Guest johblow Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Hi there. Ive been hearing about Browns mountain fora ages and ages, and really have no idea about it other than its beyond the shelf and if there was no water in the ocean it would look like a mountain, possibly brown in colour. Can someone fill me in other rest? Is it an old volcano, is it a reef, is it isolated, is there a few underwater hills, how shallow is it there? etc etc Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johblow Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 No one know anythign about browns then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jewel Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Browns Mountain can be found by traveling along a compass bearing of 110 degrees east , 37km from Sydney Heads. It rises beyond the continental shelf from a depth of 400-500 fathoms to a peak of 240 fathoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 As mentioned by Jewel it is approx 37 kms out beyond the shelf. I think it is called browns because the guy who first found it was named Browns. Its a good fishing area for Large pelagics and also known for some great bottom Species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johblow Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Cool, thanks! So, is it like an under water range, or just a single sort of peak? How big is the area of the peak, eg is it 100m by 100m or bigger/smaller? Is it small enough that is multiple boats are out there at the same time youd be within earshot of each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IFishSick. Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 It's fairly big, around a kilometre of reef. Depth of about 400m and 600m off the mountain. It isn't hard to find on the weekends as there are around 50 boats there so it's pretty obvious. Hope that was helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johblow Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Hey thanks for the info. 400 metres.... thats a lot of line to get down onto the bottom!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IFishSick. Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Bloody oath. We use 3-4kg steel weights to get down to the bottom. And that takes 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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