Dampier charter
Submitted by Walfootrot on Sat, 2013-08-10 08:35
Hi all,
We have an RDO tomorrow and have managed to get a few spots on a charter out of Dampier.
Price $350 per pax, bit high, but thats the only boat I could get on short notice.
Its with Neptune sea charters.
Has anyone been out with them?
Hope to have some pic's to post come Monday.
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More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Carry
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that is a bit steep
hopefully you get some good fish cant beat this current weather
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Goatch
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Holy shit
For that price are they feeding and lubricating you as well , I guess if they have the market covered that's what you pay !!!!
Just one more cast , honest !!!
Walfootrot
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Yer their feeding us, fillet
Yer their feeding us, fillet and vac pack the catch, they supply the standard stuff like rods, bait, soft drinks for the soft coc.s. we bring the beer.
Yer its on the upper end of the scale, but its a day out of camp, a day wetting a line and we may end up with some fresh fish for the BBQ.
Dont mind paying for quality, see what we get and will let you's know
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Yewiefish85
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Went out from Point Samson a
Went out from Point Samson a couple of years ago, cost $300 p/p, 12 punters on board, 4 in our group only about 10 legal fish landed (mainly blue line emperor and a couple of cod) between the 4 in our group only one blue line so $1200 for 1 fish!( different charter tho), good luck mate hope they get you onto some fish
jarrid
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Went on one out of Dampier
Went on one out of Dampier about four years ago and cleaned up. Lots of reds, rankin, saddle tail and a few mackies to top it off. That one was called ocean anus (Oceanus)
Brucesta
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saw the charter tied up back
saw the charter tied up back in port today, how did you go?
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Walfootrot
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Mmmm, going to try and be
Mmmm, going to try and be nice.
Not many fish, 13 on the boat and around 18 keepers caught, nothing big,
3 ranken, 6-7 reds, saddle tails...
Nice day, good weather.
For the price $350 per pax, I would have thought we would have fished some where other than the gas line, as this area gets hammered.
Nice boat, rods and reels were ok, crew was good, food supplied was good
Down side of this charter
1, fishing known grounds.
2, only squid for bait
3, tight fishing ( lack of room )
I feel that this area has been hammered as 90% of the fish caught were under size and the keepers were just size.
Still a good day out, whales breaching everwhere.
I would not go again ( not at $350 a head ), would rather drive the 4 hours down to Coral Bay and pay less catch more.
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Lastchance
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13 Punters @ $350 each! Only
13 Punters @ $350 each! Only to fish the Pipeline, Im in the wrong business.
Brucesta
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you can't of gone very far
you can't of gone very far out then, i was trolling the pipe lines near the ships and didn't see a charter come past me. Wrong business for sure Lastchance i'm sure the mrs would love the idea of a charter business NOT!
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Walfootrot
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about 25nm out, skipper
about 25nm out, skipper called it the "T" on the gas pipe line. there was a rec boat not far from us, glass boat about 18'
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Brucesta
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a white one? yeah ok i did
a white one? yeah ok i did see another boat closer in. I wouldn't pay $350 for that. I guess it's hard for charters off here as they have to travel 30-40Nm to get to any ground but what price do you put on people getting some fillets. i was another 3-5Nm further out wasting 6 hours looking for billfish.
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Lastchance
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No luck on the Billies mate?
No luck on the Billies mate?
Brucesta
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no it was very quiet, rasied
no it was very quiet, rasied 2 but no hook ups pulling a spread around, had better luck on the tuesday. there little to no bait around that i found.
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tailor marc
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Would of been better heading
Would of been better heading around eagle hawk island etc. I fished the pipeline a few times with no luck at all
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crasny1
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Yes and some spots around West Reef
or somewhere around bare rock might have been more productive.
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pale ale
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Did the charter anchor or
Did the charter anchor or drift?
Walfootrot
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Drift
Drift
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!