Dampier Billfish Shootout
Submitted by dodgy on Tue, 2011-05-24 08:12
Only a couple of weeks away now. Anyone planning on lining up?
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Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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Brucesta
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unfortunantly i'll be down in
unfortunantly i'll be down in Perth playing volleyball for this one, i hope the weather plays ball for everyone
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SamC
Posts: 2013
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Yup ill be fishing
Yup ill be fishing it.
Representing Campbells Pro Tackle, as we are gold sponsors.
Should be a good comp, looking foward to it.
Cheers,
Sam
Lastchance
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Date Joined: 02/02/09
Definately in. Hopefully the
Definately in. Hopefully the weather plays the game for a change! Keeps the flies at bay though..... Got a junior on board this year as well so it should be good fun all round.
barneyboy
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Jealous as
Wish I was.
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
dodgy
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With the weather patterns the
With the weather patterns the last couple of weeks it is possible we might jag a good window.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Deckie
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Volleyball
Hey Bruce good luck with the volleyball in Perth. If ya got time to catch up for a drink let us know, missed ya at Exy so i recon we owe ya a beer.
cheers Rob
Cheers & Stay safe
Brucesta
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We'll see how we go for time
We'll see how we go for time Rob, bit of a flying trip this time around, i'm not even bringing a rod with me. Personally i'd rather be fishing then putting this fat body through it's paces in the cold for two days.
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Lastchance
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Date Joined: 02/02/09
Sucked in Brucesta! Have you
Sucked in Brucesta! Have you had a look at the weather for the Comp????
Have fun at Girlie ball though!
Brad S
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Date Joined: 28/05/11
Hey Daisy not this year
Have to work - but went to the montes last week had a great time will post some photos soon.
Sam - Mate dont have much phone signal here at work BWI will ring you when I can
Cheers Stevo
marble
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Date Joined: 03/09/09
Anyone going from Exmouth for
Anyone going from Exmouth for the comp ? Late notice I know but a mate left some baits in my freezer that he would like up there. cheers
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KEN_DOG
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Date Joined: 21/04/11
billies
water looks the goods, pity about the cloud cover!......spewin im at work!
Any reports filtering back in yet???
dodgy
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Date Joined: 01/02/10
Just one sail. for team
Just one sail. for team Easily Lured. Seems to be a few marlin around though so might change the game plan for tomorrow.
Think Sams team got a fish early.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
KEN_DOG
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Date Joined: 21/04/11
numbers
was on the clubs channel yesterday, tagged fishing being called in roughly every half hour and mainly marlin, should be good final tally.
hooked one at the ships early yeaterday but couldnt convert it.......saw bait balls bailed up by big solid arches on the sounder, but couldnt raise them through the middle of the day.
Brad S
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Date Joined: 28/05/11
Who won and how many tagged
Any one with any news on the billfish comp
Lastchance
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Gday Stevo,Shootout was a
Gday Stevo,
Shootout was a very quiet comp this year. The weather was heaps better than the usual 25-30 knots, but the fish just werent playing the game. We only ended up with 1 sail from a double hookup and missed a few others.
Im pretty sure that Tourettes won champion boat, Champion female and won the boat in the raffle - something you would know a bit about! LOTS of boats ended the weekend without even seeing a fish. Hopefully the Classic is a little more fishy.
Seeya later.
Brucesta
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let that be punishment to you
let that be punishment to you for mocking me trying to play a weekend of volleyball, at least we won unlike you. (please don't take my deckie spot away for the classic!!!)
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Lastchance
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C'mon girlie man, you've seen
C'mon girlie man, you've seen how we go on the boat!
Just had some REALLY bad news regarding the Classic, turns out the first 2 days are the 30th and 31st of July - the last 2 days of Dry July.......worst time for a comp! No boozin' for me
Brucesta
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well if it takes me not
well if it takes me not taking any grog as well then so be it, i should probably sign up as i'm offshore for 2 weeks of it, half way there! we'll make up for it on the last two days. was the bait ball out there yet?
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Lastchance
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Quite a few bait balls, but
Quite a few bait balls, but not much on them yet. Might be getting rounded up by other pelagics though (some areas were closed out due to Mackies). The high number of Marlin caught (in comparison to Sails) would suggest that perhaps more people went lures and a bit more pace to cover ground to find the fish as there werent many around, and to add to it, a lot of guys were having radio issues due to the weather conditions which gave the perception they were a long way out catching the fish (more chance of marlin this way usually).
There was definately a lot of bum steers and 'code' talking going on over the radio!
dodgy
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I think the final count was
I think the final count was 67 billfish. 45 or so marlin and around 20 sails
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
wizza
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Shootout
Well what a weekend.
Champion boat was tor Tourettes with 5 marlin
second was Skulldraggin 4 marlin
third was Pursuit. 4 marlin
Champion male was Kevin Dikin 3 marlin
Champion female was Fiona Jamieson 4 marlin
champion junior was ------- stirling 2 marlin
and the boat was won by Fiona Jamieson from Pursuit
great weather and well organized comp.
wizza
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Date Joined: 17/04/07
Shootout
Well what a weekend. Champion boat was tor Tourettes with 5 marlin second was Skulldraggin 4 marlin third was Pursuit. 4 marlin Champion male was Kevin Dikin 3 marlin Champion female was Fiona Jamieson 4 marlin champion junior was ------- stirling 2 marlin and the boat was won by Fiona Jamieson from Pursuit great weather and well organized comp.