The anticipation was high as i headed up from Fremantle at 4.30 yesterday morning. I went straight to the River mouth in search of that nice Tailor i'd been hearing about. By the time i burley'd up and got the mulie in the water it was 6:30, bang on high tide. I wouldn't say the mouth had broken, but the crashing waves occasionally allowed the water to spill into the river.

The hours fishing the beach provided no success, and there were two locals either side of me who also caught nothing, along with an elderly gentleman who was ballooning. One fellow even stated he had caught nothing in the last five weeks, which was a far cry of the reports i'd recently heard. A young, enthusiastic family rocked up a little later in the morning and pulled in a dozen or so sand whiting, quite small, but at least they caught something! Haha.

At about 11:30 i called it quits for the beach, and took to the river in the kayak (Finn Beachcomber). This is where the fun started! I paddled up about 100 meters past the big sand dune and noticed some really niced structure, positioned the yak and let the easterly winds drift me along it. Not even 15 seconds later, WHACK! With no hesitation, something came out and smaches my coral prawn, could it be that elusive 40cm bream i was hunting? After as good short battle, i lifted aboard what i initially thought was a tailor...then i thought it was an unusually large herring...then i got distracted by 2 stunning young ladies cruising past in a tinny. Anyway, it wasn't until i got home and did some research that i realised it was an Australian Salmon, 30cm to the fork.

I decided to paddle up river and further explore the area. I came across a nice little pocket with some excellent, excellent structure. It might as well have had a big sign saying "There is hundreds of Bream here."   And sure enough, yep!! I spent about 5 hours prowling that area, catchin bream ranging from 18 - 25cm. It was disappointing not to get any of legal size, but the fact they were striking my bait every cast made it a very fun day.

It was the first time i'd been to Moore River, and even though i didn't catch a Tailor or that monster Bream, one thing is for sure, that river is alive, and absolutely teaming with fish. Cannot wait to go back, great spot and great signs for the future.