Walpole Report
Just a quick report.
Spent the last 3 days down at Walpole on a house boat with some friends who had been there for a few weeks already. Fished pretty much night and day all through out the inlet and at Circus beach. First night we fished close to the mouth of the inlet and picked up a dozen king george with the biggest going 56cm along with bream and gardies. Within ten minutes of fishing there were about 2 or 3 rays around the boat. Second night we fished the Franklin river for bream and flathead, picking up the odd king george, and again the rays were among us. We set out a few live small mullet under floats and on the bottom. We lost one mysterious fish under the float and I picked up a lovely 4 ft gummy shark from the Franklin river among the snags on my stradic ci4 2500 and 2-4 kg nitro rod.
Next day we fished Circus beach, however conditions made it tough with seas to 3m. Picked up a few salmon around 6-7kg, a dozen bull herring and a good skippy close 1kg. We then retired to a good night in, with drinks and some freshly cooked fish.
Sorry about no pictures, didn't think to take any pictures. Shark and salmon were all released at the water.
Goodz
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Date Joined: 20/07/09
Didn't think to take any
Didn't think to take any pics!!!! haha... Good to hear you caught a few fish anyway John. 56cm KG from the inlet is huge! Nice one! I grew up in Walpole and in my 15 years there can't say I ever saw one that big come from the inlet!
John_M
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Date Joined: 17/01/10
haha i guess we were having
haha i guess we were having such a good time. great place down there, such a pristine environment. found the king george numbers thick, but not as many bream
Goodz
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I was down there at the end
I was down there at the end of Jan and couldn't find a KG.... the bream on the other hand.... heaps! Definately a beautiful place!
beau
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I'd love to do the house
I'd love to do the house boat thing down there, thats right up my alley! Was it a hire boat john?
John_M
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yep sure was. what makes it
yep sure was. what makes it better is you have the whole inlet to yourself pretty much
grantarctic1
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Nice way to
Nice way to avoid any crowd's John, those KG's would be great on the bream gear .
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
Sounds like a great trip.
Sounds like a great trip. Always been meaning to rent one of those house boats.
Dan
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.