Swan river giant herring
Went to one of my go to swan river spots where i have landed bullsharks but never the mulloway that ive been chasing. After spending most of the night sitting in the freezing cold chasing that illusive mulloway i was begining to give in. Around 2:30am I threw my flicky with 9lb braid and a small strip bait of tailor on a red longshank out in the hope of catching some more live bait to reset my two mulloway rods. I felt the line tighten and bang! i was on to what i thought was decent mulloway! The line screamed out and the head shakes were insane! I seen a huge flash of silver as the fish leaped out of the water and i seen that it was definalty not a mulloway. After a few more nervous leaping runs i landed it to see it was a huge giant herring. Measuring 85cm
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Uluabuster
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Wow! At this time of the
Wow! At this time of the year?!!
Great Catch!
Bradley981
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This was almost 4 weeks ago
This was almost 4 weeks ago now but the river is still full of marine life, even upstream near belmont racecourse there are big crabs coming up
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Faulkner Family
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Well done. Have heard of
Well done. Have heard of them in the swan before but not that big. Certainly would have been a surprise for you. Thats one species many of us would never catch
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Bradley981
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Back in march they were
Back in march they were schooling in the shallows near melville beach. Must have been over 100 along that stretch all around the 50-60cm mark. Wouldn't take any bait or lure! I think they were spawning. Id say that would be good place to target them!
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Chinbald
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Cracker fish
can tell by the hand around the tail, would of gone like rocket
Bradley981
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Thanks mate
Thanks mate, yeah it was a fat fish! Im 6 foot 4 and it still looks big
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grantarctic1
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Top
Top catch mate, would have got the old heart racing for sure, well done .
Bradley981
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Thanks
Thanks
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Da pirate
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Awsome.
Mate that's awsome!! Don't do much in
the swan myself but that's killa ..
good job . Pirate
meglodon
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Some people spend countless hours targeting
.Some fishos spend countless hours targeting them and are lucky if they even see a couple of giant herring and here you are catching one as a by catch.
Great going buddy that is one hell of a catch that will give you some great memories
Bradley981
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Cheers mate, yeah it was
Cheers mate, yeah it was definalty a lucky catch! Ive spent alot of hours sitting on the river bank without a touch so this makes up for some of that time.
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