dhu from busselton

Hi guys,

went out bout 2 weeks ago with a mate from down there on some ground near a spot that i had given him.

He had done well the trip out before so I thought I better go down there and see if i could get one. We meet at the boat ramp around 6.30 in the morning and headed out but the wind proceeded to blow its arse off till about 12. We fished some old marks of mine that were very quiet and considering the speed we were drifting it was ineffective to say the least. Went out a bit further once the wind dropped and once sounding around I/we saw fish on the sounder and once the drift was set right we were into it and i dropped a good fish half way up, which i'm positive was a dhu, then my mate hooks up and it cuts through his leader. new drift and we are on again and my mate hooks up, then drops one, hooks up again and drops him, by this stage he is ready to punch whatever he can get his hands on, and then I hook up which frustrates him even more! after a really good tussle that lasted a good ten minutes we start to see colour and then up pops mister dhu. I was stoked and even though not a horse still my best dhe to date by a mile. The pics dont do him justice cos my fat arse is holding him, but he measured up at 101cm. not sure on weight though.

anyway after this my mate hooks up again and drops another one, I caught a little fella bout 55cm which quickly went back and then we had to hit the road as Al was supposed to be heading to Walpole about ten minutes ago and we still had a fair drive ahead of us.

thanks for reading guys

cheers carps

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Good stuff mate

Mon, 2011-04-11 14:23

 got to be happy with that - well done.

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Yeah nice looking dhuie there

Mon, 2011-04-11 14:57

Yeah nice looking dhuie there

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Good stuff mate

Mon, 2011-04-11 15:14

there have certainly been alot of Dhuies caught down here since the ban

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Good one

Mon, 2011-04-11 15:35

And did your mate get anything for his trouble.

Looks a bit like a Pearl perch!!!!

 

 

 

 

Just had to get that in Matt. LOL

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yeah mate

Mon, 2011-04-11 15:43

we get heaps a pearlies down here

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yeah cheers guys,yeah he

Mon, 2011-04-11 20:36

yeah cheers guys,

yeah he didn't bag anything at all but think he has been at least once since and got one.

I won't be touching this area again for a while, I want to make sure that this area remains in good nick.

cheers carps

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Thats good

Mon, 2011-04-11 20:51

more for us

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good thing is there is a lot

Mon, 2011-04-11 22:31

good thing is there is a lot of good ground down there that a lot of people drive straight over and dont give it a glance!

and don't worry matt i will be down there giving it a crack soon!