Hi all..... Just throwing together a quick report from todays sesh

Left the ramp about 730am after fuel and fluid stops and met a stiff sth east out offshore - tad different from the nth easter forecast. Tried some new ground today so after a bumpy 1hr or so in the boat and half freezing we got to our intended area and sounded around. Bottom looked really good with some nice ledges and sand holes so a quick gear up - some old cray heads smashed for burley and into the drink. Rob was in first and had shot at and lost a small YTK before i had even thrown the mask on! Fairly dissapointed as he hadnt shot one before and wanted something for a curry. Once both of us where in the drink we covered abit of ground revealing some reallly nice looking stuff. First drop i did was onto a baldie of about 3-4kg but took a chance and left it be hoping for something bigger... That decision payed off 3mins later when on the my next drop i fell quietly onto a ripper baldie - took the shot from above and angled and it was game over for him... A good starter and a pb baldie for me at just over 6kgs... Bit more swimming revealed a few more smaller but still well shootable baldies and a just legal trout we passed on. Time for a move but things where looking up! Vis was really good seeing the fish life and bottom comfortably in 12-13m.

Next move and rob was again in first - i tossed some burley and 3 hooter baldies came flying in to say gday! How conveniant... Jumped in and spotted rob from above as he ghosted down and took a perfect shot on one of the trio only to see the shaft fall out! Watching from above the fish never went too far and after a short chase i dropped down and had my 2nd for the day.... A tad bigger then the first and 2 ripper fish in the esky before 8am!

Bit more searching around here and it was a great dive! Big baldies everywhere (left for next time) a nice parrot was spotted and a good dhu that decided one look was enough and slinked off into the distance.... The highlight for me came when i was laying on the bottom in about 10m seeing if i could arouse anythings curiosity when i got the feeling i was being watched... Slowly turned around to come face to face with a magnificent blue groper of about 15kg! I had never seen one til now and boy what a beautiful fish they are!

Continued on and a last change of spots took us to a ledge that again looked good from above... The sounder showed fish and jumping in showed it wasnt lieing... Another big baldie and parrot dawdled past (musta known they where safe!) before i hear robs gun go off and swim oer to assist... Up he come empty handed having shot at and missed a decent parrot... That in turn arroused the interest of 3 beaut dhuies! Breath up - relax - tuck over and game on.... few short kicks and in range - dead.... Lovely 8kg dhuie stoned... Rob was abit peeved id pinched his fish whilst reloading but he went down and clean missed again on another nice dhuie! Not his day unfortunently... Finally after dispatching the dhu and returning to robbie i spot him slide down under a big overhang - extend his gun and fire... He attempted to pull it from the cave but not budging so we traded spots whilst he caught his breath and i was able to extract a beaut 700mm trout for him.... 4 fish limit and wat a bag we had!

Home before lunch time!

have got a couple of pics but im off to sleep ready for night shift! throw something up later... hope you enjoyed the read

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