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Just came back from a weeks trip paddling the Keppel Group of Islands.
Whilst the weather was warm the wind was constantly blowing from the North and made for poor fishing.
We were not too bothered as the camping/paddling was the main focus of the trip and any fish that decided to commit suicide by jumping onto our hooks was a bonus.
The weather was a bit lopsided as it blew very hard all the nights and right up to about 9:00am most days and then calmed off for a few hours until it came up again in the afternoon.
We just accomodated the varying wind into our schedules and ran between islands when the wind abated and either went bushwalking/snorkelling etc when we were restricted to camp.
The first day paddling across to Humpy Island from Emu Park was special when we were lucky (nearly unlucky) when two whales surfaced next to us and hung around for a while.
Other sea creatures were the usual turtles and dolphins you see in the area and a sea snake.
The fishing was poor even for the locals. We caught some small flathead on the sandflats and a nice Queenie off the rocks. Some large Queenies followed our lures but all turned away except one.
He tasted great diced and added to coconut milk and curry on a fluffy bed of rice.
The first photo is a scanned map of the area overlayed with a track from my handheld GPS using OziExplorer. The GPS was only turned on for our main travelling....we paddled around the islands more than the GPS shows.
The other photos are from my Digital. I'll post "on water" photos when I get the film developed from the uderwater disposibles
Whilst the weather was warm the wind was constantly blowing from the North and made for poor fishing.
We were not too bothered as the camping/paddling was the main focus of the trip and any fish that decided to commit suicide by jumping onto our hooks was a bonus.
The weather was a bit lopsided as it blew very hard all the nights and right up to about 9:00am most days and then calmed off for a few hours until it came up again in the afternoon.
We just accomodated the varying wind into our schedules and ran between islands when the wind abated and either went bushwalking/snorkelling etc when we were restricted to camp.
The first day paddling across to Humpy Island from Emu Park was special when we were lucky (nearly unlucky) when two whales surfaced next to us and hung around for a while.
Other sea creatures were the usual turtles and dolphins you see in the area and a sea snake.
The fishing was poor even for the locals. We caught some small flathead on the sandflats and a nice Queenie off the rocks. Some large Queenies followed our lures but all turned away except one.
He tasted great diced and added to coconut milk and curry on a fluffy bed of rice.
The first photo is a scanned map of the area overlayed with a track from my handheld GPS using OziExplorer. The GPS was only turned on for our main travelling....we paddled around the islands more than the GPS shows.
The other photos are from my Digital. I'll post "on water" photos when I get the film developed from the uderwater disposibles
