KNOTS??

[Begginner12 0]

hey guys,not quite sure how strong wind is.Tomorrow im beach fishing down brighton and WIlly Weather said it'll be around 5-7 knots.is that too windy?whats ideal, obviously no wind but whats a reasonable area and whats TOO windy?thanks, Jack

[snake 1]

i could fart harder than a 5 knot wind[9.2km/h] around 15knots[27.7km/h] and more is when it starts getting shitty

[Guest Brent61southoz]

use seabreeze and it shows the strength, reds goodyellow yes/nogreen more than likely stay homedepends on direction toobrenthttp://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/sa.asp

[Jack. 10]

My rule for the boat is if it's over 15knots I ain't going!At 15 knots, you will start to see white caps and it gets a bit too uncomfortable.But as Brent says, direction is a big thing. Land based, it will depend on your spot. Example 20 knot southerly might be alright on outer harbour breakwater. Water is chopped up, you cam fish shipping Chanel while protected by the rocks at your back. Similarly, while the average boater (me) won't go OUT, it can still be okay tucked into the port river/angus inlet/barker inlet, if you can fish on lee side. Also, to me 8 knots and under is quite pleasant no matter what you're doing

[plankton 725]

You can change the units on Willy Weather to something your more familiar with, instead of knots you can see the data in kph or even mph.

[thefunkychicken 0]

The weather looks great for tomorrow.I'll be kayakking it for Squid, Whiting ... and Snapper (????)I'll keep my eye out for a bloke on the beach near Brighton.Cheers.

[Damien Dray 0]

iam thinking of taking the boat out to the barges tomorow. 3rd time fishing for snapper from my boat. but still only ever caught 1 off a charter. cant wait

[Rickster 0]

iam thinking of taking the boat out to the barges tomorow. 3rd time fishing for snapper from my boat. but still only ever caught 1 off a charter. cant wait

Good luck mate there's a red out there with your name on it. :woohoo:

[Damien Dray 0]

Thanks rickster i hope you right :cheer:

[Jack. 10]

iam thinking of taking the boat out to the barges tomorow. 3rd time fishing for snapper from my boat. but still only ever caught 1 off a charter. cant wait

I reckon today would be great out there!Earlier the better tomorrow though. The wind will probably start to go crook in the arvo. The weather is a bit wonky at the moment, I'm keeping an eye on it for Saturday, but the synoptic chart is looking a bit weird, troughs and no dominant systems to predict any kind of stability.Like I said though, if you head out early tomorrow, it's looking not bad, and from dawn you could catch the big run out tide. That arvo tide looks a bit piss weak.Good luck christening the boat with a big knobbie :):)Look forward to the pics.

[Damien Dray 0]

cheers Jack. i was hoping to go out today but unfortunally couldnt :pinch: oh well. hopfully tomorrow will be ok too. i want to be on the water by 5.30am ish and that should give me enough time on the water before the whether gets crappy.

[phear 0]

hey mate just be prepared i know of alot of boats hitting up the barges and there is only tiny snapps there, ive fished around alot off osullies in last 2 days and i have not seen much on the sounder and used alot of fuel lol. not trying to put u off mate just giving u a heads up not to get too excited! if you goto the barges ide sound around before anchoring and see if there is actually any fish around.i think that the pros may have hammered it too much before the ban and wiped out alot of fish. jmo!

[Damien Dray 0]

Thanks phear. ill try what you say and sound around first and if there is nothing shouing up i mite have to go to plan "B", after i come up with another spot heheCheers

[Jack. 10]

Good old PLAN B hey? Honestly I have had my most memorable trips when going Plan B to Z lol. You're not a REAL fisherman if ya don't have a PLAN B

[phear 0]

yeah let me know if u find anyfish would be interested to know if you find any that i couldnt lol

[Damien Dray 0]

:laugh: il keep everyone updated if i catch anything. dont know if this is a good rig but iam using a 5/0 circle on the bottom with a 5/0 suicide hook above and a running sinker on the main line. should i down size a bit then work my way up? what are you thoughts?

[phear 0]

that sounds like a good setup to me! i vary from 4/0 - 7/0's and run a combo of paternosta and running!