Frenzy as annual phenomenon takes over Aussie beach: 'Catching them by hand'
A massive school of salmon has sparked a fish frenzy at a Western Australian beach, with the numbers so high fishermen were able to pluck them out of the water by hand.
Armed with rods, nets and buckets, opportunistic fishermen took to Cheynes Beach on Wednesday as thousands of salmon arrived as part of their annual migration.
For Gareth Dunn, the assistant manager of the beachfront Cheynes Beach Caravan Park, the big schools of fish that have come and gone over the past week have helped him tick off a 'first'.
'Personally, I have never caught a fish. The first time a school came in I chucked a rod in and I caught 15 back-to-back,' he told Yahoo News.
'After the 15th, my shoulder was getting tired,' he laughed. 'It was ecstatic from the beginning.'
The giant school of fish chased smaller herring onto the beach, allowing fishers to load up their rods with the bait fish and instantly hook a salmon. Gareth managed to land himself a 86cm whopper.
'People were catching them with their hands,' he said. 'People were getting nets in and catching them with a net.
'We were lucky that we were just down at the beach at the right time.'
Video from the shoreline shows the water full of movement, with aerial photographs showing another massive school sitting in the bay.
A study by Recfishwest estimates WA fishers spend around $331 million a year chasing the salmon.
Gareth said each year, the park sees a spike in bookings as fishermen descend on Cheynes Beach to take advantage of the salmon migration.
'We have recurring bookings that come down every year just to catch salmon,' he said. But the guests that frequent the park are not all interested in the fish.
Cheynes Beach is home to three of Australia's most rare and elusive birds; the western whipbird, the noisy scrub-bird, and the western bristlebird.
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'We have a lot of birding groups from around the world that come down and spend a few days here trying to see if they can find them,' Gareth said.
'And then we have the southern right whales that give birth and feed their young in our bay between July and October. It's not uncommon to see a whale about 50m from the beach with their babies.
'And between April and July blue whales come through as well.'
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