Learmonth Salmon
Submitted by carnarvonite on Sat, 2016-05-21 12:29
For all the non believers, son Jeff, has taken his love of catching salmon to a new high with one caught off the Learmonth Jetty. He had lost a few in recent weeks and has now got one to show off with.
The furthest north I had heard them caught before was an odd one in Geraldton many years ago but never one past there.
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Deckie
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Getting Crazy.
Northern species down south & southern species up there.
Soon we won't have to travel to get good quality fish.
Hmmm where's the fun in that????
Sounds like the end of the "Boy's" trip.
That can't happen...........
Good catch & finally one to show off. Well done.
Cheers & Stay safe
meglodon
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Seeing is believing
It looks like the conditions for catching salmon up there are on a comparison with those down south of the rocks at the moment.
Yeah right
LOL
Simo_
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Well done mate, would make
Well done mate, would make good bait.
Bring on April
opsrey
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Well done.
Sounds like global warming, or is that global cooling ? Is having its effects on the fish stocks.
crasny1
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Now that
Im finding hard to believe. Poor bugger must be totally lost, wondering what all these strange neighbours are swimming around.
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Adam Gallash
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Epic
Epic Jeffo!!
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ranmar850
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Poor bugger must be totally
Poor bugger must be totally lost, wondering what all these strange neighbours are swimming around unquote Sounds a bit like me driving through Rocko
crasny1
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LOL
Must be lost in Rocco hey.
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crasny1
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Jokes aside
Should we ask Glenn Moore about this. I would think this would be extremely rare.
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carnarvonite
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Chasing them
Jeff said he had been chasing them there for about 3 weeks before he actually landed one so must have been a few mates with it in the school.
The furthest north I had heard of them caught before was around Geraldton so they would have had to put the foot down to get that far north unless it was a metro area school that has headed north from there unlike the others coming from the south coast
Glenn Moore
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rare indeed
Rare indeed and the cynic in me wondered if someone is having a laugh and transporting a frozen salmon to Learmonth for a photo op and wind up??? Not sure why a dead fish would still have the hook in place and be connected to a rod... If it is for real, then apologies and I'm at a loss to be honest. Too far north, habitat all wrong and water too warm to make any sense at all to me.
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crasny1
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Thanks Glenn
I thought this odd, but Jeff isn't the sort to joke around, so I suspect it is true.
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Hutch
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Very strange but definitely
Very strange but definitely legit... Ive seen at least 6-7 different reports with photos on facebook over the last month or two
carnarvonite
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Video
Vicky, Jeff's wife has put the video of him catching it on the beach right next to the Learmonth jetty, once he has it in his hand she pans the camera round to show the jetty with their car parked.
Don't know how to add it to the site but perhaps someone who is more cued in than me can grab it and put it on