Murray River Pinjara

[DaveM]

Hi Guys, has anyone had any luck on the murray recently. Put the tinnie in at Pinjarra and worked back down the river but no luck.

[Evan]

i was there last weekend. fished sunday morning for no luck, but then went out in the arvo around 4 ish and my mte and i got a bream each 37cm and 31cm and i also got smashed by one that took me into the snags and lost it.

went again monday arvo and i got 3 , lost another 2 lures (with fish attached) and got heaps of hits. my mate also landed one and droped about another 2-3.

[DaveM]

Thanks Evan, where abouts. Ive been using soft plastics. Got a follow but thats it. You must be doing it better. Keep in touch.

[Evan]

ive only fished there a handful of times so im not too familiar withe the area but i generaly fish around the murray bend. there is reaonable ramp there and then you only have to drive a few hundred meters before you can start fishing the snags.

the first time i fished there i was using softs and got a couple of hits but no fish landed, i still havent got the hang of it, but the last few times ive been fishing with the sneaky scorpions and had some good results. i like the hards better for that situation because i was loosing too many jigs by getting snaged all the time with the softs

i think the most imortant aspect is to get your lure right into the snags , past submerged logs etc , and lots of twitches like the way andrew howard fishes on breamin 1. also make sure you are fishing in the shaddows as well

im trying to get down there latter on in the week for some more practice,

hope this helps

Evan

[DaveM]

Thanks heaps Evan I am hoping to drop a line in sat PM. Probally put the boat in at Murray bend and work up. Cheers

[Evan]

think im going to be down there at that time too.
if you see a center console inflatable come and say hi!! and perhaps ill show you some good spots:D

[Bear]

Hi Dave,
A good guy to get in touch with is Ian Bailey at Bailey's Bait Box in Rockingham. He lives down that way and has put me onto a few spots.

HTH.

[Craig_S]

Lads, I was there today with Geoff Paulic and we had an absolute ball. Got a heap and all of good size too.

Saw Geoff Spad and Nick during the day and they were doing really well also.

We fished a heap of spots but generaly it seemed the firther up the better it got.

[Bear]

Lucky buggers.

What you lot up too tomorrow afternoon, Sunday.

Drop me a line if you feel like a fish.

[Evan]

Originally posted by Craig_S
Lads, I was there today with Geoff Paulic and we had an absolute ball. Got a heap and all of good size too.

Saw Geoff Spad and Nick during the day and they were doing really well also.

We fished a heap of spots but generaly it seemed the firther up the better it got.

sweet craig, where abouts where you fishing??? murray bend??

what were you using softs or hards???

[Geoff R]

Hi mate,
We were using Oar-gee's, I reckon Geoff Spad's and Nic C were using hards of some sort of exotic (eastern states variety, only available through mo-tackle) brand like pygmies.
We only used one lure each the whole day, kept the old drag tightish and paid a lot of attention to strikes, dragging them out of the danger zone quickly. Most fish caught were 30+cm and we even got 5 at 37,38,39cm weighing around 1.6-1.8pounds, however I am suspect about those weights, i use a berkley digital scale and I don't know if it is reading correctly. You need to go right up river, Spad's told us that if you go past the bridge you have gone too far, and there is a hell of a lot of river up there between thebridge and the boat ramp.
We saw half a dozen fish swim out to nail a lure, all jostling each other for a feed, I saw a lot of my takes which is something I havn't seen a lot of. It was a great day, I will post the pic's of the fish on my web page today so you can see them.
Regards Geoff groups.msn.com/ILOVELOOMISS/home.htm

[Evan]

sounds like you guys had a ball - good fishing in there hey

what time of day were you fishing geoff??

its a good thing that you didnt loose any lures, my last effort there a couple of weeks back saw me donate 3 sneaky's:(

im surpirzed with the weights of the fish. usually they seem to be quite fat so i would have thought that the high 30cm fish would have been over a kilo???

when you are taking about the bridge do you mean the one at ravinsthorpe?? im presuming you launched at the murray bend.

[Geoff R]

We didn't see the bridge we didn't go that far up, we did launch at the bend and we started at around 10:30ish till about 5pm
As I said my scales are a bit dodgy I think, I think most fish were over a kilo or close to it.

