First Post, from Western Australia, My Fishing Spot. - Page 2 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Katie · 12-07-2006, 08:57 PM

Wow, that fish is gorgeous!! Awesome pictures!

fish4striper · 12-12-2006, 08:09 AM

wow, gorgeous...awesome fishin.....John ,When we leavin?

Back Beach · 12-13-2006, 06:47 AM

Nice pictures. One of the best threads going so far. TCTFN possible site?

bttfish · 12-13-2006, 08:13 AM

So jealous!!!

But very happy to see you guys having a time of your life...

Atleast we all here in the States can live off of you guys.. Thank you for all the Great Pixs!!!! Keep them coming please... Winter is long here...

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 08:23 AM

Yep there are some bloody HUGE sharks! Iv seen with my own eyes 15ft+ tiger sharks cruising the surface on the cliff edge vurtually on its side lookin up at ya waiting for one of us to fall in. It was such a concern last time the my uncle who is in the "Tactical responce group" Very similer to your S.W.A.T rigged up a special rope with a set up so it you fell in you would swim over to the rope and attach it to ya and you could be winched up. This was all because there was a monster tiger shark hangin around smashing any fish we were trying to gaff and if any of us fell in while gaffing then we would be lunch.

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 08:27 PM

Here are some pics of my uncle Perry

Longtom

Mulloway

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 08:29 PM

This was a big bait i was saving to the steep point trip.
I balooned ot out and it got wolluped by somethin that was 15ft+ from what we seen. Must of been a tiger shark. I didnt stand a chance. It bit through a double of 120pound wire trace with ease.

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 08:34 PM

This is a pic of False entrance....

Here is a pic of pretty much all the area you have to fish at False entrance.
Not much room and you can see how the rocks are.See how the swell is coming across? Its very hard to gaff here!

This next pic you can see from a gaff mans view.
Hard to gaff and you wouldnt want to fall.
This is where the bloke fell and landed on the ledge below with lots of broken bones and waited for helicoptert from denam.

gone fishin · 12-13-2006, 11:46 PM

Absolutely the best thread of the year. After reading the posts and seeing the pictures, I would love to schedule a trip there someday.

Tailor marc · 12-12-2006, 07:48 PM

While we are fishing we get these little guys watchin us!

They are everywhere up there.

This one refused to get off my hand even when i put my hand out and pushed it off, it then tryed to climb back on my hand

eastendlu · 12-12-2006, 07:55 PM

Fresh bait?

Fishaddict · 12-12-2006, 08:02 PM

Stax, the water along the cliffs there looks mighty deep. I can't even imagine being able to catch fish like that from shore. Do you ever get tuna from those areas? Water that deep must draw them in nice and close at times. Thanks for sharing your fishing hole with us here in the States.

Stax · 12-12-2006, 11:30 PM

Do we get Tuna?

Yes we get Tuna, sometimes as they boil the water chasing the bait fish they can cover huge areas of water. And I seen 50lb's caught on a number of occasions. Yellowfin, Bonito, Striped and the odd Bluefin.
There are times that you actually give up trying to catch them as your arms are ready to fall off! I think about 16 in one hour is my record, with all 16 being returned. Great fun but these were only 5-8lb's. The monsters are a little harder to get up the cliff without using the cliff gaff.

Stax

Finaddict · 12-12-2006, 11:39 PM

Definitely cool ... maybe you should tie a rope to your automobile and repel down the cliff to that rock shelf that is below on the ovens ... then you can cast a spook, pencil popper or whatever

Thanks for sharing, my father has family from Perth ... my grandfather was a dentist for the allied forces in WWII stationed in Europe, he came from the Perth area, and my father has duel citizenship as a result ... never been there, but will have to make it a family retreat ... hope the wife won't mind the search for family members out on steep cliff

May have to spend a week, or two, there looking ... just in case one happens to stroll by ... you know ... and then of course, catching fish to feed the family in the process ...

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Finaddict

Definitely cool ... maybe you should tie a rope to your automobile and repel down the cliff to that rock shelf that is below on the ovens ... then you can cast a spook, pencil popper or whatever

Thanks for sharing, my father has family from Perth ... my grandfather was a dentist for the allied forces in WWII stationed in Europe, he came from the Perth area, and my father has duel citizenship as a result ... never been there, but will have to make it a family retreat ... hope the wife won't mind the search for family members out on steep cliff

May have to spend a week, or two, there looking ... just in case one happens to stroll by ... you know ... and then of course, catching fish to feed the family in the process ...

Hi Finaddict

Yep Perth is a lovley City and pretty safe and clean. Lots of thinks to do and really nice beaches and wildlife.

Steep point is acually about 13 hours drive north from Perth though.

Its at a place called Shark bay.
Here is a map of the state and a zoomed on map of shark bay

Most western part of Australia

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 08:32 AM

Here are some pics to give you and idea on how close to the cliff you camp

This pic is of the toilet, we camp to the left or right of it

This next pic is lookin from the cliff edge to the camp site, you can see there is a big hill in the behing the campsite

This next pic is lookin from the top of that hill at 5.00am i the morning
Lovely site to wake up to

outnumbered · 12-13-2006, 08:40 AM

Mates (if I may use that term) this thread is awsome.

As you say I hope that they don't put a sealed road out there. Over here there would be a host of companies that would try to put a sealed road out there to reap the profits and ruin it as well. Either that or the special interest groups here would find some obscure reason to shut the area down.

Do fisherman do a good job of making sure they or others don't leave trash in the area? Over here we have some, not many but they ruin it for the rest, that feel its ok to just leave there trash on the land where they fish and it starts to ruin the enviroment. Hopefully that does nto happen there.

Please keep the pictures and posts coming. I've already bookmarked your site and wish I could someday get over there to fish that way.

