Calling all Mulloway Gurus!
Submitted by Bluetonic on Thu, 2013-08-08 21:42
With the Southwest having many rivers flooding at the moment and a huge amout of pooring into the ocean, I thought this might be a good time to try for a Mulloway at one of the river mouths.
Now I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of fishing and I have never caught a Mulla from the shore, so I was wondering;
- Do I have a chance at catching a Mulla?
- Is it better to fish a incoming tide with a river in flood or a outgoing tide?
- Am I better to use live baits or dead baits in dirty water or maybe artificial baits?
- Would a 'Esca' light work on a artificial bait in dirty water?
Many many questions but as much advice as possible would be great.
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Tradewind
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I can't answer most of your
I can't answer most of your questions, but regarding the tides on a flooding river I'd imagine the outgoing tide as the mulloway would be expecting river fish to be flushed out
fishRamma
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As soon as mulloway get too
As soon as mulloway get too much fresh water in the area they move away and go elsewhere
Super peg
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Awesome question, will
Awesome question, will follow this Thread with interest, hey fishRamma, if they don't like the fresh that mean you may catch them on way out? Or even possibly still sitting in the saltier water just out side the mouth?
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trymyluck
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On the east coast they target
On the east coast they target mulloway during big flushes, Im not sure the Swan gets much of a flush but it would certainly be worth a go.If boat fishing you could follow the clean water as it pushes back up the river.
new age
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All about time spent
All about time spent fishing! Soak the baits, put the hours in, and you would be surprised at the results!
tangles
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murchison river
im not sure about the fresh water thing as mullaway can be caught way up the murchison river where there is more fresh than salt water. i think if they head up rivers and adapt to the fresh water levels there should be no problem in them surviving. there have been some monsters caught way up the murchison and consistant numbers of soapies up there.
as for bait you cant go wrong with mullet strips it is the universal food of most species and mullaway eat them like candy.
TheJettyRat
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On the tide change is the way
On the tide change is the way to go, as far as bait I would go with a mix, have one out live and one strip bait out. Put in the hours ( sometimes many ) and you will have a win in the end.
pale ale
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East coast, they throw lures
East coast, they throw lures around rock walls in river mouths after heavy rains
crezz
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on a flooding river down in
on a flooding river down in the south west a few years ago we fished the colour change between the fresh water pouring into the ocean and the salty water pressing against the flow. trust me if you fish the colour change line you will catch fish. we also caught a heap of marron that were getting flushed out of the river and were crawling back up the beach out of the ocean. good luck mate
Chris fish
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Along the surf beaches up
Along the surf beaches up from the river mouth is your best bet, to much fresh water will flush them out and they will go along the beach. Same rules as normal apply, tide moon ect the color change will be your best bet ad no lights it doesn't look natural and will spook them. East coast rivers seem to be much larger but small rivers down south will be flushing almost clean fresh water out that they just don't like to cope with. I'm home next month and ill be trying hard again for a few monsters so I can let you know how I go.
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