karratha madness
Well guys now i can finally put up the pics from my karratha fishing holiday. I had to wait till this months WAFM mag came out as my article is in there if any you guys want to grab a copy and take a look.
My Mate Salvotore works at a gas plant and lives up there an just bought a boat and the plan is to head out everyday im up there (5 days) Weather permitting.
Flying up..
Landed
Frist day i arrived and we headed out to a island where a barge had washed ashore from a cyclone over 20yrs ago.
Lures in the water and within 10min i was onto a massive barracuda!!!!
Then my Girlfreind Lisa hooks a nice little school mackeral
This was some good arfternoon fun for a hour or 2 and tomorrow looked like some real flat and glass off conditions.
The next day we woke up and there was no wind and all i can say is that its the best conditions i have fished in ages!!! and for the next 4 days was just as good.
I wont drag on the story to much but to cut a long story short it was caos each day with tripple hookups on giant trevally, spanish mackeral, coral trout barracuda, tigersharks attacking fish we were pulling in etc. What a trip!!!!
More pics to come!!
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looks great
im there soon whoooo! did you do any land based?
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Hi Scott, nah didnt do much
Hi Scott, nah didnt do much landbased . Mainly out on the boat each day
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We were blessed to have many
We were blessed to have many humpback whales comeing over to see us fishing. They froliced around the boat for a while and there was even a baby one with the mother. Great to watch them for a while...
baby whale with mother...
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Here is some of the scenery
Here is some of the scenery around Karratha....
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Sea snake How we spent most
Sea snake
How we spent most our days...
Some of the action on the sounder
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It was my bday this day and
It was my bday this day and i was made to wear this for the first hookup. Bloody forgot i had it on for this pic haha
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Awesome
Well done Marc, some awesome pics that we can only dream of taking.
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Cheers mate :)
Cheers mate :)
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and yes my girlfreind got
and yes my girlfreind got the biggest fish of the trip. Around 20kg's of spanish mack.
I was reeing a mack in and she started reeling a lure in to get it out the way when this bad boy took it....
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Thanks for the credit Marc!!
Thanks for the credit Marc!! It was tiring getting hookups when I was trying to get lures out of the way for you!
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Top shots there
You make teh simplest of things look beautiful. Well done mate another awesome set of pics.
I especially like the whale tail with water dropping off the back.
Cheers
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Awesome Photo's
Some great pics there Marc. You must have been lucky with the weather when you ventured up this way. You've motivated me to get the boat ready for another trip hopefully tomorrow - depending on wind conditions.
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Awesome fish mate, i really
Awesome fish mate, i really like the pic of the whale's tale and the water just gushing down like a waterfall.
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Yea some great photos there
Yea some great photos there and quality fishing by the sounds of it too...
Weather Conditions must of been hard to take for 5 days hey.... Very nice
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Great photos mate, you
Great photos mate, you couldnt ask for better weather by the looks of it, that what fishing dreams are made of.
nice work.
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good to see you getting into
good to see you getting into a few HDR shots mate, nice!
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kool
kool
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nice
nice photos. you also got very lucky with the weather, not too many days like that.
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sound's like a good trip,
sound's like a good trip, with some top weather & fish. awsome pics 2 m8..............
abeldog
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Great Photos
Karratha aaahh the weather looks fantastic with fish to match.
Should be wearing a safety vest with all those toothy critters, lol
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JGS
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Awesome photos
looks like you couldn't have asked for better conditions.
Rig
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Nice pics
And great report
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great pics Marc, good to see
great pics Marc, good to see some scenery shots as well as the usual fish posing photos. Can't wait to get back up there myself after seeing your post.
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Nice pics mate
Nice pics mate
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Top photography work mate.
Top photography work mate. Would love to do some fishing up there on day!
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great pics and read there
great pics and read there princess , ooooops . Marc. looks like you had a ball of a trip and some great fish caught as well. When are you going to learn tho, never never never take your g/f or wife out fishing with you as they will always out fish you as you may have seen by several of us others on here.
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Glad to see Dampier turned
Glad to see Dampier turned it on for you mate, thanks for posting the pics, great shots! Makes me feel so lucky to live here :)
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It's good to see these pics
It's good to see these pics again and remember what a great trip that was. Hopefully back there again next year :) And who knows... maybe I'll catch the biggest fish again too ;) LOL!
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Good luck! We will feed you
Good luck! We will feed you to the sharks next time ;)
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cool pics
Awesome pics, thanks for posting!
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awesome pics .some great
awesome pics .some great fishing to boot
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Cheers guys :) These pics
Cheers guys :) These pics are good but there are better pics on the mag.
We just got back from Kalbarri and have another article in the making as we speak
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awesome photos mate. and
awesome photos mate. and good report.
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Great trip!! Cant beleive
Great trip!!
Cant beleive the weather...... I must have been working those days
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Great scenery pics Marc.
Great scenery pics Marc.
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I remember those days
I was at work trying to wrangle a day off.Great shots Marc you really caught paradise at its best.
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