Collie redfin?
Submitted by choc on Mon, 2017-06-26 12:28
Hi Guys
Anyone fished the Collie near Minninup Pool? Went there on Sunday for a look and thought it would be a good spot to take the kids in a canoe. Just wondering if there are any redfin in this area? Had a quick search and theres one post from a few years ago saying there was some but have had some dry winters since.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Poltergeist
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Have a look at the South West
Have a look at the South West Freshwater Fishing facebook page as they post up plenty of stonkers from there.
luke george
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Plenty of redfin in the
Plenty of redfin in the collie river i done well there this past summer. If your going to minningup pool I'd drive the track left or right for a while until the river gets a bit skinnier and more snaggy.
choc
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Cheers guys, will definately
Cheers guys, will definately be giving it a crack. Fish the Collie a fair bit below the dam but have never fished above it.
luke george
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I've tried below the dam a
I've tried below the dam a few times (honeymoon pool) but only ever seen or caught trout there. Do you fish that area for the redfin or further downstream? Wondering if it's worth another go there myself. I've also been told by locals there's no trout in or above the dam, not sure how true that is but I'm yet to come across one there.
choc
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I only fish for trout below
I only fish for trout below the dam, have never caught a redfin there.
Poltergeist
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There are a few trout in the
There are a few trout in the dam but they are a very rare capture. The guy who lives in his caravan on the edge of the dam told me he had caught 3 over about 9 yrs he had been fishing it. I have caught Redfin up to 47cm in the dam though I never get the same sort of numbers I get at Harvey dam. Seems very strange to have a dam the size of Wellington and not stock it with fish, if the dam was in any other state of Australia or probably any country in the world they would stock it with fish. Could be a huge tourist drawcard but its just sitting there doing nothing.
luke george
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I believe wellington dam is
I believe wellington dam is most valued for its marron fishery so people are unwilling to stock it, although Harvey is trophy marron waters too...
Poltergeist
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The marron season is for only
The marron season is for only a few weeks per year where as you can fish there 365 days a year. Redfin predate on marron too so I doubt stocking it with other fish would have any impact on numbers.
petermac
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your kidding mate
for local collie locals the marron seasion runs all year they are the best bunch of hillbillys i have ever met , the only bunch of blokes i have ever knowen to bus it to a danny green fight in perth and 1 of the young fellers (16yrs old ) got him self smacked by a member of the rebels , collie boys took to them (rebels) and flattened them they are a tough breed in that town and no im not from collie i am from tom price but lived in collie 5 years i fitted right in with the locals
Lastchance
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I love your stories Pete, you
I love your stories Pete, you must be 137 years old I reckon to have done all that shit
little johnny
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:)
:)
Hookedonrum
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never fished for reddies
never fished for reddies before. but taking the kids down collie next weekend for a couple of nights camping is it worth chucking a couple of rods in
thanks in advance
little johnny
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Boy went there
3 weekends ago. Heaps around. Dark green plastics . Some big ones amounts them. Bloody cold .
Hookedonrum
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Little Johnny
Cheers. And yes it is going to be bloody cold but nothing a fire and a litre of rum will not sort out :)
choc
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Johnny, did he go in the dam
Johnny, did he go in the dam or river?
little johnny
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Unsure choc
I can ask . Some camp ground. Think river??
Hookedonrum
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Little Johnny
any tips would be Great LJ. As mentioed above we have never targeted reddies but keen to see how they taste on the open fire
Hookedonrum
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LJ
by the way Little Johnny when are you taking me diving again this time i promise not to try and get the bends LOL :)
little johnny
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Dark soft plastics
Green best , paddle tail.1.5 inch long . There dumb as bat shit . Easy to catch. Drop guts stick in mouth ,hold them over camp fire until black. Peel black scales off . Nice