small swimming lures

ask ryan thipthorp he has done abit of this type of fishing in the fishing wa DVDs.

Hes the mad redfin guy

steve

laser pro in the red and black, also red and black celtas work very well, and if you can get a live minnow or the like even better

nice cheers got a whole heap of those laserpros

I used to do alot of redfin fishing out in the murray and live minnow was the go, followed by spinners with yellow or red on them. Just hooked the minnows through the lip and stuck them under a float.

Grab yourself a skinny piece of bamoboo as a rod. Tie some very fine line to it and a very small chemically sharpened hook. Dig fresh worms under a fallen tree and place tiny bits on the hook. Dangle in the creeks feeding the dams and you will have a ball catching your live bait.

Next; rig up with a small running ball sinker and a decent sized chemically sharpened hook. Single hook through the shoulder of a live minnow and gently toss near a log or structure in the dam.The rig is similar to what you would use for Mulloway except very much smaller.

The Redfin will strike and run for the snags. Man! This is heaps of fun for a day out with the boys.

But dams are lure only.

And if they are in the area, they will take anything and everything so IMO lure choice is not an issue.

Halco laser pro45 in bloodnut & crawdad

Mepps spinners & Cetlta's in # 2 black/red/gold

Snapback 2inch grup watermelon/motor oil/bloodworm

Maria Fake bait sinking & flating in baitfish colours & brights

Rebel crawdad in brown

Wreeds, snags & drop offs, some descent size ones around but usual runts everywhere!

thanks guys going for a last minute dash tonight

Can you catch these fish land based, or are you wasting your time?

I searched old posts, but they all spoke about boating.

Any info on land based redfin fishing would be very helpful:

locations?

do you need a license?

any good accommodation close to redfin spots?

Cheers. 

yes mate, all inland freshwater fishing requires a license

You need a freshwater fishing license to fish for Redfin.

I have been working down in Collie since April and have fished for Redfin from shore at Wellington Dam, Glen Mervyn Dam as well as the Collie River, caught all of them on bream gear, they will take anything from Zipbaits, R2S Babyvibes, Ecogear VX and SX lures, Jackall Chubbies and all manner of soft plastics. Found the most productive times were early morning and late afternoon but you will catch them all day in deeper water.

There is plenty of accommodation in the towns around most of the dams just google the area you want to fish.

Thanks for the info guys.

Now you have given me enough ammo to go google it.

a live/dead juvinilel redfin, a lure that resembalse a marron or a baby trout but the best lures to use are spinner lures any type will do

Just been down south and caught some Redfin on spinners.

They had an orange body with black spots, accompanied with a silver spoon implement.

Don't know the name of the spinner, but they worked very well, actually caught first redfin in less than a dozen cast.

redfin can grow to 10kg but common around 1-3 kilos in the south west but most are around 1kilo mark depending on where you fish. In river and esturiene fishing forums you will find pictures of them from the warren river down south...

fished in greenbushes used worms and done well

Celtas in the trout pattern work very well. Otherwise cheapo spinners with red in them are good too.

Will be hopefully reporting about freshwater fishing alot now being only a 30second drive to Harvey Dam.

..... i wish i lived that close to harvey dam! the reddies are going off there at the moment and apparently trolling or fishing from the wall is producing some decent brown trout aswell as redfin.

Haha yeah its good being this close..going for a quick session later. especially because marron season opens 2moro..some big ones out there.

What wall is producing reddies?

Havnt got up to the dam for a couple of months now but the last time i went i fished at the main dam wall about half way along it where the wall comes in a bit before straightning up again.

ive spent a fair few hours on the dams and rivers and one of the most productive and cheaper lures is the smiling jacks. Buy them from Kmart when theres a sale on tackle and theyre cheap as. Green and yellow ones work best. Nothing like a feed of fresh reddies!!

hey lurcha just wondering how you cook your reddies like weather you skin and fillet them or cook them whole or whatever because one thing ive noted about this species of fish is that whatever you do its almost impossible to scale them!

Thats a ripper reddie in your personal pic mate where did you get that one or is it a secret?

one of the rivers in pemberton, it was 2.1 or 2.4 kilos. was a few years ago, my mate got a 1.9 kilo one from the same pool just before me.