Dhu-rien Bay Friday
Shot up on Thursday night and swagged overnight in Jurien for a Friday session onboard Seasport.
The weather was looking pretty good and was the pick of the days of the previous week. We got off on time and shot straight out for some livebait but the fish weren't schooling so Whitey didn't have us hanging around there too long. We spent the rest of the day fishing between 25-55m from what I saw.
I was jigging up on the bow with Whitey and one other bloke, Brendan. We didn't do too bad - I ended up with three dhus, two of which were legal but were caught after the boat limit had been reached so they went back (which probably worked well for me anyway because I ended up with one of Whitey's fish), the other one was undersize. Also got a good size baldie. Brendan got a double header of sambos on his twin assists which gave him some curry, a small amber, a donkey sambo and a few small junk fish. The fish of the day went to Whitey though with his first dhu hitting the scales at 16kg and his second at 18kg was an absolute cracker and nearly spooled him (light drag due to small hooks).
As far as the baitos went - there were a good mix of fish that came up - a couple of quality dhus, some nice pinkies and then the usual mix of baldies, black bum, skippy and sambos.
Was a good day out all up despite the weather kicking up at the end of the day.
There are a few pics below, they're pretty light on as we were up on the bow which made taking them difficult.
Off to a good start - flat seas and light winds
Unco dhu pose
Whitey's first
The pick of my dhuies.
'nuff said.
gilligan
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Yup, whitey won that round.
Yup, whitey won that round. Lol. Nice fish, sounds like a good day!
outdoinit
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Looks like top day Out..
Thanks Ben for your report good insight and some very nice fish..
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Nauti Buoy
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Whitey
Couple of solid fish there for the captain.
Just1morecast
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Nice day out before the ban
Nice day out before the ban mate. Whitey's are stonkers!!
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Knot Big Enuff
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Nice one Ben, youve done well
Nice one Ben, youve done well there! for some reason, skipper on Seasport boat always gets the "Dhui of the day", whether its Craig or Rob, ... its like setting the standard for people onboard :)
I enjoy fishing on his boat.
Thx for the post mate.
Cheers,
Hesh
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kane
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nice one!
at the caravan park... how were the sand fleas? hahaha we were eaten alive thursday night in campsite 3
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dj dvd
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Ha we went on Thursday.
Ha we went on Thursday. Nearly stayed for a double go on Friday but decided not to with and esky full of fish anyway. Looks like your Dhues topped our best efforts though.
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Alan James
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I haven't fished on a charter for a long time
but in the situation above where the skipper catches two great dhuies do these get divided up amongst the punters? No finger pointing intended, just genuinely interested.
Ben Derecki
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Yep that's what happened.
Yep that's what happened. When we got back in the fish were all laid out on the deck grouped by their tag colours for the obligatory photos. After that they worked through the tags - the fishos with the largest number of fish caught get theirs (or their top four fish if they caught more than allowed to keep under the Cat 1 regs) first and any leftovers get separated out. They then worked down to the smallest number of fish caught with any leftovers, including the two crew caught dhus, divided amongst the people with the least amount of fish caught.
As it turned out I ended up with one of Whitey's fish. I couldn't complain about that.
No doubt that process begs the question of - what happens if they caught more fish than could be divided among the punters, and from what I saw the answer to that is - the total numbers of fish caught are recorded in the wheelhouse as they come onboard. I'm sure those numbers would be monitored to make sure the regs aren't broken.
Ben Derecki
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Thanks fellas. I'll def head
Thanks fellas. I'll def head up there again, good fishing and a great bunch of blokes on that boat.
Kane I stayed up at Sandy Cape, it's a bit out of Jurien but wanted to do a bit of recon for visits there with the family and the camper. I didn't have any issues with the fleas up there. Sounds itchy but...
Just1morecast
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ps is that ink i see on
ps is that ink i see on Whitey?....That's new!
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