3 half day arvo sessions, with Killer whale pics!
Well I made the best of 3 nice arvo's to do some fishing with the morning easterlys being blustery so no sparrows. Lines in the water after lunch and lines out just after dark....the conditions were very nice indeed. Simon C came out on my boat and we headed to the Key Biscayne oil rig wreck that took a while from Tworocks.
This was my first time so it was good to do something different which i enjoy instead of the same old. Rocked up to find the structure still there and fish too. Sambos and skippy all over it so in went the jigs. Both Simon and myself dropped all sorts of jigs and we lost more fish than we landed. That certainly made every drop challenging with Simon landing the biggest sambo (pictured) and my biggest a bit smaller. The sambo's were in XOS size that came up with hooked fish and the same size drilled us often. Simon went crazy and dropped some awesome SP on light'ish gear and landed a few but lost many which was great to watch...........funny as!
Here's the sambo's & skippy awaiting us!
Simons fish that made it to the boat!
That done and arms stretched we headed back to Tworocks with some spots to hit up on the way in. The first spot was active with fish on my sounder (pictured) and I picked them for pink snapper....big ones too!. Both of us dropped and I hooked up to a biggen pink and like wise Simon with my driftbaiting gear getting me nailed but Simon landed his!
The pinky patch!
Simon with his good pink, 7.5kg on digital scales!
The pinkys switched off quickly and went higher in the water column like they do in the Sound and they light bulbed us. On another drive over I still saw fish but close to the bottom so worth another drop. Whilst I was taking more pics of the sounder Simon ripped up these fish, he was on fire!
With pics of the sounder sorted, I dropped a line over and got this nice double, my fav Baldchin and a good one at that with a BB!
With the sun closing in on a great arvo session I said one more drop and got this double header!
Well that was it for the arvo and the ride in very nice endeed. Was good to catch up with Simon and we have plans to get back out soon, great company mate!
Sooo the next 2 arvo sessions were replica conditions and after getting a good feed the day before I backed off on keeping fish and went for a bit of recon work and dropped lines periodically. The northerly current slowed things down also but great to be on the water!
Here's a smathering of pics, the Killer whales (Orca's) was awesome to see and was lucky to get some good pics!
Big BB, just a bit smaller than my PB!
Dan with a BB
Last dropped before we pulled the pin!
* Was a great 3 arvo's, caught other fish and more legal size Dhufish but all released for another day *
Cheers
Ryan
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Top report Ryan. Nice pics
Top report Ryan. Nice pics and fish!
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Mick.C
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Mate those killer whales
Mate those killer whales would have been awesome. I havent seen one in the wild before.
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Great fish
Quality photo's there Ryan. Simon looks like he was on fire!
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milsey
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man do i wanna go fishing
man do i wanna go fishing with you, when it gets to a point when your letting quallity size table fish go, you know your doing pretty well, awsome fish, awsome pics and an awsome repots
cheers miles
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Well done Ryan looks like
Well done Ryan looks like you had a great session there. what was the biggest dhuie
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Good pics Ryan
Good few days like those Orca's,majic weather did you get any ruby's
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Nice last drop
Nice last drop and some nice pics Ryan. Good work getting the Killer whale pics.
Cheers Stuart
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Awesome report there Ryan
Awesome report there Ryan you sure got the best of the weater ,some great pics, and some good fish to match well done guys.
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great pics of the whales
Thanks again Ryan for a top day on the water. The quality of the photos certainly reflect the time and effort put in was well spent! Looking forward to blowing a few up and putting them in the office.
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cheers!
Milsey, I love being on the water and eat fish but only keep what I want and the rest go back....just me!
Connor, probably 10kg, didn't weight it but no real big ones this trip!
Yeh the Orca's were a buzz Jason, no Ruby stuff just fishing inside.........was a nice break I must admit!
Simon, certainly worth it and I'll put them on disc and catch up next trip or I'll post/email to ya....let me know via PM. Was a great day mate and you did well, on fire for sure Adam!
