How to catch Australian Salmon off the beach (Fishing Australia) 

Thanks! I’ll do my best to live up to that comment.

agreed

Thanks bud! Fishing in SA is just awesome, you’re a lucky man to live over that way.

Thanks bud. So much work goes into it, it’s really nice to get comments like that. Appreciate it.

Thanks mate.... and via the magic of editing, the fish were caught in SA, the sit down talking bit was shot in Port Melbourne. I had to overlay ocean sounds to cover the sound of semi trucks and ships being loaded.

Marx Fishing, the magic of editing is great, I use it to make it look like I catch fish haha hahahaha. Awesome work mate 👍🏼

Lol. I could make so many more videos, I’ll have to get you to teach me that one!

Marx Fishing I forgot to mention, loved the fly eat at the start lol We’ve all been there haha

Oh, Thanks! funny, I deleted and then added that one back in a few times.

It’s such an awesome form of fishing, it can be hit or miss though, you have a huge big ocean out there, and you are just hopeful the fish will be at the beach when you are.

Thanks! Yah, they work, if the fish are there they will eat them! Good luck.

Thanks mate.

Yea, it’s genuinely my favourite type of fishing.

Thanks, yah, I could hardly get them in on the gear I was using... and they were the small ones.

Yeah, chucking lures in the surf is so fun. BTW, your channel is going great!! Was watching one of your vids the other day, then got called away and didn’t get a chance to comment.

@@marxfishing Glad you enjoyed it mate, really appreciate it! Thanks for the kind words. Keep up the great work too mate :)

It was pretty awesome. The landscape was crazy, it was like the surface of Mars meeting pristine ocean.

Thanks bud.

I actually had my partner recording the sushi making. This turned into an argument about how to use a camera, which promptly ended the catch and cook.

@@marxfishing Hahaha, damn what a shame. That would make a good video, Sashimi not the argument. Might have to get her to cook and you film next time.

Thanks Matt! Appreciate the comment.

True, it’s such and awesome place though. You’re right, you wouldn’t want to carry a heap of gear with you either.

Thanks bud.

Thanks man.

Thanks! Yeah, apparently these Western Salmon are a sub-species, same-same but different from our salmon.

Australian Salmon feed in breaking waves

I would take some metal slugs, like in this video for sure. I would also take some small paddle tail plastics and some curly worm style plastics. Coffin Bay is beautiful, be sure to have a go off the Coffin bay jetty at sunset, fishing can be pretty good there.

Marx Fishing thanks! Appreciated... I will send you some pictures of my catch! Haha I hope so

I just used them as they came, didn’t seem to have any issue.

If you use a lure, it doesn’t need to stay in one place. The lure moves around and imitates a swimming baitfish.

Awesome thanks heaps, one more question, are lures useless at night ? Given the reflective properties of it are diminished in the darkness?

Yes, that’s it. Super simple.

Moving, keep moving, even if it’s only a few meters at a time.

Thanks.

High tide is usually best for the beach’s, sun rise and sunset are also generally good. I mostly prefer metals for salmon, generally if they are around they will be easy to catch. It’s more a case of finding them, just keep moving.

@@marxfishing thanks mate!

Yep. Bleed and then ice them, the sooner the better. Then fillet, skin, and bone them. For the sashimi cuts, slice the flesh against the grain at a 45% or so angle. (so make your sashimi cuts width wise on the fish, so cut bum to back, not head to tail). Great as sashimi, sushi, or poke (google poke if your'e not familiar with it). It's all best eaten the same day, or within 24 hours. Hope that helps. As as side note, a fish that almost no one eats, but if treated this way is the best sashimi you will ever eat, is tailor.

@@marxfishing sashimi tailor! Never thought of that! Thanks for the tips! Last question, with the salmon, to you take any notice of the difference in meat colour, ie the dark meat or the white meat?

Yah, I think I trimmed the darker meat out, when I first started doing them, but I don’t bother anymore. I’m not convinced there is enough difference in texture and flavour to bother. This may vary fish to fish through. Maybe try if both ways and see if you can taste any difference.

back in now.

100%!!!

Typically you look for gutters in the surf, but I generally just walk the beach and cast. Just vary the speed, I try to bring the lure in at a speed fast enough to keep it off the bottom, but not skipping along the surface. If the fish are there, you will generally get them, with almost any retrieve, the key is finding them. Do some searching online, and check out the fishing reports, try to find beaches that are known for holding salmon. As a rule, fishing high tide is good too, but not always critical.

Marx Fishing legend! Heading out to 90 mile beach this weekend so I’ll do some walking about and down the beach! Never had any luck on any lure in my life so praying for some luck!

