Wpb by boat
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Wpb by boat
I have a friend that has a boat that wants to get into fishing and he wants to fish out of Hastings this means we would launch from there. Does anyone here have any general advice for fishing wpb by boat and even potential marks they don’t mind sharing because I have never really fished much in a boat I mainly fish landbased and don’t really know much about fishing boat based other then rigs.
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Re: Wpb by boat
Sooner or later you may end up on the mud.
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish
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Re: Wpb by boat
Chasing what and from what boat? You can work the Hastings channel itself for flathead and whiting. Even if it's blowing 30 knots provided it's a low tide the banks are high enough to give plenty of wind cover. Otherwise head out the channel and find a nice bit of ground near the shipping channel not even 2 minutes from the end of the Hastings channel for gummies and snapper. Head a slight bit further east to the middle spit for more whiting. Make a hard starboard turn at the end of Hastings channel and work the bank in front of Sandstone Island down to the old BP jetty for squid and whiting.
Basically, unless you want Kingfish and Tuna (aside from those few times they show up further in the port) you can get away with chasing a fisherman's basket on $15 of fuel launching from Hastings in any boat.
Oh and until you know them well, don't try and take shortcuts over the banks. Some areas are only covered by 0.6m of water at high tide with an average depth of only 1.2m.
Basically, unless you want Kingfish and Tuna (aside from those few times they show up further in the port) you can get away with chasing a fisherman's basket on $15 of fuel launching from Hastings in any boat.
Oh and until you know them well, don't try and take shortcuts over the banks. Some areas are only covered by 0.6m of water at high tide with an average depth of only 1.2m.
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Re: Wpb by boat
Thanks mate he mainly wants to target whiting squid and gummy’s and maybe the odd snappercobby wrote: ↑Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:30 amChasing what and from what boat? You can work the Hastings channel itself for flathead and whiting. Even if it's blowing 30 knots provided it's a low tide the banks are high enough to give plenty of wind cover. Otherwise head out the channel and find a nice bit of ground near the shipping channel not even 2 minutes from the end of the Hastings channel for gummies and snapper. Head a slight bit further east to the middle spit for more whiting. Make a hard starboard turn at the end of Hastings channel and work the bank in front of Sandstone Island down to the old BP jetty for squid and whiting.
Basically, unless you want Kingfish and Tuna (aside from those few times they show up further in the port) you can get away with chasing a fisherman's basket on $15 of fuel launching from Hastings in any boat.
Oh and until you know them well, don't try and take shortcuts over the banks. Some areas are only covered by 0.6m of water at high tide with an average depth of only 1.2m.
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Re: Wpb by boat
If he is new to boating I'd be learning the ropes in PPB first. WPB is a whole different beast that needs respecting
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Re: Wpb by boat
He knows how to drive it and how to anchor it he just doesn’t know how to fish wpb properly he gets a couple here and there just very inconsistent because he doesn’t really know any great spotscanned_tuna wrote: ↑Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:54 pmIf he is new to boating I'd be learning the ropes in PPB first. WPB is a whole different beast that needs respecting
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Re: Wpb by boat
Best advice I could give you, is to go out a couple of times with someone experienced fishing Westernport.
It's not about whether you can drive a boat, it's the conditions your going into..
It's not about whether you can drive a boat, it's the conditions your going into..