Mud Island - Tuesday 14 February

[charleville]

With a weather forecast that was good for the morning but predicted to get to 20 - 25 Knots later today, I skipped across to Mud Island for the morning's high tide.

Very slow fishing with only a couple of keepers but at least I did get a feed...

[charleville]

....and for you guys who are sitting at work, here is a picture of the conditions...

[ShaneJ]

Damm thats smoooth Yeah thanks mate

[Lone_Wolf]

a feeds a feed charlie, so did the wind blow up as predicted?

[mickstar001]

NIce charlie nice.

[TIM-DONSELAAR]

conditions look perfect,as Lone_Wolf said...A FEEDS A FEED

cheers tim

[outsiderskip]

hi charlie
looks like conditions were better than the fishing

cheers pete

[charleville]

so did the wind blow up as predicted?

I came in at 1pm and it was dead calm. However, going by the Inner Beacon wind measurement, it looks like I picked my timing well...

[Argle]

Thanks very much for that ya b@stard , really helps pass the time here at work - NOT
Just hope Snappa hasnt jinxed us all for the weekend, please please please be nice weather for the weekend
Nice fish by the way well done

Cheers and Beers

[caught-ya]

lovely day and fish tops!!!

[2iar]

Well done again Charleville, look like you're making the most of your long service leave. Where do you launch from and what kind of boat do you have? I'm hoping to get out to Mud a bit more (though unfortunately only on the weekend), and I'll keep an eye out for you...

good luck,
Mike

[charleville]

Where do you launch from and what kind of boat do you have?

2iar - I just have 4.75m Quintrex Bayhunter Caprice with a Merc 60hp 4 stroke on the back. "Miss Wendy".

I usually launch from Manly boat harbour but have occasionally launched from Whyte Island. I am not a big fan of Whyte Island to go to Mud from. It is much closer than Manly but it is generally a less smooth trip, especially when the tugs and other big craft go by. Also, there can be a bit more island protection from the bigger waves by travelling from Manly.

I think that we all know that Mud Island can be particularly productive so it is an attractive option always and during the week, it is possible to just drift around there like you cannot necessarily do on the weekends without keeping a watchful eye open for other vessels. There were no other boats anywhere around me on Tuesday. The only boat that went near me was a sailing boat that went past under power as there was no wind for their sails.

Tuesday morning would have been a great time to go across the paddock but there are few reports of spotties etc in these pages so a lazy morning was spent just drifting along wherever the current took me.