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see any yellows up the
see any yellows up the biscayne , ryan , ( almost green eyd time)
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so when do you work
top effort guys .verry nice fish ,great pics the orkas must have been a real buzz ,would love to be out there when they are
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Good fish ryan, would be
Good fish ryan, would be great to see the orcas.
Some big pinks for relatively shallow water!
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great pics ryan
great to see such professional photos of three obviously great days
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great
good post mate, awesome pics, all good fish, and whales, top report..
very nice ground.
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Nice report Ryan,
Nice report Ryan, professionally presented....you should write for a mag
Thats a long trip to the Key too.
Great catches to Simon.
Cheers Pete
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Great report and pics Ryan
Somje bloody great fish too. It would have been such a buzz to see the killer whales. Thanks for sharing.
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Great report and pics. Very
Great report and pics. Very jealous.
It certanly would be great seeing the Orca's.
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Very nice Ryan....how far
Very nice Ryan....how far off Two Rocks is the Key Biscayne?
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20km SW of Lancelin A bit of
20km SW of Lancelin
A bit of info;
http://school.maths.uwa.edu.au/homepages/adrian/scubalocal.html#keyb
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like a nice drive
thats like a nice drive out the the nats reefs, from where i launch,
deff pick the weather
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Top report Ryan!
and great pics of some VERY good fish! Nice to see dan dna the bait man get into em too! I agree Simon was on fire! Top afternoon for sure!
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Nice shots...
Great report and some nice shots in there Ryan - the "Dan with a BB" one is a cracker shot! Love the way it brings out the colours of the fish.
cheers,
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trip!
Andrew, yeh Simon saw a few yellow biggins come up and we hooked a few but got drilled...next time. Green eye, yep give us a call and I'll be in!
Darryl, From Tworocks to The Key Biscayne is 28NM, i didn't mind the drive as I was fishing spots (as pictured) that I had on the way back. From Lano its 11NM so quicker for sure but I dont have grounds up there but in saying that I'll be doing more up there soon.....just another new area to explore/change of scenery!
Pete, I got the photo journalist stuff sorted but struggle with IT stuff....thanks mate!!
The Orca's were great......a first for me so even more special! Some good pics for sure, was nice to be able to post pics instead of storing for future articles like normal...........Cheers again fella's!
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i take it the yellow fish
i take it the yellow fish are the ones that come in a can?
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thats a great report ryan,
thats a great report ryan, some awsome photos of them orca`s, they would of been great 2 watch. top fish u 2 & simon caught..........
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NOt quite Matt
I think people are referring to the ones that wear masks and like hiding their new shiny toys on the sharp edges of wrecks, or at least they did last week. Was good fun watching Ryan throw a jig back to one on his driftbait gear only to see it very promptly dispatch him in about 5 seconds. If it was the YTK that I saw following up my softy it would have gone 50Lb plus.
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Top Pics Ryan!!! Can't
Top Pics Ryan!!! Can't wait til I'm making catches like that! How close were you to the orcas?? The pics look close, but don't know what lense you are using.
When I was out a couple of weeks ago we saw some whales at a distance, but couldn't id them.
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hehehe
hehehe......Simon goes "ohh thats a biggin YTK following up the water column" had my driftbait gear on hand and dropped my jig thinking that was the last time i see that jig again.........bloody mask fish!
Eddie, we did get close for shots but I cropped the pic to highlite the Orca's. When I was looking for the Orcas to take more shots I stopped my boat looking forward and Dan got to see the Orcas just underneath my boat with glassy water conditions and he said that was awesome to see!
We'll catch up soon Shaun, cheers mate!
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Mask Fish? Please
Mask Fish?
Please explain..
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they're!
YTK Deef!
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k- thanks Ryan... (not sure
k- thanks Ryan... (not sure i understand why though..?)
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yellow
Yellow mask over the eye....Zoro fish!
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Ahhhhh, that old chestnut.
Ahhhhh, that old chestnut. Thanks Ryan
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Some quality fish there
Some quality fish there