Flavours of the South
Well we finally made it back to Perth after 2 weeks and over 5000km. It was a good trip back to SA where there was plenty of socializing and fishing. I went back with a to-do list but due to weather the snapper, tuna and diving were left for next time. I’ll let the pics tell most of the story:
First few fishes were targeting KG whiting off the shore on lures. We fished a few different spots and did pretty well with all fish averaging high 30cm to low 40cm. Not bad fishing off the shore. The kelpie is optional.
The next few days the weather cleared up so in went the boat. We were chasing more KG’s but got a few blue crabs and squid too.
With a hot 43C forecast we decided to head to Yalata for the night and next day. The end result was 5 mulloway, heaps of port Jackson sharks, a 30kg school shark, gummies, eagles rays, black rays, and that was the first night. Bad news was all the mulloway were 78cm or less.
We changed spots the next day only to watch another guy land a 50lb’er within 20 mins of us arriving. He was stoked so good on him. I’m still waiting for some photos from a mate so will post up soon. We landed nothing that day.
Anyway New Years Eve put an end to anymore fishing so it was off to Cactus Beach then back to the west. On the way home we took the coast road as well as our time. Stops on the Nullarbor, then in Esperance, Denmark and Busselton and some catching up with fellow Fishwreckers was a really nice way to do the drive instead of a solid 20hrs of nothing.
We saw a fair bit of this
Esperance
South Coast
The Spiritual Home of Fishwrecked
Frankland River
Gloucester Tree
The last night in Busselton we grabbed a pizza and garlic bread, but the garlic bread reminded me of something......
Anyway it was a good trip and I'm now the guardian of a Engel full of KG fillets so will be eating well over the next few months.
Cheers.
DazSamFishing
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Awesome stuff Tim.
Awesome stuff Tim. Sounds/looks like it was a great trip.
Some great photos & fish there.
If you get sick of the KG fillets... well... you know...
Adam Gallash
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good stuff
Good stuff mate, glad you dropped into the spiritual homes, both the Bow and the Frankland.
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Lucky Tim
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yeah mate we're glad we
yeah mate we're glad we pulled in, what a top place to grow up.
carnarvonite
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Tops
Looks like you had a wonderful trip,good look around at some spots a lot of people only read about.
I suppose you will have withdrawal symptoms from drinking their local sewer water---sorry,West End and Southwark
Lucky Tim
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hey the old West End got
hey the old West End got served up a bit and did the job, it always comes through with the goods.
HuggyB
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looks like a fun but tiring trip
as they say, you can take the boy out of SA, but you cant take SA out of the boy.......
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CURT
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good feed of KGs there..
good feed of KGs there.. yummmmmmmmm
chrisp
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Good report there Tim.
Would love to go to Yalata to have a crack at those mullas.Those gutters sure look fishy!!
danno
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great fish mate. nice
great fish mate.
nice squid.
nice feed of kg mate.
how many of u where fishing?
cheers danno
Faulkner Family
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sounds like you had a great
sounds like you had a great trip. the kg's must be in plague proportions from the beach over there. not that you would complain about the eating quality of them.ah well its back to work until your next 6 month holiday
. great read and pics
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UncutTriggerInWA
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Great pics and a great report. Half your luck!
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deepwater
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well done Lucky Tim
man you can catch fish ever where mate well done,great photo shot of all your trip,have a great new year tim and hayley
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Lucky Tim
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yeah thanks guys, it was a
yeah thanks guys, it was a great trip to a very nice and under-visited piece of coastline, I almost got homesick. I wouldn't say the KG's are in plague proportions off the beach but if you do some driving and walking you'll always get a feed.
And Danno there were 3 of us fishing in the boat. For big numbers and size whiting Autumn and Winter are the go, summer means heaps of undersize whiting and shitties, but if you're willing to keep moving you'll always put a feed together.
JACKO W
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good effort with all those
good effort with all those KGs. there's some nice pics there.
Theres absolutely nothin like hookin up to the first biggun of the day. JACKO W.
danno
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good stuff mate cheers danno
good stuff mate
cheers danno