ABROHOLOS ISLANDS. My first time
the Abroholos islands is one place that has always ranked very high on my list of places to visit but i was never lucky enough to get over there until a few weekends ago. Got a call from Paul G about a posible weekend trip and i was all over it and beyond keen to tag along. friday lunch time came around and the road trip from Albany north started.
Got to Gero late friday night and slept the night there and off to the islands at first light. 8am and we where in sight of the first island and suited up the dive gear and where greeted by fish busting up on the surface, jump in and straight away a school of shark mackies and spanish cruise right up!! couldnt help myself and shoty a nice little mack around 11kg. from then on it just got better and better!! the coral life is just out of this world, fish life is amazing and just the sheer vertical drop offs and coral on coral is a great sight the great fish is just a bonus.
some of the highlights for the weekend where... Jody and her Yellow fin on stickbait, Jesse with his first speared mack that resulted in a encounter with a rather friendly shark, diving wreck point behind the reef, coral trout like flies, monster baldie from the shallows, Jody and Pauls after dark dhuie and spango, little blue macks destroying baitfish all around the boat at night, big coral trout and my first common trout.
Had an awesome time and its a place i would love to spend a lot more time exploring, big thanks to Paul, Jesse and Jody for letting me tag along and was an awesome weekend well worth the effort.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Adam Gallash
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Sweet
Looks like a sweet trip!
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Awesome.
Awesome.
Tradewind
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Great Photos mate, no
Great Photos mate, no shortage of fish!
Swompa
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That pic of the coral under
That pic of the coral under the boat is brilliant.
Boydy
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Awesome as usual
That is one big aquarium, clarity is amazing!
azza1
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Wow great photos. That coral
Wow great photos. That coral shot at night is awesome.
Paul G
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Good repot Chris and will
Good repot Chris and will give you a call next time around .So sharpen those spears . Also Rob as picked up your socks of the coral so I will grab them next time around.
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That place is on the list.
That place is on the list. Great post as usual Chris
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Love it
Great photos. A question - was most of the pictured fish caught with the straight hook, or fishing traditional style?
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Chris fish
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Was mostly a diving trip but
Was mostly a diving trip but we fished after dark and chucked lures at a few bust ups and got the shark mack on lure between dive spots
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outdoinit
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Fantastic Report Chris..
You were certainly lucky to get a spot on Paul's boat, for a first trip you couldn't get a better person to go with..
Anyhow it was great to meet you on the way through back and forth..
The pictures are great but nothing like being there..
I've spent half my life fishing.. The other half I have wasted..
Rob H
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Kids found your dive socks on
Kids found your dive socks on the coral here, flick thru an address and ill post when we get back in.
Still got a few days to go here yet, probably back in friday.
Weather pretty average out here this week!
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