hey mate, I dont know a thing about river fishing im afraid but I reckon the busselton jetty might be a good option if its not too far away. Should be plenty of herring and gardies around. If you use the search function at the top for herring rigs that should give you the info you need, otherwise any tackle shop should be able to explain herring rigs

welcome to fishwrecked mate and good luck!

Definitely some redfin and trout around the area, and if you are struggling there are some privately stocked dams around. Most luck I have had was on spinner and hard body lures. Most likely too far upriver for black bream around Nannup. At this time of year trout will be holed up in the deep pools as there wont be much fast water. There are spots accessible by normal vehicles. Ask tackle shops to point you in the direction of the right lures. Fish with light line as possible

I have no experience baitfishing for freshwater fish so can't help with rigs or baits. Do believe earthworms or large insects suspended under a small english style float is the regular technique.

Be aware you are required to have a freshwater fishing licence around Nannup so unless you are keen it might be easier to stick to cuthbads plan of the busso jetty.

But there are plenty of spots on the river between Nannup and ballingup which are prime country for mostly unfortunately Redfin.

If you are a Novice get a worm farm kit from some store like Bunnings and hook a couple on with a running sinker and you are likely to get lucky with the fins. Just take them home and eat them (or kill them and chuck them back to feed up the Marron).

Just check with a local whether bait fishing is allowed, because some areas are banned from this in the SW.

But hopefully you will get plenty of advise from others because I have been in Karratha for 4 yrs and only use to go fishing down there when we use to have Rallies (Racing not tree huggers) on in that area.

Neels

Thanks for that guys that should help me out a lot, im just glad there should be stuff around down there.  Im defianatly going to head to the busso jetty it's onyl about half an hour away from where we are staying.  I called the fisharies department today to get a licence for fishing in the blackwood in nannup and the guy told me i didnt need one as the blackwood in the nannup area still has salt in the water,  should i call again just to be sure or just go on his word?

If you dont need one there I dunno where you would need one. Seems crazy to me and I have one when I fish around there. The ruling is to do with tides I believe so should only be able to fish licence free near the river mouth.

Here is the pdf of info

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/FreshWaterAngling/index.php?0106

Yeah i agree with you that link is the same thing i read before i called them to get the licence, im just gonna call them again and get one anyway.  I thought it was a bit weird that he said since it was still saltwater in the blackwood it would be fine.

Hey Jarrad11,

Spent a few years fishing fresh in Victoria so here is some hints i picked up.

Lures for Trout and redfin

Rapala countdowns, RMG scorpions or halco in small size. Trout love the lures in trout colours which is why the Rapala is great.  Deeper water use a deeper diver. When casting look for structure including the overhang on the river bank itself (caught a few trout casting along the bank I was standing on). The fish love sitting under submerged logs so put a sinking lure into the flow and let go under the logs and retrieve back. Also fast moving water across shallow rocks, lures must swim properly in the current though so a slow retrieve to keep straight is required.

Bait for Trout and redfin

Use bait you can gather in the area in the form of insects, live yabbies (not Marron) and anything that wriggles and crawls. Little amount of weight as possible or those bubble floats you can control the depth on by filling with water. Some keen people fishing pondage areas used to carry a hypo needle to inject air into bait to keep it floating off the ground (your call bit strange though).

Cant really help with spots here though or Bream (heaps of experts on this site though)

Hope this helps, good luck and post a report when you get back!

Work well around the snags. GOLD is my choice     But i take 10 or 12 and swap if thay are not working to well 

Go to a good tackle shop and ask

If you are willing to travel and as you say only have 2wd, try Hamelin bay down the beach about 200 metres for herring and snook / pike. The road around to the light house at Augusta has a few spots worth a try that are close to the road including the jetty / platform at Dead Finish and over the back of the water wheel at the cape. Dead Finish usually has herring , whiting and skippy and depending on water temps all these spots could toss up an early salmon.

Not sure how bad the track / road in to Boranup is but the walk down to the rock is usually worth it . Tailor, skippy, herring, sharks and a chance of a samson fish .

The licence thing already mentioned. Another good spot but a wee hike is Cosy Corner. Depends on the age of the kid but you can fish of a nice platform there, but be bloody careful about the swell, especially if Diane heads down there. Otherwise the beack at Cosy is also productive and you may even see cruising salmon there this time off the year. Have a rod with a laser or other metal ready in a holder and when you see a "bunch of weed" that looks black move hoink the thing in that direction.

If you Burley up IMO close to the rocks (when you get there youl know) you will get all sorts, and I have caught herring, a Tailor (that was a surprise), heaps of skippy, whiting in dead close (within 3-5m from the waters edge), Tarwine, Flatties etc from that area. I have even caught a few Black Bream.

We use to go to the platform when we had no kids, and the beach with kids. The beach is much safer but it is a steepish walk, but nothing that a fisho would blink at.

Neels

Thanks again for all that info guys, im getting the freshwater licence on Monday and heading down on Tuesday first stop will be the local tackle shop from some more lures! i will let you all know how i got on when i get back on Friday hopefully will have some photos to post.  I think beach fishing will be the way to go or even off the jetty.

Cheers

can't help with advice jarrad but welcome to the site......looking forward to seeing the photos.

Hi guys sorry for the delay, was a nice trip but no real luck with the fishing didnt go in nannup because the water levels were really low and was not much around so we went to the busso jetty and caught some trumpeters but that was all.

Hopefully we have better luck next time!

Cheers