Karratha fun
Headed to Karratha last week for work, and managed to get a days fishing in while i was up there
Conditions were not perfect to say the least, with the wind pushing along, but still easily fishable.
Started early in the morning, only to be stopped by an extremely low tide, and couldnt get out of the ramp at dampier due to there being no water!!!
So waited an hour for the tide to come in and finally managed to launch.
Headed out about 15 miles and played with some mac tuna (i think they are) for a while.
6-7kg tuna go hard on 8lb gear :)
Hooked up to a Tuna on 8lb gear!
Sometimes happens on light gear!
Another nice Toona!
And another
Quite a few cobia around too with a couple double headers coming up. They went hard on 30lb!!
and another
Mr Charlie had a hard day!!
Managed some trout too, this one went 58cm
Also a nice Mangrove jack which was a surprise.
All in all a good day on the water, but dam hot!!!!
Bodie
alfred
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Oh - the cobias must have
Oh - the cobias must have been fun!
Colin Hay
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Excellent Bodie
Some great fish there mate. A double header of cobia is a pretty good effort. It looks and sounds like you had a fun time in Karratha.
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buschy
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well done - looks like a
well done - looks like a great day out to me!
PilbaraBrad
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nice work bodie lucky to get
nice work bodie
lucky to get out wide at the moment
hlokk
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Nice work on the light gear.
Nice work on the light gear. Chasing tuna on 8lb spinning gear sounds awesome. What rod is that in the first pic?
I'd love to catch some of those cobes on light jigging gear. Did you keep any of them?
Bodie
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kept 2 which were well over
kept 2 which were well over size. Great tucker, had some night before last on the bbq, bit of salt and pepper, and a drizzle of Lemon...
Tuna was awesome fun. Rod was a Diawa redback 4kg spin rod.
Good tough rods, got a few sambos on them too in Perth :) up around 14-15kgs.
Cabia went read hard. Were on a monster mesh, saltiga z6500 30lb braid, and even that was hard work!
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How deep did you manage to get out?
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Bodie
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only fishing 22metres of so,
only fishing 22metres of so, on a ledge which dropped from 10m.
lost plenty of good fish too, either busted off, or bitten off.
Couple of blokes on the boat had not done much fishing before, and had a blast catching charlie courts, moses perch, stripies and more hand over fist!
Tried a couple jigs and plastics but didnt get a lot of action, few tugs on the plastic, and bitten in half a couple times but that was about it.
eddie
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i'm itching to get into some
i'm itching to get into some tuna, always go hard and give you your money's worth! great pics!
Webby
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looks like fun mate. lucky
looks like fun mate. lucky to get out, the weather has been shocking up here lately
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damo6230
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nice work Bodie
always a bonus to slip a trip in when working away
some solid fish there
Adam Gallash
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nice
Bit of sportsfishing and a few bottomies, nice combo!
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DazSamFishing
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Tuna on light gear is
Tuna on light gear is AWESOME. Well done. I remember the day I played with tuna on 4lb gear... didn't land any.
jay_burgess
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yeah I just wish we got BIG
yeah I just wish we got BIG tuna here :)
Craig Pearse
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There are big ones Jay, just
There are big ones Jay, just hard to find.
Well done boys looks like you had a good time and by the pics , was it the Patch you where at ???
Bodie
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correct :)
correct :)
assumming you can tell due to the tankers in some of the pics :)
Craig Pearse
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The first pic , the rocks
The first pic , the rocks and then seeing the ships.
Heaps of sharks hey
Bodie
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yep plenty of dam
yep plenty of dam sharks!!!
But plenty of dam sharks just about everywhere.
However the 2 currents that meet just north of the patch is probably why, and i assume thats why so many tuna are there.
jay_burgess
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surely you're not talking
surely you're not talking about Mack tuna lol...
by the way.... I mean 30kg+ tuna.
Craig Pearse
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Nar mate , The last one
Nar mate ,
The last one caught on my boat (wasnt too far from there ) was a BIG , big eye tuna.
Took some time to work out what is was and went over 22kg. NO B/s mate.
There was heap of smaller ones smashing the top so I put a Yo-zurie deep diver on to see what was under the smaller ones .
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Interesting... PM sent..
Interesting... PM sent..
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well done on the light gear
well done on the light gear with the tuna. you got a nive variety of fish there but those cobes must have been prety thick to get double headers of them, nice way to break up the working week
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