just a quick report on our exxy trip.only managed to fish from the boat 4 and a half days out of 10 which was a bummer due to strong winds.the first 3 days were magic, glassy conditions and damn hot, you know its hot when the carpet is burning your feet.
fished out at the murions over those days and found some great fish.
once ya got past the trevelly we where into all the good bottom fish.l did abit of jigging on the light gear and lost $80 of jiggs in 2 drops,(dont fish 15lb with $40 jiggs) but l still managed a nice rankin and afew other bottom dwellers.we didnt take that much over those days due to thinking that the rest of the time was going to be as good.unfortunatly it didnt turn out that way.

did a bit of trolling for a few spanish macs and afew wahoo.then headed out for some bill fish action.there was plenty being caught the days before and we certainly had action on our first atempt.troy had a breif hookup on a big saily that danced and spat the hook,them he managed our only marlin capture 30 minutes later. the fish was brought to the boat them leadered only to break free due to being hooked in the side of the head.
myself, l missed 3 or 4 good fish due to inexperience and also being under gunned, thats what im telling myself , troy mite have a different story to tell.

the new boat performed awsome, some of those days the wind was up l wouldnt want to be out there 30 n/m from home in anything else.put 36 hours on the etec and didnt miss a beat.
we launched from the marina every day due to tandabitti being sanded up hence the long distance we had to travell every day.
we learnt plenty for next time and it was good to meet afew guys from the forums.(sam have you had a shower yet)
havent got any photos of fish on my camera just some good sounder shots, will post up some pics of fish once troy passes them on.
holth