Dear all,

Long story short: there is a lot of silt in the Swan River water at the moment that has managed to hide many of the usually, easy to see rocks @ Point Walter. I happened to land on my right foot, quite heavily, on one of these hidden nasties.

I thought at worst, i'd bruised a bone, maybe some muscular damage...the small graze that I got didn't look so bad...BUT within 2 days I was on crutches & the doctor spent an hour y'day digging sand, rock & other assorted shizel out of my foot. An entirely unpleasant experience i can assure you. The infection was quite severe and hugely uncomfortable.

My message comes in 3 parts:
1) take a very good look at where the rocks are & stay the **** away from them;
2) if you get a cut foot in the Swan River, get it attended to - don't ignore it. If i'd paid more attention, maybe I wouldn't have had to watch the puss come out of my foot y'day...the doctor indicated it was as bad as any coral cut he's seen.
3) booties...i'm out to buy some this w/end...any suggestions as to a make good for kiting???

Yours for a limp free future.

Juddy

hey juddy,

i use oneil super freak booties and they pretty cool...the two velcro straps stops any water getting in, good sole that hasnt failed me yet on any rocks and the strap at the back makes a world of difference getting the things on and off.

Lets clarify something quickly the rocks are not HIDDEN they are THERE! I suggest anyone who is complimenting taking on this spot to get an education of the rock zones.

Sunday morning was good winds and hairy down on the point and a few good men where pushing kite-loops, handle-passes and many other high risk maneuvers by at the base of the spit ie where the nastiest, sharpest life ending rocks live. I love a bit of show ponying myself but risking a cracked skull, punctured leg or other season ending injury just is not worth it!

Last season I was foolish enough to get dragged over and bump a rock thereby flooding my leg with internal bleeding of sorts had I not have been wearing my wetsuit I think I would have torn my leg off. I have seen others take fins off, body drag over the rocks.

If you see a newbie to the spot give them a spot check.

Here is a little map I have whipped up. There are more rocks but these areas are the main ones to avoid.

Cheers

Sci

Hey all,

I've spent a fair bit of time polaroiding the flats flyfishing in summer. The upriver side has small clusters of limestone pinnacles randomly along the entire stretch, hence most crew fish the Freo side... From memory, there is no regularity to the rocks on the upriver side and 2 to 3ft pinnacles just seem to pop up randomly along the entire stretch.

I'm willing to take a GPS next time i fish it on a low tide and pass the waypoints onto someone versed in GIS. A safe tack map on the WASKA site could save a few this summer....

How about a windless weekend working B with a dozen people armed with block busters and sledge hammers engaging in a little bit of environmental persuasion to soften the worst bits, or the most hidden bits?

shmoo said...


I'm willing to take a GPS next time i fish it on a low tide and pass the waypoints onto someone versed in GIS. A safe tack map on the WASKA site could save a few this summer....

I've got a pretty good handle on GIS, I could certainly plot waypoints onto Google Earth pictures for you.

Another vote for the Oneill Superfreak booties.
As was mentioned before the dual straps do a decent job of keeping everything in place and the sole is strong enough that i've used them for reef walking and kiting with no problems.

shmoo said...

Hey all,

I've spent a fair bit of time polaroiding the flats flyfishing in summer. The upriver side has small clusters of limestone pinnacles randomly along the entire stretch, hence most crew fish the Freo side... From memory, there is no regularity to the rocks on the upriver side and 2 to 3ft pinnacles just seem to pop up randomly along the entire stretch.

I'm willing to take a GPS next time i fish it on a low tide and pass the waypoints onto someone versed in GIS. A safe tack map on the WASKA site could save a few this summer....

Nerd Alert !!

You've been waiting patiently for a chance to get me back for that SUP dig haven't you - fair call Bermuda boy....

Looks like you started at the office & finished at the pub.

Serves everyones D##B A#S for playing on the rocks when you knew better.

Forget the twinkle toes booties and just stay out of that area !!!!

Geeeez - How do Surfers & W/surfers manage to stay off the reefs !