Horrocks Beach Launching

 Gday , heading up to Horrocks on Sunday for a few days .will be taking my 5mt ali plate  up there ,just wondering if anyone knows how the beach is looking for launching ,and retriving ,have heard it can make or break your day ,also was wondering what the fishing is like  at this time of the year ,cheers any advice would be great

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 G'day,heading up to Perron point in Shark bay with my kids ,have got a 12ft timid we are taking ,was wondering which camp would be best for us , kids love catching squid and fishing in general ,will be going mid September any advice would be great cheers ,both kids are teenagers. No 


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 There is a boat ramp in

Fri, 2016-09-30 17:45

 There is a boat ramp in horrocks.

Not the best ramp but better than beach launches.

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 No boat ramp at Horrocks.

Fri, 2016-09-30 22:55

 No boat ramp at Horrocks. Its beach launch. But it goes from bitumen carpark, to bit of gravel, to beach.

Sand is usually hard so not bad for bogging.

Surge can be annoying at times, but time it right and its ok.

If there is a big tide and big swell it gets over the main outer reef and hence chops up the lagoon a wee bit.

Sometimes get alot of weed that can be shitm hit should be OK this time of year. 

Alternatively can tow you boat up to little bay, north of town about 3kms or so along a Sandy 4wd track and launch there. Just have your 4wd tyres down and toeing a big boat is fine.

Never fished it this time of year out of a boat so dont know how it is. But generally speaking you dont hsve to go far past the main reef to be on the dominant drop off to start getting Dhuis, Pinkies and other stuff. Sometimes get Longtail Tune and Spanish Macks.

Look for the drop of in about 18-25m.

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Sat, 2016-10-01 07:19

 Thanks heaps,will have alook at the beach at Horrocks ,have heard the fishing  north of little bay is pretty good  ,will have a go up there too  thanks again for your help.

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 G'day,heading up to Perron point in Shark bay with my kids ,have got a 12ft timid we are taking ,was wondering which camp would be best for us , kids love catching squid and fishing in general ,will be going mid September any advice would be great cheers ,both kids are teenagers. No 

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 There is a bank between

Sat, 2016-10-01 08:16

 There is a bank between Little Bay and Port Gregory if you look at nautical charts. Off the mouth of the Hutt River.

Have heard this can fish well.

I usually launch from town head out the gap in the reef (note on a low tide and large swell this gap can close out) and head south of town as the drop off is closer in and more defined and when the sea breeze comes in i can come back in with it.

I know speaking to guys with bigger boats that go out further they find isolated reefs and lumps about 6 mile out and get good Dhuis and Coral Trout.

You staying at the Caravan Park or the Beachside Cottages?

 

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 staying at the beachside

Sat, 2016-10-01 08:49

 staying at the beachside cottages,will be taken my kids out ,so if it lookks  like it,s not that special  will be keeping the boat high and dry ,looked at seabreeze and it ,s not looking too bad ,would be happy to catch herring ,or squid as  the kids get pretty unintrested after a while with no action  thanks for your help

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 G'day,heading up to Perron point in Shark bay with my kids ,have got a 12ft timid we are taking ,was wondering which camp would be best for us , kids love catching squid and fishing in general ,will be going mid September any advice would be great cheers ,both kids are teenagers. No 

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 Yeah the bitumen carpark

Sat, 2016-10-01 10:16

 Yeah the bitumen carpark with the gravel ramp leading into the drink is what i call the ramp. Where most boats launch. Better than a true beach launch. Good luck. Beautiful place.

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Horrocks

Sun, 2016-10-02 10:12

 If there is too much of a surge you are better off launching in the whitting pools(South end of the bay near the point)......just watch the tide as the beach can be pretty soft.

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Horrocks

Tue, 2016-10-04 09:25

 I've never been into Horrocks, but now that it's been mentioned here and having look at it on google maps, the place looks awesome. Is it possible to launch a 6.2m fibreglass boat there? Is the beach launch good enough to be able to do that without getting bogged or putting the tow vehicle in the water?