Has any one ever caught a land based snapper in the swan river

What a day !!!

5 trophies MAMA TOMAN landed in 1 DAY.

 Biggest 9KG monster MAMA toman. Awesome fights !!! All actions captured by my GOPRO camera.

I always love fishing wild toman, not everyone can land 5 mama in 1 DAY. haha !!!

The fights and chasing game make the whole fishing trip rather exciting and awesome for that day.

Do it the BKKGUY way !!!! ;)

Some of the hightlights photos N 'live' youtube actions......

Enjoys !!!

Video actions !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR0_t9NsCv0

9KG Monster MAMA toman..

More catches...

Awesome catch !!!

Awesome color pattern !!!

I call it the - Green monster !!!

What a day !!!

5 trophies MAMA TOMAN landed in 1 DAY.

 Biggest 9KG monster MAMA toman. Awesome fights !!! All actions captured by my GOPRO camera.

I always love fishing wild toman, not everyone can land 5 mama in 1 DAY. haha !!!

The fights and chasing game make the whole fishing trip rather exciting and awesome for that day.

Do it the BKKGUY way !!!! ;)

Some of the hightlights photos N 'live' youtube actions......

Enjoys !!!

Video actions !!!

[Youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR0_t9NsCv0 [/Youtube]

9KG Monster MAMA toman..

More catches...

Awesome catch !!!

Awesome color pattern !!!

I call it the - Green monster !!!

 Summers coming, time to pull out the cranks and start smashing some boat hulls, pontoons, flats and basically anything else!! Heres a few of mine from todays efforts. Majority were over 30, biggest was around 32-33cm. The first fish was completely visual when it hit, followed it in and then i watched it as it slowly pursued and then i paused the lure and it bumped the Atomic and got the hooks in him!! Dropped a few and missed some solid hits, had to leave them biting though :( Heres a few photos :)

 Has anyone caught any mulloway around Perth from the land lately

 hey guys just thought i would let anybody chasing sharks know went down to south mole last night and our group of 4 guys landed 7 black tip reef sharks and hooked up and lost maybe another 7 every body else around us getting them to just baitcasting mulies good fun of light gear may try again tomoz good luck.

had a good day on the water today, the yellowfin were playing the game with the odd dollie thrown in for good luck

caught these this evening north west of barrow island all fish were caught on handlines, theres a few sore fingers this evening.

we also caught rainbow runners, stripey and mack tuna and one giant shark.

biggest yellow fin was 26kg and the dolly went 124 cm shame i didnt get a photo for the record board before he was released.

saw a strange shark today couldnt get a photo unfortunatly but it looked a bit like a bronzie except it had really long pectoral fins with white tips and a white tipped dorsal fin, ive never seen one before, anyone have any ideas??

enjoy the pics boys, some good advantages of working at sea

dan

Here is a couple of soft plastic dhuies pulled from 20 mtrs 2 days ago and of course released without harm.... 

Jurien Bay Crays from the last couple of days,

 Hey fellow Fishwreckers,

Just went thisarvo to pull the pots for the first time and have got a pot snagged in 21m NW of Mindarie - the other pot had a ridiculous amount of scuff marks on the bait lid and inside the neck but alas no crays???

Im thinking the pots that were next to eachother may have been pulled by someone ( only ever got crays in pots after that amount of scarring)

and the other one may have been slid along the bottom rather than pulled straight up - like a novice that pulls pots from the side rather than walking up the rope first and going vertical - ive not had a pot snagged in the last three years doing that even on the rough stuff.Or its just baaaad luck. who knows...

Anyway, whatever has happened i need to get this pot off the bottom and was planning a trip out on Sat morning....id like to offer someone a trip out for a dive in return for getting this pot off the reef.

As im not a diver, i would be happy to take two (if someone wants a dive buddy) and am happy to sit at anchor nearby until you have had a nice dive.

My boat is a 6m centre console with dive ladder, if that helps.

Thanks in advance 

Joffa.

 Found this little fella crawling around on the deck this morning after dropping the pot back in the water. Cool looking dude was only about 20mm long! I wonder how long he'll take to get to legal.

Also got these two today and one undersize red yesterday. Didn't like my chances getting anything with the full moon not far away, but always happy to be suprised. Makes getting out of bed easier in the morning.

Cheers 

P.S hope the photos work first time trying to do it, they were taken on the phone so might not be too flash.

Chris

Went out on Thursday night with a mate for a beach session (ballpark South of Hillarys, North of City Beach ).

Went to pick up some bait and the tackle shop was suffering from small Mulie syndrome so I decided to go for the Scalie Mackerel option, seems like it was a good call.

