fishing and 4wd at cervantes
Submitted by Wes F on Sun, 2012-09-02 11:42
Im going to cervantes for 4 days on september 28th, im just wondering what the beaches will be like and also what the fishing will be like. i havent had heaps of 4wd experience but do know how to drive offroad.
Edit: this was posted by my son, I'm heading overseas for a month so please help him out.
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jayce
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Let your tyres down to about
Let your tyres down to about 16 psi and head into hill river mouth. Thats between jurien and cervantees. when you get into the river mouth there is tracks that you can follow all the way back into cervantees with some good fishing spots along the way.
Not sure what fishing will be like at that time of year. I would imagine still tailor and sharks of the beach.
If you can take a set of maxtrax and another vehicle. The sand can be soft through there.
Troy Summers
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Theres some great 4wding to
Theres some great 4wding to be had up there... just north of town in the dunes, well there was yrs ago when I got taught how to play in the sand
tim-o
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Yep, Hill river is a good
Yep, Hill river is a good spot to start. I headed in there a few years ago in me cruiser in 2wd and 40lb tyres, till i caught up to a slug in a troopy....was summer, and if the sw blew up you could camp around the dunes at the mouth to get out of the wind.
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Wes F
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River mouth
thanks for the info. how far is hill river mouth from cervantes?
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allrounder
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Between Cervanties and Jurien
You can now drive the blacktop most of the way.You turn left through the carpark and right once you get to the back of it and you are only a few minutes in 4x4 and you are at the mouth.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
tim-o
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Prob 10 km north of jurien.
Prob 10 km north of jurien. Its all changed since Iv been up there, indian ocean drive goes straight up which is good, I just googled the area and it appears there is some land development right where one of the tracks are to get to the mouth. If you dont get any luck from here, Im sure one of the locals can fill you in, nice to have a plan before you go tho
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Wes F
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hill river
yeah just looked it up on google maps aswell, looks like their is land development. since its only a short drive up the road, so i can always have a quick look before i actually go onto the beach, yeah always ask the locals they know whats best. best thing to do is have a plan ready.
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wicked game
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Hey budd I live in cervantes
Hey budd I live in cervantes and kno a few good spots to try out.
As previously mentioned, Hill River Is always a good spot for tailor sharks and the odd mulla, but weed and big swells can make fishing there quite hard. Also the beach up there is VERY soft so try to avoid driving along the beach. There's a couple of reefs just north of town that come right into the beach. I've caught good size tailor on poppers and mulies around these places just before sunset.
The jetty is always worth a shot just after sunset if you use hole mulies under a float, I caught 4 good size fish 3 nights ago. Then there is the back beach wich always holds herring whitting and tailor. Also it has been a bit of a hot spot for mulloway lately. Just watch out for the rays at that spot, they hang around in plague proportions.
I hope this gives you a bit of info as to where to go. Happy fishing
Wes F
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cheers for teh info, might
cheers for teh info, might check out the jetty and that back beach if its not too hard to get to. with the ebach up near hill river, is there back tracks in the dunes or is the beach the onyl way.
hopefully when i go up there maybe catch something large, but the reefs sound good and always like to try luers and poppers.
thanks for all you info here guys. Cheers Wes
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