S Bend Beach Access
Submitted by MAGA2020 on Mon, 2019-08-26 08:18
Spening the long weekend up at S bend this coming September, havent been since i was a kid and was wondering if anyone has been recently?
If memory serves me right the four wheel drive tracks to the beach from the Caravan park are super soft but easy going, but the beach is pretty rocky and nasty. Probably going to stick with poppers and slices for tailor. From what i remember regular rigs just got eaten up by the reef and rocks like at Lucy's beach.
I was there when i was 12 and im 27 now, so maybe its different now??
sunshine
Posts: 2555
Date Joined: 03/03/09
The real issue on the beach is sand covered deep weed
Can bottom out making extraction a real issue, mate lost his four runner and he was super experienced, one tiny mistake on a rising tide and that was it
Meant to add that dhuies are a real chance within casting range
MAGA2020
Posts: 39
Date Joined: 24/04/18
thanks for that mate. Might
thanks for that mate. Might stick to the hard paths and walk down the dunes. no points for being a hero...
Hoping for a casual fish for some herring/tailor but ill bring some bigger gear incase, a landbase Dhuie would be interesting. What are we talking, 80 metre cast + ??
sunshine
Posts: 2555
Date Joined: 03/03/09
No where near that far
There are a number of rock platforms heading south giving you access to water over five metres deep, we used large but lightly weighted occy tentacles, got two but had larger versions free swimming with the hooked fish .....got a couple of really nice trailor on same set up
MAGA2020
Posts: 39
Date Joined: 24/04/18
Thanks for the tips, keen to
Thanks for the tips, keen to give it a shot
cheers.