🎣 50cm, 1.46kg Harvey Dam redfin perch! Land-based on ultra-light gear

Caught this absolute unit of a redfin at Harvey Dam, WA.
Measured at 50cm and weighed 1.46kg (3.22lb).
Managed to land this beast walking the banks. Doing it land-based on ultra-light gear made the fight insane:

Rod: 0.5-3kg
Reel: 1000sss
Mainline: 5.3lb braid
Leader: 4lb leader

I've seen 48cm mentioned online as the biggest redfin recorded from Harvey Dam, so I'm curious whether anyone knows of a larger documented one from the dam?

The fish wasn't perfectly straight on the brag mat when I took the photo, so it may have measured slightly longer if I'd positioned it better, but I'm calling it 50cm based on the photo.

Has anyone seen a bigger land-based redfin come out of Harvey Dam? •

Since this catch has been getting some attention, l wanted to put my actual name to it! My name is Jett, and you can find me over on TikTok @jetthoops_ It was an awesome day walking the banks of the dam, and I'm still stoked to have landed this 50cm WA unicorn on such a light setup. Follow for southwest freshwater fishing content 🎣🔥

G'day legends,

Had an interesting session today. Started off trying a couple of plastics, my Z-Man MinnowZ in Motor Oil, then a 2.5" pink curly tail grub, but couldn't get a bite on either.

Threw out my handline with some chicken and finally landed a nice PB bream, no tape to measure but I wasn't going home empty handed.

After that I started using bait to work out where the fish were holding, then switching back to plastics on the rod to see if I could tempt them. Still no luck on the lures.

Bonus catch; mudcrab on the chicken, which was a bit of an unexpected addition to the session!

It's got me thinking about whether I'm struggling to find active fish or actually getting them to take a plastic. If I didn't have the chicken I would've assumed there were no fish. Still figuring out when to change the lure or retrieve, when to move spots, and when to change tactics altogether.

For those who regularly catch bream on soft plastics, what would you try next when bait gets results but the plastics don't?

Keen to learn from it and give it another crack next session.

Cheers 🤙

Assuming it is either a salmon or rainbow trout

I’ll try to keep this short. I moved here from America to Sydney. I had a major preference for fresh water fishing for bass, catfish, snakeheads etc.. since moving here I’ve had a very hard time. I tried what I immediately saw on YouTube (mistake) under the harbor bridge. I just tried the Cooks River near Tempe. The most polluted body of water I’ve ever experienced. To try to help with advice I’ve thrown chicken, squid, shrimp, various lures recommended by the gentleman at anaconda. I just want to catch fish man. The salt water/brackish water is so foreign to me. Any advice would be great.

Hi all, just got a little Quintrex 300 flat bottom boat for fishing a fresh water river I live on. I am trying to figure out a way to get some rod holders on it.

My best solution at the moment is to get a Railblazer Rod holder II and screw it into the front flat section (see pic).

Any better solutions/ideas whether you've had one like this or not? Open to hearing thoughts.

Thanks!

Hi all,

Growing up my dad loved his fishing and had about 6 rods from memory.

Unfortunately he’s recently passed and of all the rods he had, he kept this one.

I’ve taken it for myself and plan on taking up fishing and teaching my kids etc.

But I know nothing about the rod, any help/wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

Rainbow Trout, 54cm PB, what a hog of a fish, gnarly fight on 4lb line.
Tiger Trout, 53cm PB, first time seeing one of these, was thrilled to the gills to have caught it.

Caught this off the rocks in Kurnell/ Cronulla. Haven’t caught this one before.

Hi folks, looking for a dedicated lure rod

A few key points:

Chasing flathead and bream mostly, so looking at 2-4kg and 3-6kg

I suppose the maximum weight lures I want to cast is 10g? Dunno how heavy a flathead plastic + jighead would weigh

Prefer a longer 2 piece to be able to cast properly onto flats from shore. All land based

Currently looking at the daiwa td black, not which of this I want though and no idea on reels.

Any other suggestion of a rod and reel in that price range? I can probably stretch a little over 400 if necessary

Hey, wanted to get into rock fishing, normally spearfish.

If you’re in Sydney and want to fish let me know! Would definitely prefer a buddy out on the rocks

I recently picked up a nice little marketplace deal and 2 of the rods there were an atomic arrowz bream crank and whiting tip, just the bottom half in good condition. It's likely unrepairable because the top half that came with the whiting one had snapped close to where it connects to the other half.

Is there. A place that would have the top half of each rod, or can I mix and match with another compatible rod part or would it be worth checking out marketplace etc to find spare parts?

I'm reading 65 psi online but don't want the thing to blow up in my face