Salmon in the river at Pt Walter
Submitted by Swompa on Sat, 2016-04-23 19:32
Big school in the river today, pushing up to Point Walter. Wouldn't have believed it had I not seen it myself. Few videos on Facebook at Bicton of a very large school smashing a bait school
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whipasswaverunner
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Awesome.
Awesome.
scotto
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Nup, not salmon
carnarvoite said they don't go in the river. They're mullet
Swompa
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We'd seen a few large fish
We'd seen a few large fish jumping in Blackwall reach and I thought surely not, then we saw a few boats hooked up and I couldn't believe it. Lucky pic to see it jumping.
sea-kem
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Ha ha that must be gospel
Ha ha that must be gospel
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beau
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Hehe
Hehe
Fisher Kid
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ahahahah looks like i was
ahahahah looks like i was right when i said they were salmon i saw at east freo. But hey there was a school filmed at left bank at ecxact spot i saw them. interesting i guess.
Fishing and catching are two different things. But i want to learn how to catch.
uncle
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Yep beat me
Too it ha ha
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Tim
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Video
Saw this video as well
https://www.facebook.com/ElementalSUP/videos/10153565787718201/
I thought I remembered recently seeing a comment that the salmon dont go in the river? Good thing or those baitfish would have been smashed lol
Swompa
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Salmullett
Salmullett
hezzy
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that's what john actually
that's what john actually posted below
& I fully agree with him on that point he made below for the place and time of the year
it is highly unusual for adult spawning salmon to go up rivers ......AND YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT IT
juvenile salmon trout will hang in estuarys as they grow
this year is one of the best migrations of adult fish in years all up the wa coast
so they may turn up anywhere , but its not a normal place you would expect to find them ,
just goes to show truth is stranger than fiction
hezzy
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Sun, 2016-03-27 20:30
More than likely they were sea mullet, very much doubt salmon have reached metro beaches yet and wouldn't expect they are going to travel up river[
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scotto
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Nothing is unusual these days
a lot of northern species caught in metro over the last few years. Nothing is out of the ordinary anymore.
I have personally witnessed a lot of Salmon being regularly caught in the swan over the last few years. Ive seen heaps of photos over the years of salmon from in the Mandurah estuary, Bunbury estuary, Kalgan river, Blackwood, etc.
Hoggy333
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yeah can back that up, each
yeah can back that up, each year they have been pushing further and further up through freo harbour and into the swan over the last few that ive noticed.
where the bait goes to hide they will follow regardless, they dont give a stuff if its a river.
Swompa
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FSC Marina wa full of bait
FSC Marina wa full of bait yesterday. Everything smaller than 150mm is hiding at the moment..l
carnarvonite
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Thank you
Thank you Hezzy.
I still stand up for what I said, it is high unusual for adult salmon to travel up river. If I was wrong well I apologise but if I was right who will ever know.
Yes, I have netted salmon trout in the Leschnault estuary but not in large numbers, no more than 5-6 in amongst hundreds of kilos of mullet
Fisher Kid
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yea exactly. past experience
yea exactly. past experience and knowledge are usually right. But in recent years things are changing so who knows. its not like i had a clear photo of what i saw so its not like carnavonite is calling my bullshit. i have the uptmost respect for people who have the years of experience i dont. :))
its not like salmon in the river is a bad thing so ahah get out and enjoy it guys :)
Fishing and catching are two different things. But i want to learn how to catch.
sea-kem
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Nicely said chief.
Nicely said chief.
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barracuda
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Fresh water
it would be good if their flesh turned into fresh water salmon
Lamby
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Lol
Lol
uncle
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So fisherkid
Was probably right
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
aussiejoe
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Last year
Salmon were thick in the harbour last year.
meglodon
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Yep seeing is believing
I can't wait for the barra to start showing up in the Mandurah estuary. Laugh you may well do but we have the odd muddy so why not a few barra. LOL
Perry Home
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Chasing food
From the video you can see the fish were frantic for food. Estuaries including the Swan could be breeding grounds...it is a spawning run that the fish are on.
sea-kem
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Thing is the river isn't
Thing is the river isn't truly a river, it's more a tidal esturine and salt water probably all the way up past Ascot.
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Perry Home
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Good point Sea-kem
If compared to other SW estuary systems is pretty typical of the other estuaries before man had intervened with modifications etc
JacksonL
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Went down to Bicton this
Went down to Bicton this morning to have a flick for bream and had 3 necked salmon wash up near Blackwall.
meglodon
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That is not good
Seeing fish wash up on the shore that have been killed and then dumped gets my blood boiling. There is no excuse for such a thing like that.
If you are not going to do something good with the fish release them unharmed so that some one else can enjoy the experience you just had.
JacksonL
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Salmon busting up along with
Salmon busting up along with a couple of dolphins under the old traffic bridge at the moment.
Already about 25 people and a couple of boats there.