Just got back from Exmouth

Gday Fellas, just got back from a few weeks in Exmouth and I just gotta say..... bloody sharks and weatherman. Hooking into good fish but just didn't have a chance, moved heaps but was no getting away from them. I wasn't really to keen to donating all my sinkers, hooks, jigs for no reward so we did spend a fair bit of time trolling for billies.
We managed to go 18,17,8 on marlin with no sailfish in the mix for the trip although we did have a free jumper nearly jump into the boat(was a very weird moment), 1 of the days being an arvo session going 11,10,4 with most being in the 30-40kg range. We did manage some a little bigger around the 60kg mark.
We spent 1 day trolling out from the islands and we managed to hook into an est 150kg black which is by far the biggest fish I have seen personally and it got the ticker racing when we seen it smashed the long rigger with white water going everywhere but it dropped the pink n white Oscar, about 20 seconds go past and it comes back up smashes the shotgun, the bite was insane, we had him on for a good 10 mins on 15kg but dropped the hooks, spewing.
The Last week of the trip was very quiet on the billies, some of the local charter operators reckon it might have something do with the orcas in the area.

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 Nice photos.

Fri, 2016-07-01 18:50

 Nice photos.

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 those jump pics are

Fri, 2016-07-01 18:53

 those jump pics are sensational   

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 There next month for 9

Fri, 2016-07-01 19:02

 There next month for 9 nights staying at yardie homestead.  Cant wait and these pics just made that wait harder!

 

Great photos!

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Fri, 2016-07-01 20:06

 Great pics, that hoo was behaving himself while he had his picture taken.

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 Yeah some awesome pics

Fri, 2016-07-01 22:52

 Yeah some awesome pics there; gets the blood running just looking at those billies jumping!

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ill be looking at yardie

Sat, 2016-07-02 22:44

ill be looking at yardie homestead next time also, 5 min trip to tantas would be ideal, hope you kill it up there randall, ahha yer dale managed to get a few photos with the feisty bugger after chasing me around the boat.

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First jump

Mon, 2016-07-04 19:06

 First jump shot looks like its got some weight, good pics.

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yer that 1 was around 60 I

Mon, 2016-07-04 21:08

yer that 1 was around 60 I called it for, the est 150kg we hooked really got me going and a lil scared ahah, never seen a fish that big and yet to think theres over a thousand pounders out there.

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nice photos good catches love

Wed, 2016-07-06 19:13

nice photos good catches love seeung those blacks jump!!!;

 

 

just a heads up, man running your sea anchor of the stern....could oneday cause you serious dhrama!!!! 

 

 

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 Great report, some damn nice

Wed, 2016-07-06 21:36

 Great report, some damn nice photos fellas.