Abrolhos Picture report
Hey guys just got back from an epic Abrolhos adventure with Saltwater Charters. Been looking forward to this trip since mid-last year after penciling it in with the skipper Craig.
Wouldnt believe it but one of the guys pulled out a couple days before the trip so Marko(hoookt) decided to join us a day before the big dance. Thanks for helping me out on such short notice mate!
Craig and Omar put us onto some seriously good fishing and really catered to the type of fishing we were into, stickbaiting and jigging. When there were bust-ups Craig would position the boat and drift so we could cast at fish instead of throwing lures out the back and trolling around.
Many firsts caught and PB's smashed and some very unsual fish caught considering the circumstances.
My most memorable moment was on the first day rocking up at a shoal inside the Abrolhos, with birds and bust-ups all over the place. The next couple hours was a blur but we were nailing spaniards, sharkies, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail kings on stickbaits while the jiggers were catching sambos, amberjack, yellowtail kings and snapper. Everyone was buggered by 11am!
Anyway here is a handful from the photos I have...
Starting from Friday night after steaming out of Gero port in the late arvo, the aim was to catch a couple dhuies or snapper for dinner...
We tagged and released quite a few that didnt make it to the bbq plate.
Surprise mack.
Rolling out of the swags in the morning and nailing a couple honkey heads before steaming off towards the islands.
Crazy stickbaiting on the shoals..
Catch of the session went to Filthy Phil with this insane King on surface!
Plenty of seriola to keep the jiggers happy.
My brother did well micro jigging with the noodle stick and 15lb gear..
This seriola turned into something grey with sharp teeth..
One for the pool room..
Now back to filling the freezer..
Bully scored this pair on a snell rig while we were up the front casting for trout in 1ft of water!
Another one for Cody on the 15lb gear
My PB dhu
Drifting in 3-4m of water casting stickbaits over coral. I got smashed by this trout that burried me, eventually pulling it out, the mackie trace saving me. While I was at the back dealing with the fish the other 3 casters hooked up simultaneously. Crazy pinkies on stickbaits!
Marko rolled out of bed and fell on this baldie!
Not long after, Ben rigged up his new stickbait for the days antics, cast it out to see how it swam, as it darted off the 2ft coral shoal behind the boat, BOOOM! The boat still tied up on the mooring!
Night anitcs at anchor.
Smashed by stupidly large sharks. Ran out of balloons to float baits out and a few eyebrows were raised, especially by the crew, when one of the boys whipped out a roll of condoms. Still did the job. Lubey lips though. The Saltwater game chair got a good work out. Was a messy night on deck and a few sorry heads in the morning!
I ended up having a go towards the end of the night, using a Saltiga 5000 on pe6 jig rod, floating out a portion of mackie frame on a giant hook and single strand wire, floated out under a Ansell size Regular condom. While I was rolling out my sleeping bag the drag took off so I ran over and set the hook about 15 times next thing I know the shark is swimming towards us before a 74 cm dhuie pops up on the end of the line haha! What a way to crack your PB dhu! Still chasing up photos of that one!
Kill shots!
Day 1
Some random photos..
Saying Hi to the boys on BlueJuice Charters
Seriously cant thank Craig and Omar from Saltwater Charters enough for a truly insane experience. All the boys are frothing to do it again next year and some of us are even talking about booking 2 trips for the season. I wouldnt go up there with anyone else to be honest!
Realy hoping the server doesnt explode uploading this because its taken me an hour and a half and I wont be doing it again!
Cheers,
Beau.
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Versus
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Epic. Genuinely lol'd at the
Epic. Genuinely lol'd at the Saltwater game chair pics. Be hard to top that trip!
Swompa
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Who took the frangas on a
Why did you take frangas on a boys trip?
Haha
Awesome trip.
nightfish
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Pmsl
Good call
Rig
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Nice report
Does Cody always out fish you beau?
beau
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Does Cody always outfish
Does Cody always outfish me?
No
Does Cody always get photos of his fish?
YES
hahaha
Notice how great quality all the photos of me are?
Sabotage.
Paul_86
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Awesome trip beau, glad ya
Awesome trip beau, glad ya smashed it and had a ball! Gonna have to make the trip out there one day soon!
mullows
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Love it when a plan comes
Love it when a plan comes together!!! Well done boys and good onya Marko for being able to go at such short notice. LOve those little yft's for a great little feed of sashimi and bugger all waste with that amount of blokes. Top report!
