First Post, from Western Australia, My Fishing Spot.

[Tailor marc]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I think the best thread ever deserves to be a "sticky"

Yeah make it a sticky, i will keep updating steep point pics and i go fishin every weekend and i will post up pics of my results

[Tailor marc]

There is another location only 20-30min drive north called Yanchep lagoon.

Its called Lagoon because the Reef is about 20 out and it forms a lagoon of shellow water thats really nice and safe for kids or novise snorklers to wade.

If you walk through the lagoon then up onto the reef you can get some nice fish. To be honest i havnt fished here much because the first time i went there a BIG wave washed me off the reef and into the lagoon haha Here are a couple of pics..

BTW those fish are what we call here in Aust "Herring" Different from the Herring you have over there

[numbskull]

So if you take one of those herring, still alive, put a hook in it, walk out to the edge of that reef, throw it out there, in the dark.........what besides a shark might you get?

[JohnR]

Marc - that's bait!

What bigger fish can you get close to home?

And is there a time to fish Steep Point when it isn't 140 degrees? Maybe more like 80 degrees? Some of our best fishing is in our Fall and sometimes the snot wants to freeze on your face

[Tailor marc]

[QUOTE=JohnR;441699]Marc - that's bait!

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haha yep but they are legal and really yummy

[Tailor marc]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Marc - that's bait!

What bigger fish can you get close to home?

And is there a time to fish Steep Point when it isn't 140 degrees? Maybe more like 80 degrees? Some of our best fishing is in our Fall and sometimes the snot wants to freeze on your face

Haha the best time i like to go is april which is around autum/ spring it still gets pretty hot about 28-35 degries but its nice at that temp .

You still get good fish like mackeral and snapper etc at that time of year and its not to busy

But its also cyclone season so you have to keep an eye on the weather lol

[numbskull]

Tailor Marc, anywhere there are little fish like those herring, there are big fish as well. Try at night, swim it into deep water near structure (a gentle current helps as well) and I suspect you may find that things are not as barren as they seem. Search this site for tips on "livelining herring" for some ideas. It wouldn't suprise me if you are sitting on an untapped fishery.

[JohnR]

I agree - just too good of a meal for gamefish to pass up

(though one could bet their bait situation is better than ours)

[Tailor marc]

Originally Posted by numbskull

So if you take one of those herring, still alive, put a hook in it, walk out to the edge of that reef, throw it out there, in the dark.........what besides a shark might you get?

Exacty what iv been thinkin! I might try that soon.
I would think that a big mulloway or during or after a big storm you might get a nice snapper or even a huge sampson fish but to be honest off the shore around Perth there arnt alot of big fish to be caught.
Its best to travel 50klm+ north or 50klm south+ to do well.
Perth is inbetween the hot tropical water and the cold southern water so its not as good as up north or down south but its good for alot of other smaller fish though