Exxy Yak Style
What a trip, dreams of massive mackies haunted my dreams for weeks leading to this, but on arrival, and scoping out the place, reality struck. This trip, my first fishing Exxie, has been an amazing trip, and for accumulating information, worth every cent. Thats not to say we didn't get into some fish tho!!
The first week we spent every day out on my mates boat, looking at ground, and pulling fish from the packs of sharks and voracious cod that inhabit the reef area. I'll put pix up later for this, but the second week we got into some ball-breaking fish, with, i reckon , only 30% of hooked fish landed, with numerous bust offs, bite offs, and broken rods and reels force releasing many and angry oceanic bulldog!
Heres a few pics, with some highlights for me, oh, and for Carmel...
One of the bigger sharks i managed to get on the yak, some great footage to come. Big balls of muscle these guys, hard as to handle.
Meter+ Longtom, one of many firsts for me this trip.
Another first, a Mangrove Jack, from the soon to be closed to fishing Yardie Creek.
One of many Shark Mackeral caught this trip.
Chunky Estuary Cod.
Bluelined Emperor, this thing hit like a truck, and pulled like a train!!!
At over a meter, my biggest Mackie from Exmouth. Interesting story as to why this is the only pic of this fish, let's just say, Carms went swimming while taking this pic....
Beat this fellas!!!!! Carmels meter+++ Longtail Tuna!!! Caught on a soft Placcie, all by herself!! She absolutely OWNED this fish, footage to come!!!!
As you can see, thit trips been awesome, with this only being a small amount of the fish caught, and we are only half way through our trip!!!!!
We have just arrived in Coral Bay, and the weather is looking awesome for the next few days, and the mackies are in numbers, with the sharks!!!!
Hopefully some more good fish to come.
Good to catch up with the Fishwrecked crew while there too.
jay_burgess
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Nice report there Albee, a
Nice report there Albee, a couple of your fish were mis-identified. You're long tom is infact a flutemouth and your shark mackerel is a school mackerel :)
Albee Mangles
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Cheers Jay
There was some debate on that mackie, Flutemouth makes a lot of sense!!
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Brett Ozanne
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awsome Albee some very good
awsome Albee some very good fish, that tuna would have been tricky to land.
are u sure that is a long tom???
Paul G
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Top tuna well done guys look
Top tuna well done guys look foward to some more pics and the rest of the repot..
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peterb
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great job looks like fun,,
but no way am i gettin in one of those things...
lol cant swim :)
btw cant wait 4 some footage :)
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