there is a good marina in Jurien but not in Green heads. best bet go Jurien. a cover over the front of the boat wouldnt hurt but not that important. with the new coast road it should be an easy trip up , just watch for the natives if travelling at night. as far as the weather goes . there is seabreese to look at and others , just look at the forcast for the places either side . that will give you a good idea . or you can call the local tackle store and i am sure they would be more than helpful

SRF, sorry champ, but there is some pretty retarded q's there.

"how do we monitor the weather there?" you do it the same way you (and everyone else does) it, by checking weather sites. if it blows up, you do what any normal young bloke on a fishing trip would do, and put a couple of boxes of tooheys new on ice, and drink them with your mates, chace the local skirt, and play on the trampolines at te caravan park.

The boat launching facilities at green head are more than adequate for what you need. A quick google or googlemaps would show you this. You don't need a frikkin marina to launch. Some of the best fishing in WA is beach launch, and people with much bigger boats than your daddy's have no trouble.

Please go buy a new tarp to put on he front of your boat for 2 reasons. 1) to waste your money on a new tarp that will probably be destroyed after the first 200k's, and 2) to announce to everyone in town how much of a newb you are to all this. Seriously, how many tarps have you ever seen on the bow of boats ( no question mark required, as this is a rhetorical question).

End of the story is this: you're a young bloke that needs to get some experience by just finding things out for yourself. Sure these forums are good for information, but the basics need to be familiar first. You won't learn a thing until youve phucked up a few times.

Another handy hint is to "ensure brain is in gear, before engaging mouth".

Lighten up !

swan river fisher just ignor the smart ass coments that F$&K heads put on here.sum nobheads think
that thay no everything.listen to faulkner family pritty
mutch wat i would hav sed and try willy waether for the wind not a bad site
pick perth then weatbelt then wind that will tell you wat you need to no. good luck
and scotto as mnm wance sed reny reny reny ya little mother f$&ker if you ent got nuffin nice to
say den dont say nuffn :)

classic thread right here! 

no im 43 and yer i cant spell you got a problem with that mate

way to ruin a thread

can you change your avatar, im tired of getting bass groper envy when you post on here!!!LOL!!

I thought all this agro crap had been dealt with. Chill out fisho's I know there hasn't been much caught lately so take ya frustrations out in the palm of your hands ;)

comment on the thred not on my spelling

Hey SRF, this is my favourite site for when im fishing up that way.
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/jurien_bay
But i also compare them with bom.gov.au and willy weather too, average them all out and ull know whether its worth heading out or not.

cool thanks. i'll keep searching around too.

As far as putting a tarp around the bow of your boat SRF,

There are a lot of boats that head up the Brand Hwy and Indian Ocean drive every year, and the roads are pretty good, so covering it up is unnecessary.  If you were doing a lot of gravel road driving while towing  ie Steep Point or Gnarloo then I'd cover up for sure.

Hope you do well

Jurien has good launching facilities, and good fishing too.

Recent reports from Paul G and others have shown some mackies about and plenty of bottom fish.

Jurien town facilities are pretty good too!

No need for a Tarp as Scotto said it would be destroyed in the 1st hour, unless you get a custom made canvass cover, but thats serious $$$$

Weather is like any other place, unpredictable!.

April / May is when the swells start to increase, Jurien has a southern and northern channel, Since you have not been there before, I'd stick to the northern unless swell is down. (It's all marked)

Other than that make sure you post some pics!

Also, you can leave your boat in a Pen overnight and it only costs $10 I think so you don't have the hassle of pulling it out everyday

Buy the charts for the area too so you can get a good overview of the area.

Have a look at the Willy weather site,

They have a full range of predicted, sea state incl - tides swells etc

willyweather.com.au

I just wanted to post in this thread before it was closed!

Sum epik advice is to search before posting any thread.

 Is it just me but Search function isn't working?

Thanks till, it does too, I thought that was  a google search.

get "bass groper envy" when looking at MattMiller"s avatar??

Be careful if you are going to launch at Greenhead ramp. There is a large bombie in the bay which has taken out many a props. Make sure you have a chart if you going to try and get in and out of Greenhead, and the swell is under 2meters.  

FFS this is like a farkin school yard 1) check normal weather sites

                                                   2) Fuck your boat and the stone chips use the thing learn from your mistakes but u done need to wrap it in cotton wool

                                                   3)As others have said buy charts of the area and study them, if you dont know how to read and plot and navigate from them (dont go)

                                                   4) If it blows it nuts off tough shit go to the pub and drink

                                                   5) Anyone that cant spell basic sentences GO BACK TO SCHOOL this is simple shit 6 yrs olds can do

Naplan data would disagree with your last sentiment george. Cant argue with the rest though.