Persistence Pays
Headed up to Geraldton with a mate for the long weekend, with the hope that I'd get away from some of the crowds. Geez it was hard work to get a line out, with serious southerlies blowing and back breaking clumps of weed ready to pounce on a rig the second it hit the water. Did a 13 hour day of fishing on Saturday and 10 the next.
Caught my first mulloway and I'm still grinning. Can't even add up the amount of time and money invested into this little bugger over the years but what the heck it's finally worthwile.
Also got myself a nice 2kg estuary cod, which tasted fan-damn-tastic.
Really helpful and friendly locals up that way (apart from one extended family of you know who) happy to tell us city slickers where to go and what to fish for. All in all a great trip, and I can see myself heading up that way again. Might take the windsurf gear next time as that's a failsafe method of killing a seabreeze instantly.
cuthbad
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Date Joined: 22/04/09
good on ya man. glad the
good on ya man. glad the effort payed off!
wazzbat
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Date Joined: 19/01/10
Good stuff. Glad you finally
Good stuff. Glad you finally got one. Must be a great feeling.
I fish for the future - Cause I can't bloody catch anything!
Mitch Keys
Posts: 83
Date Joined: 27/01/11
Where?
Where are you fishing mate? Im from gero, and just moved to perth 3 weeks ago, i used to work at BCF there for over 3 years and id be happy to help you with spots :)
Soft plastics + Light Gear = Big Fish + Big Fun
--Marine Biologist (UWA), Worked at BCF for 3.5yrs--
knigit
Posts: 115
Date Joined: 19/12/10
Back in perth now. Tried a
Back in perth now. Tried a heap of spots; flat rocks, the beach with the sculpture (Alice, ella, something like that), the moles in gero and a few others but ended up doing most of the fishing in the Glenough River Mouth which is open at the moment. Really fresh dirty water all around the area so there was nothing much around of your normal bread and butter species. I'd forgotten how frustrating bream fishing could be till I wanted a legal livebait.
Nelly
Posts: 518
Date Joined: 04/05/08
Nice mate.Mulloway can
Nice mate.Mulloway can certaily be frustrating and usually turn up when you least expect it.....Up that way this weekend pretty hopeful of a mulloway with the swell and wind the way its looking at the moment.Should be able to get some nice tailor as usual aswell.
Rig
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Date Joined: 27/12/06
Good on you
Good things come to those who wait/bait
Rick
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Date Joined: 22/12/06
S Bend
Always plenty of good fish caught around the S bend caravan park if you have a good 4wd.
PGFC Member
aalfred
Posts: 669
Date Joined: 13/06/09
Nice work
And when it comes together it doesn't matter what it cost