ALDINGA & SELLICKS BEACHES Fishing Etc Updates

[Stealthfisha]

Water flat
wind is topping out at 12kph all day
thinking of heading towards normanville and back
approx 3klm to myponga...3klm to snapper rock...2klm to normanville
total will be around 16klm =give or take...anyone coming with me today has the option to turnaround at any point
will be trolling the whole way for ST's while looking for the big salmon school if they are there.
Anyone interested?

[Stealthfisha]

winds picked up to gust of 16kph....its supposed to hold at 16...im not holding my breath

[Stealthfisha]

Conditions are still good but chilly. The wind is coming from the NW. Along the coast in the photo shows the area the wind is pushing onto. This is reasonable ideal conditions for sambo schools to come in close.

Still thinking of heading out.

[Stealthfisha]

winds picked up to gust of 16kph....its supposed to hold at 16...im not holding my breath

[emufingers]

Baggs I have just driven Lady Bay to Carrickalinga. Its a bit choppier down here and with sea grass beds and floating weed with a few white caps Sambos are hard to spot. Spent quite a while with the binoculars, checking for bird life and boats. Nothing sighted. I can't guarantee they aren't there , but I can't see them and none of the locals have their boats out.

J

[Stealthfisha]

Yep did not find any. Headed out from Sellicks. 3'+ waves. Almost skied down towards myponga. Due to the bow wave I was creating from the force of the waves and wind I knew it was going to be hard yakka
coming home so I turned around about 1klm short of myponga. Damn it took forever to get back. 35+kph winds with a 3+' swell was interesting! Hardly looked at the sounder due to watching the sets coming through. I did see a huge fish arch! In 6m of water that stretched across the screen by a 1/3. I looked over the side as it got my attention but the water was not clear enough to spot what it was.

Did not see sambo school either but it was a good hitout for paddling technique in choppy seas etc. I'm a big fan of heading out in weather that I may not normally fish in to ensure I build up a knowledge base of what a can and can't do in my kayak during adverse weather conditions.

I think it has been covered under "safety" due to the fact that most yakers don't go out in crap "semi controlled) conditions and see and feel what it's like to be tipped over and or train in deep water re entries. Towards the end of last summer I was chasing a school off Aldinga and eventually gave up after much effort just trying to stay upright! When I got back home I checked Seabreeze to find out what the wind was doing and it was gusting at 70kph. So I know I can't fish in that weather! (or anything close to it!)

Hopefully after the next couple of days a school will turn up and we can have a long over due Sambo Hitout.

Will keep posting news of anything that arises.

Tight lines to all.

[dunnyfromsouthoz]

Im keen for a fish along the Fleurieu guys.

And Im free this coming wekeend 20th/21st Aug if you want to catch up for a fish

Cheers
Dunny

[Stealthfisha]

I'm in!

[4weightfanatic]

Those NWesters are a pig of a wind in the gulf unless they are light. Generally they are the precursor to a cold front approaching so you often get a SW swell along with a NW chop which is bad enough in a boat let alone a kayak. I used to fish the Pt Stanvac to Seacliff stretch with a couple of mates in their trailer craft and coming back to O'Sullys ramp in those conditions was a real zig zag trip to avoid the peaks. However we found when the NWesters were light in winter the KG whiting more often than not feed well and so did we .PS I 've been enjoying reading your continued report Baggs it's a bit like a travelogue and brings back fond memories of that stretch of my home state Cheers PAT.

[Stealthfisha]

As usual the seas were flat here today but bloody cold?
It's just that time of year.

On the fish report:
Rumors that the big KGW & squid are arriving beteeen Aldinga & normanville.
Wrasse are a plenty.

On a non gay note: the sunset down here tonight is awesome!

[Stealthfisha]

In the last hour 6 stinkers have pulled up to hit the KGW. Looks too good to be true.
If ya gunna have a hit out today get on the h2o now!!