Geographe bay - Fishing late december
Submitted by boyscout on Thu, 2009-12-10 06:43
i need some help I am new to fishing but heading down to geographe bay for a week. I would love some tips on how to catch some nice fish and maybe some hints on good locations.
any help with be greatly appreciated
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Seaquest
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Do you have a boat or are
Do you have a boat or are you land based?
Just1morecast
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some help too
Hi guys, im new to this site and would love to give a crack off canal rocks with my boat this weekend some help would be great too. Ive seen some of the cracking fish youve got seaquest. Great work mate! Anyway i was thinking of doing some jigging for the sambos round the yallingup side has anyone done this before?. I know the area well from surfing the whole duns margs region. Any help from anyone would be awesome!
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Seaquest
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Gday mate, Most of the
Gday mate,
Most of the sambos I have caught have been on dhuy grounds in the 40's. Would love to to find a spot to jig for sambos without taking the risk of catching other demersals. Especially this time of the year.
Be careful launching at Canal Rocks can be a nightmare at times. I know of a mate that broke his arm trying to retrieve his boat and another guy who sunk his car. Avoid any swell or northerly winds. I perfer to launch from Quindalup and drive the boat around. Doesnt really take any longer and usually is flat as in a sea breeze.
Spots to try would be the main areas, Yallingup lumps, coral lumps and south west bank(west of naturalist reef) all can be found on a chart.
Cheers
Brendan
boyscout
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It will be land based. And
It will be land based. And if we can hire a dinghy just off the shore line i'd say... Keen to really get out there and catch some new fish. I have only been successful in catching butter fish, herring, small tailor and cobbler.
Thanks
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Seaquest
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Being casting SP's of the
Being casting SP's of the beach in between Dunsborough and the Quindalup boat ramp and getting plenty of whiting and herring. Also seen a couple schools of tailor come past but havent manage to hook one yet.
Mate has caught a few small salmon around fish rock.
Also heard the Busselton jetty has been good for skippy, squid and crabs.
Just1morecast
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cheers brendon, yeah another
cheers brendon, yeah another mate has mentioned launching from the dunsborough side and drive around. When you head out there what is the swell size etc? this weekend its saying 1.3m. How bg is your boat? mines actually a seaqueast too. So with your sambos youve been burleying up and using bait?
Boyscout, if you can get a dinghy youd do pretty good on the dunsborough side for the usual herring and big sand whiting, i did well about 3 weeks ago there. But if you can carry ur dinghy onto the beach id definitley recommend off smiths beach go out 200m and youll be some descent fish. Still a few salmon hanging around. If it landbased then try spots like wyadup rocks(make sure the swell is super small 1m max!) If you know how to slide bait then throw out a big rod with a live herring and sambos are around. Just burley up and get the herring going and most times youd get the tailor and skippy around. If you wanna drive further south try places like contos beach or even gas bay its a popular surf spot but when the swells down its pretty good.
goodluck
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eddie
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I'm likely heading that way
I'm likely heading that way in early January as well. Last year, off Canal Rocks we saw alot of schools surface feeding, and saw huge schools of baitfish, but couldn't draw a bite.
Seaquest, do you know what those would have been? any ideas on fishing for these feeding fish? thanks for all your good tips you've already shared mate!
Seaquest
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Seems half of the FW members
Seems half of the FW members will be down this way over the holidays. Will have to try an organise some sort of comp and drinks afterwards.
Eddie the schools are tiny bait fish getting monstered by tuna. I caught a few small tuna on SP's and small halco twisters last year but the schools spook really easily. Can spend a lot of time on these with little results. Just try and "match the hatch" as best you can. Heard rumors of large YFT beening caught in the same area. Will be doing a lot of trolling this year in the hope of catching one of these monsters.
Just1morecast I have a 7.5m seaquest. The swell this weekend looks to be just over 1m which wont trouble you. I always look at the swell off margret river in seabreeze and if its less than 2m you are usually right given you haven't got strong winds. The sambos I have caught are bycatch from dhuy fishing. I mainly use full fresh squid and full herring for bait. Butterflied full herring works a treat on anything down here.
damo6230
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plenty of sambos off the cape.
there has been some posts from our autunm/winter trips. just search them (under cape jigging 1&2).
mostly avoid canal rocks unless very good weather as Brendan says.
mostly use either quindalup or gracetown if further south.