You should be in with a chance there. Keep yourself light, don’t carry too much gear, and just walk the beach. Small backpack or hip bag is ideal. Look for the gutters, usually good ones down there, and sometimes the gutter and fish will be right close to shore, like right at your feet, so don’t ignore them. Best of luck! I love that area, I used to camp down there, and fish for sharks, 20 years ago, such a great spot.

Marx Fishing hey mate! 6 day’s later and I hit the beach with metal lures for the first time, and smashed a 50cm salmon and another 45cm later that day! Felt so good having something hit your lure when you never expect it! Thanks heaps for the tips!

That’s awesome to hear! It’s such a great form of fishing, and so thrilling when they hit!

I like a 9ft rod, it’s seems to be a good all rounder. For the reel, I think either a 3000 or 4000 reel. The setup I used in the video was 9ft rod, 3000 reel, and it makes for a really nice lightweight beach setup. The thing with the reels now, is that the drag system in a 2500 to 3000 size reel is better than the 4000-6000 reels, from only a few years ago. When picking a reel, have a good look at drag specs, I think that’s more important than reel size now a days.

@@marxfishing hey mate thanks for the response I was looking at going for a 8ft rod with 3000 or 4000 reel will this suffice as an all rounder for beach, rock and pier fishing

Totally, if you want or use the rod for piers too, then 8 ft can be a good compromise. I use 7ft off the jetties, and 9 ft for beach and rock. So the 8 ft sits right in the middle of that and should be good for covering everything.

@@marxfishing awesome loads of people saying bigger is better and saying I should go 11ft or 12ft with 5000 to 6500 reels which I feel may be an overkill. With the 8ft if a catch a large ray or gummy or jewie will it have enough power in it? This is my first setup and still new to things so was looking at the following rod Daiwa Laguna-X 802MFS Spinning Rod Black 8 ft with a Daiwa BG 3000/4000 Spinning Reel. What do you think?

For the rod, anything that is graphite and will cast 1/4-1/2 oz well will work. Those BG reels look awesome, I would compare the size, weight and smoothness with the the Shimano Sedona and see why you think. To be honest I fish mostly with a combo that cost me less than $100. The fish don’t know the difference.

lol. This was January, just had not edited it yet. I can be slack like that. Hope you're doing well.

@@marxfishing cheers ,,,,,,,yer all great here mate

@Solvedebc nah man I am not in Australia any more But thanks

@Solvedebc why are you sorry mate , it's not like I am dead or something

I would love to!

SA and WA generally get the same fish, they migrate around to breed, Vic NSW and Tas get the smaller eastern Australian salmon

Just a uni knot to a clip (then clip to the lure).

alright thanks man, gonna give the lure and knot a go

Good luck!

they'll be here tomorrow, already oreded and thanks :D

I have always wanted to try doing the fish cakes. Unknown to most people, Aussie Salmon are great sushi and sashimi, you must bleed them immediately, keep them on ice, and eat them in the next few hours. Tailor is the same, excellent sashimi. We have been eating them this way for years. You have to know how to cut the fish up property for sashimi as well.

Marx Fishing haha well there you go. I’ll defs give it a crack I’ll try anything once (nearly anything haha) tell you what’s divine... soak some tailor fillets in brown sugar/ chilli/ salt and splash of water to mix them all in. Soak them overnight and then smoke them with applewood/cherrywood (not a fan of hickory for fish it’s too strong) for half hour > two hours depending on how hot your smoker runs. Sooooo good

Thomas Catlin, I love smoke tailor, I have not tried the brown sugar and such, sounds awesome. If you are going to try one fish as sashimi, I would say try the tailor over the salmon. Bleed straight away, into ice slurry. Fillet as nominal, then cut thin slices again the grain/muscle of the fish. Melts if your month, best if done within hours of catching, wasabi, soy sauce, and pickled ginger to add in if you like. Anyone who likes sushi will love this. The reason they they can’t sell it commercially like this is that the oil content in the flesh causes it to turn to mush within about 24 hours, but if eaten with hours of being caught, it is the best you will even have.

Had already been brain spiked. That was just muscle memory, head down to drain blood for better eating. Pretty common practice.

Locks Well Beach, it's on Google Maps, but it's a long way from anything! Awesome spot.

In Australia this fish is called an Australian Salmon.

Tell that to the thousands that sashimi them and enjoy it all the time, just because you don't know how to handle this fragile fish doesn't make it poor eating. The amount of people that thought they were "yuck" also until I showed them what they were doing wrong and now love eating them even more than snapper is laughable, the stigma is losing traction, and its about time.