Bass13 10 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I'm planning a 4wd trip to W.A. next year :woohoo: . I'm going to places like Steep Point, Reef Beach,Quobba Point, Exmouth, Bunbury,Cape le Grand and Carnarvan. I no that these place hold talior, sailfish, snapper, mullies,blue bone,macks and other big game fish. :evil: These are some of the most hard core costlines in the world ranging from 200 meter cliffs to King waves that can kill, most area's are extremely isolated. They have sites to book/invintory you need but I was wanting some first hand advice. Has anyone traveled over to WA and fished some of these area's?What are the must see over there for fishing?I'm going up the WA coast for 8 month plus so I'm planning a year in advance so I don't miss a beat. Any tips would be greatly appricated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james1396235464 0 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Hey,I Got to check out steep point, quobba, carnarvon and wagoe last summer. Unfortunately the weather was really average tho so didn't get to do much fishing. Steep point looked really good, people were getting macks and cobia from December onward and I heard autumn is the best time there. I went with a mate who towed the boat all the way there only to have 30 knot winds prevent us from getting out (spewing). Got to eat a bluebone tho, those things are delicious make sure you try one.Quobba was amazing and I got to chuck a few lures off the rocks but only for a day before the road was flooded again. Even so I hooked and lost a mackeral and saw other macks and tuna so that was pretty cool. Fished carnarvon for a few hours before we had to leave and got absolutely monstered by something that took me straight under the jetty, broke 150 pound trace. Would love to fish that area again.We were planning to head to Exmouth but the roads were closed due to all the water up there so we spent a bit of time at Wagoe. Wagoe was pretty cool, we saw tuna and macks jumping off the rocks each morning, so make sure you take a reel with lots of line because my reel didn't have enough to reach em lol.If I were to do it again i'd probably start the trip in march or April due to the better weather although last year was a freak year weather wise. Also, after speaking to a lot of people Exmouth sounds really good, I was pretty dissapointed that we couldn't get there.James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james1396235464 0 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Here are a few photos. The first is the water off the one mile jetty when I got busted off (the gascoyne river was running hard). The bottom two are of a storm that prevented us getting back to Quobba. Since there was so much moisture around a storm developed every afternoon and the water just kept piling up but apparantely they don't usually have a wet season. Bass13 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuckemback 0 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Far out that water is muddy for saltwater or am i wrong? good pics m8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bass13 10 Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Nice Pics. I've been told that these place are some of the best landbased fishing spots in the world. I can't .wait till next year and I'm on the road to see the west. I'm a member of fishwreaked.com witch is like strikehook for people in WA and they have been very helpfull. If your heading west check it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james1396235464 0 Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 @chuckemback. That pic is of the ocean. The one mile jetty is in front of the gascoyne river mouth and the river was really flowing. It was that colour brown as far as I could see in all directions!@Bass13. You should have a blast, there is definately some awesome country over there. Are you going to try helium balooning? I gave it a crack, had a couple of really good surface strikes but no hook ups unfortunately. It was really exciting way to fish tho can't wait to give it another crack sometime Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bass13 10 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 What differs for normal ballooning to Helium ballooning, does the balloon sit out of the water? Or does the Helium make it more buoyant? This has been in the making for sometime this trip , just saving for a new 4wd and 4wd trailer. Cheers for your help Jim :cheer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samboman 319 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 What differs for normal ballooning to Helium ballooning' date=' does the balloon sit out of the water? Or does the Helium make it more buoyant? This has been in the making for sometime this trip , just saving for a new 4wd and 4wd trailer. Cheers for your help Jim :cheer:[/quote']The helium balloon floats above the water, with a long trace and your bait skips across the surface, awesome way to get BIG spanish macks Sambo Bass13 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samboman 319 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 The only vid i could find.... and this one http://youtu.be/ZSx-4VWH5EgSambo Bass13 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bass13 10 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Cheers, That seems logical and a lot of fun at the same time. How do you get helium canisters and where from? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bass13 10 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Heillum Ballooning OH YEAH. That some cool :c . I'm going to learn how to do that. Thanks for that samboman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moggy23 625 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 The guys we stay with in Perth, get up to Steep Point every year religiously in February.They have caught the following up thereSpanish Mackerel, meter plus tailor, Schooling & Shark Mack. Sweetlips, Groper,Longtoms, Bluefin & Stripe Tuna and a Sailfish.Heres a link to the Sailfish they hooked up, Gavin has the 650 Alvey reel on 12' Jarvis Walker rod with the aid of John in the other straw hat.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Vokjv1A_c&feature=shareGav with a Spanish Mack I can PM John's Ph no. if you like Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james1396235464 0 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Awesome video! The helium is expensive, you can get it from party stores and the like in small bottles and if you have an account with boc you can get a large canister of it which is a bit cheaper. You will have to buy extra large ballons (90cm diameter) to do it properly and they are not cheap either. One tip is not to be stingy with the amount of gas you put in the balloon because it is expensive. If you don't have enough lift to carry your bait out then you will not get the skipping action your after and it will be a waste of time, you can always add more weight if there is too much lift.James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cooki 0 Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi bass13, pm me for more info about W A, i have towed my boat over a few times up until 10 years ago, fished ningaloo , exmouth,carnarvon, dampier,. Still makes my hair stand on end when i think of the healthy amazing food chain over there, cheers cooki Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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