Fishing in Stormy Weather

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December 12th, 2009

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Last night, myself and a few friends went out fishing from the shore, we had to travel a little way to get to our destination, we had all the supplies we needed to survive the next couple of grueling hours, chips, beer, and fishing gear.

Fishing Spot - Crab Creek

The Trip

For the seven of us that were heading out there, we only had one four wheel drive, this sort of vehicle was required for the second leg of the journey, so three of us headed out in a ford falcon, along a bumpy gravel road until we got to the sand, at which point we had to leave the sedan behind, and hop in the tray of the hilux, and off we went through the sand backtracking our direction up the beach, until we found a spot that looked good for casting out, nestled between a rocky outcrop and mangroves.

The Weather

After about half an hour of a few bites but no good fish, the storm clouds that had been brewing on the horizon were getting closer.  There was a huge electrical storm in amongst it, the thing about the Kimberley is you can see these dark clouds coming closer, and still be wearing just shorts and a shirt, since it stays quite hot.  However we got some relief from the heat when the wind picked up, incidentally it was coming from the storm, so it was cool.  About ten minutes after we felt the cool wind, the rain came, only lightly at first, but it didn’t take it long to pick up and start coming down heavy.

Storm Brewing

It almost felt like hail it was coming down that hard, and it wasn’t long before we were all cold because of the sudden drop in the temperature.  Our reprieve was the ocean, the water was so warm, not unlike you would expect from a bath.

The electrical storm came right over the top of us, and scared us half to death when one time it hit about fifty meters away, what a great experience, in the end it turned out to be a great evening, whilst we didn’t catch much, we got to have a great experience, the storm didn’t even pass over Broome either, so if we had been sitting inside, we wouldn’t have even known about it.

The Kimberley can be a harsh place, but it means well.

3 Responses to “Fishing in Stormy Weather”

  1. Jayson Demont Says:

    January 27th, 2010 at 4:13 am

    I’m going Pike fishing in the dead stream between Houghton lake, MI and 127. It has murkey waters, with channels about 6-8 ft deep x 20 ft across, running through a flood plain thats almost always has about 2 ft of water in it. What is the best lure or live bait to use? What part of the channel should I fish in? Any tips or tricks? Ive only reeled one pike out of here before, and I took it with a pike minnow. I mostly just wind up with bass or dog fish on my line.

  2. Simon Says:

    February 1st, 2010 at 8:48 am

    Not sure mate, I haven’t been pike fishing before, Your fishing is probably going to be a little bit different to what we have over here in Australia

  3. Benjamin Robertson Says:

    February 26th, 2010 at 5:11 am

    I think i came close but i couldnt find the sign that said “fishing spot”. Any further ideas. I have to say that i at least expected to see an ‘X’ marked on the ground somewhere as your photo above displays

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