Gnaraloo 2014
I wasn't going to bother putting up a report as the weather we had up there was less than ordinary, but I felt I owe this to the guys who have given me some good feed back over the last few weeks. It was also good to meet Nick off the site up there and would have loved to shown him what the deeper water has to offer.The only really good session we had was on the Friday arvo we got in there where we landed 4 good Rankins in a bout half an hour. The rest of the trip it blew it's guts out and was only able to fish in close, so all my good marks were un reachable. So we camped up at the Eddagee roadside stop off which will be the order of the day in future trips (just don't use the toilets lol)
Few beers and a bbq always gets the pending excitement of the trip going
We headed south about 20k's in close where we found reasonable ground with plenty of big Red throat, Spanglies and this ripper of an Estaury cod I estimated at around 8-9kg once again the photos don't do em justice
We got checked out by fisheries that night, and I had to mention this because on of them was a real honey :P so one highlight lol. The last time we got out we nailed another big Estuary, couple of Rankins and this Cobia which put up a good show on light gear.
I also hooked into this bad boy which spooled half of my Stella 10k before I could stop and turn him around, I must admit it was good fun pushing that outfit to the limit, he was a good 5'
This is what I love doing most when heading out of the bay, we did hook one huge Spaniard but lost him boatside (grrrr deckie)
I do love the place and will be back up there bigger and better next year, can't complain as we'd had 3 awesome previous trips. On a side not the tracks are in the best condition I've ever seen them up there and was able to sit on an average 60kmh the last 20k's in. Those that have been there will know that's pretty good.
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Paully
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Good read SK
At least you got a reasonable feed.
Vinesh87
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Cheers for the report, always
Cheers for the report, always a good trip !
By bigger and better do you mean 7-8m sorta size, cos i am keen haha!
sea-kem
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Ha ha a 6.5m job would do
Ha ha a 6.5m job would do me up there Vin.
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tot
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ahh bugga
about the wind :(
had a mate up same time who headed up with me and said I left at a good time.
at least you put a few runs on the board.
how'd you go with sharks when you headed south?? that area is normally bad for them in close.
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sea-kem
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Yeah that's when I got that
Yeah that's when I got that big fella tot. I caught one small one which I kept and they were the only sharks we encountered. Plenty of bloody bolt cutters though lol
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tot
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yeah
bolt cutters were out in numbers.
no pinkies?? iv never seen so many.
the boat is making a slow recovery after "the incident".
had about a cup full of sand in the fuel tank and the tank was loose under the floor - broke both mounts but Willie has sorted it.
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sea-kem
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Nah no Pinks tot, maybe we
Nah no Pinks tot, maybe we just didn't hit the right ground. As I say it was frustrating not to be able to get out to where all my good marks were.
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pale ale
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No photo of the fisheries
No photo of the fisheries officer?
sea-kem
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Ha ha didn't think of that
Ha ha didn't think of that at the time, we were all too busy fantasizing lol.
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outdoinit
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Great report Sea Kem, shame about the wind
As for that fisheries officer you should have taken a pic for sure..
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I agree where's the honey!
I agree where's the honey!
a hard days fishing still beats work
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Here's some honey
Here's some honey :)
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Nauti Buoy
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Weather..
That sucks about the weather Sea-Kem, what was the beach like this year?
sea-kem
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The beach was softer than
The beach was softer than usual so we were just backing the boats down to the beach saving having to turn around. I made up two 2m long ali ramps which worked a treat for retrieval.
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joe m
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I opened this up Andy
I opened this up Andy anticipating pictures of BIG reds that I have seen on previous reports...bloody weather!
They are only getting bigger while they wait apon your return. Well done on getting a few in trying conditions
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Thanks Joe, that's what I'm
Thanks Joe, that's what I'm hoping lol They live to play another day...............
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catchalittle
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Well Andy you caught a few
Well Andy you caught a few more fish than I did but the weather beat both of us we we hooking up on spanyards in about the same area you were trolling.Like you I will be doing that trip again next year if not Coral Bay
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Good report Sea-Kem
Good report Sea-Kem, Shame about the conditions & loosing the spaniard, would have been nice on the BBQ
All being said you must of had a great time, a feed of fish, good company and a good camp sight
Never been up there, one day. Oh and we can't forget about the helpful fisheries officer.
sea-kem
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Cheers guys, yeah it is good
Cheers guys, yeah it is good just to get away, we did pull an all nighter one night lol
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dant
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good report none the less
good report none the less Andy, few nice pics in there mate and always good to get away- spewing about the weather though and the Spaniard, but as you said therese always next year....
nick82
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Gday Andy yeah good catching
Gday Andy yeah good catching up with you and a few nice fish there aswell despite the weather.We left early after seeing the forecast and sounds like we made the right choice.Also remember those fisheries chicks well mainly the tall skinny one.
sea-kem
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Ha ha of course you guys
Ha ha of course you guys were there lol. Yeah she was lovely and had a nice chat with her, but she didn't want see my big coc errr cod ;) We ended up leaving a day early too. Will you go back up there? If so pm me.
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Nice
Nice work Andy. Beats working mate, or watching the Eagles at the moment.
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Ayup
Ayup
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Pykey
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Hey fellas Looking at
Hey fellas
Looking at heading to gnaraloo in October this year and was just wondering what the track in is like, will be towing a 5.4m trailcraft with me. an also what its like getting out of the bay ( reefs and what not)
cheers
pykey