RED DRAGON Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 G' day , Off to South West Rocks on Sun with me old mate Tuner (Mark). A pit stop for a few at Port Stephens with mum & dad etc. Little sis is on the job with a few muddies out of the creek at the back of her place for dinner Sunday night , then up early to get there for lunchtime Mon. What a wounderful life it is ! Any tips on South West Rocks ? Where to put the boat in etc ? Cheers , Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changa Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 G' day , Off to South West Rocks on Sun with me old mate Tuner (Mark). A pit stop for a few at Port Stephens with mum & dad etc. Little sis is on the job with a few muddies out of the creek at the back of her place for dinner Sunday night , then up early to get there for lunchtime Mon. What a wounderful life it is ! Any tips on South West Rocks ? Where to put the boat in etc ? Cheers , Mick Mick, i have fisher there for many years targetting marlin, tuna, flatties, kings, Jew,bream, whiting etc. What sort of boat do you have and what are your target species? Boat launching will be dependant on what your target species are. For river species and inshore/offshore fishing you will have to launch in the macley river main ramp. Fishing offshore you can also launch from back creek ramp if you have a smallish vessell (say under 5m) and you dont have to contest with a bar that can sometimes get nasty. changa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED DRAGON Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 G'day Changa, She's a 5mtr Brooker cuddy cab with a deep v , 75hp Mariner , 6hp aux which gets the boat up on plane if we run into trouble, finder, GPS , EPIRB etc. The intention is weather permmiting to get amongst the bigger boys outside. We have booked in at South West Rocks Tourist park which has a boat ramp , but not sure what the go is....... We are geared up for 15kg , but as always depends on the weather. Cheers , Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluecod Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Got some info from a mate who's on his way back this weekend. This last week has seen the billfish and cobia very quite, but spotties and spanish are ON [so take plenty of wire] with some dollies also around - water outside was quite dirty unless you go to the shelf . Slimies were hard to find, not balled up or schooling but showing on the bottom though things can change rapidly in a week. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED DRAGON Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 Bluecod , thnx for that mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stix Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 HI Red dragon, At present back creek is extremely shallow on low tide so every effort should be made to not launch or come in around this time if you can ,unless you like walking your boat in. (carvan park ramp Back creek). The river ramp is much better suited and is best crossed in a small to medium swell (south hopefully)on the run intide when a howling nor easter isnt punching straight into it. 8 Boats so far this year have rolled completely due to either a lack of expereince , stupidity or least likely bad luck. Negatives aside the fishing has been patchy at best with the odd cobe, king, mackerel and a few snapper coming in. The mackerel and marlin season has been a total shocker at best thus far but you may run into a mackerel or two trolling small live slimies up north(this hopefully might change).A few small yellowfin the odd dollie and jew are also coming in with a few longtails starting to make an appearance with the garfish becoming thicker close in.Hope this info helps and you get good weather whcih we are overdue for big time.Cheers HI Red dragon, At present back creek is extremely shallow on low tide so every effort should be made to not launch or come in around this time if you can ,unless you like walking your boat in. (carvan park ramp Back creek). The river ramp is much better suited and is best crossed in a small to medium swell (south hopefully)on the run intide when a howling nor easter isnt punching straight into it. 8 Boats so far this year have rolled completely due to either a lack of expereince , stupidity or least likely bad luck. Negatives aside the fishing has been patchy at best with the odd cobe, king, mackerel and a few snapper coming in. The mackerel and marlin season has been a total shocker at best thus far but you may run into a mackerel or two trolling small live slimies up north(this hopefully might change).A few small yellowfin the odd dollie and jew are also coming in with a few longtails starting to make an appearance with the garfish becoming thicker close in.Hope this info helps and you get good weather whcih we are overdue for big time.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED DRAGON Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Stix, thnx mate. I'm heading off in half an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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