I was at Parry's Beach about two years at the camping ground, professional salmon fishermen have a camp there nearby and bring their catch into the beach area, they were selling them for $5 each where they landed them or gave you a couple free if you helped them unload the boat.

They were huge, good fish cleaning facilities on the beach too.   Many campers were fishing off the flat rocks there (also beach) but I did not see them pulling any salmon in, mainly Herring and Silver Trevally (Skippy).   I can't remember what time of the year that was now, but this link shows some pic's of the fishermen bringing in the Salmon at Parry's and says they were running in 2013 in March.

http://www.findafishingboat.com.au/articles/salmon-fishing-on-parry-beach-wa 

Another link on Salmon in the South/West;

http://www.hotbite.com.au/content/fishing_articles_wa/?artid=962&thePage=3&form_speciesid=&form_locationid=Any&form_techid=%7CAny%7C&catid=&title=Western-Australian-salmon-locations-and-lures 

When I was down there at Parry's they told me the Salmon taste better when hung and bled, being an experience fisherman can you give any feedback on that KJ ?

Thanks for the info on the "bleeding KJ, I wondered how it was done.

Hope you get some updated info on this season.....

kiwijims wrote:

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Howdy Guys,

Now you've bought back some very happy memories,( Native Pepper )
"Boy" is the mouth watering now, just thinking of eating that fresh grilled Tassie Salmon,
while we were camped in St Helens,
I've got to say, they were the best fish we have ever tasted.
The local Fish & Chip shop on the foreshore did a cracker feed up for us,
which we took back to the Caravan park and devoured on bench seats in front of many campers.
I did notice there was a large exodus towards the Fish & Chip shop not long after we sat down. . LOL.

Thanks for the links, Vic41.
"Yes", I always chop the head off any fish I catch, straight away as soon as I land them,
then shove them on end into the sand to Bleed, as they call it,
If you don't do that to some fish like Whiting, they have a very strong sour taste with them.

I believe the Salmon used to start running from the middle of Feb thru to the end of April,
but with the change in climate, they were starting to run later and a couple of years back
they never came anywhere near the beaches.
the fisherman had a spotter plane up for days and they found the schools of Salmon were 50km off-shore,
they stayed that way right around the Coast, then headed North to warmer waters.

Maybe with a lot of luck, a couple of good ones will come my way in a couple of months time, Fingers xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

cheers kiwijims

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Very true, nothing beats the taste of Black back salmon. We catch ours on the edge of the shelf, where it comes within 10klm of Tas and the average 5-7kg. Anything smaller and we throw back for next year, great place to fish, except for the rogue waves that pop up on where the southern ocean meets the Tasman and Tas

Regards F & C, if you get as far down as Houptoun, the pink lip snapper in the F & C shop there is to die for.   All their fish is caught locally.

Some of the suburban F & C Shops leave a bit to be desired too KJ, I believe the F & C Shop at Two Rocks use fish bought in to the marina by the fishing boats there but been awhile since I've been there.

I hope this works.

A massive school, estimated at well over 80 tons. The fish were all around the 5kg mark

Last year wasn't bad either. Same place, same "lucky" fishing outfit

Vic I always fish in the same colours. Kathy told me I was supersticious, which I denied, and she later presented me with two brown shirts and said, wear these then. I did once, blanked out and told Kathy when I came back that the shirt made me itch like crazy and dumped them for my blue shirt.

Just to show the boys from over East that we also catch Murray Cod in WA

Good job Bryan, where did you get the cod?

Its on Boranup beach KJ. Very difficult to get in and boggy as all hell. Normal tyre pressure is 10 psi. We don't go there with less than 3 vehicles. Deep water right on to the shore break. Edited to add that Commercials can't get to the beach, access is very bad and of course the very soft sand.

Neil, the Murray Cod is from a farm dam in Beverley (close to where we were). We normally get there early on Saturday morning and leave Sunday lunchtime. Lure fishing only with crushed barbs, all catch and release. He charges $50 per night to camp at the dam. No facilities but who cares. There are some really big ones in there. I go there as often as I can except winter.

Its only open to a few of us and any friends we want to bring along.

Delta18 wrote:

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Bryan wrote:

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Its on Boranup beach KJ. Very difficult to get in and boggy as all hell. Normal tyre pressure is 10 psi. We don't go there with less than 3 vehicles. Deep water right on to the shore break. Edited to add that Commercials can't get to the beach, access is very bad and of course the very soft sand.

Neil, the Murray Cod is from a farm dam in Beverley (close to where we were). We normally get there early on Saturday morning and leave Sunday lunchtime. Lure fishing only with crushed barbs, all catch and release. He charges $50 per night to camp at the dam. No facilities but who cares. There are some really big ones in there. I go there as often as I can except winter.

Its only open to a few of us and any friends we want to bring along.

-- Edited by Bryan on Saturday 15th of February 2014 10:12:37 PM

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 Well friend, that sounds like a dam good weekend!

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 I had the same idea when I put the post up. Spring is best. Will you be back in WA by then?

Golden Ponds in Baldivis has fishing ponds too, not sure if they are fish and release, the CP part of the accommodation was pretty cheap when I went there, powered sites and camp kitchen.  Wombat and JRH and wives came for a coffee while I was there.

They also have cabin/unit accommodation too.

See this link;  http://www.goldenponds.com.au/fishing/