JUST ANOTHER DHUIE UNDERWATER SHOT....oh and a few Sambos

Till, myself and a mate Brad headed out early last Friday in my Trophy from Two Rocks.

 

First stop was a few small lumps that I had found late last year in the low 40's.  Jigs and bait went down on one spot.....one dhuie and lots of sambos came up.

 

With plenty of sambos playing the game, I decided to anchor over the spot and drop over the side on scuba.  As Jamie hinted, the sambos went quiet on the jigs at anchor, so no footage of sambos chasing jigs was gotFrown; also, the boat was not quiet over the little lump, so it was very hard for me to see the jig, especially with the low vis (8-10 metres).

 

Vis wasn't the best, hence the clarity of the video, but there was some great fish and cray life on this lump.  The top was about 34 metres and the sand area (note the sambos using it for a back rub) was about 41 metres.  The bigger Dhuies would be close to 20kg each which was a great site.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7comAY-Ak

 

 

One of the bigger Sambo's landed and released:

 

 

 

We also had plenty of whales around for the day and believe Jamie lost a jig because of contact with one.

 

The downside of the day happened about 3nm away from the above spot.  My GPS decided to do a system reboot on starting the engineYell.  Oh well, know what I'm doing for the next few months.....driving around to find new fishing, diving and squidding spots.  I started this process straight away - headed back to where we thought that lump was and spent about 2 hours searching for it with no luck.  We did how ever find another smaller lump and did a dive on that - Number 1 Co-ord in my system!.  No video this time...typical; the sambos were even bigger.

 

SBT sashimi and a few cold ales completed the day.

 

Cheers Pete


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Awesome video Pete! Pity

Wed, 2010-09-29 18:00

Awesome video Pete! Pity about not getting the jigging action, next time! There were a few dhuies down there hey! Love watching those sambos cruising around... just waiting to be excited by a jig!

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Nice Pete

Wed, 2010-09-29 18:03

Thats wild!! Bunch of bad ass Sambos

Big family of Dhuies, good to see some size there. Hope Jessica is watchin ;)

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Naughty GPS, but at least we

Wed, 2010-09-29 18:31

Naughty GPS, but at least we had a dive and an arm stretch!

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Very very cool guys, well

Wed, 2010-09-29 18:30

Very very cool guys, well done.

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Nice vid Pete very clear

Wed, 2010-09-29 18:37

Nice vid Pete very clear what camera are you using and do you use lights,I think its time to upgrade my camera /video

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Great video Pete, well worth

Wed, 2010-09-29 18:43

Great video Pete, well worth the watch, no shortage of sambos!!

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Great vid Pete. Lively

Wed, 2010-09-29 19:20

Great vid Pete. Lively looking area.

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That is a awsom vid nice work

Wed, 2010-09-29 19:49

That is a awsom vid nice work

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Dhu's

Wed, 2010-09-29 20:04

Loving all these dive vids lately,Really good to see all the fish in their natural surrounds.Good work!

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Great vid Pete

Wed, 2010-09-29 20:18

"Two lost soles swiming in a fish bowl year after year"

Classic track.

Can you get the system recovered on the GPS?

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that was great hope to see

Wed, 2010-09-29 20:37

that was great hope to see some more

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great video

Wed, 2010-09-29 20:48

Well done Pete thats an awesome video, can you share what sort of camera and lights where used??

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that was a cool vid, roughly

Wed, 2010-09-29 21:00

that was a cool vid, roughly how far out were you?

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Great Video looks like a

Wed, 2010-09-29 21:04

Great Video looks like a giant aquarium, poor sambos looked so starved!

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i love it. watchin them

Wed, 2010-09-29 21:11

i love it. watchin them without hooks in there mouth in there natural surroundings i havent seen of much before, great vid

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mate...great video and yer i

Wed, 2010-09-29 21:14

mate...great video and yer i wish i was there.

the music matched the clip perfectly.

unreal.

plenty of jews in close by the looks of things?

