monkey mia
Submitted by knothome on Sun, 2007-10-21 19:36.
ok guys whats the weather like in monkey mia at x-mas time?
cant get at port denison so where looking at taking the boat up to shark bay for 8/10 days,whats the wind like? and i heard the surface fishing is good at this time but what about the snapper?
thanks for your input inadvance.
cheers dennis
ps will be staying at monkey mia resort.
bouttime
If you want to get onto reds
If you want to get onto reds and mackies its a fair run out about 80KM from Denham out to Dirk Hartog. Was there November last year and was blown out for a week and only stayed close with only a few shark mackies around. Try ringing a charter buisness and asking them what its like for fishing that time of year. The best thing is if it blows you can still find somewhere to fish and the beer is cold at the pub in Denham.
rickets
its windy up there till
its windy up there till january-ish...
However, you can still get good days... gets bloody hot too on the glass days.....
You can always try fishing monkey mia side, rather than missioning out to dirk hartog or steep point area, head north towards the top of cape peron and use your sounder and you should find some good bombies to drift over...
The mackies and tuna are known to be on that side however, not sure about that time of the year...
knothome
thanks guys
thanks guys, i have been up a few times but not at this time off the year, will fish monkey mia side as for staying there unless the weather is that good and well go to turtle bay for a run.
what about the blues (crabs) normaly get heaps in sept.
what direction is the wind most domenent (spelling)from?
cheers dennis
knothome
wind
direction for dec,i found average temps but not much on wind.
cheers dennis
Pete D
Looking for the same for a
Looking for the same for a trip the Steep from Denham in early January.
Best I can find http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/selection_map.shtml
For other areas it says to contact the Bureau - might be worth a shot.
Cheers Pete
knothome
try this pete
try this pete d
http://www.marine.csiro.au/remotesensing/oceancurrents/index.htm
cheers dennis
knothome
water temp
water tenp looks about 25deg in dec and jan and 25-29deg for feb being the warmest month,
would be ok up there anytime around then for surface fishing you would think.
just depends on the wind!
cheers dennis
knothome
denham now
well its denham now couldnt get into monkey mia,so we have a house in denham.
everybodys been telling me that its hot and windy and no one will be there at xmas time, and its almost fully booked out,oh well will go and see what its like.
the surface fishing should be good then,water temps up.
cheers dennis
rickets
yeah, holiday season is
As for fishing though, get accomodation where you can but yeah, definitly launch at the monkey mia ramps and head north....
It WILL be hot and windy lol and although the water temp is up, denham side is almost always blown out and chopped up to hell....
If you get a GOOD day, definitly take it but watch the winds hey, they swing around very fast and catch ya unawares.
knothome
thanks rickets
yer thanks rickets,i thought as much but always good to see what others have to say.
are the snapper still in the bay? or is it pritty much just surface fishing?the woman said to me yesterday that the water temp is to hot for crabs so thats 1 thing to do out,well fish in close for tallor ect late arvos if we have to.
ill do some searches and see if i can find some info about that time of the year.
cheers dennis
sherbert
Dont worry dennis
Go away m8 and have a great time /A hoilday is great any time/ Injoy
steve
Born to fish forced to work
knothome
yer steve
yer steve will take up more booze and sit on the beach.
cheers dennis
rickets
yeah man, dunno if i said it
yeah man, dunno if i said it earlier, my old man has a house up there which is supposed to be his holiday house but he lives there more than down here in perth more often than not now so yeah... I was making plans to go up mid late november but decided against it for now because its rushed and it isnt an awesome time for the year... due to the winds...
But ive been up there before at this time and its ok.. id say more surface fish yeah... definitly out from monkey mia and yeah, if you see a good day, definitly head out as early as you can and take the opportunity! Otherwise, yeah, beer it up on the beach and enjoy everything else.....
If you have a 4x4, head into the national park and hit up some of the estuary systems they have. Nothing diverse but you still find fish in them and the drive is fun.
If you get the itch so bad you want to stretch ya arms out... get some big hooks, big tackle and chuck a big bait on the end and walk north of denham along the beach for about 30 mins and cast out and wait for a tiger or anything else sharky lol
knothome
4x4
yer we have a 4x4,had a look out the big lagoon and a few other places last time up but didnt fish there,but will have a go this time.
rickets tell your old man to look out for the yellow boat and say hi and have a beer,well be staying in fry court.
cheers dennis
rickets
ah, hes an old codger, he'll
ah, hes an old codger, he'll drain you with war stories and excuses as to why he doesnt take the boat out past the last pileon in the channel at denham. LOL
But yeah, Ive fished the big lagoon, got some nice bream in there funny enough... lol
I was pretty dumbass when it comes to fishing last time I was there though... however, I caught a nice pinkie off the jetty when it was blowing a gale and these 2 other dudes were squidding hahaha
Was stoked :D
thebear
Do a day trip to the point
Do a day trip to the point (Steep). But leave early. Its 3hrs each way aprox.
On your way back from the point stop in at the causeway fish sea side and berley up and BAM some of the biggest yellowfin bream youll ever see. among other things big and fishy.
Bring extra fuel just in case.
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IF IT BLEEDS,.........WE CAN KILL IT.
rickets
the causeway? where abouts
the causeway? where abouts is that? is that where the headland that denham is on sorta is at it's thinnest? And I gather seaside is western side?
knothome
what if
what if its windy?wouldnt you get blowen away at steep point.
i havnt been to steep piont for 25years can you still fish at the causeway.
cheers dennis
rickets
where is this causeway?
where is this causeway?
thebear
Rickets Sorry Mate for being
Rickets Sorry Mate for being ignorant,
The causeway is on the way to the point.
AKA Cloughs Bar, Its where the salt company use tidal flood gates to trap water and evaporation intesifies the salt.
The good thing is that it traps fish and they cant get out and they get bigger and bigger and are in plentiful supply. I dont think that your allowed to fish them but since when doenst a kid pinch a lolly at a lolly shop.
go to the useless loop turn off and ya cant go wrong long drive but.
Cheers
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IF IT BLEEDS,.........WE CAN KILL IT.
knothome
salt works
the salt works has a cauesway over there ponds,useless loop i think it was called.
cheers dennis
knothome
3 weeks
3 weeks and a break fishing or drinking for 10 days.
anybody else heading up there for xmas?
cheers dennis
Jody
Mother in law staying for
Mother in law staying for Christmas. 2 weeks.
Going to have to get out on plenty of day trips. I'll go mad.
I do whatever the little voices tell me to do
rickets
Hmm, i was gonna head up
Hmm, i was gonna head up there Dennis, for xmas new years, just for a break...
but turns out, we need cashflow badly and dont have enough savings to last us through the break in the construction industry (when i was going to go) so now im stuck working fulltime in the tackleshop all holidays until the consturction industry opens up hahah
damnit! I so wanted to go up.
knothome
not counting
not counting but 10 days to go
and hopefully get some good weather up there.
cheers dennis
sherbert
Good luck dennis
Dont forget to take some photos
steve
Born to fish forced to work