Got to the beachabout 7pm  wind was howling SSWish and waves where fairly pumping in.

Sent out a paternoster with a scalie on. Within 20-30 mins caught my first ever Mulloway, read 480mm on the tape and was sent back home.

Chucked a few more baits out, where either getting snaffled or destroyed by the swell.

I left a bait out and went to talk to my mate down the beach. As I was walking back noticed rod was no longer sitting in PVC pipe, looked towards the water and it was in the whitewash making it's way out to Rotto. Pulled it in and this was attached. This was about 8pm.

I know its not the biggest (640mm) and usually won't keep fish, hence the name, but my neighbour was promised any catch from the night and I've been targetting a Mulla for a while to no avail so I needed a photo record.

Anyone chasing the species it may be worth a crack in the North Metro area. 2 Mulloway in 1 hr, one sized, left the beach by 9:15 with a decent fish.

Weather was looking gloomy yesterday but decided to head down to the area south of the river to try my luck with the flatties. Finally started picking them up around 630 in the evening. Hit a total of 5 within the hour, longest was 35cm. All were released. Good luck fishing!

Hi guys,

Anyone been up to Ledge Point and Lancelin recently and can tell me what is biting at the moment? We will be LB fishing. Any hot tips greatly appreciated.

Reasonable conditions lately have given both boaties and landbased fishos a good chance to get out and chase some fish. With the water temp rising, sand whiting have been in good numbers on the Dunsborough flats, and back towards Busso. Dave Cole had a horse flounder smash a gulp worm but lost it at his feet. Flathead, tailor, herring and solid skippy(silver trevally) have also been readily available to the beach fisherman. Some big Tailor have been landed along the beaches around quindalup after dark. Crabs and squid have been a bit patchy, with the male crabs being few and far between. With the demersal closure being in place until mid December, Boaties have targeted YTK, Sambos, Amberjacks, KG Whiting and Tuna with good success. Off the top of the cape and down the west coast has produced some solid pelagics on jigs and plastics, but we recommend using the bigger knife jigs to prevent Demersal hookups. With an Elnino weather pattern this year, it will be interesting to see what the summer turns up, and whether or not our warm water pelagics turn up again. Best of luck out on the water, and please remember the closure dates, bag and size limits!!

Also added a photo of one of the Kingies that a customer landed on jig during the week. this fish was one of 15 YTK landed, as well as 6 Amberjack!

Just the photos for now, Cardinal might supply some words later. Sorry there's not more photos, I was too busy fishing to worry about photos too much.

Hi all

Went to Lancelin a few weeks back, took my little girl down to the jetty for a fish she had a great time over the 2 days.

Can someone ID this fish (Wrasse-Tuskfish-Baldie). I would just like to make sure as she ticks of on a chart what species she has caught.

Was released to.

Cheers

Brad

 I've had the pots in right from the start (14th)

The tally is a modest 3 (one southern, one white and one red) all size but only just.

This is my first season using the bee hive style and they have accounted for the red & the southern, with 

my pro pots getting the white. interested to see how they both go over the next month.

Got one of the pro pots stuck on the first day, so had a swim, there was a heap of cray talk going on so fingers 

crossed we get a few more.

Cheers

Chris

had the day off ...took the tinny to mandurah dropped the nets pulled them 3 times for two just size crabs ...thought we'd anchor in couple of feet of water as we seen plenty and jump in with just a glove and no shoes ...big mistake ...was viciously attacked by what I thought was a 3kg mudcrab that turned out to be a undersized female...anyone else been out ...still 6 weeks off prime time I think

just got back from a snorkel at point walter

didnt bring any crabs back but we did see hundreds ....about 5 good sized females (no eggs) and a few with eggs, didnt see many big males though

there were prawns everywhere so next time ill be taking a net

also saw flatties, bream and what i thought was a small snapper

 Set out this morning from Hillary's early, trying to make the most of the small window of calm weather.

Caught a couple of squid from near little island then headed a little Futher out, we anchored up and got a good burley trail going, I was flicking a lure around and caught my first Bonito. Father in Law was bringing a wrasse up when an absolutely massive sambo nearly grabbed it boat side, that would have been fun on his bream rod....

When the wind came in we decided to have a little troll to see if any more Bonito's about, 10mins later my reel is screaming and a southern blue fin ends up on the deck, lovely!!!

Tonight  we enjoyed Sashimi, and tuna and squid thai green curry, all in all a good day.

