Patterson river mouth
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Re: Patterson river mouth
PPB is much bigger bay than WP. The wind builds up waves more in PPB.
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Re: Patterson river mouth
2 things you don't want: 15knot+ onshore wind in PPB, and a 15knot+ wind against tide anywhere in WP.
And no, it wouldn't have improved by much at all once you got out
And no, it wouldn't have improved by much at all once you got out
Re: Patterson river mouth
Yeah, gets a bit choppy on the run out tide like at Mordi, generally it does gets smoother when you get out a bit. My experience is if you can make it out you will always get back in OK, just ride in on the back of a wave. I was out once fishing for snapper with no bites when a front came through and it got up to 25 kts SW. It was like a switch had been turned on, the snapper went berserk & I was bagged out pretty quickly. On the way in I surfed a wave from half way along Mordi pier to inside the creek mouth, the propeller was ratcheting all the way.
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Re: Patterson river mouth
Well I'm technically unemployed now (I have a new job starting in four weeks, so not a big deal), so my plan is to launch in Western Port tomorrow. Seems to be a southerly, so I'm thinking Hastings is probably the best best (all tide launch, etc). Winds don't look too bad in the morning when I plan to leave. Really need to break this baby in and complete the sea trials. Assume it won't be too busy on a Tuesday. I could do Corinella, but that's a considerably further drive.