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    Broughton Island 9/3/18

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, campr said:

    Hi all especially TK01.  I was surprised to hear you anchor off shore and swim out to boat in the dark, this seams a bit dodgy given it's prime noah time.  I have my trailer set up so I don't even get my feet wet.

    I used to camp on a river with big tide variances which meant I had to anchor overnight with boat way off the bank or wake to possibly have it high and dry. I have seen photos of boats anchored in tropical lagoons using the same method.  Bit hard to explain what I did but here goes.

    • Get a large stainless ring about 2 or 3inch diameter at least and attach this to end of anchor chain on large anchor.
    • Run end of LONG rope through ring and attach end to front bollard.
    • Drive boat a fair bit wider than you want boat to sit.
    • Feed out rope and lower anchor to bottom and slowly back up to beach feeding anchor line out as you go.  You will have doubled rope out front and can feel it feeding through the ring as you go.
    • Go a short way, pull on both doubled ropes to ensure chain straight and anchor is set in bottom. 
    • When you get out on beach you have 2 options.  If rope is long enough pull it all out of boat and attach end to rear bollard, or alternatively you can attach another rope to bollard.
    • You now have 2 ropes on beach.
    • Now pull boat out with 1st rope that is running through ring feeding out rope from rear bollard rope  as you pull other rope in.
    • Boat moves out to where you want it.  Make sure you don't go too far as anchor may lift if your too far on top of anchor.
    • Now tie off both ropes on shore to tree, another anchor, post etc.
    • To get boat back to shore you pull in rear rope letting bow rope feed out.

    The 1st rope can also run from stern if you want boat pointed the other way but unless you have a strong offshore wind you mostly want bow pointed out to sea. 

    Hope this helps.   Ron

    Thanks Ron that’s a great tip, much appreciated.

    Another good setup I’ve seen is to have a bungee cord attached to the anchor so it pulls boat out from the beach and when you want to jump in you can pull the boat in using a rope secured on shore. Let it go and the bungee cord pulls it back out safely away from shore. 

    I just find I sleep a lot better when the boat is secured to a mooring rather than an anchor. But yeah then there’s that other issue of getting eaten when I swim out to get the boat. If my boat was bigger I’d take the yak with me.

     

     

    Broughton Island 9/3/18

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said:

    bummer...im not sure if im goin broughton or forster...rick

    The following weekend I'll be at Elizabeth Beach and hoping to launch from the beach there and fish inshore.  If conditions no good then we'll smash the flatties in the lake.

    Broughton Island 9/3/18

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    Unfortunately this is another trip to Broughton that I must postpone.  Just got word that my father in law has been booked in for a quadruple bypass op on Friday, so wife is going to Newcastle to be with him and her mum, and I'm looking after the kids.  The kids don't even like fishing, everything is so unfair (yes I'm being sarcastic, but yes I'm also disappointed).

     

    Broughton Island 9/3/18

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    On 02/03/2018 at 2:01 PM, Berleyguts said:

    I think I saw 5m+ swells predicted for Wed/Thu so I hope it drops off for you for the weekend. I’m hoping to get out this Monday but already the forecast has changed from slight to moderate swell and it varies from E to S with light to moderate S winds. I am so keen to get out there I might have to buy a bigger boat!

    Trying not to pay too much attention to the forecast for a few more days ?

    Haha I often think that! I always come back to the fact that my boat is a lot more versatile than a big one... I wish I had could have a fleet tbh 

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    Paper Maps

    in Boating

    Posted

    Good to know, I thought they were still mandatory.  I know a guy who was asked to show his charts during an inspection probably about 5 years ago now and he didn't have any.  They did have a GPS and 3 anglers onboard who all had Navionics on their mobiles, but it still wasn't good enough from the authorities' point of view.

    Broughton Island 9/3/18

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    Just now, Berleyguts said:

    I’ll be on holidays for 3 weeks in March from around then but have family visiting that weekend, dammit! I would love to do an overnight trip to Broughton with another boat for company. My boat’s only a 4.5m side console but I think I can make room for a swag!

    That wouldn't be a problem!  I've done a few weekend camping trips in my boat and it does get very full if there's 2 on board.  With just 1 it will cut down on a fair bit of stuff so you wouldn't have any trouble.  Pity you can't make it.

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    Patonga Creek tomorrow morning

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said:

    I made a small anchor and rope and had a line attached to rear handle of yak for spots like that..if wind or current will hold in right direction I anchor up with nose facing where I want to throw...saves trying to do the one handed retarded paddling effort...hahaha...rick

    That's a great idea Rick, thanks.  I've been trying to think how I can get around the issue.  Those pedal kayaks make sense but your solution is very practical.

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    Broughton Island 9/3/18

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    Hi guys

    After my last Broughton Island adventure was cancelled due to the weather, I'm penciling in the diary for another attempt, camping at the island on Friday 9/3 and Saturday 10/3.

    None of my friends are available for a fish, they're honestly just not as keen as me, so it's time to try to find some new fishing buddies.  I'm quite happy fishing on my own and do this regularly but it feels a little irresponsible to go somewhere so far away from help for the weekend by myself.

    Looking to see if there's anybody else that might want to come along in their own boat to camp and keep an eye out for each other basically.  Can keep in touch on the radio and help each other find fish too!

    It will be weather dependent for me as my boat is a 5m aluminium centre console.

    Cheers

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    Dart any good to eat

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    41 minutes ago, Volitan said:

    Are the swallowtail dart on the Central Coast any good to eat.

    sometimes they seem to be all I catch.

    So has anyone tried one ?

    cheers

    arron

    Hi Arron I reckon they're pretty good.  Not much meat on them but they taste nice.  Definitely worth keeping some next time.

    Big shark Botany Bay

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Great story and video, you'll be telling people about that one forever.

    I don't know what kind of shark it is, but 'spinner' shark certainly suits it.  I didn't think mako though, hard to tell but it's head doesn't look pointy enough.  I'll go with whaler.

    Harrington breakwall/beach

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    There are a couple of access points to the beach along Crowdy Head road.  The first one's not far after leaving Harrington but they're easy to spot so you won't miss it.

    We've gotten jews off the beach there before but no big ones.

    Might be worth doing a bit of spinning/livebaiting from the rock wall at Crowdy Head too.  Should be some pelagics about.

    Patonga Creek tomorrow morning

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    21 hours ago, sam bros said:

    If I saw this earlier, I would of tried to come

    How did you end up going?

    Had an action packed session actually.  Plenty of bream, EP's and flatties in the creek at the moment.  Biggest problem was pulling the bream and EP's away from the oyster racks.  I landed a few but lost plenty more.

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