Coral Bay Snakes
Just returned from Coral Bay over the weekend and could not believe the plague of snakes up there. We arrived good friday, unhitched the boat and had a snake slide under the boat coming out from under our cabin at the Bayview c/van park. When I raised this there had been 35 sightings in the previous week, mine made 36 with many more over the next 2 weeks including the pool area and kids playground. What has amazed me is that there was not one warning from the park management, surely they don't put profit ahead of customer safety. I would have been motified if I was satying in a tent or had my kids running around the park.
That said fishing was fair, plenty of Cobia up there, sharks where unbelievable at one point counted over 20 under the boat on the first day out, 60 mteres of water. The following day a 5 meter tiger circling the boat sorry no photos.
Near miss on the trip back witha Kyak flying off the roof of a car passing us, lots of traffic on the road Saturday start of school holidays, not one copper seen on the road from there to Perth........... Going up 1 radar at Dongara, so much for police presence on the roads.
Tom M
meglodon
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The tuna that didn't make it!
What can you say..it would have been a nice tuna too looking at the size of the bit you got to the boat..
Humpback
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snakes
Nice cray bait there !!!!!!!
Going up in June wont tell the wife about snakes she has issues with snakes . Hopefully snakes and sharks gone by then. did you manage a few Reds Tom ??
Tom M
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No reds this trip, many
No reds this trip, many boats struggled, but there was the odd one coming in from the 70 meter mark, we tried a few spots but each time we hooked what seemed to be a good fish, sharks got it. Good luck in June.
As for snakes, just need to lower your eye sught a bit when walking around, one holiday maker had one go over his arm while laying on the beach.
Tom M
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What would be the most common type of snake up there
I don't think you would hang around to identify it as it went over your arm, but just wondering would they the poor old python type or some of the nasties.
GGs
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North west snakes
Up that way you would get alot of your desert dwelling snakes.
The most dangerous being the mulga (king brown), gwardar (western brown) and desert death adders but i doubt you would see many of these in well populated areas as they mainly feed on small marsupials or other snakes in the case of king browns.
There are also many python species up there which your more likely to find around campsites because of the likelyhood of mice.
Others around campsites up there may include whip snakes and other such small snakes but while they're venomous they pose very little threat to people when bitten.
Subaquatic
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I feel ya.
dumper
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Damn!!!!!
Damn!!!!!
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Bloody hell !! That's a big
Bloody hell !! That's a big bite radius !!
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On 15kg too!, pity it was
On 15kg too!, pity it was disqualified.....
(Hijack complete)
Tom M
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I was told that they are
I was told that they are venomous and they are being attracted by the local mice populations. The guy on the beach realised as it had gone over his outstretched arm.
The snake I observed was a king brown, I used to have to catch this and relocate them in a previous job.
Just be aware all they are not going anywhere in a hurry.
Of interest was a notice at Exmouth I wasa reading new species of Jelly fish in the area to rival the Irukandji.
http://www.exmouth.wa.gov.au/Profiles/exmouth/Assets/ClientData/Jellyfish_media_release_22_March__2016.pdf
Tom M