salmon couple years go caught of rocky point so they excist.