Kayak Fishing the Werribee River for Estuary Perch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- In this episode were Kayak Fishing the Werribee River for Estuary Perch. Using shallow diving hard body lures and surface lures. Also trailing the new Savage Gear Gravity Twitch Minnow. A great way to catch these little but very feisty fish.
Myself and Steve Vessey ( fishing with Steve ) venture across some beautiful scenic areas, spot some wonderful wildlife and catch some really healthy fish.
Gear Used
Savage Gear LRF 1-3 Rod + Savage Gear Stealth 2000 reel
Daiwa infeet Z 1-4 Rod + Daiwa Luvias 2000 reel
Savage Gear Gravity twitch 3D minnow
Daiwa Double Clutch
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I gotta give kayak fishing a try one day. It looks like the best recipe to staying away from anxiety and depression.
100% James it really is. It has helped me immensely. Takes you on some exciting adventures with some great people.
It is until you throw a $25 Diawa double clutch in a tree and can't get to it 😅
100% happens way to often.... I have contributed many in my time too. LOL
They are tawny frog mouth, fantastic bird
Awesome, thank you !!
I am blessed to have a breeding pear in my backyard they love a bit of raw chicken
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@@fishingmad no worries; love your work ❤️
Thats amazing, they are fascinating looking creatures.
Thank you !!!
If you go close to the opposite bank from the historic park on a sunny day, you can see large carp sunning themselves in the fallen trees especially 200m upstream. Mind you they are usually not interested in any bait at the times you can see them. Keep up the great videos, I enjoy them immensely.
Thanks for the positive feedback !! Yeah I was up that way last week and saw a massive school of carp. ( hundreds of them ) One minute calm then really aggressive leaping out of the water. Was really bizarre to see. Ive only landed a few carp on lures but there are some mighty big one in that river
Thanks for the heads up on the gills mate
No problem 👍 My mate that was out with me has a swollen hand after handling one of them incorrectly. Just gotta be a little careful
Great video Alan, some nice fish. I was stunned when I looked down and saw you are almost at ten thousand subs. The milestones coming up and it’s definitely well deserved👍
Thanks Josh !!! Really appreciate the positive comment. Lots and lots of hard work to get to 10K subs so its an exiting milestone not far away.
Awesome video Alan👍!!!
Thanks Jared, yeah was really nice to do something a little different
Good call on more yak launching areas. Would be great to have some easier access and retrieval.
Yeah im only aware of a few spots to launch from and they are just about impossible to launch a hobie on your own.
Give away the use of those egg beater reels for lure fishing in this river. Using a closed faced is the way to go as it has a brake on those reels so you can stop a missed timed cast from ending up in snags and bushes and trees etc. Lures can become quite expensive so take note. Funny how as kids we would spend have our day fishing climbing trees to get our lures back lol.
Great Vlog, getting a yak next month will give the river a go. Thanks mate 👍
Yeah its an interesting spot the Werribee river, access isn't the greatest and the fishing can be a little tough, but after a while you start to work it out. Really need to focus on hitting the banks and structure.
Love all your videos Alan! One day when you are short of content could you talk about how to buy or select a good rod (steering away from brand promos), but what rod for what job and more importantly what to look for when buying a rod. Whats the dif between kmart $30 and the fishing shop $200 for example. Thanks for all your work (but pretty sure you love your job!).
Thanks !!! Really appreciate the kind words. Yeah i was hoping to get a video like this out soon. I know a few local custom rod makers and was hoping to tee something up with them where they can provide some real insight about the differences in the blanks, guides and usage of a non brand, vs brand vs entry level, mid and high end. hope to have something in the new year. Thanks once again and yes loving my job, hope to do a lot more of it next year as the channel and website grow.
Good fishing. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks !!
Again another entertaining video Alan... well done!
Thank you !! Glad you enjoyed it
When you add the bream, flathead, huge eels, and usual freshwater species further upstream, it makes the Werribee river a great place to fish. It's funny though, I lived in Point Cook from 2002 to 2011 and only ever fished it once. I had no idea about those perch in there. And those owls are just beautiful birds. Really interesting video mate.
