swan river mulloway vs blowfish

Hi guys, im just wondering if there is anywhere in the swan river where I could soak a big fillet of bait, sit back, wait, have a few brews and wait for the drag to peel off, preferably mulloway/anything big, even a bullshark!!! Or is the whole river infested with em!!


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Point Walter? or black

Tue, 2010-11-23 20:58

Point Walter? or black wall?

also canning bridge is good for litlle bulls.

this is all at night though...

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Live bait is probly the best

Tue, 2010-11-23 21:00

Live bait is probly the best way and only in some places.

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Yeah diehard, I have tried

Tue, 2010-11-23 21:34

Yeah diehard, I have tried point walter and the blowies are everywhere!!! Have not tried blackwall yet, but Im sure it will just be the same. Im think like danno, live bait will be the only way.

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Narrows, Causeway, Kingie

Tue, 2010-11-23 22:02

Narrows, Causeway, Kingie hole near Ron Courtney Island, the old brewery, Fish Market Reserve under the water pipe. Live bony herring and trumpeters work well so do live tailor.

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definately go with the

Tue, 2010-11-23 23:11

definately go with the livie. bony herring are the best but trumps will do but not huge ones. if you can get some yellow tail (scads) in the lower reaches they work well as well

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Thanks fellas, might try one

Wed, 2010-11-24 08:40

Thanks fellas, might try one of thoe locations this saturday night. whats the easiest way to catch some live bait.....using a herring rig and a burley cage, or a sabiki rig, guessing bait will be no good because of the blowies!

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the narrows is usually quite

Wed, 2010-11-24 17:37

the narrows is usually quite good. casting 20g metal slices and diving lures and the like will get you a fair share of bait :) most are touching legal size now as well. fishin with lures wont get you many blowies either!

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tailor

Wed, 2010-11-24 09:17

although tailor are used as livies, don't forget they still have a legal size limit - 300mm.  That's a big bait...

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Kingie hole - Ron Courtney

Wed, 2010-11-24 10:47

Hey fishintruckie, is that hole you speak of at the bottom of the steps? I know it's pretty deep but not sure how much. Lost some massive bream in those snags.

Also, how deep is it under the pipe at fish market? Didn't realise there was a hole there.

Used to get a few big ones at the end of Anstey Rd and at Pickering Park in Bassendean. Not so easy now without the jetty anymore though. There used to be a lot of big mullas upstream!

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Sorry for the late reply

Sat, 2010-11-27 13:37

Sorry for the late reply Lunker, I have just got home from Broome. The kingie hole is at the west end of the island and drops down to nearly 7m. Easy to find in summer just look for the boats fishing it at night. Under the pipe at Fish Market is a bit harder to find the hole as it is very small but there is also a bit of structure under there as well and plenty of "arches" on the sounder when looking for somewhere to fish, live mullet work best up around that way. I have also had 50-60cm mulloway follow lures up behind the womens prison.

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I reckon if you fish the

Wed, 2010-11-24 19:42

I reckon if you fish the upper swan you'd be able to use bait cos not many blowies there. I haven't caught any before on bait in the upper swan. if you fish the lower swan like canning bridge or narrows. definitely life bait. but be cautious of blue swimmers around on the bottom in the narrows. I've got liveys stolen by them. so maybe you could cast the livey out unweighted

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usually let them swim out

Wed, 2010-11-24 19:47

usually let them swim out unwieghted by themselves shifeng ;)

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I did that the other night

Wed, 2010-11-24 22:17

I did that the other night and the crabs still got him :( Was my only one too!

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that means it's time to

Wed, 2010-11-24 23:33

that means it's time to scoop some crabs for a feed flangies! haha! i'm heading to kingie hole tmr if u wanna join me? my last exam!

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Ahh! I have work tomorrow

Wed, 2010-11-24 23:52

Ahh! I have work tomorrow night :( but if you want to go any other time I'm free.

Also got a live bait Mesh bag if you wanna fill up before we go

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ah. oh well.. prob next week

Wed, 2010-11-24 23:59

ah. oh well.. prob next week then. i don't know my work schedule for next week though. lol. will pm you

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yea. learned from my

Wed, 2010-11-24 19:48

yea. learned from my mistake. haha!

