Esperance

 Gday Fellas and a few Ladies,

 

Having recently made what some may call a tragic decision to move from my home of ten years in Exmouth to the Desert climes of Boon....Ahh Kalgoorlie I'm beginning to display classic beachy bluewater withdrawl symptoms re; finding exmouth beach sand in my running shoes and letting the grains fall through my hands whilst staring into the bottom of the engel at the last few remaining cryo vacced peices of bluey and tea-rout.

Therefore it's time I headed off to Esperance next  weekend to check out what this southern stretch of wind blown coast has to offer.  The forecast is telling me its going to be a balmy 27 degrees so I might have to pack the 7 mil budgie smugglers.

What I need from people who have had a look down this way is to find out where I can get the hilux onto the beach to find my own stretch of sand, fishing is not a priority this time round as I've been well spoilt in that department over the years.  I'll probably take a light flick stick and have a play with a few of the local bread and butter species.  I'm not looking for any heavy four wheel driving, just a short run without too much need for shovel work!!

If anyone has anything to inspire me or feels like imparting some small tidbit to start my esperance discoveries it would be appreciated.

From the Desert.

 

Merman.


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any where east of the town

Mon, 2012-02-13 19:47

 rossiter bay , lucky bay  ,and the duke rocks.cold water but you get use to it and poison creek good for a beach fish 

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Bandy Creek

Mon, 2012-02-13 19:54

Get onto the beach at Bandy Creek and head east........easy as

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If ya heading east of

Mon, 2012-02-13 20:18

If ya heading east of Esperance use Cape La Grand beach, easy 4WD can get of at eastern end and access some real nice beaches further along will miss rangers pay station which is on main road. Duke rocks/beach is a good spot to head as reef-raider suggested. Good chance of salmon

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Yep...what they said. Beaches

Tue, 2012-02-14 08:22

Yep...what they said. Beaches east of town are generally better to drive on and harder than those out west. Grab a map/tidechart from the tackle shop next to woolies.....

Have fun and enjoy the best beaches in australia! (I'm a little biased)

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Fish high tide

Tue, 2012-02-14 08:32

 Lots of mulloway on the high, But need good 12ft rod [No less]

Got 3 in one night and one the night befor

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Cheers Sherbert.

Tue, 2012-02-14 13:01

Cheers Sherbert.

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Maybe ...

Tue, 2012-02-14 11:56

Maybe a dive for a few OS greenlip abalone and a quick wave to big toothy white?

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I'd like to hit the Abs Tilly

Tue, 2012-02-14 13:01

I'd like to hit the Abs Tilly but the white factor isn't enticing me much at all. 

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Aww they don't get everyone

Tue, 2012-02-14 19:11

Aww they don't get everyone =(

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No GWs down here....killer

Tue, 2012-02-14 15:35

No GWs down here....killer whales ate them all!! 

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Find a good spot then come

Tue, 2012-02-14 18:37

Find a good spot then come with us on the weekend of the 17th March Merman and hit it with us, you better run that past the rocket first though.

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there was a report from some1

Wed, 2012-02-15 13:39

there was a report from some1 on here at poison creek caught few bronzies and a mulla

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 I'm heading that way on the

Mon, 2012-02-27 10:36

 I'm heading that way on the 23rd march to Isralite bay. The Esperance classic is on the 9th of march I think of you have a boat.

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We will be there for a week

Sat, 2012-03-17 17:44

We will be there for a week starting on the 9th of April, there will be the other halve and two teenage boys , if anyone is up for a hook-up for some fishing out east of esperance let us know .

We are staying at the pink lake c/p.