Fishing Spots

[dan_the_man]

Hey Everyone,

I'd like to take my son fishing one day in December. However, I have no clue where to go. It will just be during the day.

Any ideas? Somewhere preferably where catching a fish will be near certain

Thanks guys

Dan

[SysLink67]

The way the foreigners have over fished all of our local fishing spots and catch well over legal limits theres pretty much no good local fishing haunts left unless you go off-shore.

Best bet is THE little river fishing farm. Like shooting fish in a barrel .

I really hate greedy FU*kers....... that spoil t it for others. When my son is old enough I would like to take him fishing as well.

But with the on onslaught of people from the east and foreigners over fishing theres going to be buckleys of that happening.

END Rant......

The reason for me saying foreigners and easties is because a friend of mine is a fisheries officer and deals with these people constantly at the coal face.

[dan_the_man]

oh man... so my hopes of the swan river are slim?

[GWP021]

to bad your so far away dan the cut in mandurah almost always delivers afew fishies in an hour or so even if you do throw most back

my bro and his wife dont mind chucking a line in up near heathcote an recon they get a catch most times

[dan_the_man]

i dont mind driving to mandurah for the day

directions?

[R DIRTY 3]

Fish farms are the only guarantee!

Freo off the rocks is ok, not a guarantee or anything of course.

[alpinestars]

i catch heaps from the swan just need to know where

[NISZILA]

As said above, Perth is really over fished, so its not that great anywhere

If you really want to travel, there is a little town north of perth called Dongara. They have some pretty good beach fishing... dawn and dusk are the best times, but during the day is ok too.

Around perth, maybe go to south beach in freo. There are often a school of whiting around or even better a few herring. Have also caught a few flat head there too

[GWP021]

are you serious the highway goes straight over the cut

k then you go take the highway thru the forum lights heading south go over the "new" bridge thru falcon then take the last left before the dawesville bridge follow that to the end and there you are

apparently the best bait is prawns and berley doesnt seem to matter to much what time of day can get crowded tho and your fishing off rocks the jetties are always full

dont blame me if you dont catch anything tho im not really a fishin person mind you a nice sundy arvo with a rod a beer and a mates always fun

[dan_the_man]

its ok I wont blame you

thanks to everyone who replied

how dangerous is it fishing off rocks?

[NISZILA]

Depends on a lot of things. If you have good balance, good foot ware, the rocks aren't wet and slimy and there is no swell to knock you off. Rocks are pretty safe. If too many of the mentioned factors come into play, it becomes less safe. Generally ts fine as long as you use your head and don't stand in stupid positions waiting to get washed off

[KeeFy]

Well you could try rottnest island. Thou i'm just a occasional fisherman. I caught about 14 herrings in 2 hours. Well it could the same ones biting cause i thew a few back in, but i can't remember which period that was in. I think somewhere just before winter.

When i went to kalbarri, i caught a few fishes, but i don't know wtf are they and if they're nice to eat, so i threw all of them back, more or less like sport fishing. Thou i did have some yummy crabs.

[ztuned]

just fish from the swan river, went to a few random jetties off the freeway a few times a few weeks back and there was plenty of bream, dunno if the season's over yet. but its close and almost guarantied legal size fishes

[Lucy in the Sky]

when i lived in shelly and rossmoyne, i would always see people fishing in the river there.. just in little nooks and crannies. radio on in the car, esky full of emu or something else equally sophisticated... not sure if they caught anytihng other than blowfish tho.

[Kaido_RR]

fishing down mandurah is the go!

when i uses to fish with my cousin thats where we would always head, also if you dont want to go all the way down to manduarh you can go to places like warnbar (spelling), my cousin lives down that way and says the fishing isn't to bad down their.

if your interested i can ask him next time i see him what are some good places.

also i do sometimes see people shipping off the rocks at city beach and stuff no idea if thats good or not ohh yeah and down under mill point road into the swan

[ossie_21]

About 20kms off Broome is good.

kk

[I GOT RICE]

... mandurah? rottnest? broome?

he's not going for 2 foot taylor... he's going fishing with his son. mandurah is good but if u dont wanna drive an hour (if u live north of the river) theres a long groyn in (i think its called) quinns rocks - just turn left on the roundabout at the intersection before bunnings and follow that road around for about a km or 2 then turn left after the round bends and follow that for about another 2km till the end, u cant miss the groyn, its massive. you can catch plenty of herring/skippy and i caught a couple of good taylor. i always go to the end of the groyn but if u cant be bothered walking, anywhere is good

[sam5709]

that would be Mindarie you talking about, not quinns and yeh tis alright for finishing, right at the end in the middle is pretty good no matter what time of day, although ATM its pretty fu**ed cos they are doing developing the area and theres fences and construction site buildings up at the entrance

when i go finishing i usually get bored if i havnt had a bite in about 4-5 mins and crack the sh*ts, that when i realised fishing isnt for me

Edited November 12, 2007 by sam5709

[GWP021]

like i said mandurah can be a hike for city folk but for dan im willing to make the effort to roll down and set him and the lad up as best i can and its not a bad day trip really

[dan_the_man]

sweeeet

hey thanks everyone for the replies!