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
Sea goat
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man thats a nice baldie!
man thats a nice baldie! would have gone nutts.
Da pirate
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Good ..
Good few there mate .. great too see
some quality fish on fishwreckd ..
cheers pirate ..
Coastrunner
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Cracking Baldie
Thanks for the write up.
robert1979
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Sounds like a great trip!
Sounds like a great trip! That Wahoo would have got the heart racing!
oldsalty
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Yep seeing him surface all
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
oldsalty
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Yep seeing him surface all
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
Faulkner Family
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Sounds like you had a great
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 .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Swompa
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Reads like you had fun!
Reads like you had fun! Certainly looks like you had far less wind than us!
sphere
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Have had a couple of trips
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.