A day out (Sunday morning)
Had work in the evening before Sunday. After work I was pretty buggered so I downed a can of Mother. BAD DECISION! Couldn't sleep! At 4am I left to meet up with the others at my mates place. We meet up with Al (Shikari Charters) at Freo Boat Harbour. Nice bloke.
It was a smooth ride when we left. And full speed ahead out wide. Started the day with chasing some snapper somewhere off Rotto. A few bites and one of the guys brought up the first fish. A 60cm snapper, back it went to the water. After a few minutes another mate got a pretty decent run as he was dropping his bait down. Up came a very nice snapper about 5-7kgs. After 30 minutes not one of us had a bite. Al decided to troll a lil bit of the west end of Rotto. After an hr of trolling and nothing we headed out deeper in to 100m territory.
There we started sending down out baits. One of the guys got a ray which we cut the line of. Then a small kingfish. As I was waiting for my bait to hit the bottom I had a massive bite! (Boy is braided line awesome! Able to feel everything!) I then set the drag and it just kept pulling more line out, increasing the drag a bit more, I then started the battle. After 15 or so minutes a damn noah surfaced, as Al turned around for the gaff it bit the leader and off it went. According to Al it would have given 50kg of fillet.
After 20 minutes one of the guys pulled up a black arse. The next few minutes I pulled up a nor western... After a few hrs and alot of drifiting around, not a single fish was brought up.
Around 1pm we started heading back to Rotto to troll for mackies. 3 hrs later and a lot of weed. We headed back in.
Had work at 6pm and uni the next morning, I was dead after uni...
In the end, Al definetely knows his stuff and was very professional. Would definetely go back out with him.
Note: I've only been out fishing on a boat twice (both charters) so I'm still new at it, probably why I suck at getting anything. Parents are mad that ive spend 450 bucks in total and have yet to catch enything edible.. But it is definetely fun and worthwhile!
PS. WhereTF is the fish!! hahas
sambo24
Posts: 134
Date Joined: 03/05/11
haha.. sounds like all of my
haha.. sounds like all of my metro charters. always a fun day out, never any fillets to take home :(
ive heard good things about shikari charters, looks like you had a fun day out anyway, even if it was sleep deprived and lacking
in the fish department
Redemperor000
Posts: 295
Date Joined: 14/01/12
ahah, wouldnt be coz ur new
ahah, wouldnt be coz ur new to boat fishin. its coz the fishing out of perth is quite bad, hardly hear of great catches on a charter out of perth. but as long as u ad a good time thats the main thing.
till
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Date Joined: 21/02/08
Al is a good guy and sounds
Al is a good guy and sounds like you had fun anyhow.
Just tell your parents there are a lot of other things you could be blowing on $450 on to piss them off.
Seek
Posts: 49
Date Joined: 14/01/12
Haha very true Till
Haha very true Till
hayden
Posts: 164
Date Joined: 10/01/10
yes i spoke to al on monday
yes i spoke to al on monday ringing me saying what a day out long but a good day sound like u had a ball and if i could reckonmend one charter it would be al
he is a great guy and no his fishing and the ocean like back of his hand and i always enjoy going out with him hopefully heading out with him on sunday