duns/yallingup
Submitted by fishing fanatic on Sat, 2011-08-27 12:59
hey everyone bit late notice but i am going down to duns tonight and i will be there till monday morning (just a quick chill with mates) anyway i am hopefully going fishing or spearfishing while there, so has anyone got adivce on where i should try? i know u get dhuies and blues and sambos of canal rocks but its currenty and i dont want to put my mates in danger if they come with me, is there any protected areas not too far off shore that i can get a chance to get a decent fish in for the bbq sunday night? (ytk, blues, etc) or if not any good spots down that way to fish off for the same sorta fish? any help would be much appreciated, cheers, Jacques
MT
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With a 3m swell I would be
With a 3m swell I would be recommending avoiding Canal Rocks and the West Coast;
http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/wa2.asp
Do you have a boat or shore based?
fishing fanatic
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only shore based :( and oh ok
only shore based :( and oh ok ill try avoid it then, i just want one or decent fish for the bbq :)
carnarvonite
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Quarries
Try a dive around at the Quarries, just north around the point from Bunkers. You should have enough shelter there from the swell.
fishing fanatic
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what sorta fish would be
what sorta fish would be lurking around there? and yeah if theres a 3m swell then that look the go, if not might just head out of duns for crabs :)
Lamby
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Been some nice whites around
Been some nice whites around in close here lately, I would get your catch out of the water quick
MT
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Eagle bay around to Castle
Eagle bay around to Castle rock might be OK. Wouldn't expect to see too many Dhu's or YTK but you may get lucky and run into a blue. Leatherjackets, foxfish, KG are common.
The better reef is about 50 to 100m out in about 8+m depths. As lamby mentioned though whites follow the migrating whales right in there at this time of year as the depth drops away pretty quick. Mako's are common in the area too.
Quarries is also good but seaweed banks up on the shore there and with the swell stirring it up the vis might not be great.
My suggestion would be go buy a bag of burley, find a spot betwen Dunsborough and and Eagle bay and catch a bunch of herring for the BBQ. Will be heaps more fun than trying to dive at this time of year.