unluckiest fishing day ever
hi, today i went fishing with my mate lachieH (fishwrecked member) to the swan river trying for a few bream. lachie said to bring a heavier rod for some mulloway. so when we got there we setup and i cut up mullet pieces and bait and had a couple of bites. the lachie caught a under size bream. then we were trying for about 3 more hours but no luck untill i caught a undersize bream. i then put half a big mullet on the talica hoping for a mulloway then i casted it out and waited hours while me and lachie were fliking out lures. then my mum was about to pick us up so i wanted to prank her so i put a whole mullet on my little lure on my 6lb outfit and casted it 1m away so when my mum came i wanted her to think i caught it. so i wated and wated but my mum was running late. so i put the fliky in the rod holder and went to see what my mate was catching 20m away. i then heard zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i ran to the flicky and i striked the filky but then i relized i had just be spooled 120m clean of the spool. it took about 5 seconds to spool all the 6lb of the spool.
would that of been a mulloway or a massive ray?
Ryan C
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Spooled
Where were you fishing mate?
fisho15
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Where
You guys fishing sounds like a nice little spot
JohnF
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Did a boat pass by at the
Did a boat pass by at the same time..........
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kingfisha1 (not verified)
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we were fishing around
we were fishing around riverton, and no a boat dedent pass cos the bait was 1m from shore
beau
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Wahoo, fastest fish in the
Wahoo, fastest fish in the sea
mjohns
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Yellowfin tuna most
Yellowfin tuna most definately
lachieH
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Can u catch those in the
Can u catch those in the river?!?!?!?
Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession
Hutch
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Only if youre really
Only if youre really lucky.
Mind you, Kingfisha1 does seem like quite a lucky person...
Callum24
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Who no's mate could have
Who no's mate could have been a mulla or a bull shark maybe a ray but thinking prob not a ray after all the rain. I always leave a big rod out you never no whats swimmin round hope you get him next time!
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chris raff
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Golden Retriever maybe ..
Golden Retriever maybe .. bloody things are like blowies down there
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Lamby
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The poor bugger lads,
The poor bugger lads, Lol!
Sounds like lachie was on the money there mate, bugger it was on the light gear
Hutch
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Most probably a ray, Ive
Most probably a ray, Ive been spooled by Eagle Rays a couple times on heavier gear
kingfisha1 (not verified)
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ok, thanks guys
ok, thanks guys
Auslobster
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YFT...
...perhaps not so far-fetched...there was a story about a big one (50kg+?) caught near South Perth years ago. But yeah, trying to prank his mum and got pranked himself!
grantarctic1
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Good lesson
Bad luck mate, but you should take it as a good lesson for fishing the river. I watch people cast out into the middle of the river all the time and catch nothing, i rarely cast out more than 10 metres, and most of the time only half that distance.
If i fish 2 rods ( even on the beach ) One goes out far and one stays in close, i would say the bait not far out usualy gets the most action.
Keep trying and i'm sure you guy's will get that big fish soon .
kingfisha1 (not verified)
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ok, thanks
ok, thanks
lachieH
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If u think about it,
If u think about it, something big is swimming around with a size 1 circle hook and 120m of 6lb braid in the river right now
Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession
crasny1
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6lb, little flicky
what reel and drag setting.
120m in 10 seconds.
It all seem pretty lite and possibilities there would be a Mulla, or shark. Wouldnt need a big Bullie to do that run, and a mulla would do the same.
I have been bumper by a sandpaper feeling solid object that wasnt a logadile setting a net years ago ago in the river at Ashfield. I was one the deep end a and cop and fisheries office mate was on the shallow end. Initially thought nothing of this bump as there is a few washed trees in the water, but when it re-bumbed me I suddenly transformed into a biblical figure and walked on water getting out. It almost certainly was something alive and had a sandpaper skin evident by the rash on My thigh. Certain it was a Bull shark after telling the tale to the fisheries guy and showing him the marks.
Me and the Cop neighbour was helping him research river fish in that area, as the net was right across the river, and covered surface to the bottom. Surprised at what we caught that far up,
Usual Bream, trumpeter, YTgrunters, but also flat head, cobbler, Flounder, tailor, Mullies (soapies), a couple of lost herring, a gaint herring that far up and 2 small shark, one identified as a Bull, the other not but cant remeber what it was> Didnt get any rays.
Needles to say I didnt volunteer to drag the net across for any other sets. It was his project, so he had to go.
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lachieH
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I don't think we had much of
I don't think we had much of a chance. Kingfisha had a 2-4lb graphite and size 1000 fin-nor.
drag setting was at the lightest possible so If you pulled the line on the floor the rod wouldn't move. This is because a couple weeks ago he left the same combo on the floor with the drag locked up and caught a bream and we had to chase the rod into the water. We were 20m away so if the drag was locked up ther fish would have the whole rod reel and line in its mouth. Mustn't have had the biggest mouth because the mullet was baited with a size 1 hook baited through the mouth so it looked like it we had caught it legit. Maybe it was a 60cm bream or something XD.
Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession
Hutch
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It was probably a 40kg+
It was probably a 40kg+ mulloway. Just think about it, you had your one chance to get that fish of a lifetime and you messed it up.
uncle
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thats the worst thing isn't it
you'll never know Ha ha
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sea-kem
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Bull shark! To take of at
Bull shark! To take of at that speed I reckon a shark. Just goes to show what can happen when you toss out big baits. Lesson learnt for you young fellas. Ya won't do that again will you ;) Go prepared boys.
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Diesel80
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If you had your Alvey Lauchie
You would have still had 480M of line on by the time you reached the rod, and more than a fighting chance to land the mystery fish (at least get a look at it)....
You will never know if it was the mulla of a lifetime that got away. Try not to think about it though :P it will only grate on you.
I know i lost my first mulla and haven't hooked one since. Good lesson learned indeed.
Cheers,
D80
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lachieH
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I know. I need to convince
I know. I need to convince Kingfisha to get an alvey so that I can just use his
Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession
davmor
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I have a new addiction, the
I have a new addiction, the moment I see anything by kingfisha1, I just have to read it LOL. To be young and naive again. Keep asking your questions kingfisha1, ignore the practical jokers, there is always some good advice in amounst the micky takers.
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lachieH
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Was heading out for a quick
Was heading out for a quick fish in the swan and looked at the rod holder. This is the holder that the flicky was in. This shows the power of the bite. Dad had to try for an hour to finally get the holder back in shape.
BTW these are home made rod holders, that's why they look funny.
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Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession
hornet42
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johnwtaylor1
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gday kingfisha1 sixty years
gday kingfisha1 sixty years ago fished riverton for bream with my dad and uncle one morning while cleaning the catch uncle put bream head on his hook and dropped it about five feet from the waters edge same thing something grabbed it, was funny watching the old gut fishing line burn his hands until the line broke keep trying and it will work for you
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kingfisha1 (not verified)
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thanks guys
thanks guys
sea-kem
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Hey Kingfisha, I fished the
Hey Kingfisha, I fished the river when I was 13 years old back 1980. Used to catch the bus into town, get off on Pier st and buy bait from the fishmonger on Barrack st. Walk down to the Narrows by myself and spend all day there every weekend. I absolutely loved those days, catching Trumpeter, Tailor and Pilch. Not great fish but at that age catching a fish was a thrill. You remind me of all that, enjoy it while you can bud because it soon goes.
Love the West!
sherbert
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My mmate broke
his finnor bail arm last week It was the new100size beach reel ..... We guest a Big bull shark took it for a run down the river
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kingfisha1 (not verified)
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thanks sea kem and sherbert
thanks sea kem and sherbert