fISHING

Hi Ellen
We are leaving from Melbourne traveling to Francois Peron N/P for about ten days.Then onto eight mile two weeks so any info about fishing these areas would be appreciated.

HI Spike,

I will assume that you are travelling with a boat. Here are some of our fav spots.

We caught quite a few squid of the jetties at Denham at night under the lights. Watch out for tourists. Once they spotted us catch one, they came from everywhere and there wasn't room to flick the squid jig. We then moved from the public jetty to the one with the fishing boats tied to it. Tourist couldn't see us from there. I did aim some good squid ink shots at those in my way LOL

Further north you will come to a place called Cossack. It is about 17 km from
Roebourne. This is worth a stay. There is no camping there, but the backpackers is cheap. It is a heritage town with about 7 old buildings built in the late 1890's.Built on the banks of the Harding River. Fantastic crabing and fishing.
Crabs. - At very low tides you can walk along the banks and pick them up. Have to go at day break before the sun is on them. Run pots on any of the drains and you should get a crab most days. On the really high tides you may see them swimming on the sand flats on the north of the river mouth. Watch our for the big rock on the northern side of the channel about in line with the old graveyard.
Barra. - You will need live mullet. (Bloody hard to find) We always caught them on VERY low tides. When you head up the river from the boat ramp there is a island in the middle. Take the channel to the right.About 2/3 of the way up anchor on the edge of the channel and float the live mullet about 1/2 off the bottom in the very fast current. We generally used two anchors to sit sideways so we could both fish. They are very clever fish, but once you get the hang of their very soft bits you'll be set.
Bream. We never went out in the boat and didnt catch a feed of bream if thats what we were fishing for. Look for any deep hole and use prawns for bait. There is a hole at the end of the island.
Reef fish. at the mouth of the river is Jarman Island. There is a little bit or reef on the sea side. If the weather is flat it is no problem to get to in a little boat. Ours was 11 ft and i was pregnant and we could get there. caught Blue bone and a few other good eating reef fish there.

Besides the fishing it is a lovely place to visit, lots to see and do. But the sandflies are in plague numbers so take lots of spray.

Gunna go watch the Bill now. I'll tell ya 'bout some more at a later time

Ellen

ROFLMAO,

That's funny Rus and oh so relevant.
Kind of like the fishing reports in the Sunday Mail. Always heaps of fish caught the weekend before you went to the same place and more the weekend after you have been:-(