denham advice
hey fellas
im heading to denham late september/oct and was looking to clear a few things up. ive read many many posts of others asking for advice and ive still got a few questions. only really looking for pointers inside the bay and maybe the hartog channel, not really keen on venturing outside steep point unless its flat and glassy. have been up there before but would rather do some catching instead of bait wasting this time haha. a few quickies for u guys.
is it better to drift or anchor and burley?
am i waisting my time trolling between spots?
has anyone found good spaniards in the channels of bar/middle flats or are they further north?
do you fish bent pin as if its structure where the fish is held, or is it the ground around bent pin where the fish are?
are bait or jigs/sp better or is it personal preference?
what kind of areas are coral torut found?
any help and advice is greatly appreciated thanks guys :)
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Faulkner Family
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Definitely drift. Unless
Definitely drift. Unless your at bent peg then anchor up as the current can get quite strong. I mainly y fished out near turtle bay but that's 36nm each way.
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Dhu_west
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thanks heaps for the
thanks heaps for the pointer, it would be amazing to get up to turtle bay but its just too far for one day and if the wind blows up the gulf itll just turn to shit, cheers :)
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Boppo
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Trolling is dependent on how much
ribbon weed there is about. Worthwhile as you will pick up plenty of doggie mackerel and chance of a spanaird/Trev/shark mack/cobia
Boppo
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jigs or bait??
I reckon bait still outperforms jigs up there but maybe I'm doing it wrong. Mullet seems to be best for Pinkies, especially the further south in the gulf you are.
Spanairds are about but dont expect one each day......
Dhu_west
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Thanks mate. So your saying
Thanks mate. So your saying if there's lots of weed then troll? And I haven't heard anybody say anything about mullet before so I'll give it a crack. Cheers
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Boppo
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Weed makes no difference to the fish biting or not
just bloody annoying when you have to clear it from your lines every hundred meteres
Dhu_west
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Ah ok gotcha now, thought
Ah ok gotcha now, thought you meant it as a weedy bottom is where the fish are haha
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Dhu_west
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And yea it's pisses ya off
And yea it's pisses ya off quickly when ur constantly taking weed off aye
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Tom M
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Get yourself a bag of
Get yourself a bag of whiting heads up there for bait, single hook on a running sinker, drifting, found fishing on the high tides worked for us.
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Dhu_west
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cheers mate, ive heard about
cheers mate, ive heard about whiting heads as bait before and will definitely give it a crack along with the mullet boppo suggested, would i get the heads from the fish factory?
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Faulkner Family
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Yeah there is a factory .
Yeah there is a factory . The whiting heads are like candy to the fish up there. From memory they weren't too expensive. They also hold on the hook better than squid
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Dhu_west
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Too easy mate thanks again
Too easy mate thanks again
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Deckie
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Cheap.
$10 a box. Keep ya going for a while...
Cheers & Stay safe
Dhu_west
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Awesome mate cheers
Awesome mate cheers
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Piggy
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Turtle Bay
Even though it is a trek every time we have been up that way we have always gone up to turtle bay on the northern end of dirk Hartog island. Up that way you literally need no spots just do long paddock drifts between turtle bay and Dorre island.
If you head straight to dirk Hartog from Denham and travel up the inside of dirk Hartog there are patches of real shallow reef you can see close to shore. We threw poppers and stick baits in there and picked up all sorts of species like spangled emperor, trout, trevally.
Good luck mate
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Dhu_west
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Cheers piggy, would be
Cheers piggy, would be insane to get up to turtle bay/levillian shoal and would need a full glass out all day to feel comfortable going all the way out there will give the shallows of Hartog a go that sounds like heaps of fun thanks for the tip mate
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faz
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Heading up Saturday its
Heading up Saturday its going to be bloody windy though by the looks of it.
Chinbald
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If you have a dog tie it down
Blowing its ring off here, last night sorted out the non seasoned campers. Many have packed up and left this morning. Don’t think the council will be whinging about emptying the bins at the cleaning station this holidays.
carnarvonite
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Normal
Its normal for this time of the year, starts mid August and runs till end of February. You have to be lucky and cop a window when it drops off and make the most of it while you can.
Rang the missus at the roadhouse this morning and she said lot of people returning from Exxie and Coral Bay complain g about the wind, seems they haven't been up there before or checked seasonal conditions
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Ha ha that's gold John,
Ha ha that's gold John, complaining about the wind when we live in the windiest state in the world.
Love the West!
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Shark bay shire will happy
Shark bay shire will happy with no fish frames in the bins.
Bring on April
Dhu_west
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God forbid they actually
God forbid they actually have to do any work ...
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faz
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Here atm pretty strong
Here atm pretty strong southerly winds shouldn't be to bad after tomorrow hooefully get a couple of windows to get the boat out probably Monkey Mia.
fishfish
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Windy north
Haha why do you think they used to call gamex "windex " !!