Cervantes
Hi all,
My first post but I have been scouring the forums for a while now. Great board.
Went to Cervantes for the first time on Saturday afternoon to target mulloway and shark. Went horribly wrong as I managed to get myself bogged until after dark - with no way to see the water I had no idea what was around.
Picked a spot on the beach in the bay immediately north of the jetty. Other than getting busted off by a big ray, all was quiet until about midnight when the herring found my burley trail. They were there every cast and some of them a fantastic size.
I didn't get a run on that night and headed over to the jetty in the morning. Again, once the fish found the burley trail it was a fish every cast. Some of the gardies were very fat and mostly bigger than a dinner plate - so they provided plenty of entertainment for the morning sess.
There was a sambo under the jetty that kept stealing whatever I hooked into - which while frustrating after a while, was entertaining to say the least! I threw out a still kicking gardy on the big rig - he had a good sniff and knocked the bait about a bit but never took it. Plenty of sting rays cruising around the jetty too.
Lots of the usual suspects - gardies, herring, skippy, trumpeter. I got my bag of herring and gardies so not unhappy with the trip.
Folks up the beach closer to the point were pulling in the odd tailor - good size too but they just were not prolific like they have been north of Perth in the last few weeks.
Next time I head back I think I will stock up on bait at the jetty in the arvo, keep them alive and throw them out at night on a 1.5 - 2m trace with float attached stay out of the snags. There are definately plenty of big fish around and I'm sure it will continue to improve as the SST increases.
A long way to go for a feed of herring and gardies - but I'm having a love affair with the stretch of coast from Wedge to Jurien at the moment so it's worth it just for the scenery. Next time I'm confident I will return with something much better!
Cheers,
Bushy
Colin Hay
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Sounds like a great trip buschy - apart from getting bogged
Sounds like you have a good plan for next time - hopefully you will get that sambo.
That jetty can really fire up. I am surprised there weren't more tailor there as they normally show up on sunrise and sunset.
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scere_182
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wedge to jurien
Yeah i agree with ya buschy, cant help but fall in love with that stretch of coastline.
i have a special camp spot between the two that i call ray bay... no cars, bikes just one with nature. lol
Those rays are everywhere along there. the big ones even come to the shore to get a hand feed at times. Absolutely amazing place to spend a few days.
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eddie
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Last time I was fishing the
Last time I was fishing the jetty a ray came under me that was so big, a VW Beetle could have parked all four tyres on it! I've had good luck with tailor there, surprised you didn't see any.
glad you had a good time!
buschy
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Thanks guys. Yeah - on the
Thanks guys. Yeah - on the beach I had the light a couple of times and could see a pretty big shadow no more than 10 metres off shore. The ray that snapped me off 1st time was a big one - no doubt about it. I just bought a Fin Nor OF95 reel and oz surf 4120 rod - and with the drag pretty locked down every time the ray went for run it was stripping the braid off without even trying. Was kind of relieved when the line finally gave in and snapped.....just a shame to lose a good 12/0 hook, trace and sinker!
As for the tailor....no doubt they are there I think it was just a case of being in the wrong spot and missing prime time - I didn't get the line wet until 30 mins after sunset. There's a couple of spots much closer to home that are a short 4x4 trip that are producing a tailor every cast at the moment - I don't know that it's quite that prolific up there but it seems what you sacrifice in quantity you get back in quality. Will find out for sure in a few weeks when I head back :-) Dec 19 is a black day according the 'book' - mark it in :o)
Rob - yeah some very special spots up that way! I hear myself saying "how's the serenity?" every time :-) The fishings not half bad too!
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sounds like a great trip
sounds like a great trip even tho you only got herring and gardies. always nice to get away and wet a line
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