Salmon schools
Submitted by lachieH on Mon, 2014-08-25 15:41
Hi everyone, I know prime salmon time is about half a year away still but I want to be ready to go when it comes. My question is how do you find schools of salmon? Do you drive on coastal roads from perth to south until you see one? Is there any tricks to finding them?
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Fisher Kid
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go to any beach around
go to any beach around pemberton around 1st term school holidays or the long weekend during 1st term, Yallingup beacj is good. You cant see em but just cast out and wait. Head around to windy harbour if you want to cast lures out to see em. Theres no roads really where you can drive along and see the schools, you have to be on the beach.
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carnarvonite
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Spotting
One thing to remember when trying to pick between a reef and a school is that the shadow of the school will rise as a wave passes and a reef will remain or fade slightly
Once you have seen plenty it becomes second nature but recognising the first one is difficult if you haven't seen one before
Hutch
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Go to the Albany area,
Go to the Albany area, fairly easy to spot the schools on a calmish day.
Micklemas
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Between the Capes
A lot of the beaches between Cape Leuwin and Cape Nat are accessed by going over the dune system or rocks and down on to the beaches. Before you head down have a good look from up top. Binoculars and polaroid sunnies will increase what you see out in the water. Sometimes the birds will be active around the schools. If they are to far out to cast to, dolphins are handy, they will round the schools up and herd them closer to shore, a lot of fish will break from the school and hug the shore if the dolphins are smashing them.
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Hey Lachie there was a
Hey Lachie there was a school in the sound on Tuesday so they are still around in metro water. They were next to the ASI groyne well within casting distance
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lachieH
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Do u think it could be
Do u think it could be around woodmans point now? Or near the north mole? I might bring a couple of poppers and stickbaits and search for it tomorrow to try and get my first salmon
Is the school big?
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There were tonnes around.
There were tonnes around. It's just a matter of being there at the right time.
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