steep point another epic 2 weeks of land based mayhem
My brother and i just spent another couple of weeks at steep point and had one of our best trips yet with so many fish caught using so many methods. was booked for 13 days but after reaching our possesion limit of fish on day 8 we decided to call it quits and come home with both of us satisfied with what we had acheived.
had a bit of an incedent on the drive up as we pulled into overlander at 11:30pm after drivnig from Albany we had a wheel come off the car and shear all the wheel studs somehow so after 2 hours on the side of the road we patched the car up good enough to drive it and hobbled back to geraldton at 70km/h. got back to gero at 5am and got an hours sleep in the car till the shops opened then got some parts and fixed it in the carpark and a new rim and we where on our way again with the patrol looking a little battered but not effected.
straight away when we got there the sharks where a huge problem and so many lures and decent fish fell victim to the toothy critters. hooked lots of spanish but just bad luck with pulled hooks or sharked so we only mannaged 2 landed but Aron's was a good fish around 14kg. funny story behind that spanish because i was diving the cliffs infront of him when he hooked up so he fought the fish in and i had to chase it around and grab it in the water and fight the sharks off while he got the cliff gaff so he could get it up.
another new thing we did this trip was a lot of shore jigging with great success, just about everything can be caught on a jig and we caught most of the common species up there on them at some stage. we also had a new 28ft long gaff to test out with a large net attachment on it to be able to net fish from the main cliffs and making lighter gear and catch and release a possiblity off the cliffs.
some of the more memorable fish and moments of the trip include. little sailfish going mental before pulling hooks on balloon, pinkys landbased on jigs, big mulloway after dark off the cliffs, the number of pinkys after dark and the size of them, Aron's spanish on ballon, my first GT at around 4-5kg on plastic from the cliffs, shark macks on 1-2kg rods and super light gear and the rest im sure the pictures can explain well enough.
bit of a tally of what we caught, 1 mulloway, 20 big tailor, 30+ pinkys, 2 spangos, 7 baldies, 2 spanish, 20 gold spot trevs, 20 golden trevs, 30+ shark macks, heaps of various reef fish and sharks on top of all the other odd bits and pieces.
another awesome trip and i cant wait to get back there again.
always looking for a new challenge!!
randall df223
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Sounds like a great week
Sounds like a great week
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Rick
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Epic
Awesome report as usual, well done
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Mattyb84
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Looks like a killer trip
Looks like a killer trip some awesome catches there
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scano
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What model patrol?
I have heard of some wheel issues associated with some in the past.
Chris fish
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98 GU, the left rear wheel
98 GU, the left rear wheel nuts coming loose is a common problem and ive had that come off before but this was left front and sheared the wheel studs and destroyed the alloy rim as it came out.
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bradzino
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insane
what a mixed bag from the stones mate..
Sharkies are cool if you can have some fun on the light gear that first run smokes the drag big time zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Boydy
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Yep nothing like a good break
Yep nothing like a good break down to get a trip started....
Some quality fish from the shore, well done.
quadfisher
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Well done
Some photos look chilly , something we are not used to seeing on steep point photos.
I have a gq patrol , and the dude whom owned it before had that l/h side rear wheel come off too, but I read up
about it , and whats worked for me and others is use a tension wrench , and tension them in 2 rounds , say up to 80ft /lbs
first and then finish off with a 100ft lbs nip up. ( this is for alloys , not steels , they can take a bit more)
Had mine for 5 years , wheels off a few times , never had a nut loosen yet, but I do have the steel rims , and your
gu alloys are more prone to it , you can buy nut indicators from nissan to suit ( not those yellow truck ones)
Great trip , epic as always , when are the albany sharks back on your agenda, my back coundnt take it , so I
enjoy your posts about them, cheers.
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brg
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Nice tailor
Nice tailor
trymyluck
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Very well done guys !
Very well done guys !
Hutch
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Nice trip, a lot of great
Nice trip, a lot of great fish landed.
Shark1
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Bloody nice work m8
Bloody nice work m8
Rob H
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great pics mateMust be
great pics mate
Must be something about that place, I cracked a cylinder head in my old Hilux between Overlander and Billabong after being in the area for a few weeks and pushing all the way along the cliffs Steep to Crayfish and False Entrance
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tangles
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epic!
epic!! Thats it just epic! Landbased bliss!!
Chris fish
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cheers guys, this is olny
cheers guys, this is olny about 1/3rd of the photos from the trip just the max i could attach to the post.
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Paully
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Great
pics there, cracker fish. Looks like the Jack has bent the running board in first pic , super dangerous jacks when in that sort of position. Glad to hear you got it sorted.
Chris fish
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nah they are custom made
nah they are custom made rock sliders and sit on that angle. they where designed to be able to lift the car from them with a jack and be strong enough to rest the cars weight on them.
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soupster51
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Awesome
Cracka trip by the looks. Well done lads.
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Nice work - looks like
Nice work - looks like you've got that place sussed. Also another story that proves sharks can't take a punch
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EricBananaMan
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Nice photos!
Looked like a ripper if a trip! The second photo from inside the car looks like you are flying over the bush!
DUNGA
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Nice report
Sounds like she was a good trip
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
crasny1
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You just keep killing me
Awesome report and pics. Some of those Jigs appear to have had a great working over by the toothy brigade!!
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mulla
Solid mulla, great report as usual.
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uncle
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looks like a great trip
some hooters there
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
streety
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Just wondering how did you
Just wondering how did you keep all your fillets for 8 days.big engel??
Chris fish
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Yeah had a 40lt engel and
Yeah had a 40lt engel and 60lt waeco running off the car inverter and batteries
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woftam
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Your killing me
Your killing me
sexton
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Looks like a damn good trip!!
Looks like a damn good trip!!
Tunatim
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Awesome fish! Would love to
Awesome fish! Would love to do that one day...
how were you using the jigs? Dropping them down or casting and using like a plastic?