31m dive
Well we finally did a deeper dive. Our deepest to date was 25.6m which was quite a boring dive .This time we planned to do a dive on a lump I have fished for many years, just a mound of red on the sounder. iTS AMAZING WHAT IS DOWN THERE. I was first in the water hanging on the float out the back looking down to see sambos and ytks all coming up under the boat, must have been 20 all around 5-8kg. After the others got in the water we started our descent down the anchor rope. Wasn't long and a picture of coral and fish opened up in front of us, this red blob was four small lumps over a 250sqm all covered in plate coral and caves and cracks. fish life abounds at these lumps, the plate coral great hiding spots for some large crays some up to 3-4kg big jumbos but out of reach of the loop. did get one around 1.5kg, Kev got a nice baldie around 3kg. too many fish to list but no dhuies. We hit 31m and bottom time was 31minutes ,with a four minute stop at 3m. Viz was 10-12m . We were stocked and will do many more dives in the deeper water slowly but surely working through the lumps and patches in the gps
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grayzeee
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some bloody whoppers there
some bloody whoppers there guys
well done
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
STEVE231
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Crays
You're doing well on them crayfish, must be good to see what's actually on the lumps that you fish.
Paul G
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Yes a great morning,I always
Yes a great morning,I always thought I had a good idea of what was on some of these lumps looking out the sounder.no chance and you can guess but it is so different to what pics you have in your mind.dosen't matter how much you spend on your sounder ,unless it is a underwater camera .
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wazzbat
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Very Nice!
That sounds like an awesome dive. I was just thinking yesterday while we were fishing, how good it would be to dive these spots and have a look around. I haven't dived for about 6 years now and wouldn't be confident going any deeper than 20m anyway. We were in about 42m and we caught dhuies, baldies, pinkies, black arse and my mate has caught KGs and queenies and other fish in the same spot. Doesn't look like much on the sounder though.
I fish for the future - Cause I can't bloody catch anything!
STEVE231
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Sounders
I'm still guessing as to what structure it is that I'm fishing at times, there is no substitute for a "human fish finder"
uncle
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calm
the water must have been nice and clear,good photos
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hunterdive
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hi there Paul, did your
hi there Paul,
did your young fella end up getting his dive ticket mate?? 31m is a decent dive
Paul G
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Jesse has had his dive
Jesse has had his dive ticket 15 month now he is nearly 14.he has 56 dives in depth from 5 -31m and is relaxed at any depth he uses less air than me.he has done many dives in the 20-24 on the three mile.he is keen to get all his tickets but until he is 16 they won't let him sit his next ticket ,he will be nearing 200 dives by then.Can't wait to get in the waterin exmouth this year.
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kane
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good one mate
good to see plenty of crays still about shallow and deep
Gooooone Fishin!
Paul G
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Hows your dive coase going
Hows your dive coase going Kane
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kane
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going good mate completed adas part 1 and part 2
start part 3 monday, 4 weeks to go and ill be fully qualified :)
underwater welding and cutting is the coolest, doing chamber operators qual and alot of diving to 50 metres this month, looking forward to that.
then time to recoup some $$$$$$$$$$$$
Gooooone Fishin!
Goodz
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Woulda have be awesome to
Woulda have be awesome to see what the bottom looked like at a favourite spot... hoping to get my dive ticket this year and one day might get the chance to see the same!
Aren't you getting sick of eating crays yet Paul?
Paul G
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Sands good 50m that down
Sands good 50m that down sum.we are going to do 34 next on a small lump were the dhuies group up.will just take things slow.maybe one day we will be dibing 50m
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31m
that would have been great well done
jeff
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Only kept one cray today
Only kept one cray today ,and we normally have a three way split between four of us.Im not big on the crays eight or nine in the frezzer is plenty.
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Faulkner Family
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sounds like you had a great
sounds like you had a great dive today Paul. would love to be down at places like that , only prob would be is that 30 min isnt long enough to have a good look around
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alfred
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Top stuff as usual Paul!
Top stuff as usual Paul!
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You do get to see a fair bit
You do get to see a fair bit of ground in thirty minutes.im going to rig up my camera on my head next dive out there then i can film the whole dive,hopfully what i see you will see.Not sure if the camera will stay there but will give it a go.
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Faulkner Family
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sounds like a good plan, one
sounds like a good plan, one thing to remember tho is dont move your head around too fast as the footage will be hard to watch
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Jody
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Nice
See what you mean about all the plate coral down there..... and yeah, pity it can only be 30 mins.
I've heard the crays start to get a bit tough when huge ??
TWiZTED
Pete D
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Great stuff Paul and good
Great stuff Paul and good experience for Jesse. No hurry for more tickets, as dive experience is the best form of ticket. I had about 600 done before I got my advanced (ran half the class......but that was many moons ago).
Cheers Pete