Turtle Dove Shoal
Submitted by Andy Mac on Thu, 2008-05-29 17:25
Has anyone fished there before? I've been thinking of planning a long trip out there from Dongara with a few mates (not my boat). Has anyone done it and what was the result?
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38nm
Out from Port Denison. So a couple of hours to get there and a full day on the water then back by dusk.
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I have a small but capable
I have a small but capable (fished the NOR comp without bungs) long range boat and I am keen if the day is right.
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Google has little info on
Google has little info on Turtledove Shoals and currently my fishing is done vicariously. What is out there? Its about half as far out again as the Hillarys FAD, just much bigger swell out there?
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Sounds like a plan. Boy word
Sounds like a plan.
Boy word gets around fast! Deckie spot requested already! LOL!
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Count me in as a deckie!!!
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Sorry spot taken already if
Sorry spot taken already if the timing is right!
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Anyone needs an extra let me
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Count me in Andy - would be
Count me in Andy - would be in with my boat for sure
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Crayfished out of Dongra for
Crayfished out of Dongra for about 4 years and the only trouble is the weather
Its a long way to turtle dove so safety is a must..
Might be a good idea to ring Port Denison Sea Rescue to get an idea on the weather conditions first.
the distance is about the same as traveling to Turtle Bay from Denham-2 hours
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I cant seem to find any
I cant seem to find any info on Turtle Shoal.
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Heres a little piece of
Heres a little piece of trivia for you guys:
If you took all the deckies interested in going, and lined them up head to toe, you would reach from perth to the shoal.
Now, anyone needing a 'link' in the chain for the trip
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the turtle dove shoals show
the turtle dove shoals show up on the g p s the ground looks damn good from what i can tell. i zoomed right in on them when i was up in denison with my boat 23 foot glass i may be mad at times but you would definatly need a few boats to go out there and feel safe.i have done the trip from denham to turtle bay several times its a long way but protected. my gues you would need to carry about 300 ltrs of fuel just in case it turns bad which it can in denison.
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turtle dove-
May the gods of fishing smile upon you, and your lines be tight.hey andy as been a old time dongara lad turtle dove is out on the same level as the abrolous islands and is great for fishing -on a dive out at the fourty mtr mark we saw a school off dhuies -the biggest ive seen -estimated around forty-looked like a school of skippy but a hell off alot bigger fish-a boat called the hyperion(CRAY BOAT) was anchored at night-70 footer cray boat -when hit by a huge wave turned turtle -and re righted it self THE GROUND OUT THERE NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED-but has some of the best fishing around pat
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300 liters for what size
300 liters for what size boat and motor?
I have decent range with 228 liters.
I think that any piece of water needs to be respected. If anyone has a link to some reading material on the subject, I would appreciate it.
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Thats no different to the
Thats no different to the bank I went out to off Kalbarri. 70km straight out.
I went out in 18kt southerlies and came in with a 25kt seabreeze. If its the sort of weather you would go out in anyway, whats the difference. Only the travel time and fuel used.
For a more comfortable day fishing you would want a nice day so you dont have to spend 2 1/2 hours bashing your way out like I did but dont think it has to be glass either.
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From what i have heard the
From what i have heard the fishing at turtle dove is excellent but we have never bothered fishing it because theres plenty of other spots alot closer to dongara where you can catch plenty of fish.
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Very Interested
Got the boat, got the range, but not the experience of that area.
Should of bought this up 2 months ago Andy!
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The guy who operate the charter boat from denham worked out our fuel for us and added an extra 100ltr just incase it blow up . one of our trips home took 3 1/2 hour because of the weather and i am sure glad i listened to them because we nearly use the whole 220 ltrs it was so rough and had to head right into it, towards the island for what we thought would be calmer wrong again LOL.
We are running a 350 chevy motor which is normally very economical normally use 140 ltr for the 4 hour round trip aprox.
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Okay noted. What type of
Okay noted.
What type of range do you have at the moment?
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Depending on speed and weather it would very . average conditions on about 20 to 22 knot about 110nm aprox on a180 ltr tank
Our friend uses more with his 2 stroke 175 hp aprox 120 ltr him -us 85 ltr fishing aprox 20nm out
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Russ Ok thats not too bad
Russ
Ok thats not too bad then. I can do 3 runs out to the FADs and back on a full tank.
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That really good economy for your boat
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Wouldnt waste my Time
Hey fellas, the place used to be good about 10yrs ago. But since the hardships
of the cray seasons it has been flogged.
Last Tues night i was speakinng to one of the best wetliners on the coast, Slack Willock and he agreed.
We used set drop lines allover it when we were fishing.
Hope you guys have luck, Take care fellas.
I t is alot safer being in a 65ft Conquest than a 20 footer.
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Interested pending on dates
Fuel if you work on using 2 ltr's per nm you would'nt be far from the mark,200 ltr's would be a good guess for the day.