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 Few mackerel and tuna from the last trip, before it went bad. These all ended up being shark food.

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Shark food ???????

Fri, 2015-07-31 09:49

Shark food ???????

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 Yep unfortunately. 

Fri, 2015-07-31 09:54

 Yep unfortunately. 

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Why did ya chuck em back in

Fri, 2015-07-31 09:59

????

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Its on other threads on here,

Fri, 2015-07-31 10:10

Its on other threads on here, we lost 2 ton of mackerel, red emperor, rankin cod, pink snapper and bit of other mixed, plus a million dollar boat.

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 Breaks ya heart.

Fri, 2015-07-31 10:59

 Breaks ya heart.

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Yep but as long as everyone

Fri, 2015-07-31 11:06

Yep but as long as everyone was safe...

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 How did you run aground

Fri, 2015-07-31 11:14

 How did you run aground burnz

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 Anchor snapped when we were

Fri, 2015-07-31 11:39

 Anchor snapped when we were asleep, no wind so we silently drifted towards the cliffs and a big wave at the perfect time washed the boat up onto the reef.

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 Bugger. Do you guys use

Fri, 2015-07-31 12:07

 Bugger. Do you guys use drift alarms or something like that when you anchor up?

is there such a thing?

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Yes there is such a thing, we

Fri, 2015-07-31 12:08

Yes there is such a thing, we use them sometimes depends on the tides!!

 

Glas everyone was ok !

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 Yup I think i remember

Fri, 2015-07-31 12:10

 Yup I think i remember seeing that function on my sounder

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 How does that happen to a

Fri, 2015-07-31 14:35

 How does that happen to a professional skipper?

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shit

Fri, 2015-07-31 12:03

Glad to hear you guys are alright.

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it can happen

Fri, 2015-07-31 15:40

 How does that happen to a professional skipper?  We all need to sleep sometime, and, if you ever feel the need to be sleep deprived, try fishing for a living. Yes, there are anchor alarms you can set on pretty well any GPS, but if you have ever tried to use one, you know why people don't use them. Unless you set them for a very wide radius, which would be useless when you are anchoring in relatively close proximity to land/island, they will wake you every time the fix goes for a walk, which is probably more often than you realise. 

Been there, done that. Anchoring close to land, unless on an established mooring, is always a worry, and anchoring way out to sea, you only have to worry about getting run over by a ship.

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 Mate stoked you boys are

Fri, 2015-07-31 16:29

 Mate stoked you boys are home and safe thats the main thing 

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Glad to hear all safe and well

Fri, 2015-07-31 17:47

Plenty of fish in the ocean, main thing is every body gets to go home.

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 What kind of tuna are they

Fri, 2015-07-31 17:55

 What kind of tuna are they and how much do yas get for them?

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Yeah lucky no one was

Fri, 2015-07-31 18:52

Yeah lucky no one was hurt. 

 

We get a few types of tuna out there, yellowfin to about 20kg, longtail to about 12kg usually 8 - 10, mackerel tuna upto about 10kg and these small ones i think northern bluefin or something which are smaĺl 2 - 4kg. We got $3 - $6 for the longtails and macks and a bit more for the yellowfin and blues. One boat here was claiming he was getting $36 a kg for the blues. We are allowed to keep 9 per trip 2 of which can be yellowfin.

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 Yeh interesting stuff. Got

Fri, 2015-07-31 19:32

 Yeh interesting stuff. Got any pics of the boat? Are u out of work now or they gonna get another boat? 

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 Yeah got pics anc vids from

Fri, 2015-07-31 19:43

 Yeah got pics anc vids from the last trip of a massive turtle i caught on a lure and a couple of big sharks and whales. 

 

Yeah im out of a job.. anyone need a decky?

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 Show us a pic of boat, never

Fri, 2015-07-31 20:28

 Show us a pic of boat, never seen it. U a good decky? I know a few people in the industry, can ask round for ya.

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 I dont know how to post pics

Sat, 2015-08-01 07:28

 I dont know how to post pics in a thread, look up 'high and dry' there is a pic from the last time she run aground.

 

Yeah i am alright on deck, still only my first year though so im learning.

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Its always sad to hear or see

Sat, 2015-08-01 12:23

Its always sad to hear or see a boat on the rocks, more so when its a pro boat due to the loss of income.

Did some time with West coast fishing a long time ago, fish long hours and sleep when you can.

Good to hear everones ok, any idea on when or if the owner will get a new one?

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