salmon this deep?
Just want to hear opinions on if this is usual or not.
Went out yesterday, bit lumpy in the morning but beautiful in the arvo. Anyway 35-40m deep & caught what we thought were kingies until we got on deck & realised they were very large salmon. we were catching them at 800mm and built like tanks. I have never caught them that deep before. Not too sure if they were following us around but tried 3 spots and all produced salmon until we moved 3 miles away! We were also north of Mindarie which again is a little unusual.
The fight on this size was awesome & kept us entertained for a while. Managed a couple of good baldies,KG's & big pinky. All dhuies were released well inc again a few token Harlequins which seem to be a bit more prevalent.
Anyway would be good to hear if others have caught salmon this deep?
Madmerv
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Deep Drop
Deep dropping for salmon.. Awsum
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Jaggo
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Yeh seen them that deep for
Yeh seen them that deep for sure. That far north is a bit weird though.
scottnofish
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deepest ive caught them was 90m
A couple of years ago behind rotto
berserkfishing
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Yep has happened to us twice!
Yep has happened to us twice! Very grumpy after we thought they were good fish, then realized they were salmon!
lol
Jiggity jig jig
slam
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Well I live and learn
Didn't realise they went that deep. I was surprised that far north.
Naitanui_
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Trolled one up in 19m north
Trolled one up in 19m north of Mindarie coming back from the Gemini