[Evan]

maybe there is another bridge closer to pinjarra- i have never been that far up either.

did you try the spots just up from the houses around the murray bend heading towards pinjarra. the stretch is about 200-300m long and there are heaps of decent snags??? that area been the most productive for me. i have also found that the afternoon is more productive than the morning.

did you use any softs?

[Craig_S]

Evan, quite a bit further up than that. And hards all day.

[Evan]

where was the most productive parts for you then???

how many did you get for the day?

[Craig_S]

Evan, I reckon it was at its best from lunchtime through to when we packed up later afternoon.

The best stretch we found was past that group of houses. If you look for a red double decker bus parked on the hill then further up a lone house backing onto a bit of a cliff with a ladder down to the water you'd be close to where we got the majority of our fish.

Sounds a bit tricky to find but these landmarks really stick out.

[Evan]

yeah thats where we got most of our fish a few weeks back!! i havent gone much further than the bus but the water between the houses and there seems to be a little deeper than the rest

[Craig_S]

Yep, that spot was really working for us and at a guess we'd have taken about 20. At one stage Geoff was hooking up so quickly that I couldnt get off the net to get my own lure in the water.

One of the best days out I've had in a long time. It was particularly visual too, we saw a heap of fish actually hitting the lures and schools of fish coming out of snags on the follow.

[Richo]

Hey Ev,

Thats a few lost lures your racking up now. how are the bust offs happening, in the snags or busting at the knot etc or friction. We have started changing leader about every 3 to 4 fish now when fishing snags just ask Geoff P. He`s lost a couple of Matty Frasers lately and hes started checking the leader after every fish. What knot are you using to the lure??.. I was using the lefties loop thing shown to me by Paul Vogel in Albany and hasn`t let me down yet. And I`d been I`d been busting at the knot regularly before that. Just curious mate as no-one likes donating those shiny little things every time they go out.

Cheers

Richo:p

Are ya taking the Porsche for some kerb action on Wednesday???

[Evan]

Originally posted by Richo


Are ya taking the Porsche for some kerb action on Wednesday???

haha certainly am richo, where abouts are we going fishing???:D
some bartsard broke into it last night at home so im a bit pissed off

:mad:

i have only donated 3 lures thus far- the knot that i do is the same as geoff p i think and yep they all seem to break on the leader close to the knot so i thikn ill need to start changing my leaders more!

[Richo]

Yeah mate we are actually hitting Herrison followed by Ascot tomorrow starting around 3:45 at herrison. And will probably do something similar before drinks.

Pity you didn`t catch the cretin`s, a nice pitching wedge would have come in handy. Myself and Madaff both got nailed at Maylands on the same day.

Catchya tomorrow or Wednesday mate. Also Ive tried getting Geoff P to change to Lefties loop, which actually seems a weaker knot but hasn`t been for me. Just don`t thread it back through the granny before wrapping it around the main line and back through the granny, and plenty of moisture. I havn`t had one break there since Albany.

Cheers

Richo:p

[Evan]

tomorrow or wednesday are you guys fishing cause id love to tag along!!

yeah the barstards took my wallet that had about $50 and was well hidden too - dont know how they saw it??? but the bloody window is costing $125 to fix but had quotes upto $280

[Bear]

Going tomorrow and Wednesday Evan.

[Richo]

What ya doin leaving your wallet and $50 in the car, thats 4 OraG`s or 5 sneaky`s....... I know your spewing..... I only got cleaned out $6 and for once took my wallet with me.

As Bear said tomorrow and Wednesday, catya then....

Cheers

Richo:p

[Evan]

nah the worst is the $125 for the window- thats about 10 oargees :( or 12 sneaky's:( i wont be leaving my wallet in the car again!!!

catch you guys tomorrow

[DaveM]

sounds like a good weekend had by all. I scored some nice bream 30cm+ just near where the power lines cross the river heading towards pinjara. Evan theres only the 1 bridge right at pinjarra thats the south west high way. Soft plastic were the go for me mainly on the 1.5" pumpkin colour sliders.