hi guys

we just got back from a week in denham, heres a few pics from the week.

myself and the boys went out squidding as much as possible with the biggest squid i have ever got caught from the jettys on most nights, blake also got a couple of nice flatheads at 45cm and his mate zac got some small pinkys to 40cm and a nice wobegong all from the jetty at night.

not alot of fishing done due the the winds, but it was supposed to be a family holiday anyway.

but there was no way i was going up there without a go on the charter!!

we went out with unreal charters, 7.20am start and did the long 2hr chug out to turtle bay, bit of a late start for my liking but worth it when we got there.

started of slow for me with only small fish coming in while the others were pulling in some nice blackies.

finnaly i get a good hit and come up with a 90cm cobia

a few more drops resulted in a few smaller blackies, redthroats, rankins,honneycombe trout and alot of grassys, then i get another solid hook up and i pull in good size baldy, very nice but i get them in perth so i wanted a bit more.

ten minutes later, im on again, bigger than the baldy for sure, got to see some color and then the taxmen said i owed them one.... *#@%$(),  skipper called it for a very large rankin cod, i was not happy jan!!!

with the taxmen taking a few fish it was time to head to another spot, 5min chug and we drop down again, i had changed over to my pe1with 5000 stradic in the travel and first drop down..... BANG, instant hook up, it feels good but its the first decent fish i have hooked up on the new rod so im a bit unsure, a few minutes later i pull in my first and pb coral trout at 75cm....boy am i happy and all the boat knows about it.

alot of dribbling went on for the rest of the day with some good fish coming onboard, without being to much up myself, i think i did the best for the day out of 7 onboard, i only missed out on one of the big blackies, i still got a couple but.

this was the ended catch back at shore.

now to some not so important pics as it was not all about fishing, but for those who know me, fishing rules my life!!

our setup parked up for a smoke brake(wifes not aloud to smoke in the car) at the entry to shark bay, i hated having to stop and being a reformed smoker for 10+years im always on her case about quiting.....one day hopefully.

our camp set up next to our very good freinds in the caravan

our watch dog for the trip....DIGGER.....such a sook with us but to anybody not in our camp....he wants to rip your arm off!!

had a couple of complaints about his chain being to long? he could get to the edge of the shadow (in the prvious camp pic), dont invade our privacy and there is no problem, most people were aware of this and would only come to the car to chat.

couple of pics from the outdoor aquirium, defo worth the look, the wife loved it.

she was facinated with the scorpion and stone fish, but loved bob the turtle the most.

there were so many fish to look at, with the best for me being the big barras.

couple of good size red empeor having a feed...ohhhh i wish i had a rod so bad!!!

this blue bone kept swimming sideways with his eye out of the water looking at us, want a feed i reckon.

back at camp it was getting a bit boring at night time with only drinking to keep whitey and myself busy, so it was off to the shops to get some games.

this one being the best for getting drunk...you knock em down...you get a straight shot of sambooka,makers mark,southern comfort,canandian club or jim beam, we tried to cover all bases!! and you had to restack them.

the good old uno was the next best when the kids are playing

we got ourselfs in trouble the night before so it was do the righty and take the wives out to dinner.

great night with alot of laughs and a few drinks with out the kids for a change.

the old shell resturant, nice food at a resonable cost.

whitey and rossie up the back with myself and my wife kellie up front.

but nothing last too long...

it was along 5min walk back to camp with a few sambooka shots  along the way for whitey and myself, back to the bad books again!!

the next morning it was time to pack up and leave, so it was done to the beach to feed the seagulls so old leftovers, with hundreds of gulls around it was throw food at jake and see how many birds would attck him....the pic dose not do it justice, there was that many birds above his head just out of the pic.... one of the funniest things i have seen.

on the way out of town the wife made me stop for this pic, she wanted to take one home.

all up we had a great week even though it was a bit windy for 90% of the stay, some great company with long time freinds with a bit of fishing thrown on top.

as we headed home troy was on his way to exmouth for a week with the tinny and his mates, got a pic on the phone this morning of a 120cm+ dollie for the first fish out of the tinny.

wish i was there with him!!

cheers guys