Anyone ever launched at guilderton?
Submitted by Curndog on Tue, 2017-01-03 14:45
hey guys just wondering if anyone ever beach launches at guilderton / Moore river? I launch a bit at ledge point because often stay at seabird (Nonna has a holiday house there) and it's too boggy to launch there. Can't even bribe the caravan park owner to let me use his boat ramp! I sometimes do day trips to ledge though so if possible and guilderton beach is firm / as good as ledge might give it a go. Any thoughts or suggestions? Cheers
Rig
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boat size
It can be very sketchy, what size boat are you intending on launching?
The only spot to launch is just north of the rock groyne.
I have just got back from there and plenty of tinnies have been going out in the good weather over the last couple of days but it cops a lot of wash and swell particularly once the SW is in so the beach can be very unstable and it changes from day to day.
I got stuck badly there years ago with a 4m quintrex had a good bloke with a tractor who launches there get me out
I still do a fair bit of beach launching at other places with a bigger boat these days so have a pretty good idea. I have looked at using the drop down wheel setup on my current rig but if the swell gets up a little it would swamp the boat as the beach inside the groyne sometimes gets a bit of a washing machine effect. So I think for anything bigger than a tinny a tractor is the best bet for that spot.
Nauti Buoy
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Soft
beach is nowhere near as firm as Ledge
sea-kem
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You can't use the caravan
You can't use the caravan park ramp due to public liabillity issues.
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Curndog
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Ok cool.
yeah I hadn't really heard of people launching there but my brother in law was there today for a swim and he sent me a pic msg of a few boats retrieving there. So just thought I'd ask the question. I have a 4.65m trailcraft so might stick to ledge. Just thought could be a closer option. Didn't know that about the caravan park a local just told me he was a wanker haha.
sea-kem
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Well the local don't know
Well the local don't know shit lol as it's a strata titled park and no one owner. I actually own a place there and we have a caretaker who's does a bloody good job. He probably had me in the pic as I was out today nailing good fish ;)
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Curndog
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Hahaha
haha well next time I see the bloke that told me that il tell him the real reason! So I guess il have to buy a shack at the park if I ever want to use it:-)