Thanks Darren, always appreciate the insight !! I have lived within 10 minutes of the werribee river for many years and too have hardly fished it. I used to fish closer to the river entrance and catch lots of bream mainly with baits such as maggots and worms. After a few close encounters with snakes I didnt go there for many years. Covid restrictions made me look at the river again further down near the weir straying within travel restrictions. Its a really tough system, often unrewarded. The EPs on evenings hitting surface lures and shallow diving lures though is amazing fun. So suprising how a small fish can hit a surface lure so hard. But ive already had 2 close encounters with tiger snakes. One with my 8 year old son last week. Also the night that we were fishing many police turned up and discovered a body very close to where we were fishing. So its a very unusual location.
@@fishingmad a body there! And tiger snakes! Yeah that'd be enough to put me off too mate. Had a couple of encounters with snakes when I was kid fishing the Maribyrnong river up around Keilor and Kealba. Didn't put me off then, but it would now!
yeah, i took my daughter for a bike ride last week near brimbank park and we spoted a decent brown snake along the bike path. Plenty of them there. Im with you not a huge fan of them
@@fishingmad I'd rather a snake in the grass than a huntsman in my boat though. I've experienced both. You can't run away when you're 7km out and a huntsman crawls out from the cabin.
LOL thats no good at all. No where to run and hide from a huntsman on the boat. Thats a winner i think
Good work, got a stella bluenose here 6 years bacl
Thanks !! Wow I haven't seen any bream above the wier wall. Thats really interesting. Got a few decent ones closer to the river mouth
Oh Alan I just realised that you are about to hit 10 thousand subscribers. How crazy!!
Thanks !!! Yeah it has been a lot of work to get to this point, but i'm very excited to go past 10K subs over the coming weeks. Thanks for the support !!
@@fishingmad congratulations mate, you worked hard for it, you deserve it.
Thanks !!! Its very much appreciated. Its hard work with many ups and downs but im very proud to get there. Now to set some new goals.
Awesome video legend stoked we can fish again also they where tawny frog mouths not owls 🦉 and awsome kayak I wish I could afford one like that haha looks so good kitted out
Thanks !!! Yeah the pro anglers are awesome a little awkward at times at rivers like these. Yep your 100% right about the tawny frog mouths
Nice area to fish. If you are lucky you might even bump into Mr Cod.
Yeah I hope so, seen a couple pulled from there now
now that i have cracked the code i found it so easy to catch eps now
Awesome, well done. What are some key things do you think that has helped you?
great video and u should go to prince town to catch a lot of perch
Thanks !!! Prince Town ? Is that at the entrance of the Gelibrand river ?
@@fishingmad yeah
cool, ill check it out. Only 2 hours from Melb
Yeah... i made an appearance 🤣🤣
Celebrity guest appearance !!!
Hi Alan great video how clean is the Werribee river how far upstream did U go could you take a decent boat up the river without any damages ?
This was above the weir wall. Im not sure if its possible to get a boat in there. You can certainly take a boat up the river mouth near the werribee boat ramp and go all the way up past the cliffs and golf course. Just gotta take it easy as it can get shallow and snaggy. Probably a better spot for a kayak. In this video we launched not far from the Italian club and only went about 1 kilometre up the river. The river was very clean in most parts.
Where did you launch for this mate?? I just got a yak an a werribee local keen to get out on the river now it's getting colder
Hey Alan just wondering what size lure your using in this video iv been looking at similar lures and I’m not sure if I should go with the 60 or the 70mm for ep, great video as always
Was mainly using the 55mm double clutch, I always have a 70mm one with me just incase. Both are very good options. A small EP wont hesitate to take a big lure.
@@fishingmad awesome reply I’m really struggling to find the double clutches in store the only one available was the 70 so I’ll give it a go thanks heaps mate your always a big help
yeah they sell out really quickly, especially the popular colours. Daiwa must be making a mint on these lures. The 70mm are still great. I caught a heaps of EPs using the 70mm when fishing of the pier near Marlo a couple of months ago
Well done Alan. Where's the best spot to flick lures from the bank up the Werribee river un your opinion please?