Was on my way to the shop mid morning yesterday and thought I'd have a quick flick down at my usual spot on the river. Well lucky I did becuase it turned out to be one of the best little sessions in a long time. Was 11am and fairly warm but the fish were happy to come on the bite and smash the artificials! Had only been casting into the snags for 5 minutes when the rod buckled over and the 8lb braid was screaming off the little reel! Was alot of back and forth and some good little runs before i saw colour and realised i was onto a small soapy which ended up going 38cm's. Was absolutely stoked to get a soapy in the local river and a first on a SP too.

Thought the morning couldnt get any better considering it was a spur of the moment decision to have a quick flick on the way to the shops and only had the bare necessities with me. Was only a few casts later and still using the exact same plastic when all hell broke loose! Some serious muscle was giving my bream combo a good workout and putting me to the test. Having to play the fish alot as I wasnt gaining any ground and a few close moments dodging the snags and I couldnt believe my eyes what i was seeing, an absolute horse of a black bream! Absolutely smashed my previous pb and measured 41cm's, I had finally broken the magical 40 mark! Didnt have any scales on me, but would have been every bit of a kilo as it was a super fat fish and thick throughout. I took a few quick pics and then spent the next 5mins swimming the fish to the watch it swim of strong to fight another day.

Cheers Sam.

Tried E shed no luck. Anyone know where they're at the moment?

Went for a run in Langa's beasty 285 Boston whaler this morning, about the only boat I was willing to go on with my very dodgy back at the moment.

After over an hour of fruitless trolling and ready to call it quits, we saw a few birds, and within second bang, on. Strange fight, lots of head shakes and dogged runs had us both scratching our heads.....no idea what it was, but nothing I had ever caught before. Through the depths I got a glimpse of the yellow tail, and after much excitement, had it close to the boat, only for it to dissapear out of site several times. Kingies dont like the boat much....Awesome fight.

Lures back in, within minutes, bang, bang bang, tripple header hookup, only limited by the number of lures in the water. The third fish busted off (only two of us on board), but we landed two nice YFT....YELLOW, YELLOW, YELLOW!!!!!!!! Yeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Langas was the biggest.

Lures back in, and bang, bang, bang......holy crap! Another tripple hookup and this time we have it all on gopro. Langa will edit and post later. This time we land all three YFT, after some pretty interesting work winding two rods in at once....... My Calcutta 400B had a heap of line out at one point as I attended to the other rod, and got to a nasty looking cross in the line near the bottom of the spool which almost busted me off if not for a strong thumb.

We kept one on released the others.

Back in, double hookup within minutes.......this is just too much!!! Then as Langa brought the fish to the boat we had up to 15 YFT following.......I got my PE2 stickbait rod out and cast out, had several follow and one hit but no hookup. Amazing stuff!

Back in again and another hookup, another YFT, another release.

Time for the run home with a cold brew and many slaps on the back, back on land before lunchtime. One of the best half days fishing I have ever had!

Cheers Langa!!!!!!!

 Hey guys, been heaps of fish getting about around my area of Mandurah. 

Heres a few pics. Got my Skippers ticket the other day so its awesome shooting out from our canal house and trolling for Tailor or flicking surface lures for Whiting and Herring :)

Cheers

I started making my own Stingers for my Whiting lures, works a treat!!

First Metro Mulloway on Lure

 Anybody know if the water temps any higher at jurien? With whispers of mackie in metro was thinking of heading towards jurien presumably if they are here then they would be up there?

Hi guys just returned from southern Oman a couple of weeks ago. Biggest GT was around 65kg. Enjoy the pics.

  Hey all

long time no post, just a quickie and will update and add photos tomorrow at the airport when im bored sh**less!

Been fishing for the last 5 days, involving 3 days of heli fishing through out the aranga atiki ( i think its called), and through some areas im not aloud ot disclose.

Had one of the most memorable fishing experiences of my life, was fishing a deep pool and first cast with a nymph through the only drift in the pool resulted in my first doulbe digit fish. A rainbow just weighing in just a tadd over 10 pounds. Was stoked! but that wasnt the best part of the day, that afternoon we came across a pool, with a serious mayfly hatch starting and had my first ever session on dry fly. While standing and watching from a far we counted 13 different fish rising, at different sections of the pool. These werent small fish, and we hooked all 13 of them (landed 9), picking off the ones at the back and mooving forward. The smallest fish caught went 7 pounds with the largest between up to 9,5 pounds. (4 were in this weight range).

we have some stunning photos and ill update the report more tomorrow with a day by day little summary.

Back in perth tomorrow, im over the rain/snow and cold weather bring on some sun and some crays!

brett