queensland Kayaking Offshore Sunday 24th

[James W]

yer for sure lee...even a arvo during the week sometime?(not sure bout this week)

[pcsolutionman]

yeh man, I am home a lot of the time atm, so yeh mid week suits even if its just a couple of hours

Lee

[pcsolutionman]

ok guys conditions look to be on the improove:woohoo: :woohoo:

seas down under 1.5M and wind minimal, conditions only getting better throughout the day B)

[img size=499]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb161/pcsolutionman/weather1.jpg

[ellicat]

This looks like a fun launch spot:blink: :woohoo:

http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=3205&cateId=26&title=France:%20February%202008&display=0

[pcsolutionman]

ellicat wrote:

This looks like a fun launch spot:blink: :woohoo:

http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=3205&cateId=26&title=France:%20February%202008&display=0

Elli I say BRING IT ON :dry: :unsure:

Lee

[ellicat]

How good does that look ?!?!

(sorry for the quick hijack)

[Ash]

24th, damn! On another day if you guys do it a gain i'll head with ya's. Admitly in the boat, i can be the tow team if anyone gets in trouble. Unforutently ill most likely be too hung over to meet up with you guys this sunday!

hopefully you'll guys do it again, then i'll make sure that date is free!

Good luck!

[Terry H]

Ellicat: holy crap that looks awesome. I so wish I was there! That wave is perfect

Lee: how big do you think the waves (breaking) will be? I never understood the whole "Waves" on seabreeze

Does seabreeze show Swell or wave breaking size?

[pcsolutionman]

swell as far as I know, shouldnt be more than.8m max

Ash we certainly will be doing it again so dont worry plenty of opportunities in the near future

Lee

[benno573]

ellicat wrote:

This looks like a fun launch spot:blink: :woohoo:

http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=3205&cateId=26&title=France:%20February%202008&display=0

bugger the yak, get the jetski and a tow rope and put the straps on ya surfboard. :woohoo: that is absolutely sick surf. :woohoo: :silly:

[Terry H]

I dont think I"ll be putting out a shark bait this time around. I might though, not sure. It would mean a few extra tihngs being brought, like things to remove the hook, or cut the trace as necessary.

[nodds]

Go on Terry you know you want to :woohoo:

Plus the weather is looking real good for it. If you start getting towed too far we will just hook a Hobie to you and drag you back

[Terry H]

Lol. I was hoping a hobie would be near by for support, and photography anyway:P I'm sure if any of us hook up to something significant we'll all be following them around:P

[Terry H]

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/qld1.asp

Its looking better and better!

[fishyman]

i spose its a first thing in the morning launch yeah?

[Bommie]

what time are we meeting and is it the carpark on the southern side of the creek (watson st.)

Matt.

[Terry H]

I read on AKFF 6am. (Lee posted the going fishing notice on AKFF too.

[pcsolutionman]

yeh a 6am launch, from the car park at the southern end at the entrance to the lake

Lee

[Terry H]

we launching from in the lake? I'd imagine there would be a bit of water in that lake running out into the ocean there. It might even provide a bit of a rip with reduced waves to launch in:P

[pcsolutionman]

lol, maybe I think we will play it by ear, sometimes the entrance there is only a foot deep so can therefore be very rough we will have to wait and see i guess

Lee

[Terry H]

Lol yeah, doesn't look to be deep on google earth.

I'll probably just carry the yak out onto the beach and launch straight out.

[pcsolutionman]

yeh bring yah trolley, probly best to rig the whole thing up and wheel down to the beach, this will save multiple trips back to the cars

Lee

[Terry H]

How much crap do you think I can take in the hull?

Haha, na it can handle it all... Might be a tight squeeze though, sounds like I'm bringing a lot of stuff

[pcsolutionman]

you can always take the trolley back to the car ill probly do that

Lee

[Terry H]

Almost defeats the purposes of loading the yak up then:P

[pcsolutionman]

not if yah have to take 3 trips to bring all the gear, plus dont u want the front of the hull free for that big spaniard???

