Or they drive a jeep :rofl:drew 2 wrote:About the only hold up at ramps in these parts we have is if you turn up & someone's bogged on the "ramp".
Question to VRFISH - capacity of launching facilities in VIC
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It's the unwritten code of the bush fisherman,you always help out a fellow angler who's stuck,even if they drive a jeep :dontknow
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I must say my last 5 tea tree comps have been a breeze - not a boat anywhere around my launching spotsScraglor wrote:I launched last tea tree saturday at 3am at mordi,
that has been both bays
Ramps are over rated !
My kayak PBs
Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm
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Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm
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Re: Question to VRFISH - capacity of launching facilities in
Try coming into Mordi at around 9.30 pm during November on Fri, Sat, or Sunday nights, not unusual to have to queue in the creek just to get on the dock, than a long wait to get the trailer down the ramp, we need more ramps in PPB, councils are raking in the money $11.40 I think, last time I launched. Bit disappointing to pay rego, licence fees, launching fees etc. and then have to put up with substandard facilities.
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Last couple of years have been really bad, black rock closed due to storm damage didn't help.cobby wrote:I did say before 4. In all the times I've launched at Patto it's been no more than 10 minutes from rocking up to boat in water. Always before 4. And getting back in has been even quicker around 10-11. Either people are more retarded now than 4 years ago or are like sheep.frozenpod wrote:4am in peak season is a 2hr wait to launch at patto and long waits no matter what time you want to come in.cobby wrote:Simple, get out earlier and come in before lunch or launch around 5 and come in after dark. PPB is near a ghost town before 4am and ramps are fairly quiet after 5pm.
That's the only solution you'll get as getting more ramps, car parks or safe harbours is like trying to get blood out of a stone
We need another 5 ramps on PPB and 3 on WP.
I'd say a mix as when I do fish the area I'll drop the kayak in with 5-10 boats already out and 1 launching at 2.30-3. It takes roughly 30/45 minutes to get out wide, in that time I get passed by no more than 5 boats. Once out there I get another 30 minutes max of peace sounding around before every knob comes out to busy watching GPS and sounder almost cleaning up other boats. You watch a rush of boats around 9-10 and it slows to a small trickle afterwards until 1-5. So maybe they are retarded sheep as boat ramps at peak times are a few hours ******* hilarious action to watch with a couple of cans.
My experiences are with Mornington peninsula and Patto ramps so might be different at Altona
Ques from 2am I have been told.
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Last year during peak, to get your boat in the water at Altona without a que you had to launch before 2.0am.
If you launch after the rush, you'll be lucky to get parking!
Heaps of boaters refuse to launch on weekends due to the overcrowding.
The problem is getting worse but I can't understand this "life's better with a boat" campaign. There is nothing good about the situation with our ramps, and this campaign is guaranteed to make things worse. Its enough to make you want to sell the boat. I can't help but think the money spent on the "life's better with a boat" campaign would have been better spent on ramp upgrades.
VRfish, maybe its time to organize a rally where we tow our boats into town and block all the entries into the city in protest?
If you launch after the rush, you'll be lucky to get parking!
Heaps of boaters refuse to launch on weekends due to the overcrowding.
The problem is getting worse but I can't understand this "life's better with a boat" campaign. There is nothing good about the situation with our ramps, and this campaign is guaranteed to make things worse. Its enough to make you want to sell the boat. I can't help but think the money spent on the "life's better with a boat" campaign would have been better spent on ramp upgrades.
VRfish, maybe its time to organize a rally where we tow our boats into town and block all the entries into the city in protest?
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I for one avoid weekends prefer to fish weekdays lucky I am a shift worker
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Vr fish working hard for vic fishers one letter in over 12 months well done bring rexy back
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I was going to get a boat.
I got 2 yaks and personally I'm happier with my yaks than a boat.
Even after hiring a boat this weekend I still prefer my yak & the ease to launch & unlimited launch zones :thumbsup:
Reading this & other stories just confirms it
"Life is Better with a fishing kayak" :icon_lolz:
I got 2 yaks and personally I'm happier with my yaks than a boat.
Even after hiring a boat this weekend I still prefer my yak & the ease to launch & unlimited launch zones :thumbsup:
Reading this & other stories just confirms it
"Life is Better with a fishing kayak" :icon_lolz:
" For Evil to triumph, all that Good people have to do is - Nothing "
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A avoid weekends except if im fishing on private property....its a circus on the ramps on weekends
you gotta hav a crack even if yr just pissin in the wind