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Where is kingie hole Ron

Wed, 2010-11-24 22:11

Where is kingie hole Ron courtney, whats the live bait supply like there, never heard of it, how do you get there, might give it ago for a mulla saturday night.

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Also whats everybodys live

Wed, 2010-11-24 22:12

Also whats everybodys live baiting rig for a mulloway?

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i'm heading there tmr after

Wed, 2010-11-24 23:32

i'm heading there tmr after exam for some bream and hopefully a mulla or two. would be using dead bait unless i can hook up a tailor or two there.

I used to use a small running sinker on the main line and 20 or 40lb leader of about 30cm and cast it out. but i've learnt my lesson that the crabs will steal the livey that way so if i use a livey i'll just let it swim out unweighted. otherwise i'll use a running sinker for mulla.

they are very sensitive to tension so can't use a paternoster

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shifeng , where is the

Thu, 2010-11-25 00:02

shifeng , where is the kingie hole?

 

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how did you go mate, you get

Sun, 2010-11-28 08:24

how did you go mate, you get a mulla?

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actually adam, i have no

Thu, 2010-11-25 00:11

actually adam, i have no idea exactly where the hole is. but i'd be heading to that area.

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you can join me if you want

Thu, 2010-11-25 00:11

you can join me if you want =)

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cant tomorrow mate, have to

Thu, 2010-11-25 00:18

cant tomorrow mate, have to paint the rest of the house, might head there saturday night though if you want, what are is that in, I have no Idea, could be in rockingham for all I know.

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nono. it's in ascot. garvey

Thu, 2010-11-25 00:24

nono. it's in ascot. garvey park. there's an island that splits the swan river. go check it out on google maps. i can't fish fri sat this week. cos i'm working at night.

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Hey shifeng, how did you go

Thu, 2010-11-25 18:24

Hey shifeng, how did you go last night did you end up going fishing? can you get mulloway at ascot????

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i'm going tonight. not last

Thu, 2010-11-25 19:57

i'm going tonight. not last night. haha. i'm still at home because we are having chilli crabs cos housemate caught some mud crabs up in carnavon. so i'm heading off after dinner

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I've heard if your using a

Sat, 2010-11-27 14:43

I've heard if your using a grunter as ur livie, the mulloway just smash them because they make an irritating grunting noise while swimming

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really? whats a grunter,

Sun, 2010-11-28 08:22

really? whats a grunter, where can you catch them?

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canning bridge

Sun, 2010-11-28 09:47

tons of them ;)

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mullas

Sun, 2010-11-28 09:55

my mate got 2 mullas a couple of nights ago, 17 and 22 kilo!!!!

lost some others aswell.

on live baits. can't tell you where>

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Jeez, Jarrad can spin a

Sun, 2010-11-28 10:25

Jeez, Jarrad can spin a story can't he.

 

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haha

Sun, 2010-11-28 10:46

haha lol,

said hooked 3 more aswell!!

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well he aint gonna catch

Thu, 2010-12-02 21:45

well he aint gonna catch them again is he, so why not let us all know where, orrrr ......................pm me?

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This is a grunter.  

Sun, 2010-11-28 10:02

This is a grunter.

 

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ah yeah, i caught one at

Thu, 2010-12-02 21:47

ah yeah, i caught one at white hills a few months ago and one at kalbarri, never knew what they where, thanks fishintruckie!!!

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how big do the taylor get in

Sun, 2010-11-28 18:20

how big do the taylor get in the swan i caught my 1st 1 a cople of weeks ago on my kayak and they have a good fight for something out or the river

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i went to the narrows

Sun, 2010-11-28 22:32

i went to the narrows instead last thursday night. must have caught like 20 tailors. I've lost count. didn't get a mulloway adam but caught a pelican. stole my life bait and now he has a hook and my leader stuck in his beak. had a little run on another live bait and main line snapped.

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nice work shifeng! how where

Thu, 2010-12-02 21:48

nice work shifeng! how where you getting the tailor, did you llet out a livie?

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was getting them on metal

Fri, 2010-12-03 01:56

was getting them on metal lures! just cast and retrieve. yea. i did but to no avail. =(