So ..... If you had some spare cash and spare time .....
Submitted by hamo on Sun, 2012-02-19 17:20
To cut a long and boring story short, I'm a bit of a sad prick at the moment.
Spearfishing trip for 2 or 3 days. 4 Blokes and a 21ft Bayliner Trophy. More gear than you'd know what to do with ( almost an All the gear, No idea thing )
Where would you head from K-Town ? Exmouth is an obvious one. Fortescue ? 40 Mile ? Geraldton ?
Really don't have any grounds outside of Karratha - been to Exmouth a couple of times south of the marina but have NFI about what the weather and tides are doing at this time of year. Wouldn't say I was successful at either of my attempts either.
Suggestions and discussion is encouraged. !!
CCC
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Monties
Monties
hamo
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Sounds perfect CCC. Problem
Sounds perfect CCC. Problem being never been there, Would have no clue about what to expect weather wise. Would have to find some ground and somewhere to make camp. Not discounting it - just think I'd have to know more about it before taking the plunge. Of course if anyone was doing the trip anyway I'd be up for it !!
jay_burgess
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Weather is generally pretty
Weather is generally pretty good this time of year... you're not really going to get it much better than March/April/May. Boat that size is fine to take out to the monties. Trust me when I say that it's not hard to find good diving ground at the Monties, just make sure you stay out of the sanctuary zones (available from the DEC website).
grantarctic1
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Denham
Denham, Shark bay area. Plenty of sheltered bays ful of Bluebone and Spanglies, with pelagic options too .
Faulkner Family
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i would say monties. have a
i would say monties. have a look through the search function as there has been a lot of discussions about that place. you should get some great info. just gotta do a bit of reading
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
fishing fanatic
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spearfishing aye? here we go
spearfishing aye? here we go :) abrohols islands always good you can get anything there!. monties and rowely ( a few restraictions but bigggg fish). exmouth is good but you loose alot of fish to sharks. steep point and well all of shark bay very good diving. dorrie and berinie would be up there too. my call would be dorrie and bernie!
Zac C
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You could look at going down
You could look at going down to the Mackeral Islands off Onslow not to far to travel. Weather wise I guess it depends how soon you look like going should be pretty good for the rest of the week. The tides are just coming off the neaps atm into springs. You could get a boat that size in at fortescue or 40 mile and head out around the Reganards or Steamboat Islands down that way as well.
carnarvonite
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Steep point
Launch the boat at Denham and camp on the beach in behind Steep Point.
You are sheltered from the winds for this time of the year, plenty of fish not far out off the point that you don't or shouldn't have to search for. Crays in around the bottom of Dirk Hartog along with plenty of baldies to snare or hit with a straight hook.
Weather forecasts can be received from the ranger or Shark Bay sea rescue on VHF 16 if you want to troll out wide for a billfish
hamo
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Thanks for the suggestions
Thanks for the suggestions guys, Obviously some that I hadn't thought of in Shark bay and the Mackerals. Would be interested in steep point, haven't been there for years, and never in/with a boat. In reality looking at going at the end of the month, I think the tides are pretty good the first weekend in March.
WIll bury my head in some reading material and see what aI can come up with.
dodgy
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Another vote for monties.
Another vote for monties.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
bloodysmythe
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dampier
man all you gotta do is go down to damper, launch and head out the front!! legendre, sailfish reef, even in amongst intercourse islands,
iv shot mackies, cobia, bluebone, jobfish.
theres so many little islands and reef just on your doorstep, you dont need to drive all day to get anywhere.
drinkin TNT n' smokin dynamite
redfin
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carnarvon,gnaraloo area.
carnarvon,gnaraloo area. plenty of options depending on the weather. plagics and reef fish.
allrounder
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Why would you go anywhere from K
Load up a few cartons and the swags and get out into the islands.The time and money you save buy a new gun
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
hamo
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I understand you guys saying
I understand you guys saying that I've got everything at my front door step, And believe me when I tell you I have some ripper places to go for a fish. It's more about everyone involved needing a break, Letting their hair down for a few days and being somewhere different - and all for different reasons.
Allrounder - I truely don't need anymore gear. In fact at times I think my skills aren't worthy of the equipment I've bought !!
allrounder
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In that case
grab a few jerry cans and get yourself to the monties.
Or jump on a plane and get your asses to Vegas.lol
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?