Dirk Hartog trip report

Did 7 days at Dirk afew weeks ago, what a crazy place,

afew days down the bottom of the island on the east side,

so much fun wading around with light gear, sea life everywhere,

sharks swimming around ur ankles , flattys, trevs,whiting, bait schools,turtles

so alive.

   Spent afew days up the top, one session at the block fishing solo (while missus read a book) straight up hooked a big Spanish which once I got it too the bottom of the cliff revealed itself as a huge wahoo, one last bolt and my braid rubbed on the cliff , gone, decided a bit too Dangerous fishing there with no one around ,

So had afew sessions out front of our shack at urchin point while the swell was down, great trip but would return with a bigger crew, not the place to go with just you and ur missus.

I've never seen so much sea life anywhere else.

thanks for the info I got from some of the members here

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man thats a nice baldie!

Mon, 2023-11-13 13:30

man thats a nice baldie! would have gone nutts.

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Good ..

Mon, 2023-11-13 16:48

Good few there mate .. great too see

some quality fish on fishwreckd .. 

cheers pirate ..

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Cracking Baldie

Mon, 2023-11-13 17:18

 Thanks for the write up.

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 Sounds like a great trip!

Mon, 2023-11-13 21:47

 Sounds like a great trip! That Wahoo would have got the heart racing! 

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 Yep seeing him surface all

Tue, 2023-11-14 17:25

 Yep seeing him surface all lit up like a Christmas tree , and just looking huge from 30m up , dunno how big he would've looked if we got him up, never know the ones you don't get are always the biggest

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 Yep seeing him surface all

Tue, 2023-11-14 18:30

 Yep seeing him surface all lit up like a Christmas tree , and just looking huge from 30m up , dunno how big he would've looked if we got him up, never know the ones you don't get are always the biggest

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Sounds like you had a great

Wed, 2023-11-15 11:32

Sounds like you had a great time. Safety is always the best. Sometimes it's not worth a fish if there is a chance you could come off second best. Pity about the who tho .

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Reads like you had fun!

Fri, 2023-11-17 06:51

Reads like you had fun! Certainly looks like you had far less wind than us!

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 Have had a couple of trips

Thu, 2023-12-14 21:28

 Have had a couple of trips there, one with kayaks up the eastern side. Great place. Hard to believe at some spots you can catch stonker Baldies a short walk from your tent.

 

Pretty good life when you can troll up a mackerel for lunch, shoot a snapper for dinner or gisgie a stingray for brekkie.