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Hi Mate . . .
What a hoot
For all levels with some experience this is a safe, well communicated, well equiped operation.
Apparently July and August are slower for fishing, we found everything except sails.
Anchorages suggested by the business operator or dictated by weather conditions were good fishing locations for river and reef.
Reef fishing started about 20 metres from shore, if you were standing on land anywhere around weipa and threw a stick in the water
there would be good fishing there, don't go in after your stick.
I generally hook up a fishing guide early if its a new area, however the guys I was with knew the area well, if its in your budget great however I think it is probably not necessary. Care should be taken around river mouths for flushed out logs or a dropping tide.
Pelagics were fairly easy to find, run west for a few NM then drop a couple of 150ml 2m+ divers for spannos and watch the birds when they start working gun it over to them and lob metals into the bait balls on wire traces qaulity single hooks are helpful here.
Reefs are everywhere , we sounded our own reefs out easily, they are accessible by houseboat careful attention to the tides is important in the rivers and parking the houseboat near reef.
Quality , serviced gear was essential,the cheap rod onboard exploded on the first fish of the trip, an average quality reel seized.
15 Kilo rods were the norm for reef or trolling. My new 5-10 7.2 T curve snapper rod after it's first longtail became handy to strap a wireless modem to for better reception, great fight but took too long to bring in and we would lose the schools or the bait balls. A 7.5 foot 8 - 15 kilo spin would be better. 5-8kg 6ft spin or baitcast for the rivers.
190ml 7m+ Divers were great on large GT's. spare wire, hooks and rings, lip grippers, pliers, hand held GPS ( not essential )Cheap radios, for communication between tenders and main vessel would be handy (talk to operator about this)
There can be a fairly aggressive chop on the water this usually lasts for a little while it is mostly calm with a light breeze in the winter months, land is easily accesible by tender. Tenders were great for maximum 3 perons to fish out of better with two.
There is a large food outlet that is fairly priced for most things, fresh food comes in on Monday, it is closed on Public Holidays, Saturday arvo's
and all day Sunday.
Next door is the bottle shop.
Important lesson 1. 4 boxes of beer in one hit only, this is not a tourist destination and so they are helpful, either fill in the paper work
or each person buys a couple.
There are two places to buy tackle, the newsagent and next to the large food outlet they have everything at fair prices, we bought sinkers here.
The Mother ship is well equiped with ice, freezers and refridgeration and cooking facilities, borrow a smoker of the operator for a bit of variety.
There is a manual fuel pump to fill the tenders. Insects are only a problem on shore at sunset or up the rivers, bushmans settle this down.
Important lesson 2. The main vessel was well stocked with 20 litres of vinegar. A fantastic bit of planning by the operator, and i managed to save 50 cents on salad dressing with a lovely tang which everyone enjoyed. However on returning the vessel we all found out that the vinegar was for wiping the fly urine of your body so the skin doesn't get infected.
I am pretty sure the operator is still p###ing himself laughing at the expression on everyones faces
Heh heh
Pricing as hodgeys post.
Raysenior September is when I would love to be up there mate you will have a ball.
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Have been using wine corks for years without a leak or a problem
they fit snuggly and swell slightly in the water.
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Hey David,
How did you go geting info together and making decisions?
September is when the fishing improves October is the build up to the wet, I find it comfortable and the fishing is very good.
I have never been to Weipa before but am heading up there next week with some mates that have been going evey year for ten years to do some pigging
and fishing.
Will be able to answer better when I get back.
When you decide to book the boat book your flights as soon as possible, some of the lads who left it a bit are paying nearly double.
Factor in a tender(or 2)$150.00 approx per day .
Gear wise i am taking a 5 -8 extra fast action spin and the same again in bait cast and a 6 - 10 snapper rod and a 15kg for the reefs.
lots of small to medium metals, loads of surface lures sammys and poppers, warlocks, classic barras, gold bombers, split rings and extra trebles.
Tried to get my old man to go - he said I would rather go to a five star resort and look at girls in bikinis. fair enough.