Not easy from the banks as the clearings are a little limited. I usually park in the historic park opposite the Italian club and just walk around finding openings and casting wherever I can. Plenty of eps and redfin can be caught like this. Just watch out for the snakes as there are plenty of them around. Almost stood on a 2 meter tiger snake with my son last week.
@@fishingmad thanks Alan. Yep I've invested in gum boots lol.
Good idea !!
I'm saving for a kayak wow there expensive any ideas of what one I should buy?
with good price!
They sure can be expensive, as much as a small boat in some cases. I did a lot of research on this topic and wrote the following article fishingmad.com.au/article/fishing-kayak-buyers-guide-2020have a look and let me know if you have any questions which i would be happy to answer
Awesome video, I would love to see you do a catch and cook one day also what's your pb flat head on the kayak?
ive only ever done a few catch and cook videos like this one th-cam.com/video/8vGvxUImbRw/w-d-xo.html might do a few more in 2021. Biggest flattie of a kayak is around 70cm. Which is big for PPB but not big in many other areas. I have some travel planned next year and hope to beat the PB size.
That's better then my pb so you must be doing something right, looking forward to the up coming videos. Hope you have a great and safe new years
Thanks !!! Happy new year to you too. Plenty of content on the way so stay tuned
Hey mate what lures were you using, I've fished this section of river for years and only landed 2 fish
I was using Savage Gear Gravity twitch minnow, Daiwa double clutch, Jackall micro tappy and in the past caught plenty with the savage Gear fathead crank
Hi Alan, where to catch redfin in werribee river landbased
I've caught a few land based opposite the Italian club and historic park, there used to be heaps in there.
@@fishingmad thanks, is that werribee river?
where would u recommend a good place to start freshwater fishing
Roughly what are are you from so I can recommend somewhere close for you. Otherwise have a look at this as a great guide fishingmad.com.au/locations thanks
@@fishingmad thank you for replying!
im from the western suburbs of Melbourne but willing to travel anywhere!
Locally Albert Park Lake is very good for perch and yellowbelly, a bit further out Lake Daylesford is a beatiful spot for freshwater fishing and great walk track around the lake, Lake Jubille is close there and good aswell, Barwon River great for redfin and perch. Fisheries stock local lakes they call family friendly lakes this might be helpful too fishingmad.com.au/trout-stocking-schedule-victoria-2020
@@fishingmad thank you so much!
can you use a 4 metre tinny on the river?
below the wier wall launching from the werribee boat ramp and going past the golf courses yes. But i dont think you can above the wier where we were fishing
Hey in Westernport what fishing spots do you recommended?
A lot of Western Port is great. Such a good fishery for snapper, squid, whiting, gummies etc. A few of my mates fish lang lang frequently on the kayak and catch snapper and gummies. Just need a bit of local knowledge for tides which is very important
@@fishingmad thanks mate
@@fishingmad and thanks for all the good uploads
no worries
plenty more on the way so stay tuned
Tawny frogmouth not owls
Thanks for letting me know, my wife and kids told me straight away when i showed them the footage they were tawny frogmouth. Beautiful looking creatures.
Those birds are called Tawny Frogmouth and not owls.
Hey Alan just want to ask how far do you go out from Altona pier to go for flathead could you give me an address of how far you go out for squid in your kyack and where thax mate cheers
I usually fish as close as 100 meters to shore and as far as 2-3 kilometres. Been as far as the cardinal markers before. Most of the squid are in close. Just look down for and colour change which indicates your over weed which are the spots to target
@@fishingmad thx so Altona like 300 meaters out and the squid are in close at which part of Alton
Launch at millers road kayak ramp, i move up both sides staying in close looking for weed. Youll find a few espcially on calm clear days
werribee river has murray cod???!!!
Yep 100% Ive seen the footage. This was a mate a few weeks ago fishingmad.com.au/report/werribee-river-murray-cod
Please try and support the body of the fish a bit more instead of grabbing it from the mouth only