With the long range forecast looking good, Wednesday morning saw the Merman and I leave town for an overnight adventure to some islands NE of Exmouth. The run out was glassy with tuna schools busting up everywhere and after 1.5 hours we pulled the throttle back and prepared the gear for a spear.
It was going to be a spear trip with maybe some line fishing if we got time but we really just wanted to dive as many spots as possible to load the GPS with reefs for future visits. The GPS now has a lot more blue crosses on it.
We spent the entire day in the water and the Merman was the in form spearo. Biggest trout was 69cm, which I found, he shot then as I was retrieving it out from under the ledge shoved my hand onto a big urchin and got a heap of spines in my mitt. My hand is still swollen.
We ended up with 6 bluebone to 66cm which was a PB for Merman, 2 trout to 69cm, a jack and a few crays. We left heaps of fish and only selectivley shot some for the freezer.
Towards sunset we pulled up into the shallows of an island and knocked the sides off our fish and cracked a coldie to celebrate.
Best view from a cleaning station I've had.
We moved the boat and dropped anchor for the night where the Merman cooked up the most delicious Thai Red Mangrove Jack curry, one of the best meals I've tasted.
The most travelled tupperware in Oz!
Anyway we hit the hay feeling pretty chuffed until 3am when a unforecast 20kt NE wind kicked up (must've had the trainee weather forecaster on that night). The sloppy bouncing meant a pre-dawn shift where a few hours later made the call to head for home while we still had a following sea. 2 hours later and a few wet faces we hit Bundegi to find a big wave surge on the ramp so I dropped Joel off and headed for the marina. That 8nm was pretty testing with 20kts and 1.5m seas on the beam but we got home safe and sound. Add in a million sandfly bites while we skinned the fish at the table to compliment my swollen hand and I'd do it all again tomorrow. The freezer now looks very healthy and the GPS even healthier.
Nauti Buoy
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Nice work
Some good quality Baldies there Tim. Weatherman must have taken a stab in the dark with the forecast. All's good that ends well heh!
Got me jealous- can't wait til July we are hitting up the Mackies (Thevenard etc)
MattMiller
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Just FYI
there Blackspot Tuskfish mate, commonly know as Bluebone
Ryan C
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awesome report
awesome report and well done boys!, i can nearly taste that mj curry now !.
BARTY85
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looks like a great trip, some
looks like a great trip, some nice looking fish there mate.
aalfred
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Great Report
Great Report , looks like great fun. And pretty brave to clean the fish in the water with all the sharks they got up there
petervb
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nice work & great
nice work & great fish.
Bluebone do look so much more colourful underwater
Pete D
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Very sweet looking trip Tim.
Very sweet looking trip Tim. Looking forward to getting over there. Gully was mentioning eating out of cans instead of cooking...screw that. Red MG curry looks awesome!
Like the sticker on the esky too!
Cheers Pete
till
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Diver? Been buying some new
Diver? Been buying some new fins Tim?
Looks like a lot of fun, apart from the urchins.
Lucky Tim
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No new fins for me, that's
No new fins for me, that's the Merman. I haven't even been allowed to try them yet... But we have named the girls on the sticker.
SamC
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Yeh Timbo
Good trip mate, hanging for another northern spear! Wait till Poddy see's this post...
Cheers,
Sam
MattMiller
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Great trip lads
good to see the NW crew getting out after the crap weather you've had.
poddyfish
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exmouth
dont worry about me sambo.... ive only got a few more days and im up there to spear with timbo for 10days! cannnnnnn't wait! ordered me new shafts and itching to go.... until then ill have to be content to head over the abrolhos on sunday and shaft some nice spanish and search for a dhu! what a shame
That MJ red curry looks deliteful too bro! hope joel is feeling nice when megs and i are up! i dont mind who shoots it , makes me hungry looking at the picture!
And also where did joel get the DiveR sticker?? i wasnt so lucky when i got my pair but i sure want one lol
Fear The Spear............!
merman
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Actually there were two
Actually there were two stickers Poddy, I just haven't found a suitable place to stick mine yet!! haha
poddyfish
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score
you done well there my friend! how are ya finding the diveR's??? i love my set but tim was saying you had a few setbacks with the footpockets and the side rails on the fins not matching???? looking forward to a swim bro!
Fear The Spear............!
merman
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Ahh the fins are all good
Ahh the fins are all good now, just a slight hiccup, the rails that it was sent with were apparently for the older style of Immersion foot pockets. The newer ones dont have the T piece. But theyre sweet, I probably coulda gone with the stiffer fin but after a full day of swimming in Spring tides the other day I found sore bits where I havent had them before, as in muscular not rubbage!! Havent been for a deep dive yet, think we were only in max 7-8 metres the other day. I'll reccomend them!! Also found a sweet deal on the pockets so if anyone needs Immersions!! If I've got work off I'm up for a swim!
grantarctic1
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Awsome Blue bone
Very nice Black spot's there mate, on the straight hook, Very impressed.
alfred
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Looking good guys! I'm
Looking good guys! I'm jealous.
Kasey L.
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That's a long run Tim!
That's a long run Tim!
Lucky Tim
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we ended up doing just over
we ended up doing just over 90nm I think so not too bad. If the weather played ball and we got 2 days fishing in it is really not much at all. $1.78 at the pump hurts a bit though...
spanishmackeral
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you got some quality fish
you got some quality fish there boys, well done
Adam Gallash
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mmh
Looks like all those bluebone wings were going to waste. You guys disgust me!
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merman
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Had you not been
Had you not been metrosexualing it up in Perth Gallash you could have helped us clean the fish!!
Webby
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good stuff boys, looks like a
good stuff boys, looks like a great day out
I live with fear every day... sometimes she lets me go fishing.
tiimmbo
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Nice report and pictures
Nice report and pictures there. Will be cruising past that neck of the woods in about 6 weeks, cant wait for it.
allrounder
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Looks like you found one of the trout farms anyway.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?