Booked a mid-week RDO for Wednesday with the forecast looking good for a surf. On Tuesday evening, had a call from an ex-work mate from Mandurah who is up in Exxy for the first time with his family asking if I wanted to head out for a fish with them. With the wind looking to back off from midday, we made a plan to launch from Bundegi late morning and shoot north to the islands for some trolling and then a bottom bash when the wind backed off. My little boat spends most of its time inside the reef on the west side so this was a blind trip for both of us. 

Got out with the fam in the morning for some fun waves and to keep the mrs happy who I had promised we would have a surf in the morning and then i'd get some gear ready for a few nights down at Warroora over the weekend. Got nothing ready but at least I kept the first half of the promise and she got some good waves!

Wasn't the nicest launching from Bundegi with the wind still blowing across the gulf but his boat handled it well and we punched across to the islands fairly quickly. Trolled along the west side of the south island for nothing and then a medium size shark mac just between the north and south island. By this time, the wind had dropped a bit so we shot out to the 40s for a look and found a little lump but getting any baits past the smaller emperor models was difficult. We decided to shoot out a bit further for a look and found a likely looking showing on the sounder in about 60m and didn't dissapoint. Pulled my first reds, both of which were good size but the second was a thumper! Happy days all round and lots of whale action to make their first boat trip off Exmouth a memorable one. 

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