More to Walpole than just excellent fishing!

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Just got back from the land of beauty (Walpole) and had a really relaxing holiday with Andrea.We did a little fishing but really got out and had a look at the surrounds of this stunning wilderness area and was surprised by all the things we missed mainly due to my fishing compulsion.
l cant stress enough to those maybe fishing the ABT RD 2009 to maybe take an extra day and feast your eyes on the marvel of nature that is Walpole and it's many treasures.
Happy New Year to all hope it is a good one for you.

Cheers Steve & Andrea.

Photos only tell some of the story that is Walpole.Enjoy the visual feast...:D



Timber country....:eek:

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Timber country cont....

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A wee tree l ran into with the Narvara...:eek::D Just pushed it to the side of the road.;)

Andrea looks like a wee gnome sitting on this giant of the bush.Makes me "Tingle" all over.:D

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What a stud..."ladys behave".:D:p:eek::D;):D


The Tingle below has been playing the field...:p:D

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The Frankland River top to bottom...

This tree is "rooted".:eek::D

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lm a flower power buff...Yeah lm a big girl l know but hey how can you resist this kind of flora both big and small simply beautiful.:eek::cool: l love the miniture world that is plants and flowers.

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"flowers everywhere"

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"just be sure to wear a flower in your hair"

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WA Stonehenge...

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And finally just some willy nilly crap...:D

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Almost forgot to say...;) After a tonne of rain the system was ice tea on arrival and my first days fishing was a little hit and miss ,but a little snooping around found the culprits hiding in the "Lipton" tea and then the fun began in earnest.
Like l say fishing did take a back seat this time round but the times l did get out were even more special and the fishing non-stop.Took a couple of the breamaster crew out after meeting the guys on the river and lets just say the fish were willing but some of the crew...:p Well let's keep that one a secret hey stretch.:p:D:D "Yep lm on...yep...awe...yes...nup...mmm...ohhh...nahhh... ewww...Bugger.":D A little piss taking was had by some (me) but all in good fun...good to meet the guys and have a laugh.l hope your parents didnt kill you when you got back so late guys,l know l wasnt the flavour of the month when l got back to Rest Point round 9.45PM with Andrea standing on the bank wondering wether ld drowned or something after saying ld be back round 8.30PM.Woops...The torch light was handy when l returned though she was like my own lighthouse...needless to say she was'nt happy Jan.How could we leave a good bite though l told her and all was ok."not".
Managed at one stage to pull 10 fish off one snag and many bust up's in between.Really awesome fishing.You can see the livewell water and see how dark the water was feeding the Frankland from up river in previous pics.


Cheers Steve.

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some more...

[LongReach]

Don't tell anyone.......but i enjoyed the pics.....esp the flowers:o

I take photos of Roses alot:o......and Native Fungus......seriously.

Did relise how mountainess it can be there. Very nice.

Thanks

[beni_adams]

Wow,, some excellent photo's,,

[kevvy7]

some great shots there and some big fish :)too.

[trout licker]

cracking pics there...looks a top spot with some great fish as well:):)
Top way to spend the holiday season!!
cheers!
TL

[brad mcdonald]

nice one steveo, great report.

we did a simillar thing at augusta, only fishing for 3 or 4 hour at a stretch and spent the rest of the time snooping around....... including a swim at hamlin bay which resulted in one lost wedding ring, sigh, thank god for insurance.

blackwood fished a bit tougher than i thought it would, still managed a bag each trip but is was sort of a fish of a 1000 cast.

no pics to report but.

[CHOPS1]

Great pics, even the flowers were nice:o:p
A beautiful area i hope to visit one day;)

Chop

[n-fish]

I'm heading down to walpole a coupple of days before the abt this year I will have to take some time out to explore the area

All I saw last year was the caravan park and the local cafe & shop

[Bones]

great pics, thanks for sharing. its a beautiful part of the world.

[Gazza]

Awsome pics and report, Steve. Glad you had a good time down there. Did you walk through the tree top walk? It takes your breath away.

Catch you on the river.

[boss]

i myself have'nt ventured that way yet how far is it from perth and is there any acomidation along the river oh i too loved ur pic's of the flowers i too am a very keen photografer i really enjoy the macro world

[gtxrally]

Excellent insight into our own landscape hooked, great to see something different.
Dale.

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Awsome pics and report, Steve. Glad you had a good time down there. Did you walk through the tree top walk? It takes your breath away.

Catch you on the river.

Gaz we had visited the Tree Top walk before so we just went driving till we got lost.:D Got to love GPS.:cool:

i myself have'nt ventured that way yet how far is it from perth and is there any acomidation along the river oh i too loved ur pic's of the flowers i too am a very keen photografer i really enjoy the macro world

Boss there are haps of various places to stay in Walpole just type in a search...we use Rest Point as it allows you to keep the boat in the water the whole time ready for action.lt's about 420km from the CBD to Rest Point.Nice dragon fly by the way.

http://www.restpoint.com.au/

Cheers Steve.

[jigger]

The Pole truely is a fantastic place - heading down there next week - how was the fishing and did anyone get onto any Giant Herring ?

Cheers
Jigger

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The Pole truely is a fantastic place - heading down there next week - how was the fishing and did anyone get onto any Giant Herring ?

