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Yellowpatch is Curtis Island’s best kept secret
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to the surrounding salt pans.
We certainly weren’t about to de- part from tradition.
However, if you’re feeling energetic, it would be possible to hike through to the eastern shoreline of Curtis Island and up to Cape Capricorn Lighthouse.
Even better when on the beach watch- ing the sun go down over the water.
We weren’t feeling that active!
In all, not much was done during our week at Yel- lowpatch, but that was kind of the idea with a place such as Curtis Island.
The real attraction of Yellowpatch is its attractiveness.
It’s a wonderful place to drop an- chor and unwind for a few days.
If you’re looking for a spot to anchor up and recharge the batteries, there are few better spots.
The kind of spot where you can grab the boat and buzz around for a few hours or cheerfully sit and watch the world go by.
We will certainly be back for more.
A nyone who
had anything to do with yachties will know that come 4pm its time for happy hour.
If you want any information about the Curtis Coast, I highly recommend contacting Glad- stone Region Tour- ism at gladstonere gion.info
Out come the cheese platters, sa- lami and biscuits, all to be washed down with a nice bottle of wine, thanks very much.
For more informa- tion about fishing canoes and how not to catch fish, give Dan a shout at One Tree Canoe Com- pany.
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So, with canoes paddled, hill hiked and fish caught, we headed back home.
Happy paddling.
It’s not hard to see howYellowpatch gets its name.
The author with a nice school-sized king thread n salmon from the Fitzroy River – a great option with the barramundi season closed.
Closed season choices Ifor Capricorn Coast
F you’re like me, it’s a sad time when the saltwater bar-
Capricorn Coast
by JOHN BOON
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If they don’t, then a low percentage will survive and the rest be-
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ramundi season comes to a close.
come part of the food chain with barra, other estuary species and birds giving them a hammering.
impoundments if you’re after a barra fix, such as Lake Awoonga.
But on the upside, they get a well-deserved break, which lets them go about creating more little barra for this fan- tastic area.
I’m convinced if we can get a flood at the right time of year, this place will become even more special than it al- ready is.
I say this every year, but I am going to put a bit of time into the Central Queensland mangrove jack popu- lation.
What we are in des- perate need of is a flood – either this month or next.
I have caught a few, though I am by no means an expert.
Many people don’t realise that timing is everything.
So what species would be worth putting time into now the barra sea- son is closed?
I’m still walking through the learning process – gathering
Barra need high sa- linity levels to breed, which generally takes place around the full moon of September and October.
You can always hit the
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