Fish_More Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hi all Appears to be a bit of a weather window for next weekend, so have booked a site at Harrington for next Thursday through to Sunday. Never fished Crowdy/Harrington in August. What should I expect? Don't really care if I come up donuts, just want to get out and give it a crack given everything that has happened recently! Cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Greetings Fish_More, Welcome to Crowdy Head. We have not been out due to the weather and that 4 letter word w*rk. You can expect snapper on the shallow to mid reefs out to 50m, flathead on the northern or southern grounds from 40-60m, some pearlies mixed in with a bit of luck. If you go wider and not too much current try for bar cod & kings in 100m+ straight out & SE of lighthouse -bit of a run in smaller boats - check the forecast!!!. For Snapper try SP's - see Wazza's post, flathead/deeper reefs best is bait & SP's combo etc on paternoster. No idea on surface activity. Good luck - Hoods (call sign if we're out is Wahoo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Anchor with burley n bait at curphey or mermaid usually provides reds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Hi Fish_More, report from Harrington yesterday that the Leatherjackets are making their presence known outside!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_More Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Thanks guys. Did not end up taking the boat. Put it in for a service in the week leading up to the trip. When they put the motor support bracket, which is only supposed to go on the port side trim ram, they put it on the starboard side. Did not notice until I got it home (an hour and half drive from the service centre) and it had knocked a grease nipple off the leg of the motor. Therefore left the boat at home and just had a good family weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_More Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Forgot to mention, given did not have the boat, decided to go for a drive from Crowdy up to Sout West Rocks. Walked out along the breakwall and watched a few boats go in an out of the bar. It was an incoming tide, however, given everything I have read about the SWR bay, I was pleasantly surprised how calm it was and would have had no hesitation going across it. I don't know what the weather actually was, however the forecast was a bit average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 check it out on an outgoing might give you a different idea of its nature last time out it was dodging waves for 150 mtrs all good in the vsea but i wouldnt have liked bein in a few of the tinnys lining up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_More Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 I would have loved to sit on the wall and watch it from an incoming tide then change to an outgoing tide to see how much difference it makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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