Finally the weather had a rest and let us out to the FADs.(Pic Posted)
Looked at the weather on Sunday and decided to giv Till a call for a fish today, FAD bashing. It wasn't the best of forecasts and the reliability of the weather man hasn't been up to scratch of late, but I thought stuff it I have a Stella to break in.
We left he ramp at around 0515 which was still dark. As we entered the sound I turned for the islands, going along it was hard to see through the window as the GPS and Sounder was giving off too much glare. I was looking at these two strange lights and wondering what they were as I was sure I hadn't seen hem before. As Till was sitting in the passenger seat he could see a bit better and alerted me to the huge cargo ship I was about to tackle. Hazard avoided we pressed on.
Got to the FADs and Till started throwing his weapon of choice out, and within minutes was hooked up, lovely! was the call.
Hook-up!
Till was holding the fish in the water for me to stop drooling over my new Stella 5000 and KGS-68M Smith set-up and get a cast away to his mates that were swimming with him (egging him to jump we thought).
Waiting for me?
Result!
Finally I got a shot off but to no avail. Next cast same result. While retrieving the third cast I started to think maybe they had shut down as there were a few around but no takers. The lure was nearly at the back of the boat when Whack!, a Dolly nailed it, F@#$%^& Awesome was the call and the little 5000 arked up and put the brakes on the bullet.
Yee Yaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
We caught approximately 8-10 Dollies and kept three (Till accounted for most), 2 small Tuna and 2 Undersized YTK. It was a very good day and I was extremely happy with the rod and reel set-up (mind you a big bull would be good on it) and look forward to testing it out in Exxy..
To top the day off we witnessed the storm front rip through Perth with a lightning show that had me shitting as we had to drive into it to get home. Wiil post the pics tomorrow.
Thanks again Till for spotting the ship, mind you I reakon we could have had him....................
Meany..............
till
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That bulk carrier was rather
That bulk carrier was rather alarming! It is a little hard to see past the warm glow of the HDS10 paired with the FCV585!
Those dolphinfish are great fun, but as usual you have to keep switching the setup to keep them on.
Its a bit easier for the decklie to outfish the skipper, I mostly just have to take opportune casts while he skipper does the driving =)
Cheers for the trip & ta Paula for the wraps!
Pete D
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Sounds like a great
Sounds like a great day.
You'll be driving on Wed till!
Cheers Pete
alfred
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Yes, I agree, Till get the
Yes, I agree, Till get the wheel for a change. Looking forward to Wed.
synthos
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dimmmm
Cant u dimm the units lights ? I though most have a low light mode ? I enter mine by pressing the power button and switching it to night
till
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Its new and no one has
Its new and no one has pressed all the buttons yet, doubtless its in there somewhere. Who reads the manual anyway?
Decella
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Till's right,
no time to read manuals, its new and I haven't had the time to play with it yet.
alfred
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585 - hit the on or brill
585 - hit the on or brill button once and use the turn knob to adjust.
Decella
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Date Joined: 01/02/09
It wasn't the 585
It's the 10 i'm working out.
HuggyB
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Madness!
Cant wait to see the pics.....
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
Tony Halliday
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Well done boys, I hope to
Well done boys, I hope to join you out there very soon.
leave a few for me...lol
Tony
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It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
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till
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Haha that second last one
Haha that second last one looks like an evinrude ad.
Decella
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It is
Just waitnig for the cheque.
grayzeee
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yep. power button on furuno
yep. power button on furuno is dimmer and if lowrance haven't changed too much , same for them too.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
chrisp
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Dollies
Good to see some action out there boys.Nice one
Colt_Striker
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Good stuff boys
Good stuff boys
fisho-ron
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where was my invite frank,
where was my invite frank, would of loved to bring my rig out there for a bash?
nah just joking mate, it was the old mans turn in the boat this weakend, i spose thats what happens when you go shares in a boat.
the only problem is, he had a dirty weakend out on the river with his girl, so either way the boat still smells like fish..........sorry,sorry,sorry......i meant like a boat!
ha,ha,ha.
my turn this weakend and as usaul the weather looks like shiiitttt.
i might go out in the river for some prawns if the tides are right.
anyway, some great catches there mate and i will be joining you soon, i just might stay a few hundred metres on the side of you so i dont run into any of them big things out there....i think there called ships!!!!
cheers.
DazSamFishing
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awesome Frank & Jamie...
awesome Frank & Jamie... very envious
Faulkner Family
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well done guys, good to see
well done guys, good to see the fads firing up, only smallish but at least they are there
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together