Cheers
Mullows
The Older I get the better I was :-)
westozandy
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haha awesome matei have a
haha awesome mate
i have a charter over there in 3 weeks, this has got me excited!
mullows
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Love the game chair hahahaha
Love the game chair hahahaha how would you go locked into that one :-)
Cheers
Mullows
The Older I get the better I was :-)
beau
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If you're on Facebook,
If you're on Facebook, Saltwater Charters just uploaded a video of it in action literally 30mins ago. Great footage!
mullows
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3 minutes of gold!!! we have
3 minutes of gold!!! we have used the old esky as our game chair with good results, not dissimilar to the fold up plastic model you have there....um maybe a little bit bit more sturdy (xtreme coolers plug hahaha). Very funny and looked like a great bunch of fellas having some good clean fun, love it!
Cheers
Mullows
The Older I get the better I was :-)
beau
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Yeah mate was a great trip
Yeah mate was a great trip with great company, so many laughs! Doesnt get much better really..
Boydy
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Wow
Always impressed by your posts Beau, and no exception here.
Awesome fish and unreal picture quality.
Looks like a great trip with smile's all round.
That's the way to do it.
outdoinit
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Awesome place
Top report, looks like you guys had heaps of laughs..
I've spent half my life fishing.. The other half I have wasted..
jarrid
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Sounds like a great trip,
Sounds like a great trip, well done
trymyluck
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Looks like an awesome trip !
Looks like an awesome trip !
Andy Mac
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Great pics
Great trip
Cheers
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Markie
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cheers beau . veryyy good
cheers beau . veryyy good trip for a last minute decision haha. Shark night is one to remember hahaha, off the busssssss
beau
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Cheers guys!
Cheers guys!
grayzeee
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Your 7th pic down early
Your 7th pic down early morning Pinkie with sunrise finglow. awesome pic (and trip obviously)
Great trip.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
beau
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Cheers grayzee! One of my
Cheers grayzee!
One of my favourites too, love the detail in the head and the sunrise in its dorsal fin!
scottland
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Hey beau
I flippin hate you haha
I told u it was gooood
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
dkonig82
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So good mate - super jealous
So good mate - super jealous
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
big john
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Awesome
Great trip and pics beaumonde!
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scotto
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onya lads
mint trip, and choice photos hoookt and bobo! jelly as!
Stevo81
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Awesome trips boys! We're
Awesome trips boys! We're heading over tomorrow morning for 4 days and reading this got us even more amped if that's possible! Might need some more stick baits too I reckon
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beau
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Bullchops and Duel Adagio
Bullchops and Duel Adagio heavies smashed all other stickbaits out the park! I caught 7 spaniards, a handful of sharkies and coral trout all on the one blue Bullchop
Albee Mangles
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Awesome stuff Beau!
Might have to pencil that one in!!
dean1walsh
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Glad to see you put those
Glad to see you put those stickbaits that you bought from me to good use beau!
Good on you!
beau
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In the end I only needed one!
In the end I only needed one! My brother went through a couple though. Thanks again
Guardy
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Excellent photos Beau
Some great fish and fun by all by the looks of it.
I'm a touch p*ssed that the wind was up over Easter and looking like being up again this weekend as I was looking at heading over there in the boat.
Cheers mate
Guardy
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duplicate
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Lamby
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Cracker all round
Cracker all round
cell
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Top stuff boys nice sushimi
Top stuff boys nice sushimi been had. im definately saving to go up there now myself and do it. dunno if my gear will hold up to them yft or macks but hey will give anything a shot. fishing in paradise is all ill say its been about 5yrs since i fished the abrolhos and still sits in my memorys like it was yesterday. loved the pix beau and that wig i bet the boys on blue juice thought it was a sexy sheila lol bully really pulled that one off haha
loads of fun had by all good work boys
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Mad fisherboy
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Nice!
Next time a take a charter it's definitely gonna b with saltwater charters! Just asking were u using ur own rods or did they supply them??
beau
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You can bring your own rods
You can bring your own rods or they can supply you a rod/tackle for driftbaiting if you dont have your own gear. I personally had 6 rods which covered me for everything.
