Christmans Island information
Submitted by Colin Hay on Tue, 2008-01-08 14:33
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows much about land based fishing at Christmas Island. Out of the blue my wife suggested she would love to go there. Great I think, it looks a pretty likely fishing spot to me. I know bonefishing is big there, but I am more interested in chucking some spinners and poppers from the shore somewhere, but I haven't been able to find out too much info on that type of fishing there.
Any information would be appreciated.
Regards Colin Hay
Any information would be appreciated.
Regards Colin Hay
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alfred
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You lucky dog! Billfish
You lucky dog! Billfish fishing from land is big there as well.
PilbaraBrad
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are you talking about
Having access to a tinnie is good, we hit up some of the local malay folk. Gave them a bit of cah and they were more than happy to lend it to us. Heaps of tuna, wahoo, huge GT's near the ship loader in flying fish cove. Take some big big strong poppers. Plenty of red bass, yellowfin tuna.
will get a bit of info together for you if you are keen
huge 100kg tuna caught right next to the cliffs over the drop off
Colin Hay
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Great guys
That's the one. I had a quick look today but most of the info was about bonefishing or game fishing offshore. While that dounds great, I would love to do some landbased fishing there.
Looking forward to hearing about your venture's there Brad
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fullysik
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hi colin,not sure about
cheers ray
PilbaraBrad
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coccos is actually quite a
cheers
PilbaraBrad
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just been thinking about
lots of accomidation available as well and a really beautiful place to visit. Also has some great surf on the uter reef at certain times of the year, and a beautiful lagoon on the inside. Plenty of info on the net as well about accomidation too.
Rob C
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Id sugest get a couple days
Id sugest get a couple days out with Mark on www.shorefire.com.au has some awesome fish under his belt and has been living on the island for ages.
Cheers
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jng
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Yeah im going to go Xmas
Yeah im going to go Xmas island maybe in june this year. Got some friends living over that way. I think mark from shorefire only does charters 6months of the year. starting from May to november.
Kal
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And remember to put on your
Colin Hay
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Thanks for all the info
That's great info guys. I might have to think about the Cocos as I really want to try out all my new shorefishing gear. Maybe I can talk my wife into visiting both. I think it is pretty cheap to fly between the two islands.
Shorefire sounds like a good bet if I get to Xmas Island, as if he is only operating May to November that will fit within my timeframe.
Sounds like a will need to take some pretty strong gear and beef up all my hooks, etc. because it sounds like there are some pretty big fish up that way.
Brad I will PM you a little further down the track when I know if I am definately going or not.
Once again, thanks for the great info. That is what makes this site so great,
Hey Kal, duty free drinks and cigs. Mate that sounds good.
Regards, Colin Hay
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RE: Cocos Islands
Many thanks Colin
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fullysik
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hey colin i just spoke to a
hey colin i just spoke to a mate who has been there 7 times and he recons a bloke who lives on the island called diter is the man you should talk to his email address is dieter@cocosdive.com give him a go mate ,
cheers ray
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Many thanks
Many thanks Ray. I will drop him a line. It all sounds pretty exciting.
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