I only have a 4.6 centre console and like everyhting off the cape its weather dependant but still pull heaps of sambos.
there is plenty of ground of the SW corner and heading towards/off sugar loaf.
we get most of ours in the 20-40m depth but the scholls tend to move.
but we have had schools of 40+ fish at the back of the boat and jig like mad
no problem jigging and just move around.
beware of the YTK as they hang off the cape and pull harder.
mostly use PE2-3 gear and no problem
definitely looking at organising a social comp and jigging expo's with a few boats
happy to be a deckie to show you around
good luck
Just1morecast
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Cheers damo awesome help! I
Cheers damo awesome help! I have a 4.7m seaquest but id say 5m and its a big deep boat so if you have a centre console it should survive it. Well i think i will most def launch at quindalup then and drive around. You say theres alot of sambos around huh, what should i look for? grounds etc. I have about 10 jis all up ranging from 60-400grams. I have two rods that ive been jigging with both just bottom outfits with 100lb braid and 200lb mono leader. Hopefully hould handle something of descent size. Ive never taken the boat out that way so driving round te cape, do you hug the coast or drive out a bit? Drift or do you anchor and burley up?
I have te boat full this time but def would like a hand next time. Bit hard doing most the work when its just m gf and i bit hard positioning the boat and having to ditch the anchor out.
Cheers for the help too
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damo6230
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cape sambos
Quindalup ramp does get busy so arrive early. be careful of the ramp as it does get boggy and can be shallow depending on the tide.
just head straight out for the cape and its roughly 17km to the point, but no real need to go wide unless something forces you. however once you get to the cape watch the swell as there is shallow ground so waves break. no problem and just go slow and watch. wrights bank is to be avoided and it sits about 2-3km NW off the cape. never anchor here as the swell breaks water here. if you have a chartplotter then no problem and watch for whales when in season.
your boat size is no issue but its the confidence of the skipper.......if not sure or confident then there is always other options. the cape does have its own weather pattern so just be conscious of this, but least the cape offers protection either side.
dont ever anchor for jigging, just use the motor to hover or sea anchor. get the wind right and drift over the lumps. there are plenty of lumps out there and the best thing about jigging off the cape is that the good ground close by, so one just has to move around.
jig weight depends on the conditions. we use anything from 60g to max 150g for depths up to 45m. never been out further as the good ground is close and out of the wind; and never had the need yet. we have dedicated jigging gear but sambos generally like fast jigs and anything from say 60mm to 150mm. the good old cheap R2S searocks have pulled good fish and even the good old spaniards retrofitted. but i do like $30 jigs
(I'l blame Hlokk for that).
welcome to PM for further details and if you give me some time i might lend you some GPS coords (got to get them of the chartplotter) and as soon as the weather allows we will head out jigging again so could show you around.
never hurts to fill out your members profile so we can aligh our answers to your fishing methods
cheers
Just1morecast
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wow there is alot to
wow there is alot to remember and good to get info from someone that knows the area offshore. I know the area well inshore from being a surfer but offshore and it being the cape is always going to be a different story. When ive been jigging ive always used the drifty. Do you berley at all or just drop ur jigs? Do you also only drop ur jig when u see fish on the sounder? I dont have a chartplotter yet just a handhelp gps my dad gave to me, im saving for a proper chartplotter atm. Weather looks pretty good for this weekend but what do you think? Seabreeze says ene 8knots and a 1.4m swell
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damo6230
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no I dont berley
when jigging but not to say others dont. I tend to move around over ground and move from saved gps marks taking time to search and find new ones; all the while searching for fish on the sounder. I hover over the ground and go slow or use my side imaging on my sounder. if no sign of fish then i tend not to drop a jig. however if you see some skippy or baitfish on the sounder then sure enough the sambos will turn up. there is plenty of ground off the cape and not out far....jigging is hard work doing it all day so save your energy and drop on fish. cause when you hit the sambos your arms will be hurting..ha ha
have hook a myriad of fish species when out jigging.
anchoring and berleying does work but you spend more time in one spot and hence why i like to move around as the sambos do themselves. spend time searching means finding more ground.
seabreeze does look good but use all the available weather sites and get an average. As brendan has said i look at busso and margies, but more weight on margies as this is more representative of the cape. and if its to rough on the southside then come back around. likewise if the weather drops off you are not far away to head around again.
Just1morecast
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ok mate sounds great, il
ok mate sounds great, il keep checking the weather and hopefully head out. All ur advice has helped and hopefuly i can finally get at least one fish of any sort on a jig and il be happy haha
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eddie
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Thanks for all the great
Thanks for all the great info Damo! If we make it down in a few weeks, i'll contact you. If nothing else we can get together for a drink, but would be good if we could wet a line together as well.
damo6230
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No worries Eddie
I dropped you a PM.
always welcome and that invite is for any member. It what the sites about...getting out fishing.
Hopefully see you this end of town.
barneyboy
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Be getting down around that way soon!!
we could meet up on a chosen day and maybee get a fw thing going!!?
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
Mainey
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Fishing terminology ?
Guys,
what is "YTK" ??
Maîneÿ . . .Mainey
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YTK
Till,
thanks for that
( Yes, I will get the position correct shortly )
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