Any reports from Dampier Billfish Shootout.
Submitted by dodgy on Sat, 2010-06-05 18:17
Anyone able to give a progress report? Looks a bit blowy down that way.
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Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Brucesta
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blowing it's ring out in
blowing it's ring out in K-town at the moment easy 20+ knots, from what i have heard from Lastchance's mrs they got a black yesterday don't know about any sails but i might head out there this arvo and see what's been caught and update tonight
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crasny1
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Its a gale
I am glad I am not some of the boys out there. Daisy, Mullows, Skinny, Craig Pearse, Jay B and a few I cant remember certainly would want their acts together out there. Or a few buckets and a shit load of Kwells.
Neels
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crasny1
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Doesnt look bad on the forecast
But it is not cool.
http://swell.willyweather.com.au/wa/pilbara/cape-legendre.html
http://www.askhuey.com.au/component/option,com_weather/act,7daywind/obs_weather_state,WA/obs_weather_state,WA/obs_weather_location,57/
Neels
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Faulkner Family
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maybe the weather gods have
maybe the weather gods have something about fishing comps, first the fishwrecked one and now this
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Dale
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I haven't seen too many
I haven't seen too many boats up here of late so I don't know how many are in it. Accommodation may have been an issue for people coming up from elsewhere as there has been a movie being made up here (Red Dog) an they have been taking up a lot of the accommodation in the area. The mornings up here haven't been too windy but the arvo's have, pretty stiff easterly blowing here at present.
Cheers
Dale
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jay_burgess
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Saturday was bloody shocking
Saturday was bloody shocking and today was worse. We had a couple of hookups on Day 1 from unknowns but both spat the hook, didn't look like billies. 50 something bills caught by the fleet on Day 1. Today we had a double hookup early, the second fish spat the hook after about 10 sec, first one stayed connected for a nice sail for Craig. Raised another sail later in the day but wouldn't eat. Max wind gusts out on the water today around 35kt, sustained windspeeds around 28kt.... was pretty hairy. 28 bills caught by the fleet today. Hopefully tomorrow brings fairer weather... I'm off to bed as I'm absolutely stuffed...
poddyfish
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crikey
conditions like that sure knock ya round! hard work for a few hookups jay.. wat are you fishing out of mate? blowing east?
best of luck for day 3 mate
Fear The Spear............!
jay_burgess
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Woke up this morning and it
Woke up this morning and it was already blowing 29-33 knots E at Legendre Island. Decided to hold off and see if the weather eased at all but it's still blowing it's box of as I speak so we'll be giving it a miss on day 3.
mullows
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Had the same idea as you
Had the same idea as you Jay.
After yesterdays hiding we decided to give it a miss after looking at the weather this morning. Tagged 2 early saturday, dropped one and then went quiet. Yesterday after scouting around the same spot for a while decided to run with the wind down behind roly rock and decided to come in and got hammered all the way back.
Will enjoy a few beers at the presos tonight though.
Cheers
Mullows
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Dale
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Some guys washing down a
Some guys washing down a 6.7m or 6.8m Haines Patriot across from my room this arvo, they had their team gear on but dont know who they were.
Cheers
Dale
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Mr Wolf
Lastchance
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Shocker
The forecast didnt look as bad as it ended up being. As far as I know there were only two 6.8mtr Haines' in the comp - one is and Encore and is called 'The Wench' and the second is the Patriot that you must have seen Dale and it was 'Team Richter" and was crewed by the boys from Campbells Tackle (nick Hocking was one of them as well). I think they got a prize for being the first to bail out on Sunday morning (830) and started a fairly steady drop out rate from then!
I had both 'rigger bases strip out of the 8mm tapped holes on my hardtop it was that rough (been in for nearly 2 years) and almost lost me the 'riggers on the first morning. We got a Saily and a Black before midday the first day, but despite best efforts couldnt get any more to stay hooked up.
The winning boat is a 5.5mtr ally centre console called Bush Pig and they finished with 9 sails. Conditions were absolutely shocking - we are lucky that we dont get the swells up here that you guys get down south, or there would have definately been a few more dramas, but that said, I dont think anyone was out there doing the wrong thing.
Brucesta - you missed nothing at all mate, although there isnt a speck of dust anywhere in or out of the boat now!
Goatch
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Cotty does it again hey !!!
Man that guy puts in the hours for some good results , that boat must be getting on by now , I remember it back in the late 90's , bloody fish magnet.
Just one more cast , honest !!!
Webby
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Cotty sold that boat mate,
Cotty sold that boat mate, he fishes out of 'the judge' now
I live with fear every day... sometimes she lets me go fishing.
Goatch
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Bugger I am
Behind the times , been a while since I fished Dampier , I guess that's what happens when you only fish Exmouth LOL
Just one more cast , honest !!!
Brucesta
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i missed a day off Daisy
i missed a day off Daisy thats the bad thing, i was on the lookout for boats on the way out in the chopper and i reckon 3 max from Kendrew around to Bare, i had the wrong side of the chopper to see the ore boats.
time to spend some money myself and prep myself for a billfish trip
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Lastchance
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Comp
We spent most of the time to the east/north of the ships - Headed fairly wide on Saturday and worked back in. Actually ended up being fairly comical in the end!
Craig Pearse
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It was the worst weather
It was the worst weather ever, after that weekend it should be re named to The Deadliest Catch Shootout.Thanks to Jay and Quinnie for being apart of team Bada Bing. Only 1 sail but I had a great weekend. Credit to all the teams that stuck it out and to Bush Pig to fish the worst and last day in a center console( hard core ). Now after that weekend 15-20knts is not that bad after all. High light would watching 1.5m of the bow going under the waves and slowly popping back out, Bloodly scary
crasny1
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Bloody hell Craig
I was damn glad I wasnt out there. Didnt look to bad on Friday when we saw you at the club. After Friday didnt even think about going out at all.
Last year also the same --- "Billfish Blowout"
Neels
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