After getting back from Wilderness Island, I managed to look up the place on Google Earth and was able to measure up some distances when I went kayak fishing.
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The distance between Exmouth marina and Wilderness Island boat mooring is about 42km. Depending on the wind/sea conditions, it'll take about 70-90mins to cross the Gulf.
2.
The distance from the House to the boat mooring is about 1.3km.
3.
When we fished the mangrove creek system, we covered almost 12km in total for the day.
4.
The sand flats were so huge and I could make out the channel running out from the mangrove. I can imagine when there is a run-out tide, all the water flowing out through this little channel and the big fish waiting at the fringes, picking off any unsuspecting baitfish.
5.
It's about 2.3km from the House to the north end of Burnside Island. And the distance from the North to the South end of Burnside is about 2.5km.
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There are some broken bommies at the South end, which funnels the water out during the run-out tide. That's where we fished most of the time.
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North end bommies that are submerged during high tide and totally exposed during low tides.
8.
Trolling up and down between Burnside and Simpson Island produced the big Queenfish, Giant Herrings, Golden Trevallys, Giant Trevallys and Long-Tail Tuna. The distance in between is about 1km.
So on a typical day out fishing at Burnside Island, would require us to pedal about 10km plus how much trolling was done.
Back home in Singapore, the most I do is about 7km in a day. Definitely more than what I'm used to! Plus pedalling on a hard shell kayak is much easier than on an inflatable.
------ All maps are attributed to Google Earth and used with thanks. Google Earth is an anglers best friend when scouting out new places to fish!-------
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