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Woodford dam is a nice little lake
that holds some nice fish
however fishing and water activities are not permitted,
it 's a lovely area for a bushwalk with a long stick
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Chick Magnet
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Any 1 - 3 metre deep running hardbody in black and red, black and gold or darker colours when the water has a bit of mud in it
lighter colours like pilchard, mullet, bleeding mullet when the water it cleaner and has that lighter flouro green tinge to it
8 - 12 cm if you go the cheaper lures it might be an idea to upgrade the trebles
late afternoon is better for a jack attack
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Happy Birthday mate
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Does it pull out like the choke knob on a Datto 120y
or does it twist to up the revs like removing the lid on a bottle of VB?
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Got two good males in the bay just east of cowan point
in cowan creek last wednesday .
Also picked up one tasty flatty, three small sandys
and 11 bloody leatherjackets in the pots.
found leaving the pots in for 2 to 3 hours the most productive
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Thanks Fezza,
This is the second very ordinary survey I have seen in two days involving primary industry minister
Steve Whan, next will be our money spent on reports, media releases, new signage, stickers.
Looks like a desperate attempt to extract every last cent out of those that are surviving
the slow down.
Expect an invoice in the mail
The Rooster
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As Chris268 said, I have a daiwa 1500 emblem-s on the trion and decided a couple of days ago to go to a 2000 sol with braid
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I found the halco's great as they are for faster ripping,
if your doing a slower bloop then tying off a small to medium ball sinker
on the main line in front of a short leader will hold its beak down
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Hi Mate,
pull up at a yellow mooring buoy
and burley hard for ten minutes .
if nothing after another ten minutes try another bay.
Little Jerusalem is good, waratah and pinta
on the left just inside the bay where the rock sticks out
is also very reliable
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Gday Marty 1 it was good to meet you at the bend at the marina
I was the one pretending to fish, but was well focussed on
getting lagered.
Ended up doing a private charter on the daintree, picked up a couple of small
gt's in the mangroves, a medium golden on the flats and some barracuda.
As you said the barra had shut down, the water was a chilly 24-25 degrees.
used 3 inch suspending bibbed minnows which caught everything and slow towed
some 2 inch live herrings innefectively, big tides were important.
Looked at heading out but it was blowing 18-20 knots consistantly at the bar
and i didn't want to work too hard. Thanks for inspiring me to fish.
Cheers
The Rooster
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Thanks Gummy,
Sounds like some good size fish,
I hope they let some through to at least southern nsw
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Anyone heard or seen anything of the SBT's?
Have been hunting through pages of old posts
and studying charts to try and guess if or when they will come through
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I was thinking about hitting the hawkesbury,
but the georges usually fires about now
and the hawkes usually goes quiet for a while.
Will probably be different again this year.
Good Luck
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Hi Mate,
I'm hanging out to go jewie hunting and was just thinking
you might want to up your sinker a little to control
the position of your livy or if theres a bit of current, number 2 beans
are a good size if theres not much current.
Pressuming your boat based if your burleying, 15lb main and 20lb leader will
probably be ok if theres no reef or other structure around. I find
20-25 pound mainline more comfortable,
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Dhutchy,
there is a 294 in the swap and sell
by achjimmy
maybe good for parts ??
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Kiro - Legend
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They used to make surfboards down at Mogo near Moruya
about 25 to 30 years ago, then started building boats, they looked great and all reports
I heard were very positive, The next I heard as Pete said that quintrex were building them
still very good boats and still sought after, retaining value.
Still prefer a haines though. . .
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HaHa,
Great movie
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In my humble opinion
You have to use a manual cranking mincer
using an electric just isn't making burley, you might
as well buy it from the markets.
Electrics are for those white coated ponces
with fancy haircuts trying to become a celebrity.
They should be banned.
Yep theres nothing like the burning chest pain
and locked up back after winching through
half a tonne of poorly butchered fish frames
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Gday Sven,
If you have a look in the workshop at the post by spence69
you will get a fair idea of what he means, also try going to the top of
the main page and do a search for live bait tanks i am sure
you will find some great information specific to what
you need
fishing trip - weipa
in Plan a Fishing Trip
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Ahhh , I see
great information there Raysenior . . . . .
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