Road Trip Help
Submitted by Craggles on Wed, 2017-03-29 07:26
Gday All,
Taking the family on our first camping road trip this July and just organising all the gear I want to take with me.
These are the places we're going
- Karajini
- 80 Mile Beach*
- Fitzroy
- Kununurra*
- Broom*
- Karratha
- Carnarvon
I've chucked a * next to the places I want to fish.
My gear is reasonably depleted and I'm just wondering what people think I should be taking? I'm normally fish with bait but am keen to get the lures going also, will just be taking my Sol 3000 and Penn 950 beach setup.
Any tips on what to take for a noob like myself much appreciated
Travis p
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carnarvons good aswell
just take a bunch of stickbaits from around 50grams to 90grams you want about 300m of 30lb braid on your reel 50lb leader and just start casting mate you will have a ball
wont catch em sitting at home!
luke george
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I think I'd have an * next
I think I'd have an * next to all of them ;-).
80 mile beach you'd probably want to fish baits, i.e. mulies on gangs. As for lures I'd go poppers, stickbaits metal slices etc.
Carnarvon jetty fishes we'll for mulloway either use a big stinky bait or try some plastics around the pylons. I done well a few years back there on 4in glowing grubs
Feral
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I'd suggest 3 main combos A
I'd suggest 3 main combos
A whiting or bream size combo - 10lb line on a 2000 size reel
A salmon combo 20-30lb line 3000-4000 reel on a 6-7'rod (you would probably use this the most)
And a beach set up if you want to target sharks/mulloway
Cheap stickbaits like Richter plugs are great for the queenies and trevs up here
Craggles
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Cheers guys, should probably
Cheers guys, should probably note everything will be land based
Think I need to buy myself a salmon sized combo, my sol setup might be a bit small and i dont want to be casting lures with the beach rod everyday :)
Feral
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If the rod is a reasonable
If the rod is a reasonable length and can handle 20lb you should be fine with the sol, it will deal with most target fish off the shore
Craggles
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Yer but then I dont get a
Yer but then I dont get a new rod and reel :)
deep south
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Ord rver
Craggles
Arm yourself with a hand full of gold bombers from kmart and either head out along the lower ord down from the diversion dam out towards ivanhoe crossing or tararra bar and walk rhe river and flick in to all the eddies and you will have alot of fun on the local barra
Good luck sounds like a great trip
The next time i see that jig will be in the mouth of something big !!
Chinbald
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Do you have a Rec boat License
I did the same trip with family last year and one of the highlights was hiring a dinghy on Lake Argyle dam, we caught so many cat fish and got smoked by a few monsters on live small catfish on 30lb braid penn 850. Also recommend Elquestro, fish live sootys under floats at any of the river crossings. Enjoy we had a trip of a lifetime. Denham/Sharkbay is still one of the fishiest places for landbased family fun. That's one hell of a first family camping trip. Ningaloo South Lefroy also high on the kids favourite list.
Craggles
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Cheers mate looking forward
Cheers mate looking forward to it, I've worked all throughout WA so keen to show the kids where dad goes sometimes.
Time for some shopping :)