south west sweet water

G'day guys,

Headed south on the weekend with good intent to chase some salmon however the wind was up all weekend so decided to hit the rivers for some trout. I started Saturday arvo heading to my favourite brook to chase some big trout. the river is super tight with really big fish that spook easy. ended up with a couple of redfin, a rainbow and a nice brown taken on a SP. also lost a good size brown after it took to the air and spat my squidgy pro critter. the fish were really turned on with multiple trout chasing my lure and spooking a few while walking the river.
sunday me and my brother hit some other rivers with the trout being really aggressive. in 2 separate rivers we caught 3-4 trout each in a couple of hours. I also lost 3 trout and 1 monster redfin that was taking drag before busting me off under the log I was standing on. all of my trout were caught on soft plastics and my redfin were on small hard bodies. all my brothers fish were on hard bodies. all in all we had an awesome weekend on the fresh water with many trout spotted and many trout hooked with a few large guys landed and some big browns spooked. I cant wait to go back!

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superb report!

Sun, 2014-03-23 20:33

Switching to the fresh water paid off for sure. Well done

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 Some nice looking fish

Sun, 2014-03-23 20:33

 Some nice looking fish there!

That brown is a beautiful looking fish, well done.

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Colouring of the brown

Sun, 2014-03-23 21:03

For absolute beauty I don't think the browns can be beaten.

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awesome photos mate gotta

Mon, 2014-03-24 07:04

awesome photos mate gotta love the south west fresh water fishing

looks like u got urself a nice spot

thnks for sharin

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Sweet water indeed.Judging

Mon, 2014-03-24 12:14

Sweet water indeed.

Judging from the snags you must have lost a few terminals

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very nice!

Mon, 2014-03-24 12:23

very nice!

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 Nice work Crezz, gotta love

Mon, 2014-03-24 12:48

 Nice work Crezz, gotta love that part of the world. I'll be heading down as soon as we get the first decent rains.

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surprisingly you don't loose

Mon, 2014-03-24 12:58

surprisingly you don't loose a lot of gear. most of the snags are within arms reach and if there not, well the water is only a couple of feet deep so its no drama to go get your feet wet.

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 wat area wer u in crezz

Mon, 2014-03-24 13:03

 wat area wer u in crezz

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pemberton "area"

Mon, 2014-03-24 13:07

pemberton "area"

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Awesome work mate. Used to

Mon, 2014-03-24 19:00

Awesome work mate. Used to live down that way for a few years and one of those spots looks very familiar - though then again a lot of stretches of river do!

If it is the same spot, I've always done ok there too. Few mazzas about also.

 

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plenty of mazzas crawling

Mon, 2014-03-24 20:43

plenty of mazzas crawling around but not much size to them.

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Well done mate, recognize a

Tue, 2014-03-25 11:02

Well done mate, recognize a lot of the photo's as i grew up in Pemby. Used to catch good marron under the bridge!!

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 where abouts in wa was this?

Sun, 2014-03-30 09:27

 where abouts in wa was this?

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