The brothers June 2011 Exxy fishing weekend.
My brother Matt flew up thursday for a few days fishing . The weather was pretty good, beers cold and the fishing pretty hot. We caught plenty of good fish, released heaps, lost a few to sharks, lost a few more to bad gaff shots, lost even more to the fish being just too big and the bottom too gnarly and lost a few to stupidity and had heaps of laughs in three days of fantastic fun.
One of the highlights was the brother having a tug of war on a 200lb handline with a 7 foot shark who wanted his bluebone in 3 metres of water. This led to a discusion about whether a 200lb handline (old school) or 50lb braid and saltiga rod and reel (new school) could get fish up quicker. It was declared a draw when a very lumpy pair of red bass turned up to test him on the rod and me on the handline. Heaps of giggles there. Grace got a nice longnose emperor as well, we all had fish on as well and left her to it. Pretty good effort for a 9 year old .
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alfred
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Looks like you guys had a
Looks like you guys had a great time!
Ben Derecki
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Some solid fish there guys,
Some solid fish there guys, great fishing!
Ripped off with that tuskie, what a hooter.
deepwater
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Exxy fishing weekend
great stuff there marble ,i see the boat getting around town a bit ,very nice bass
jeff
Lucky Tim
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very nice Benno, now that I'm
very nice Benno, now that I'm back I really need to get some of those bluebone on the line. Give me a yell when you have a day off the the three of us can head out to the islands for a spear.
Adam Gallash
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identical
Identical twin brother eh? ;) Nice fish mate, spewn about the bluey.
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carnarvonite
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Snout trout
The snout trout would have given Gracie a work out. Sounds like a top trip
till
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Who said there are two, he is
Who said there are two, he is just swapping shirts :P
slam
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Bass
Hey guys,
Just wondering are red bass any good to eat? I am heading up to Exxy in a wk for a wks fun & would be good to know to release or keep for a feed.
franke
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I know that ugly moosh, its
I know that ugly moosh, its done around five odd sec over the quarter
marble
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I wouldnt keep bass again.
I wouldnt keep bass again. Had some last night and was pretty chewy. We belted ours pretty hard getting them up( they belted us too) and tried releasing them but no joy. One went down on the weight and came back up again and the other was hooked deaply and bleedy badly. Pity because they great fun to catch.
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dkonig82
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Great work on the bass,
Great work on the bass, definitely hard fighters!
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poddyfish
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exxy
lovely stuff benno! good to see ya got the bro into some ripper fish again mate!
spewing bout the tuskie tho..... you seem to have them babies wired of late - taste great and f**k dnt they go hard in the shallows!
top long nose for the young lady too! very very respectable fish any fisho let alone one of her ages! congratulations
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troy fuller
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Went to exy a few weeks back
Went to exy a few weeks back and we got plagued with blue bone. Very annoying after awhile.