shark bay area
Submitted by big chop on Thu, 2011-12-15 17:52
G'day all this is my first post but have been reading some of the previous posts about shark bay area.I am heading to shark bay soon (december) and i want to see weather i could pop over to steep point and dirk hartog island.i have hired a 21 foot boat but i have heard at this time of year it is very winding and nearly impossible to cross out to dirk hartog island.I just wanted to know your opinion on crossing from denham to steep point and weather it is possible?
cheers and i hope to meet you all
Lochie
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makai
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Shark Bay winds
Hi Lochie,
welcome aboard!
Winds in Shark Bay in summer are predominantly from the S or SW and are generally pretty strong. You will have to play it day-by-day when you are there, but I would be expecting not to get too many opprotunities to get across to Steep Point or Dirk Hartog, especially if your were thinking of heading to Turtle Bay on the north end of Dirk Hartog. That is a 2-3hr run depending on conditions. If the wind is from the SW, you could tow the boat across to the Monkey Mia side, but you generally have to have local knowledge to get fish consistently on that side. And beware of the pink snapper restrictions in both gulfs. Check the Fisheries website before going.
big chop
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Date Joined: 14/12/11
we are not going to turtle
we are not going to turtle bay just out to steep point and around DHI probably leave at around 5.00am and leave 12.00pm.i will play it by ear then
cheers lochie
big chop
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Date Joined: 14/12/11
boat limit
is there a boat limit on snapper in denham sound?
big chop
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Date Joined: 14/12/11
G'day We have come back from
G'day We have come back from shark bay, sorry i didn't get back to you guys earlier (been prity flat out) We did alright out there but sadly we didn't make it out to Steep point but we had fun anyway.We caught a couple of good sized pinkys and sharks. We had a ball out there thanks for the help guys :)
cheers BC