After Easter... south coast or west coast?
Submitted by lunker on Sun, 2011-04-17 14:08
Hey guys, I'm way overdue for a couple of days off so a mate and I are keen on a couple of days fishing, drinking and carrying on. Will be heading down the wednesday after Easter so hopefully everything isnt too crowded still...
Anyways we want to travel south maybe 4 hours tops, so probably max walpole area. Would love to get into some salmon but really, at a minimum just looking for a good spot on the coast to pitch a tent and relax with a rod out.
Does anyone have any spots they recommend? Have a 4x4 but nothing too hardcore as its only a standard bravo. Would you guys suggest west coast between Augusta/yallingup or south coast between augusta/walpole?
Thanks for any input!!
Maverick
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MAAAATE
Head north to balloon the easterlies for Macs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, even around Dongara etc is good for that.
I would rather balloon 20kg macks off a mid coast beach than run up and down beaches chasing 5 kg Salmon , mac's are a lot better eating than Salmon'
JMHO.
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lunker
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d'entrecasteaux
Thanks mate but after talking it over with my mate, who's never been down south, we've decided to join the hordes of salmon chasers.
We've decided to check out the d'entrecasteaux area, and have heard names such as yeagarup, warren mouth, gardner mouth etc. thrown around.
Basically we're looking for somewhere we can camp on/close to the beach... are all campgrounds away from the coast down that way?? or can you camp close to the water?
sherbert
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windy harbour
Samlon beach, or go to boat ramp and head left along the beach about 3 kms to a reef 50 meters out
The samlon love that reef
Or hamelin bay is good But head north up the beach
Good luck
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lunker
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Thanks mate, is there
Thanks mate, is there anywhere along the beach windy harbour/salmon beach to camp, or is it only in designated sites??
MattMiller
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Don't bother
with the west coast mate, still very few salmon have passed Cape Leeuwin. Your best bet is South coast.