Pe3 Casting
Pe2-3 Plastics and light jigs
Pe3 medium jigs
Pe0.8-1.5 micro jigs/light plastics
8lb outfit for night time sessions ie. spangled emperor, small trout, baldies, squid etc.
Pe6 Heavy jigging
tim-o
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Faaark, killer trip, top post
Faaark, killer trip, top post Beau
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
troy fuller
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When are you going next? Me
When are you going next? Me and the old man will come!
beau
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Most likely April next year,
Most likely April next year, just need to pick a better moon phase as it was quiet by standards lol.
Obviously the crew I went with will get priority for my next trip but if someone wants to invite me on their trip I'll be happy to join!
Ashram
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BIG THANKS
There are a few on this site Beau that I thoroughly enjoy opening their threads. You my friend have topped that list today with that report and photo shoot. Absolutely awesome read and look. Thanks
beau
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Thanks mate, my pleasure!
Thanks mate, my pleasure!
Goodz
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Shoulda been there!!! Great
Shoulda been there!!! Great pics beau, cracker trip!
Jason P
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Great post, sure makes me
Great post, sure makes me jealous. Will have to put it on my bucket list.
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De-Crais
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Friggen awesome Beau. Looks
Friggen awesome Beau.
Looks like an awesome trip Beau gotta get over there one day, great report mate and pics
Paul G
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Nice report and some great
Nice report and some great pics .
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Brock O
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Great Report
Beau and some excellent photo's....is truly a great fishing experience.
Devo1965
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Great photos and charter
Computer internet at work is slow but worth the wait for pictures to load, top trip with quality fishing, nice report.
Devo1965
botti
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Awesome
Awesome beau great report well done
beau
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Cheers fellas. If you enjoy
Cheers fellas.
If you enjoy red hot fishing you gotta get your asses over there!
fincher
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Thanks for the report beau
Thanks for the report beau looks like use all had a great time and has made me wanting to go even more and can't wait am counting down the days 30 more to go can't wait :) hopefully the weather will be nice as use got it And thanks again for the report mate
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fishy fingers
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What about the on board accomodation
one thing you never see advertised on these trips is the onboard accomodation, as much as I would love to go on a live aboard charter I like my comfort and privacy and wouldnt like to spend a night let alone 5 nights in a cabin with 7 or 8 other blokes who are pissed, smelly or snorers....or all 3, and the option of sleeping on deck dosent go down with me too well either, probably ok for the young blokes but not for older buggers like me.
beau
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Theres 2 level bunks in the
Theres 2 level bunks in the cabin shaped around the bow of the boat, just like what you would see in a trailerboat cabin. 2 of our guys slept there. The rest of us were either in swags or camp beds and sleeping bags on the deck or upstairs. We all slept like rocks after full days fishing, didn't hear any complaints on sleeping arrangements at all. First thing in the morning throw out a bait while you clear the deck of swags and camp beds.
Pretty much what you'd expect on a local live-aboard charter, obviously we weren't expecting the True North!
westozandy
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Hey Beau, Awesome photos
Hey Beau,
Awesome photos and trip mate.
Im heading on a charter there in about 5 weeks time with a heap of guys I work with. Not the same charter but im sure it will be just as good! Did you just spend the one night there or a couple? Im lucky enough to be spending 2 nights over there,so 2 nights/3 days. Should definitely get some fish. Cant bloody wait, its my first proper fishing trip iv been on really.
Out of all the outfits you took, what did you find yourself using the most?
beau
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Hey mate, charter was 4
Hey mate, charter was 4 nights, we got away a night early coz the weather was too good to spend the night in the marina, hence why there was no dinner for us and we had to catch our own haha.
Well if you dont catch as much you'll know who to go with next year aye!
Really depends how deep you plan on fishing, most of our stuff was in the 30s and early 40s. If I had to take only 2 combos it would be the lighter pe3 outfit and the casting rod, nothing better than casting surface lures at mackies and tuna!
westozandy
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Sweet, I was thinking along
Sweet, I was thinking along these lines too :)
We are going over with Reel Affair, hopefully its a good few days! Cheers bud.
Red Dog
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Almost too much awesomeness
Almost too much awesomeness to take in!
A dream trip and your pics are top class.