Lee

[Terry H]

Na I'll strap that spaniard down in the back section.

Edit: what am I saying

It'll all fit in the prowlers hull. Lol

[Terry H]

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/qld1.asp

Winds look to be the worst (15 knots) when we launch, dying off to roughly 5 knots by the arvo

[Bommie]

went and cast up a heap of poddies for sunday. also got 5 boney bream at about 30cm each if you want them for shark bait Terry

[Terry H]

Thanks Bommie. Still not 100% sure, I'll have a think about it tonight/tomoz

The weather forecast is holding steady - plenty of red arrows on seabreeze after 12pm! Which is good news for us (unless you've inverted the colours on the graph).

Waves are holding steady at 1.4-1.5 throughout the day. Might take a bodyboard? haha

[Alex]

Hey Guys,

Having fished these spots a few times myself I can offer some advice if I may. I am not looking to hijack the plan but you may find this useful.

The walk from the carpark to the mouth of the river is a major pain in the ass, over soft sand, so trolleys can be difficult to use.

A closer and easier launch site down a concrete access is on

Oceanic drive opposite Tallawa pl on map 90 k12 in refdex.

This site is also about 1.5 km closer to Raper shoal. I don't know what the beach will be like at the moment with all the erosion.

I have found that seabreeze CAN (not always) be downright inaccurate with forcasts for this spot so i would not rely solely on their report as a decision to go or not, so when I have been I have taken extra rods and a back up plan. Just rock up and have a look, a mate of mine that lives near there told me this morning there was little in the way of surf. The surf launch there will be almost the same as curramundi.

Hope this is helpful

Have a good one

Kind Regards

Alex

[pcsolutionman]

thanks alex, Ill have a look at that recommended launch spot for sure, but how can it be 1.5ks closer to raper shoal? its is almost exactly due east of about 200m north of the lake

Lee

[Alex]

Last time I went there we launched fron the Oceanic drive site and we seemed to paddle directly out to the reef, where the time before when we launched at curramundi lake mouth, and the paddle north certainly looked and seemed that far to paddle, I haven't measured it on Google earth, sorry, maybe a bit of a slight over statement:blush:

Best sucess I had was anchoring up with fish on the sounder and setting up a burly trail with 'Big Johns burley pellets' from Big W for about $7 a 2kg bag and a few pillies.

Had a great time on school mackeral

Alex

Just measured it on 'earth' and I was fishing the very northern part of the reef which is 600m form Oceanic drive and 1.5 form curramundi. But you are right in what you say, I just had more northerly marks.

But either way I hope you have a good one

Good luck

Alex

[Bommie]

i've got the burley pellets covered(20L bucket full)

[pcsolutionman]

ok Guys Nodds is going to go check out the 2 launch options tomorrow for us :) he is even going to take some pics, thanks a lot mate

Lee

[Terry H]

The forecast for tomorrow (wave size wise) is fairly similar to whats forecasted for Sunday.

Looks like we'll be launching in about 1.4m waves, reentry will be 1.8m waves.

I'm definitely taking the bodyboard up, to see if I can sneak a quick bit of wave action in after the fishing.

In other news;

Garmin 300C ARRIVED TODAY! Wooooooooot. So for the next fishing trip I should have a sounder and GPS!

[pcsolutionman]

sounds great mate- you will love having the sounder and gps. Looks like im going to need a new sounder :( Im looking at the hummingbird 777c (colour 5" screen with 640x480 res)

Lee

[Terry H]

Bummer about the sounder. Does any other yak going have a sounder? I'm not installing mine until probably Wednesday at the earliest.

Alex: are you able to say how deep the water is around there?

[pcsolutionman]

Looks like ashley (polylureosis) from akff is most likely coming he has a sounder

Lrr

[Terry H]

Sweet.

I'd like to fish out there with a sounder. Would hate to fish in the wrong spot haha