What baits and lures should i use to catch swan river species?

I'm staying at a freinds house in Mandurah on one of the canals with its own jetty. I've never been to Mandurah before so I don't know what to expect. Please help me to know how to fish and what to fish for in Mandurah on the beachs and in the rivers.

Gang

 I'm HOPING (haven't arrived yet ) that my step daughters (3 of) are going to send me down fishing gear vouchers - so I'm HOPING for enough to pick up an inexpensive Bream Rod. I'm an absolute novice when it comes to bream rods, but thought I'd need something with a fast live taper at the end for flicking light softies and HBs, but with a little bit of musle below that (for the 37-40cm guys - hopefully!) and the (supa hopefully) odd Mulla that haunts the Hay/Kalgan etc.

I'm only guestimating - but should get $70-$100 and can probably stretch this a little bit.

What's the suggestions folks? 

just looked up fishermans market in caversham is there any other great places to fish for bream

i might be fishing in the arvo any good spots form narrows up near the swan valley i know most of the bream are downstream but jsut going wiv my little bro so has any one fished upstream ?

i know its a bad day tommorow but im trying to convince my dad to drop me off due to taking my mum to a convention if any one wants to come will try to fish on the city side but if any one is going pm me and i will try to convince him to drop me off cheers

cant find it at all ... i must be blind!

the place i ussually try hasnt been cuming up with anything

therfore i needa try sumwer else...

any suggestions...?

We;ve  just had a nice feed of redfin from the warren river tasty little buggers i was wondering where the closest spot to perth would be to pick up a couple.

We tried and lost most of our hard lures with limited sucsess.

The softies were ok but the snags got the better of them

The bait we found by far the best was WORMS good old earth worms

Cant wait to go again ( catching earthworms that is)

could any one let me know upper or lower swan for the best bream this time of year ?????????????????????

I am checking out the Capel (on Google earth)for when I move over & it looks pretty brown flowing into the ocean. I know the G E photos can be months old but the footy oval is as bare as lady Godiva so it must be summer? Anyone know wot muddyies the river up & if the fish wear goggles?

hey guys i just want to know is it any good fishing up near midland coz im trying it there this week but im not sure   please help

hey guys i want to know what place is better the narrows or the causeway

cheers 

hey i love my fishing but the problem is i dont know where to go some good hints would be gr8   cheers

theres nothing i enjoy more than wasting a few hours down the swan river on a nice day flicking different soft plastics around the flats and structure looking for a waiting flathead or bream. The only problem with this is as soon as the softy hits the water it gets smashed by blowies! so annoying and a waste of time and money. Obviously the hard body lures are an option but is there any secrets to using the plastics without the headeche of blowfish? i know the further upstream i go the less blowies there are but i live near freo so this is my preffered area.

Hi Sandies! I`ll be joining you in a few months all the way from sunny Victoria, & probably living around the Bunbury area. Would like to know what I can expect to catch in the Collie as far up as the bridge in Australind ( Paris Rd)?

I went for a crab dive in the Swan in Freswater bay area a few nights ago and got some of these bad boys!

Got my ten crabs, carapace size was approx 150-180mm

The end result, cooked big blues that tasted delish and were full of meat. Had a coldy with friends and the feed went down well!

Went out the next day in the Sound, had a school of pink snapper swirling on the surface right next to my boat doing their thing. By the time i jumped in the water they spooked and took off as it was that glassy calm on Monday arvo it was awesome. Got my eight crays, eight went to the boat and one very lucky cray made it back to the water hehehe!

Took the tinnie out for a cruise on the Swan River Friday and last night in search of some big blue's. All i can say is that mandurah may have the quantity but the river has the quality!!!
The we only got 2 crabs Friday night and only 2 last night but they were the biggest crabs i have seen in years. Cooked them up last night and they were absolutley chock a block with meat. Nice fresh loaf of bread and some salt and pepper and they went down a treat.
The smallest we caught was 62cm from claw to claw and the largest was 66cm (photo attached). Friday night was a bit choppy due to the wind but last night the wind slowed down to the point that it was like cruising on a lake in the boat.
will definately be back out there again this weekend.
scano

does anybody know anything about it? i live in northern suburbs near lake joondalup which is a very large body of water. I assume their would be carp fishing opportunities, could sumbody shed some light on this topic.

Does anyone know what date the swan fish comp is on in 2008?

I guess a few people would have gone marron snaring over the Aussie day long weekend, any reports?

hey everyone

i live in Meville does anyone know aany fishing spots in swan river near there?

coz my mom wont take me fishing to woodys alltime she says itis too far :(

Hi guys anyone off to catch a feed of Marron tomorrow? My mate and I went for a drive today to checkout some old haunts I have'nt been Marroning for many years so I looked up the rules not much has changed. We're going to try some spots in the Preston River area close to Bunbury as we believe the main Rivers and Dams will be over run with people. What are your thoughts on the subject.

                                                             Cheers Kev

Does any body know any information about swanfish this year?

Just giving the heads up for people chasing some blue manna's!

Just come back from a week in mandurah and had good crabbing sessions...the dawesville cut is going off atm, easily getting 15-20 crabs in a hour or so..

the big aswell and packed with meat...definatley worth the trip if your keen



cheers

sam

Went down for another little jig sesh this afternoon.

This little guy musta been hungry!







Got another one about 26cm,

 



One much larger, looked to be at least 50 cm, gave chase but didn't strike...oh well at least I know there are big 'uns around.



Mike

gday guys has ne 1 fished the fitzroy ??? if so how did ya go and what time of year etc. headin up in 2 weeks so ne info would be great!

cheers brenz


 

Mick's Black Bream

James's Black Bream

Walpole Sunset

James Blackie

Paul's Black Bream

Some photo's from the boys down at Walpole, looks like the black bream are on the bite. Enjoy.

VMC does some small thin gauge circles called "sure sets" thinking about giving an whirl for bream, seeing as i usually just leave the rod out with the drag loose.
Anybody tried these or similar on bream?