Swansea - 10/05/15

[SgtBundy]

Stayed up at my parents over the weekend with the plan to get out for a fish at some point with Dad. Didnt get up there until late saturday and with the wind sunday arvo forecast it was set for a morning session.

Dad really wanted to hit blackfish at the entrance but unable to source some weed we got prawns and squid and headed up to the breakwall at Swansea. My twin boys were with us and we set them up first but with still a heavy run out current and very dirty water it was only snags and nibbles and they soon lost interest.

There were swarms of baitfish and Dad tried a blackfish rig to try and get some livebait but instead got a blue banded type of wrasse.

As the high tide approached the current slowed and stopped and you could see the clear water pushing in from the mouth. As that started boats across the water from us were getting stuck into a lot of salmon and there was a lot of jumps but way out of reach. As the bait was not working I had changed to a paddletail plastic and was bouncing that around. As it was obvious salmon were about I changed up to do a slow roll.

That did it - my 6lb SP rig got smacked by the fattest longest salmon I have seen - guessing 70cm plus. He got airborne, ran and being a light rig I was probably too careful not to put too much pressure on. Next thing he came up to the surface with a big headshake and the plastic came flying back to me and he was gone. Awesome visual fight - I wasnt even that bummed I lost him I enjoyed it that much.

After that we got nothing more - Dad tried using a opening night SP, I was using mullettron but no more hits. Nothing touching the bait either. With the wind picking up and all of us hungry for lunch we called it a day about 12:30.

Good to have a session with Dad and the kids - looking to give the area another go once the water gets back to normal.

[fragmeister]

Sounds like a good session with the old man.

Those paddle tails seem to work well on the Salmon in terms of hook ups but they seem throw them a lot too with the single hooks...

acrobatic bugger aren't they?

[SgtBundy]

I have only got them before in the surf and had no sight of them until landed, so it was pretty awesome to see the jumps and headshakes.

Dad was using one of my waxwings which had a dual upturned hook which might have held on more but nothing hit that.

In hindsight I could have applied more hurt to set the hook but with 6lb braid at the front of my mind I was just focusing on not pulling too hard. All what ifs I guess.

[bretto101]

Stayed up at my parents over the weekend with the plan to get out for a fish at some point with Dad. Didnt get up there until late saturday and with the wind sunday arvo forecast it was set for a morning session.

Dad really wanted to hit blackfish at the entrance but unable to source some weed we got prawns and squid and headed up to the breakwall at Swansea. My twin boys were with us and we set them up first but with still a heavy run out current and very dirty water it was only snags and nibbles and they soon lost interest.

There were swarms of baitfish and Dad tried a blackfish rig to try and get some livebait but instead got a blue banded type of wrasse.

As the high tide approached the current slowed and stopped and you could see the clear water pushing in from the mouth. As that started boats across the water from us were getting stuck into a lot of salmon and there was a lot of jumps but way out of reach. As the bait was not working I had changed to a paddletail plastic and was bouncing that around. As it was obvious salmon were about I changed up to do a slow roll.

That did it - my 6lb SP rig got smacked by the fattest longest salmon I have seen - guessing 70cm plus. He got airborne, ran and being a light rig I was probably too careful not to put too much pressure on. Next thing he came up to the surface with a big headshake and the plastic came flying back to me and he was gone. Awesome visual fight - I wasnt even that bummed I lost him I enjoyed it that much.

After that we got nothing more - Dad tried using a opening night SP, I was using mullettron but no more hits. Nothing touching the bait either. With the wind picking up and all of us hungry for lunch we called it a day about 12:30.

Good to have a session with Dad and the kids - looking to give the area another go once the water gets back to normal.

PM me if you want some info of green weed in the area .