Dirk Hartog - November 2017
Hi all,
Myself and 4 mates just spent 9 days on the island staying at the Urchin Point shack.
We departed Perth at about 4am and arrived at Blackies (Steep Point) at around 5pm. I jumped in the water with the speargun and within the hour we were having Baldie for dinner.
The following morning at 6am we boarded on the barge and began the to Urchin Point. The trip itself is about 90km from the bottom of the island and that took us about 4 hours with some stops along the way for photos.
We spent the following 9 days at Urchin Point fishing predominently the western side catching plenty of fish along the way.
The pelagic action was a bit slow but we sill managed a few tuna and lost some very large Macks at the rocks.
The Turtle Bay area is a must see and the hill climb certainly tests the stamina on the way back!
We had a run in with a Brown Snake on the way back from a fishing spot. It had a crack at my mates leg and didnt miss him by much so keep an eye out if any of you are heading up there!
We had an amazing time and I'll be doing all I can got get back up there in the future!
Here are a few pics of the trip.
Turtle Bay Trev
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Baby Trout
Cod
15kg Long Tail
Pinky
Nice Mulloway
Big Spango
Urchin Point from above!
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A mornings work
Cobia
Fillet O fish
Turtle Bay from above
Nice Cod
Baldie
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Belly Fish
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Pics?
I can only see 1 pic (the Trout). Is this just me?
Ricko19
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same
same
Hicko
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Sorted. Thanks for letting
Sorted. Thanks for letting me know!
Hurricane
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Nice work lads that spango
Nice work lads that spango is a horse
Colt_Striker
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Top pics & fish mate, looks
Top pics & fish mate, looks like good time had.
Darren253
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Cracking trip... I didn't
Cracking trip... I didn't realise landbased action was so good there!
You have a better bag of fish there than we managed with a boat back in August (Denham not DHI)
dano83
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Sweet shots man, the
Sweet shots man, the aquarium looks pretty choppy
ranmar850
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Great shots, looks like you had a great time
But that "baby trout" is actually a small species called a Peacock Cod, rarely grows over 30cm. Easy to tell the difference if you look at the tail, it is convex rather than slightly concave like a real Coral Trout. And the spots are more vivid on the Peacock Cod.
Faulkner Family
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very nice. some nice fish
very nice. some nice fish there. well done
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
scottland
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How ridiculous
How ridiculous mind the pun one for the bucket list
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big john
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Cracker
Cracker longtail Hicko.
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Anytime Brad
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DHI
Counting down the days (8) myself till I head up there. Spending 6 days there and can't wait.
I would rather be fishing
Adam Gallash
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Great catch
As ranmar said, coral cod's dont get much bigger than 30cm. Looks like you had an epic trip though, plenty of fish.
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Stevo81
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Top stuff lads!
Top stuff lads!
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