Cheers
Jigger

Almost forgot to say...;) After a tonne of rain the system was ice tea on arrival and my first days fishing was a little hit and miss ,but a little snooping around found the culprits hiding in the "Lipton" tea and then the fun began in earnest.
Like l say fishing did take a back seat this time round but the times l did get out were even more special and the fishing non-stop.Took a couple of the breamaster crew out after meeting the guys on the river and lets just say the fish were willing but some of the crew...:p Well let's keep that one a secret hey stretch.:p:D:D "Yep lm on...yep...awe...yes...nup...mmm...ohhh...nahhh... ewww...Bugger.":D A little piss taking was had by some (me) but all in good fun...good to meet the guys and have a laugh.l hope your parents didnt kill you when you got back so late guys,l know l wasnt the flavour of the month when l got back to Rest Point round 9.45PM with Andrea standing on the bank wondering wether ld drowned or something after saying ld be back round 8.30PM.Woops...The torch light was handy when l returned though she was like my own lighthouse...needless to say she was'nt happy Jan.How could we leave a good bite though l told her and all was ok."not".
Managed at one stage to pull 10 fish off one snag and many bust up's in between.Really awesome fishing.You can see the livewell water and see how dark the water was feeding the Frankland from up river in previous pics.


Cheers Steve.

Just keep moving up and down the river Jigger.A sounder really helps locate the fish.All my spots that l caught fish at were sounded up.:cool:l struggled in the lnlet and stuck to the rivers.Their are fish at the mouth to the ocean but not in the numbers l prefer for that location.Plenty of skippy and king george out in the inlet though.

Cheers Steve...

[Dowelly]

awsome work steve,
lookedlike a really worth while trip.
i like the willy nilly pics ;)

[Bear]

Couldn't have said it better Steve. We spent the whole 2 weeks at Tinglewood Chalets. Ideal spot just out of town and great location. Did a fair bit of fishing, but did a lot of the tourist thing as well.

We had the opposite luck Steve, couldn't find reason to get off the flats and with 80+ each sessions there was no reason to :eek: Bring on March, and next Chrissie.

[Bear]

Little man loved the Dinosaur and Parrot place.

[Bear]

Peaceful Bay was a good spot for a swim out of the wind.

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We had the opposite luck Steve, couldn't find reason to get off the flats and with 80+ each sessions there was no reason to :eek: Bring on March, and next Chrissie.

Dam l tried for a couple of days on the flats for very ordinary results mate given the location.Your effort makes a couple of my 40+ catches fishing deep hole's seem a little tame now:o:eek::Dso much to learn still it seem's:eek::rolleyes::o:Dwhat was your secret weapon?
Not that I'm complaining 40+ fish off deep snags is indeed one to remember.:D
Well done on the cricket scores mate...l must have been fishing the other Walpole river flats.:o:p:D

Cheers Steve.

[Bear]

Picked up most fish on lime tiger frys, camo and new penny worms and brown trout 52 scorps (thanks Richo). We learnt a few years ago, fish where the waves are breaking and that did the job. Had some great runs with double hook ups a plenty and heaps of bream around the boat.

Was great sight casting to the schools and seeing them dart across the shallow water.

[Salmo]

Nice report Steve....

makes me very excited about our trip down that way next week:)

I too would like to hook a G herring.....any suggestions on lures.....Rapala jerks seem to get some praise....

should I stick to the flats or go up around Bears favourite bridge:D

cheers

[Fish_crazy]

Sounds like you had a cracking time steve, great shots of walpole out of fishing, Myself and duncan had some pretty lousy fishing, wading out waste deep up and down the channel didnt have its benefits with fish few and far between. Personally my fishing left on the same road as it did up in the snags with u lol...copped the "yes ..no...aw..bugger" comments all week from duncan:P
Cheers for the great time mate

[phil jagger]

Yo Salmo,

Geoff and I had a good session on the flats down that way a couple of years back. Late arvo, incoming tide, Smith jerks (being jerked hard). Landed three between us from memory and jumped another four between us. Frankland side of Coalmine....more towards the mouth than the reefs/rocks around there.
Spose they could be on any flat though...They were swimming with mass schools of bream.

yep yep.

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Nice report Steve....

makes me very excited about our trip down that way next week:)

I too would like to hook a G herring.....any suggestions on lures.....Rapala jerks seem to get some praise....

should I stick to the flats or go up around Bears favourite bridge:D

cheers

Cant help mate never landed G Herring yet anyway...:D Hope to in the future though.As for the bream l got a lot on Atomic 2 Fat Grubs in Avocado (gold flk) and motor oil(gold flk).As bear stated the gulp 6inch pulled a heap of fish too.l used bloody,camo and natural all with good results.
Hardbody's didnt factor for me as l spent most my time in deep water.Hope that helps a little.

Sounds like you had a cracking time steve, great shots of walpole out of fishing, Myself and duncan had some pretty lousy fishing, wading out waste deep up and down the channel didnt have its benefits with fish few and far between. Personally my fishing left on the same road as it did up in the snags with u lol...copped the "yes ..no...aw..bugger" comments all week from duncan:P
Cheers for the great time mate

Thanks mate...:) l enjoyed our fish together was a laugh.Just wished l had have picked you guys up the night before too...oh well next time.Fishing is funny mate there is always someome who gets shafted by the fish.:D

Cheers Steve.

[Salmo]

hotdogs

Thanks Phil and Steve....I think I know where you mean Phil....will give it a bash....see if lady luck is smiling at me...

Yeh top tips from top blokes
cheers

[Lone Ranger]

Great read as always Steve and lovely photos especially the bream! Man I miss Walpole! Hope to return one day soon.

...we use Rest Point as it allows you to keep the boat in the water the whole time ready for action. I am sure someone in particular will remember Rest Point indeed .....:D (photo compliments of Bear from another thread)

[Noddy]

Haha I know who owns that boat now.

Did you check for scratch marks on the bottom of the hull RC?