Sandy Cape next weekend!

Hey guys, heading up to sandy cape next weekend. i was just wondering if anyone knew what the conditions were like there at the moment and whats going around? i will be fishing off of the beach as i dont have a boat, i do however have a 4wd.

 

im hoping for some tailor, herring and if the conditions are right i may even get something a bit bigger on a ballon ;).

 

if anyone could fill me in that would be great!

 

 


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haven`t been there recently

Mon, 2013-02-11 18:11

but the northern end of the bay is usually weed free and we almost allways get a few tailor just to the north of the last campsites in the evening.

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Thanks for the info! ill keep

Tue, 2013-02-12 12:57

Thanks for the info! ill keep it in mind and let you know how we go. last time i caught a little cobia from the beach, was shocked! he put up a good fight though.

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So how did you go ?

Mon, 2013-03-04 15:52

hey jjj, how did yr trip to sandy cape go ? I'm interested cos it looks like we'll be heading there this coming week-end - it's about 5 years since we were last there. used to go up a couple o times a year and always had a good time, even caught a few fish !
cheers,
denny

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Hey Denny, trip was great,

Thu, 2013-03-07 12:52

Hey Denny,

 

trip was great, the facilities there are fantastic. only down side was it was quite windy! we used 2 4wds to try to stop the wind from taking our tents for a ride. it was packed out too, i got there at about 3 and got one of the last 2 available camping spots. so make sure you get there early.

 

as for fishing we ended up with 4 herring, 4 tailor (one at 71cm, awesome fight, better feed!), one sand whiting and a small trevally. there was a bit of weed, but not enough to stop you from getting a line in! 

 

if you do go, i highly recomend stockmans cave (if you havent done it before). make sure you bring a torch, it gets dark very quickly!

 

best of luck mate!