best time of year to visit shark bay
Submitted by brayds on Wed, 2014-03-12 06:40
iv been thinking about doing a fishing trip to shark bay. what time of year is best to head up there? ive heard its pretty windy up there. i will have access to a 4x4 and tinny
Swompa
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April/May is generally mild
April/May is generally mild ish up there as far as I am aware, unless you get a thumping north westerly.
Not too hot so not pumping south westers, and not late enough to cop the south easterlys of winter.
scottnofish
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if you look at wind averages
on bom site june july august are thes least windiest times of year with july being the best
Doooma
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Any month without an R in
Any month without an R in it!!
Marto
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As above. Any time between
As above. Any time between April and August. We favour June but heading up a bit earlier this year.
randall df223
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If you plan to fish the
If you plan to fish the eastern gulf (monkey mia side) pink snapper bans are in place 1 may - 31 july. We find january / february are way too windy. March, the flys come out and its very hot. April is the best if you are chasing snapper in the eastern gulf. But there is a lot of other types of fish as well. :)
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brayds
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cheers guys. starting to
cheers guys. starting to look at the 2 weeks leading up to the ban. that way we can get the best of the weather and the fish hopefully
randall df223
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Thats school holidays and
Thats school holidays and good luck getting accommodation! We book upto two years in advance to get in at monkey mia....
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Doooma
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If its blowing easterly, fish
If its blowing easterly, fish out from Denham side,
If blowing Westerly, fish out of Monkey Mia side!!!
Always a nice place somewhere!!
Swompa
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Sat on anchor at Turtle Bay
Sat on anchor at Turtle Bay at the top end of Dirk Hartog Island on the 21st of June in 2002, in 30 knots of South Easterly for 4 days. It was cold and misrible.
My only experience up there at that time and it was shit.
Rob b
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Yeh that's when I will be up
Yeh that's when I will be up there with the family again Easter break. Cant wait. We were quiet lucky last year at this time we got some good weather and fish I think we got out on the boat prob 7 of the 10 days. Hoping for the same again if everything goes to plan.
Davenay
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Shark bay trick
After having a couple of trips to that beautiful place and not done any fishing due to the wind. We now don't book any particular date just go once we can see the wind is dropped after march. 5 of us now wait by the long range forecast for a 5 day break in the wind, it may come in march more likely in April. Either way we now get a full fishing trip. Some weather forecasts are better than others so watch a few. The best way to plan fishing trip if you can leave on 2 or 3 days notice that we have found.
We all work for ourselves or 1 guy is able to swap his shift with someone. Accomodation is easy to get with a few days notice.
Shark bay cottages are opposite the boat ramp with a fish cleaning station out front and ocean views. With good weather you can explore the huge area that is shark bay.
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brayds
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yeh that would be the best
yeh that would be the best way to plan a fishing trip. i figure if i plan a 2 week trip and can only go on the boat 50% of the days ill still be happy considering there are plenty of things to see and do up there
dano83
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I think the saying goes
I think the saying goes April/may the best time for shark bay
dusty94
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GPS SPOTS FOR SHARK BAY
Hi all does any one have some GPS spots for Shark bay I will be up there April in a 4.35 tinny any advise will help