Shark Bay Cockles / Pipis
Submitted by Francis on Tue, 2019-08-06 23:05
Hi folks,
Might be a silly question and apologies if it is - but I’m in shark bay for a week with the fam (not a fishing trip) and the 2 1/2 year old found a whole bunch of good size, empty cockle (pipi?) shells on the beach right in Denham. So im curious. Is there a good feed of cockles to be had here? Does anyone know if getting a few good cockles in shark bay is common ?
im also trying to find out if blue rings are a risk here as the little one loves walking the shallows and investigating everything. So while I’m asking the locals if anyone has an opinion, then happy to hear it !
Thanks !
Mick
meglodon
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To the best of my knowledge
There sure are and if you are going to find them it's right in the places your young one is exploring, they also like to hang out in empty shells and mussels.
dodgy
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I know there was heaps of
I know there was heaps of them just to the right of the monkey Mia jetty when I was there a few months ago. Kids filled a bucket in no time.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
makai
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Yes there are plenty
Cockles seem to be pretty widespread up there. We collected some on the beaches of the Peron Peninsula for bait and also ate some. Being inexperienced, we didnt purge them and consequently they were very gritty.
I am not sure about blue rings, but beware of stonefish.
Francis
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Cheers for the info. We had a
Cheers for the info. We had a little look today but didn’t find any. The wind up here at the moment doesn’t help haha but I’ll look harder now.
Geez the blue rings scare me more than sharks these days. Just need to be extra careful with the young one.
faz
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About half a klick to the
About half a klick to the left of the jetty at MM on low tide.
davewillo
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There are blue rings in the
There are blue rings in the general area so be careful
PGFC member and lure tragic
Francis
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Got some cheers for the
Got some
cheers for the help. Purging now and look forward to giving then a try!
http://www.fishwrecked.com/files/images/9770F3C9-556A-4F7D-9821-9AA45C64947B.preview.jpeg
kinetic_skink
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Haha. We went and got a
Haha. We went and got a bunch of pipis from there yesterday too!