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geez you and paul have

Wed, 2010-09-29 21:15

geez you and paul have officially made my mind up about gettin my dive ticket. any recomendations of where to buy scuba gear?

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Thu, 2010-09-30 06:41

Awesome Pete. Loved seeing those crays and big healthy dhues. You'll have to find that spot again once the season starts. Spewen about the GPS. If you ever needed a reason to put the boat on the water.......

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Thanks people..glad you like

Thu, 2010-09-30 06:44

Thanks people..glad you like it.  The music is one of the hardest things to find/choose...that track just happened to pop up out of the 000's of songs on my system...lucky.
 
Camera is a Canon HV-20 with an Ikelite housing and WP-80 wide angle lens (about 5K all up).  No lights were used on this day, I only use lights on close up stuff and of course at night.
 
Will try and film the Sambos again - just need the right conditions and patient willing crew.
  
gav077 - we were about 10nm out.
 
Dreamtime - do ya course first and just hire ya dive gear for a while....you might not like it.
 
No recovery possible Andy - even the day/time needs resetting.
 
Now just have to find the spot again.....and all my others.
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And what point # was it? 492?

Thu, 2010-09-30 06:51

And what point # was it? 492?

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492 it was...good memory for

Thu, 2010-09-30 07:28

492 it was...good memory for an old man. hehehe

Have a top day B'day boy.

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beauty vid Pete! and classic

Thu, 2010-09-30 07:20

beauty vid Pete! and classic track to go with it!

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Pete, Pete, Pete - so you

Thu, 2010-09-30 07:25

Pete, Pete, Pete - so you found that little bit of paper yet???

That really sucks mate but at least I have a fair few spots up my sleeve to jump in and have a look at until you manage to find the piece of paper :P

Great vid

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hahaha - you have not been

Thu, 2010-09-30 07:30

hahaha - you have not been to my place Gully...I have lots of little bits of paper.....shares in post-it-notes some say.  Wife hates it.

Cheers Pete

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You might have lots of

Thu, 2010-09-30 07:37

You might have lots of little bits of paper - but at this moment in time there is only really one important one :P

Like I said - dont worry mate - I have plenty of spots we must hit up for a dive

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Oh yeah - might have to

Thu, 2010-09-30 07:38

Oh yeah - might have to start calling you Post-it-Pete haha

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Great vid Pete, pity about

Thu, 2010-09-30 08:19

Great vid Pete, pity about the points.  Wake up call for me, have to make a hard copy of mine.

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Hahaha, hard copy....but

Fri, 2010-10-01 05:25

Hahaha, hard copy....but remember where you put it!

You'll keep mister Gully.

Cheers Pete

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sorry to hear about the GPS

Sun, 2010-10-03 16:22

sorry to hear about the GPS Pete, when Jamie told me I had a little minutes silence on your behalf.
I'll put my hand up if you're ever heading out for a "go and find new spots day".
And I can always give you back the spot where my net now sits, RIP.

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... oh wait to hear what

Sun, 2010-10-03 20:25

... oh wait to hear what happened today =0

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Thanks for your thoughts

Wed, 2010-10-06 12:18

Thanks for your thoughts Tim.

I don't need a GPS for that spot, I can tell from the ripples on the surfaceLaughing as I've dived there for 10+ years.

Cheers Pete

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Underwater videos

Sun, 2010-10-03 17:21

Inspirational videos, makes me want to get back into diving, gave up too old.

Keep posting such great vids and we all can still enjoy the pleasures of the underworld!!!!

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I was taught by Wally

Wed, 2010-10-06 12:24

I was taught by Wally Woodward when he was about 70 something...hope I'm still diving at that age...and beyond!

Plenty more vids to come OB, just time to process is the killer.

Cheers Pete

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thats a great bit of footage

Sun, 2010-10-03 22:47

thats a great bit of footage there Pete. thanks for sharing your experience. hope you get the gps sorted but what a bumber about all the spots gone.

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awesome mate, jeez I love

Wed, 2010-10-06 13:32

awesome mate, jeez I love the floyd what a perfect combination