Fishing Cape york

Gidday

A 3m tinny in croc country! You wouldn’t get me in that boat for all the money in China. LOL

Regards

Kim

Hi Hinchey,

A 3mt tinny is a little small when you concider crocs get get up to 7-8mt (averaging 4-5).

You may be ok but there isnt any 2nd chances if you find one that thinks you look tasty or is just in a bad mood.

Remember you are in their world, they are the top of the food chain.

I've used a 4mt tinny in FNQ but it had deep freeboard. Even then i saw a croc that dwarfed the boat,

Cheers Wilko

If you plan to take your tinny into the fresh-water reaches of the Cape rivers then you should be ok - just remember that there'll be crocs in there with you, and they'll be much longer than your tinny, and weigh about 750 kg more!

In the salt-water, tidal, reaches of the Gulf rivers, some of which will be a kilometer wide, you'd be taking a real risk with the wind, waves and general turbulence/flow even without mentioning the munchies in the water.....

You may not realise just how small a 3m tinny is until you find yourself in some out of the way spot, near the mouth of a large river, and start to wonder about your escape plan if something goes wrong.

At the VERY least, I'd take the 8HP outboard.

George_M