Garfish
Submitted by rainbow on Sat, 2008-06-21 21:31
I was watching "fishing Australia" & a few garfish were caught in NSW among heaps of other varieties you would catch in WA. As I used to enjoy getting a few around Port Philip Bay using a long float i wondered if i will encounter any in WA? Aussie bass was another fish you fishwreckers never mention.
I`d rather be fishin`
carassius
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Thousands
Garfish are prolific in WA, using the same tactics you would use over east.
Berley, Float, small hooks & wogs (aka gents/maggots).
I tend to fish around Garden Isl where they show up in droves, however they are generally a bycatch when targeting herring (aka tommy ruff). I assume if LB would be able to catch a feed from some of the popular groynes around metro
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rainbow
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Good to hear.
Thanks carassius, Thats another fishing adventure I will look forward to when I move over in about 4 months. We used to roll garfish with a rolling pin to break up the small chalky bones, that way didnt need to fillet them.
What about the bass, any of them in WA??
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Stevef
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No Bass rainbow, Southern WA
No Bass rainbow, Southern WA has very little in the way of fresh water fishing. A few rivers in the extreme southwest corner hold some trout and redfin, apart from that most rivers peter out as soon as you get any distance from the coast
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Colin Hay
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I was down at Cott Groyne recently
and there were quite a few there Rainbow.
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mako magic
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yeah a bit of burley can
yeah a bit of burley can also bring them around, over east we used to fillet one of the flathead and sut it into little thin strips and thread them onto a size 12 long shank hook under a pencil float, always got a feed
rainbow
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Thank fellas!
Colin,
Cott groyne sounds a bit like pubis bloodyhurtus so i will refer to Google earth to put it on the map for me.
cheers!
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Colin Hay
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Lol Rainbow
It is easy to find. It is te big groyne on the southern side of Cottesloe Beach.
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rainbow
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Thanks Colin
Cottersloe is famous for swimming isnt it?
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