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    Caloundra bar?

    Hi everyone just wondering if anyone has crossed the Caloundra bar lately n what sort of condition it is in? With tomorrow being my first trip in 3 months n hear about all thes boat roll overs lately it's got me rather worried about it,
    Any insight would be much appreciated,

    Cheers brenden

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    Thanks smithy, Ill be making sure everyone has there life jackets on and for both crosses also keeping in touch with the coast gaurd through out,

    Cheers brenden

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    Ausfish Platinum Member FisHard's Avatar
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    Doesn't sound pretty!
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    the boats that have had problems have been hitting on low tide with a decent ground swell. if your not confident to cross a bar do not do it . with the no wind and swell dropping and a high tide at 12 , a morning bar crossing shouldnt be too hard to tackle . watch the swell patterns and time your cross and sitt on the back of a wave when coming in.

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    Had a look this afternoon and yes it is really shallow at low tide but the swell has dropped right off to about 1m. The low tides are a little higher than on the weekend too, so should be ok this weekend. No channel on Bribie side like it has been though, but that'll probably change again soon. I'll have a go Saturday morning. A mate went off Kings Beach ramp on Saturday and got some good Snapper & Sweeties but nearly trashed his tinny coming back in. I think the surfers have had their fun, now it's our turn.

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    Was out wave jumping the bar last saturday in jetski, You have to one brave person to be crossing that bar at the moment, some of the waves has no back on them at all. Southern end near bribie is breaking smaller ish but pretty dangerous, through the gut and deep water just have to watch if the sets aren't to close, she breaks out further reform and breaks again.
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    I think the surfers have had their fun, now it's our turn.



    i do agree with this. pumping waves over the last few months , now for the great fishing weather to come give us a few months. !

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    Ex Ausfish member. [/QUOTE]
    Whats the deal with that quote Smithy ?

    CHeers Ray.

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    Joey got a bit offside with a few on here from some of his comments.

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    Hey everyone just an update we went out on Friday anyways waited Untill 1020am to cross the bar had 2m of water all the way nearly come unstuck in the middle of the bar at the last minute I spotted a anchor rope about 35 mm running across the mouth of the bar, i managed to shut the outboard down before it tangled in the prop, it slightly snagged on the skeg but thankfully let go before the big set of waves hit... Coming back across the bar was fine with 1.8-2m at 12:30pm (high tide???) we ended up with 16 good fish, mostly husser and grassys, did get snapped off 4 time... (only used 20lb leader)

    Cheers brenden

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    The old anchor line across the bar trick hey!! Good thing you spotted it before it got you hey
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    Did you report this anchor line to the coast guard or vmr as a duty of care to your fellow boaties?

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    Sure did Freddy, first thing we did after crossing bar was report we were across safe and that we were not sure if it was free floating or if it was actually anchored, they said they would send someone to investigate, so hopefully it's gone, bit of a scary though being helpless in the middle of the bar with out an outboard...

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    Ausfish Bronze Member
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    Does anyone have any experience of engine failure during a bar crossing?

    How would you react?

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