Thanks

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by outnumbered

Mates (if I may use that term) this thread is awsome.

Do fisherman do a good job of making sure they or others don't leave trash in the area? .

Thanks

Hi outnumberd!

Yep we all that head up there do our best to keep ther area clean and never discard old fishing line into the water. Steep point isnt really a place most people from W.A can just decide to go see and head there.
This is a spot that you would mainly head there with someone who has been before because it is a place so remote and you cant afford to break down or forget basic nessesitys like enough water etc.
So if your heading there with someone whos been before he will give you the rundown on keeping the place clean and tidy.

Infact on the Saturday or sunday that we leave we do a complete walk around the cliff and pick up all rubbish like drink cans etc left on the rocks.
Im pretty sure most people who go there do the same aswell because we all know this place need to be looked after and cared for.

My Family has been going to Steep point since the 60's just about every year

BasicPatrick · 12-13-2006, 10:54 AM

Best thread in YEARS...Hey Flap, I think we gotta get the Magazine to send us on a shoot.

Sluggoslinger · 12-13-2006, 11:25 AM

I'm kicking myself for not going to perth when I was over there a couple years ago. Chit, that looks amazing.

Do you get baramundi on that side? I did more spear fishing than anything else but I remember on frasier island they were as popular as striped bass are here.

This is a great post! Thanks again for sharing!

PaulS · 12-13-2006, 11:39 AM

Great pictures - I enjoyed them all. Thanks also for converting from metric for us who are a little slow!

redcrbbr · 12-13-2006, 01:11 PM

I agree with this being probably one of the greatest posts ever. You guys have made me sick with envy. Thank you ever so much for sharing your pics and stories. Your website seems to have a good bunch of dedicated fisherman also.

redcrbbr · 12-13-2006, 01:44 PM

I did have one question for you though... have you seen or heard about anyone actually taking a fall??

Tailor marc · 12-13-2006, 06:39 PM

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I did have one question for you though... have you seen or heard about anyone actually taking a fall??

Yes , im not sure if it was a rumor but the person who told me is a gunuine bloke.

There is a location called False entrance only a hour away and can be just as good fishing but not as much room to fish and there is a ledge below. Its about the same hight as steep point and apparently he fell while gaffing and smashed into the ledge below then got washed in, he then swam back onto the ledge where he layed waiting for help.

It took about 3 hours of laying there with broken ribs and lots of fractures without any morphine because the nearest helicopter is at a town called Dehnem * see map of sharkbay i posted a few posts above*.
It took that long because there was no phone coverage at false or
steep point and after the long drive to the rangers etc.

I have seen people jumping from steep points lower cliffs on a 46 degrie day but you wouldnt catch me doing that.

There has been people die up at the point over there years but i dont know the storys

Stax · 12-13-2006, 06:46 PM

A few years ago, a large group, know as “the scroungers” visited Steep Point with there normal group of 15 people. They stay for about 8-10 days. They arrived at Steep Point and set up camp near the Ovens. There prized possession for this trip was the 75 cartons of beer that they had brought with them. That’s 1800 cans of beer. One whole trailer carried just beer, wine and spirits. 100 cans had already been drunk on the trip up.
Anyway on the 3rd or 4th day, late into the evening, it was totally dark, one of the fisherman caught a large Mullaway. Whilst trying to gaff this fish the gaff-man, who was not in good shape having consumed a large amount of the beer, fell in. All hell broke loose. Being a large group helped at this point as many torches shone over the cliffs edge keeping the gaff-man in sight. Many ropes were thrown at the floundering gaff-man and eventually he was able to grab one. Being slightly more sober now than only a few minutes earlier he was able to secure the rope around himself. We 14 people now slowly hauling the hapless gaff-man up the cliff face it would still have been a scary place to be, both for the gaff-man in complete darkness and his 14 mates panicking about their mate’s safety. As the gaff-man made his way to the cliffs edge, about 30 feet above the water, he was only able to extend one hand to his now hero mates. Over the edge he came, totally bewildered as to what all the fuss was about. His group of mates were looking at the drowned gaff-man there was total quite. The gaff-man still had the large Mullaway under his arm. He had not let it go and for some reason was not at all shaken up.
The following day the gaff-man realized what had happened the night before and was a bit of a recluse for the rest of this trip.

This is probably the best of the worst tales from Steep Point; however there are I believe two deaths directly related to Steep Point over a very long period of time.

These cliffs are dangerous for the careless fisherman, or drunken fisherman, but with a little bit of care and constant attention you should be OK. Most people do have some sort of a recovery plan to get someone out of the water, but it is not an easy task.

Stax

ChiefLinesider · 12-14-2006, 02:23 AM

Yeah this is the greatest subject ive ever witnessed. I could look at new pictures all winter. & read stories.

It looks like your going to see a terradactyl fly by at any time. That place is how I would have imagined things looked millions of years ago. And you've gone back in time with modern fishing gear.

fishaholic18 · 12-14-2006, 06:26 AM

Great stuff! Keep it coming.

What's a bloke?

Tailor marc · 12-14-2006, 06:47 PM

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What's a bloke?

"Bloke" is a slang term for "man," much like "guy" or "dude."

onecastmike2003 · 12-14-2006, 06:27 AM

Now thats what i call rock hopping! Only not in the dark and 800 beers latter. I'll bet you would like the RI coast! when a storm is coming in 20 foot waves are crashing and were out there on the back side of the light houses were its some what safe, hooking Stripers and blues cast after cast after cast! in the day time only. after dark would be a death sentence! keep the pics coming!
RHM

Karl F · 12-14-2006, 06:39 AM

.. wow again on everything

.. that Longtom (?).. looks like a BIG Atlantic Needlefish!