Suggestions for fishing spots, North!
Submitted by Leemo on Tue, 2012-07-31 13:06
G'day guys. Myself and scottland have a booking on seasport this weekend, but with the current swell forecast at 5.5m, we are doubting if they will even go out.
Just looking for some suggestions for places to travel as an alternative - keeping landbased generally. hopefully North of J-Bay. Scott doesn't want to drive too far, being the lazy person he is haha. Ideally, i would like to go Quobba/exmouth, but that really isn't on the cards. How does Kalbarri fish on a high swell?
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Mick
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Hey Leemo, if you can get
Hey Leemo, if you can get hold of Tangles, he is the man to talk to. Generally the Chinamens will hold good tailor and mulloway with the bigger swell. Not too sure about the cliffs. Imagine it would be hard work. Fire a pm to him mate and I'm sure he will point you in the right direction.
Cheers
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scottland
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me im lazy
mother trucker get your license... hahahah kalbarris forecast is looking preety good actually. what about busso jetty?
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tim-o
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Pair of binoculars, spot
Pair of binoculars, spot anyone catchn fish and fish right next to them is the best bet, landbased pingin.
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Rig
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Lol
Landbased pingin classic
Liquidtension
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jump on a plan.. hire a car
jump on a plan.. hire a car and stay in exxy!
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Walfootrot
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Coral Bay, 11 hours up an 11
Coral Bay, 11 hours up an 11 hours back, hop on a charter and slay some fish
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
MetroMako
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Nice leemo
Me and my brother are on seasport to.Doubt he will go out.If he does im taking a shitload of kwells.Would be nice to land a monster dhuie!
cudbfishn
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most spots are no go at
most spots are no go at kalbarri in any more than 2m swell. What days are you guys on seasport? we got this saturday weather keeps changing gonna be interesting.
scottland
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sunday
saturday was booked. sunday the winds are great but the 3.5 m swell. gah i hope we go or we lose our accomadation deposit
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cudbfishn
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hahaha yer that was us but
hahaha yer that was us but weve had 3 guys pull out so were now 4 definates and 1 mabee. The seas have dropped to below 1 meter so it shouldnt be that bad.
scottland
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Spewing
Would have been good to a few fw'ers
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cudbfishn
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yer we told whitey to open
yer we told whitey to open the boat back up so there might be a few spots avail. was gonna post on here but after the episode a few months back I wasnt game. hahaha your not interested in a 2 day trip?
scottland
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haha nah
funds wont allow that let us know next time you go up
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cudbfishn
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Hahaha no worries bet you
Hahaha no worries bet you thought about it for a minuite. This will be my forth time this year hope we bag out again.
scottland
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I was all for it
But Liam couldn't afford it haha
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Leemo
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If i want to go to quobba in
If i want to go to quobba in 2 weeks, I cant afford it hahahah.
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Versus
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Hey, just got back from
Hey, just got back from kalbarri, we found it pretty difficult with the swell, and it wasn't even that big (compared to how big it can get, i think). Most of the shoreline is gradual reef/rock ledge thats a bit dangerous to walk to the edge because of waves crashing onto and washing over, and if u stand back a bit u gotta pull ur line back in over 5-10m of reef.
Chinamans aka the river mouth is a good looking spot but gets filled up pretty quickly in the morning and afternoon, we had a pretty lazy go there and got nada, no1 else seemed to be catching either but I overheard someone saying that lots of sharks are caught there at night.
The beaches (Red Bluff, Wittecara) had a pretty mean shorebreak, tho if u can cast past that (maybe 30-40 mtrs) you might do better than us. We are admittedly not very experienced and were using el cheapo heavy ass beach rod combos, we couldn't get baits out far enough. Thrashed some metals tho and also had no hits. It probably didnt help that high tide was around midday- early arvo while we were there, I think its early morning now tho.
Our saving grace was hiring a boat from Murchison boat hire, we managed to land a nice Mackie and lost plenty of others, but if the swells up u wont wana try getting out the passage anyway (cheers mick btw for the info earlier).
There's probably equal or better shorebased options between jurien and kalbarri
dkonig82
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Surely he will go out?Swell
Surely he will go out?
Swell is down to 3.5m and the wind is pretty mild.
I'd be out on my boat up there this weekend if I could get away.
Fished very similar conditions a couple weeks back and it was fine on one day, hairy on the other when the northerly kicked in though.
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milsey
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Im in jurien this wknd and
Im in jurien this wknd and im heading out regardless so im fairly sure he will head out, I keep a closer eye on the winds not the swell.
dkonig82
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Gotta admit - I'm pretty
Gotta admit - I'm pretty seriously considering doing a 1 dayer myself!
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Leemo
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the wind is supposed to be
the wind is supposed to be shit all on sunday. im still dead keen, regardless lol
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