rjc123 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) jhg Edited June 8, 2015 by mulloway man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gje Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Sounds like a great trip. Would like to see the photos when you can put them up. Nothing like a trip up north. Cheers, Scoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Good report and looking forward to some photos. Congratulations on a good trip to Weipa. Sounds like you got among some good fish and I notice some extra PBs on your'e list. The fishing outside the rivers can be explosive and it's somthing you have to experience along with the scenary and remoteness. When trolling large lures up there for mackeral we always use a short single strand wire trace. Short so when a shark takes four fish your'e not left attatched to a large shark. Thanks for the report I'll be up there with my sons in 9 days. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Good luck up there. i hope you like the barra and jacks though because its really windy and if you are going with guides then you will have to probably convince them to take you outside. Anyway, are you a regular up there. if so when are the best times to fish weipa? I had such a great time up ther i am already planning next years trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big-Banana Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) Love that place and am planning a 2011 trip. Octobers the time for Barra apparently, but we struggled with them even. They can fire, but they certainly can be quiet at times. Pretty sure we nailed over 40 species in our trip. We hired a boat for 5 days and pretty much fished offshore for 90% of the time. Great place and looking forward to the report! Edited September 8, 2010 by Big-Banana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Sounds like you had a great fishing experience. Looking forward to seeing the photo's. Regards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Good luck up there. i hope you like the barra and jacks though because its really windy and if you are going with guides then you will have to probably convince them to take you outside. Anyway, are you a regular up there. if so when are the best times to fish weipa? I had such a great time up ther i am already planning next years trip. Hi Yes you had more wind than normal, usually in sept it averages about 20km per hour, this year looking at the BOM site it's 30+ klm/hr. Hopefully it backs off a bit in the next couple of weeks. We hire boats so can please ourselves if we want to go offshore or stay in the rivers. We have noticed the guides are very hesitant to go out of the rivers with just a moderate wind that in Sydney wouldn't worry you. But then they get paid the same money to fish the rivers in comfort and with less fuel costs. Once you get down the coast a bit the wind is all offshore so the inshore areas along the beaches and cliffs are all protected once you get down there. We usually spend a couple of days in the river either at the beginning of our trip or at the end depending on reports and the weather. April and May seem to be the best months for a mixture of river and offshore fishing. June july and aug the water temp is down and the fish don't seem as active. It also gets cold enough for a jumper somedays. Better go and pack my bag. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1610scooter Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Sounds like a Great trip. 8 of us are heading up there in two weeks to stay on the houseboats. Can't wait. hope to have some of your good luck with all the differnet species. Will report about it when i get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Yeh ,good luck with the houseoats. we caught 14 different species all together and lost some other stonkers. Hope to hear of a few good catches when you get back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Lucky YOU!!! Weipa is on both Jewhunter & Bubba's 'Favourite destinations' list!! Looking forward to seeing the pics!! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Sounds like a Great trip. 8 of us are heading up there in two weeks to stay on the houseboats. Can't wait. hope to have some of your good luck with all the differnet species. Will report about it when i get back. Hi Sounds like you're getting on the tillitoo on the 27th sept I'll be on the other boat till the 1st oct. will see you up there if you do board on the 27th bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) Just got emailed a few of the pics. plenty more to come though. just have to work out how to get em on Edited September 12, 2010 by mack attack 79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccmark Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Well done Mate, I knew you would have a good time up there. Its an incredible place cape york, I cant wait to get back up there. cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Mate that is a top report, I was waiting for the pics to show up. What a trip and fantastic fishing, love the shot of that big cobia. Congrats buddy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Sounds like somewhere Id like to go!!!! Fantastic Report and congrats on catching 14 Species in a week and some mighty fine one's too!!!! The 2 that got away you can only wonder how big and what they were..... I really enjoyed the read top stuff there mate!!! Nice pics!!!!! I hope to do something like that one day!!!!! Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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