DHI Trip last month
Did a quick weekend trip to DHI last month.
Left Perth Thursday after work, did a all nighter and arrived DHI Friday morning 8 am.
Fish everywhere as we all know but they where shut completely. We did hook up odd fish and lost it to taxman.
So after a long drive and fishing 3 quarters of the day with very few fish we decided to head back to the camp for a few beers and swim in the bay (Turtle Bay).
Saturday morning - started trolling for pelagics and with in a couple of hours we landed 9 mackerel and couple of tuna.
Released the Tuna and couple of mackerel as they where literally filling our eskies.
Then decided to head to 60's & 70's for Rankins and Reds but poor results. Mate pulled one 60cm Rankin and the only red I caught for the trip was just under 50cm. Released to grow bigger for our next trip.
Came back to the 40's and found a small school of honeycombe cod. They where not big but just sized. we landed 4 and they went off bite too. Man tell you what they are top table fish.
So finally decide to come back into the shallows to fish for snapper before we leave and bang on.
Found a school in 16 meters, between me and other 2 mates on board landed 12 fish in 5 drifts before taxman came and put a stop to the crazy session.
Left DHI just after 2 pm and arrived into Perth early hours Sunday.
Now cant wait to go back to get amongst the reds and rankin spots we found during this trip.
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
Rob b
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Great effort and even better
Great effort and even better reward, well done and some nice mackies there.
rigpig
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huge effort mate
thats a huge effort with the drive up and back in such a short period. some great fish there...
Gray
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Awesome.You guys put in the
Awesome.
You guys put in the effort.
I remember you not that long ago did a day trip to leeman.
We think its a big day when we go to two rocks haha
Paul_86
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Awesome man great work! I've
Awesome man great work!
I've been trying to do a trip like this for the last few months but just havnt been able to line up good weather with time off work.
mallesh
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Now is the best time Paul
Make sure you tag along with 2 or more boats.
As you know condition changes real quick in those areas and its a long way driving home.
cheers
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
Paul_86
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Yeah I've been watching the
Yeah I've been watching the weather closely. Looked good a few weeks ago when I had the flu haha. Will def be going with another boat, much safer that way.
cheers mate
mallesh
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Thanks for your comments guys
Gray, very good memory mate.
I know its hard work but well worth it. No pain no gain
We are planning to do another weekend trip in the near future.
Hopefully we will get amongst some reds and rankins.
Thanks for the read guys.
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
meglodon
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I'm amazed
I'm amazed that your eyes are open after a very decent drive and fishing effort of that duration.
The result is great with some very good fish in the boat. You don't have an auto pilot in the car do you.
Well done guys.
mallesh
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Hahaha
Thanks for your comment mate.
We do take turns while driving.
So its not that hard as you think.
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
Deleted
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awesome sesh
awesome sesh 1 monster mackie in that lot
mallesh
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Thanks Gilly
We released even a bigger Mackie than the one on the photo.
That fish was over 20KG and wont fit in our Eski.
We where expecting to catch some red fish, so we let the mackies go.
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
Cruise Control
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Man, you gotta be keen to
Man, you gotta be keen to drive for 20 hours to fish for a day and a half. But you delivered the goods. Well done.
mallesh
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Too much fishing pressure in metro waters
So I believe its worth the effort.
I prefer to do whiting fishing, squiding and cray fishing in Perth and odd deep drops.
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
Krusty
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That really is a massive
That really is a massive effort with some great fish landed .....well done
Nice lawn too !!
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
mallesh
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Thanks mate
Lawn is artificial, hehe
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
sea-kem
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Great rewards for the
Great rewards for the efforts Mallesh
Love the West!
mallesh
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Thanks Mate
your recent post started us planning our next trip.
Cheers
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
gerrit
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Great job
Well done mallesh great fish need to catch-up
mallesh
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Thanks Gerrit
Will need to catch up soon.
Cheers
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.