Christened my new donk with a Saturday night fish out from Mandurah.
Well finally I have the new donk on my boat! 
A new Suzuki 250hp 4-banger!
I collected the boat on Saturday arvo and went on a test run in the estuary and all went well. Spoke with my usual fishing buddy, and couldn't wait till the Sunday, so decided to go for an overnighter then and there.
The reasoning was 2 fold; wanted to run the motor in, and also wanted to do my best to put my bride's cousin onto a dhuie. (he's over from the UK)
We managed to organise everything, and were on the water about 6.00 and motored on out. As the motor had to be run in, that meant varying the revs every 5 mins up and down the range. This made for a slowish trip out, and it was well and truly dark by the time we got to our chosen grounds about 26nM out.
(Interestingly, the water temp inside the 5 fathom was about 23.5degrees, but out wide it was down to 21.5degrees.)
The winds were the predicted 15knots, and gusting about 18, so the sea-anchor was set for the first drift and lines quickly dropped.
1st fish was a small pinky which was quickly released back. This was followed by the first dhuie of the night at a bit over 10kg:
The fishing was very steady, with fish caught each drift.
Up till 12PM Saturday, we had the keeper dhuie, a nice whiskery shark (yum!), another dhuie released, along with a fair few pinkies released.
Early Sunday morn, I decided to shift a few hundred meters onto another mark in the hope of getting the Pom his first dhuie.
Everything went according to plan: no sooner had he dropped to the bottom, there was a maniiacal grunt, and an exclamation from the pom of "fook this thing is pooling hard!".
The fish did everything right, as he made duplicate runs back down to the bottom, and made life difficult mid-water also. POM did well tho, and he soon had colour and an excited whoop followed when his first ever dhuie was netted!
It went a respectable 14kg on the digital scales on board, and I reckon this piccy says it all of how he felT about the fish!:
By 5AM, we had 2 dhuies 10 & 14kg, 2 sharks, and a nice 3kg pinky on ice, so decided to call it a night and head in.
We'd released 2 other dhuies, 3 stingrays, and 2 other sharks along with the numerous smaller pinkies.
The motor was simply fantastic, and what a sesational way to christen her with getting someone his first decent dhuie!
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
Lamby
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Cracker well done, can always
Cracker well done, can always get a good guestimate on dhuies with the hand near the tail fin and had that pegged for 15. Honest man on the lie detector and something for the pom to crow about.
Ps. You have balls warming the motor in at night, respect!
Perry Home
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Good Work Browny
Great report mate - interesting to hear about the running in process for the new motor too. Best part of your report was POM's exclamation - cracked me up. Cheers
Wes F
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Gotta be happy new donk went
Gotta be happy new donk went well The Pom went even better by that big cheesy grin well done guys good report and pics
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.
Ben Derecki
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Great session Browny.Love the
Great session Browny.
Love the look on your mate's face. He's stoked!
scottland
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great session
never thought i'd be jelous of a pom
hahaha
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Faulkner Family
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gotta say well done to the
gotta say well done to the pom. that one is better than most of us and we been fishing for them for ages. the look on his face says it all. but why is he sitting, not got sea legs yot or just stuffed.
sounds like a great night was had. congrats all round
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Browny
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The poor little princess was
The poor little princess was stuffed so he just had to sit down!
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
grayzeee
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great stuff mateyou're game,
great stuff mate
you're game, at night with all those pots waiting for ya. still , pays off big time.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Browny
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Gidday grayzeee,we usually
Gidday grayzeee,
we usually head out on a full moon, coz the pro's dont have their pots out. There's always a few private ones dotted here and there inshore that you have to watch for, but can always time the departure and return trips to make sure pots arent an issue. If it weren't a full moon on Strdy, we'd have definitely left earlier to make sure we hit the spot during daylight hours.
We've always found that night fishing for the dhu-bangers always pays dividends tho!
Cheers,
Browny.
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
dkonig82
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Great dhuies! Nice workLove
Great dhuies! Nice work
Love those suzukis too
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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.
till
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Nice way to christen the new
Nice way to christen the new zuke!
Adam Gallash
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well done
Well done Browny, looks all of 14kg + and the photo says it all!
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Browny
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Thanks for replies
Thanks for replies fellas,
Poms following this thread now, and I still cant get the grin off his ugly mug 4 days later!
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
crasny1
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I am sure he cant
First look had me pegging it way bigger, but not a dhu expert coming from up north.
I love night fishing, peace and quite, but running in a boat. Now that is keen.
I am sure he would want to emigrate now.
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
Browny
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Agreed Crasny1...nothing like
Agreed Crasny1...nothing like the solitude on a night fish!
We been going for many years now and just love it.......even tho we knackered by the end of the trip!
Nothing like watching shooting stars (2 seen on saturday), satelites, flying fish, phosphorescence, lights of passing freighters, etc all these great things only seen at night whilst leisurely fishing away. No pickers stripping ya bait, and even better.......no effing pingers!!!!!!
Simply love it!!
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
grayzeee
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careful .. you're selling
careful .. you're selling it to me!
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
meglodon
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anchored or drifting
Hi Browney
can you tell me if you where anchored up or drifting on that night, if anchored did you burley up as well
Browny
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PM sent.
PM sent.
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
sea-kem
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Well down Browny. The ring in
Well down Browny. The ring in always get's the fish
Love the West!
GlennO87
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Shocking boat ;). Nice
Shocking boat ;). Nice fish!!!!
I love fishing. It`s escaping reality for a few hours for me!
terboz123
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on ya browny
on ya browny
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC memberHappypom
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I am that soldier
Hi guys been following the threads and comments on my fantastic fishing adventure best night of my life I would like to thank Mal and his deckie princess craigo for helping me get that beauty, would like to but more inclined to thank my cousin for picking a hubbie that loves fishing and has a boat ha ha.
Coudnt stand up for the piccy because I was just to knackered after hauling up fish from 40 metres just remember I am only a Pom not used to fishing so deep or such heavy sinkers still can't stop smiling and Mal has promised me another trip before I head off home to blighty.
He is taking us down to nornalup for the weekend to try and catch a few bream so the great Aussie adventure rolls on
Cheers all
The very happy Pom
_FAZ_
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Nice rig you have there
Nice rig you have there Browny. Nice catch too!
Pretty sure you live just round the corner from me - I'm on kingsford.
Let me know if your after an extra fishing buddy!
Dizzy
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Missed this one ! Nice one
Missed this one !
Nice one Browny - gotta love the big Zukes.
Great to hear the Sound system is up and running too.
Browny
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Cheers Dizz!A public big
Cheers Dizz!
A public big thankyou for your help in getting the sonichub sorted too!!
Appreciated your help immensely
Thx bud.
Mal.
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!