Another lovely day on the water off Groote.
Well after saying good bye to Claire this morning as she was going to work, it was time for me to go to work on the local fish population. After the 2 minute drive to the ramp, i was on the water buy 0630. The sun was just coming out, and a light sou easter blowing thru my locks...... i could feel today was going to be fishy.
I made my way out the back of conexion Island, to find some new ground. After 30 mins of cruzing around i finally found a nice little lumpy bit.
By now the wind had dropped off to nothing, i lined up for my first drift. With a standard patenoster rig and a half of squid, i sent my bait spiralling to the ocean floor. Bump..bump ..bite..bite...strike.... im on! Couldnt believe it was onto a good fish first drop. My arms were tired already, from changing a few hundred screen panels in last weeks shut down. But this was no time to be soft, i had to get this fish to the surface before mr grey suit came for some breakfast. finally getting the fish up, i soon had my new pb blue spot emperor. Around the 50cm mark, they sure put up a fight.
Had a few more drifts there, for a couple of smaller fish. Then took off out into the channel, to some deeper water around the 40s. Did a fair few drifts across some broken ground, which produced some nice saddletail, finger mark....and a lone GT around the 60cm mark, which basically took every bit of energy from my arm muscles i had left. After this i decided to call it a day and head back to the ramp. On the way back, i notced i few tuna starting to show up at last... soon hopefully the mackies will be here! Home at the ramp at 11 am, another mint day on the water!
DieHard
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nice work mate!
nice work mate!
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Goodz
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Settle down there wade,
Settle down there wade, still making us jealous! Another nice looking bag! Good to hear theres a few tuna showing up for ya. Good luck gettin into them sometime, they're hard to get close to!
piston broke
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Well done Wade
really nice catch mate.Do you get any squid ,prawns, crabs, mussels or crays where you are? cheers Pete
Ben Derecki
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Certainly keeping your
Certainly keeping your protein content up up there wade.
Thanks for the pics.
wadetolley
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yes
yes eating fish at least 3 times a week at the moment.. keeps the food bill down with all this freash fish on tap!
PilbaraBrad
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sigh...............
sigh...............
Faulkner Family
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another good day in
another good day in paradise. but dont you think you should spend some time in the garden instead of fishing, its looking a bit shabby
. well done, you got that place sussed
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
makai
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Your starting to make me really jealous Wade
Nothing like a 2min drive to the ramp, and top fishing within easy range of the ramp! Lap it up!
PJAY
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i am starting to hate you
i am starting to hate you wade...lol......nice fish!
The Kimberley....perfect one day and more perfect the next!!!
soupster51
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Solid
Nice work Wade. If the arm's weren't sore before they are now.
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
wadetolley
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Thanks
Thanks guys! Pete there is heaps of prawns here.. you just wait for a trawler to come to the island. I havnt tryed for squid yet, im waiting for a mega calm day in close. As for the crays, there is heaps of painted crays up here. They will not go in pots, so you have to dive for them. You wouldnt catch me diving up here. Worf is they do get some blue swimmer crabs up here, but there on the small side.
Oh Russ and Sandy! I have spent the last 2 days in the garden, setting up our vegie green house. You cant grow anything in the ground up here because of nematodes and every bug in the world.
just dhu it
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Well done
well doen Wade, theres somne good fish there and it sounds like your getting a good hold on the place , nice photos with frames as well, , Claire i will put some resumes out on Wades behalf just to slow him down lol
enjoy
wadetolley
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no need
No need mate. Started work last week. 4 days on...4 days off, so still plenty of time for fishing!
GrahamM
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Wade you are making me
Wade you are making me jealous and i see you sneek out without Claire is that just so she dosent out fish you? nice garden there are pleanty of natural things you can use to get rid of nematodes they are nasty little buggers they always seem to ruin my mushroom box (farm) every yeay
crasny1
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Well done Wade
Whats those plants growing in the right hand corner????
Sometimes tomatoes look a little suss
. LOL mate and enjoy those saddletail.
I agree that the blue lined and blue spot emporors in that size pull nice and hard.
Neels
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
wadetolley
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No
No mate, im married now, those days are over!
Bodie
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Hey wade have you given the
Hey wade have you given the plastics or jigs a crack yet?
Looking at that sounder lit up looks perfect for a crack with them!! only shallowish too!
ps: nice fish!! wheres my invite??? :)
wadetolley
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No
No i havnt yet. Funny you should say that, as yesterday i was looking all thru my boat for an octo jig i bought in perth before i moved over. The current was not very strong yesterday, so jigging would of been good. Coral is very snaggy here, i can see a few jagged jigs coming my way!
Bodie
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get some small knife jigs
get some small knife jigs mate, instant sucess i bet!! dont get stuck as much either!
alfred
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Must be fanastic to have
Must be fanastic to have this all on your door step!
We need to arrange for Wade to loose his camera and internet connection.
wadetolley
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Dont
Dont worry alfred, after 6pm when everybody logs on here at Groote, it feels like your using dialup! Bloody telstra
Lucky Tim
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that bombie has got trout
that bombie has got trout written all over it. You need to find a mate who is willing to dive for the crays offer to take him out, problem solved.