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Least the council can keep an eye on their new caravan toilet dump site

Well, sitting back having a beer now. Pooped!Went down to 15psi, 4Hloc and hoofed along in 2 gear sitting on 40, revving about 2300.Very smooth, nice trip with the windows down. Mucked around inside.the mouth and.flicked.a 5" minnow. Didn't catch anything hahaHad a swim with the.kids and built a sand castle. Loads of fun.The biggest danger is the occasional idiot. Oh and a patrol was stuck near the.entrance. I think they must ve stopped or stalled... Bit silly really. Cheers for the advice, much appreciated

The worst part is the first 50m from the carpark to the beach, from then on it's all smooth sailing..........in fact you'll find it to be a highway with just as much traffic.Regardless of what anyone chooses to tell you, reduce your tyre pressures when driving on the sand, if nothing else to prevent chewing it up for others.Remember you're speed restricted, coz the beach is classed as a road, so keep it down to 45kph and keep an eye out for kids.If/when the sand gets soft, keep the momentum going, and keep your wheels straight.DO NOT use low range....it's a mistake many make. Stick it into 4WD high range, and away you go.Driving in the damp sand will be much easier than driving up in the dry, but remember to park high in the dry sand, coz you dont wanna get caught by the incoming tide.Be wary of the current if you go wading in at the mouth, it's more dangerous than it looks.Is this the time I should tell you about the mully fisherman wading in the mouth? The one standing in waist deep water who tied his first mully to his belt as he continued fishing? The same one who felt a tug, then looked down to see he now only had half a mully tied to his belt?

Hey Jack. I've done the Salisbury to the mouth trips a thousand times (fisho talk, probably around 50 times) both for mouth fishing and also to take the kids to play and spend a day out. As said, the entrance is very soft at the moment, lock in the 4x4 and keep momentum. I usually go close to the mouth, before it splits and has a warning sign about the soft sand, set a up a gazebo, throw out a couple witches hats as a border/limit for the kids and to alert any traffic, and the kids have a ball building castles and collecting shells. It's a pretty easy trek, the last stretch can be very soft, i always drop my tyres down to 15psi as if i have the kids with me, the last thing i want is to be stuck. I have a high volume air pump here if you want to borrow it mate, no worries. I always take it with me but end up taking it easy once back on the bitumen and fill them up at the servo, only a 5 minute drive. Entrance to mouth is 10km in total, theres a loo at the entrance, i take a portable one too (which your welcome to borrow) as the girls always gotta go when the fish start biting!!

Just got back from there,the sand on the entrance lane is getting softer from all the traffic.Watch out for high tide as you get closer to the goolwa ramp entrance where you can get stranded.

You know that there is a checkpoint on the way ,what there doing is checking for web toad northerners trying to sneak down south without being properly disinfected ,youll see it big flashing lights they check all cars so you wont be able to bluff your way round it ,in all seriosness jack watch the roads and your speed especially round mt compasss have a safe trip and a great weekend mate.

Right then! Once again leaving the majestic beauty of Adelaides mighty port river... And goin to a more feral part of the world....THATS RIGHT... Heading to the deep south.Surprisingly, I have never driven from goolwa beach to the mouth :ohmy:I've heard that every single strikehook member has done this no less than 3 dozen times, so hopefully someone might be kind enough to give me the hot tip ;)I want to take the kids too, so am keen to know re safety. I figure the ocean side should be good for cockles and that (w kids, like goolwa itself). Do youse reckon there's a big long long friendly strip that iS sugars like? That would be lovely... Somewhere between goolwa and the actual mouth, to sit back, build sand castles, eat jellybeans and catch lure hungry schoolies :)And whats the drive/track/sand like?...or is this weekend going to see the place shoulder to shoulder with two headed web toed banjo playing southern folk? :PMany happy cheers for the birth of this long HOT weekend :)

Snapper fishing is already too easy, find a spot drop a burley pot, drop your bait and wait for rod to bend,,, if nothing happens repeat process at a different spot I only charge $400 for that info but for this one time only offer it's free

Here is my catch from yesterday!! Pretty good aye!! Got the same on the last outing too. So if you need some tips so you too can catch these, yell out, i'm more than happy to help.

a few of the bream caught this arvo before we cleaned out the well and started over and bagged another 40 and a few more high 30's cheers brenton

Looks like a motor leg cradle Shane.Good on u for taking the time

here's the part that was meant to be put up earlier.cheers

I"d be booking a one way ticket to the royal adelaide or lyell mac with every 250 grm pack . :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:

You can get it out in the boat.You know how it goes. Roe, Roe, Roe your Boat.Hahahhah TT

it looks more like my air guitar.

looks like a very important part.... empty no pics mate

To beat my pb 55 cm KG. Not holding my breath tho !Hopefully get back into a few decent sized Reds; last season most of my legals were only just over, and even then they came from a gazillion small ones

Catch my first mully, first snapper and hopefully first cod. Will mostly be targeting callop and redfin in the river hopefully catch one on lure

The boat ramps a good start I do start there mate, as the pic proves!!!

I am planning on trying to catch my first Snapper, so that's what I'll be targetting. Well, along with the Mullies that is

Having just bought my first tinnie, a creek mully for me. Having always had larger boats it's usually launch and straight out to sea. I'm going to concentrate on our creek systems this year. I have caught a lot of land based mullys over the years, but never a legal one from the boat. I wouldn't shy away from any tips on where to start either....JACK!!! :whistle:

a few 5 wicket hauls, my second century and maybe a premiership .... now to fishing, my first snapper, my first mully in the boat, beat my pb 21lb, kingies, bream, yellowfin, but mainly snapps and mullies

When the sea lice come out to play, I just pack up and go home, as I've found the fishing is generally pretty crappy when the lice are around.

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