Only been there once
Good but narrow boat ramp
Less than an hour away
Category Archives: TIDES – On The Water
Corroboree Billabong Location
Love it or hate it
It is gorgeous!
It isn’t tidal
Only 90 minutes away
But the fishing is… very difficult
Houseboating there is something everyone should do. But fishing is pretty tough going.
Note only plastics allowed.
Adelaide / Salty Arm Boat Ramp
Get to the mouth of the Adelaide from here.
Need about 3m to get out of the creek, but the ramp is useful even lower than that.
About 100 minutes travel time, depending on how bad the corrugation is.
Darwin Harbour Disappointment
Disappointment in the harbour! I guess you have some of these days on the water.
First: Second cast of the day I hooked a trevally, my totally lax drag fooled me into thinking it might have been edible.
Second: Soon afterwards Mud hooked a barra, hard to say size 50-60 so could have been table fish, to have it spit the hook at the boat
Third: Later in the day I saw something swirling up near a drain, soon enough I hook a barra 65-70 so a nice fish, he charged towards the boat, jumped at the boat, I kept a tight line, but about a second after getting back underwater he spat the hook.
Fourth: In desperation I headed over to where I got the fish in December to find there were zero drains… my only guess it was affected by rainwater last time, but I thought I had a secret spot but now I realise I’ve got nothing.
Got:
Me: Small Trevelly and smaller cod
Mud: Nothing
Story of the trip:
Probably losing that barra, but let’s be positive, zero boat problems, not much chop, no rain, mild day temperature wise, also launched from dinah beach so zero travel time.
Boat problems:
Nothing! Even better I realised that I am an idiot who wasn’t switching my batteries over last time, so the problems that I thought I had were incorrect.
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Lost in the photobucket episode of 2017
Adelaide Bridge in 2015
First trip since the break and it was pretty uneventful. The original plan was going to be Bynoe but given the winds and my reluctance to drive such a distance when a storm could roll through, we went to the Adelaide Mouth. Only got one hit for zero fish. Stopped by the famous Kai and Goat Island. Good to get out om the water but a very quiet day.
Got:
Me, Mud, Mud’s daughter – nothing
Story of the trip:
Not much to report really, didn’t get rained on which is always a bonus at this time of year. The water was very dirty and we only found a few good colour changes, but it didn’t produce anything.
Boat problems:
My boat is shorting out if it gets swapped to battery 2. Things were okay as I could just run it off the main one, but really annoying, this is a brand new battery, also my first ‘boat problem’ that has repeated itself, i.e. the rest I could think ‘well who knows when the last time X was looked at’ but this time I know… brand new, July
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