Maiden voyage to the big blue
The day had finally come to hit the big blue with dominator 1.didnt have a clue where to go but with a bit or research on the tablet the or should i say my decision was made to head out there to that spot but realising it was a bit to far to go today i went to plan b . The weather wasnt overly flash going out but managable. Got out to the planned spot and set up the drift according to the wind but with the current going the oposite way it made an interesting drif to say the least. The lines all went down with pickers having a go and with my reel playing up i went to the backup running 2 by 2/0 hooks . First fish on board was a nice foxy by me . Second one another foxy by me and that was the end of my roll with keepers. Bro inlaw nailed a foxy to open the account. Then my sis in law hooked up nicely and with a bit of effort landed a 5 kg dhuie. Moments later my line took off but only lasted a few minuits with the hook being bitten off. Sis inlaw nailed a nice bbum. Apart from a bit of bait comming on board and a small pinkie that went back over the next 1/2 hour the call was made 1 more drift and then in. Within a few minuits of the drift Sandys line started to scream and so did she lol. A good 10 minuits later a nice dhuie popped up with smiles all round . That gave us 6 of our cat one. On closer inspection of this monster that came in at 13.2 kg there was my 2/0 hook stuck in its bottom gum. Go figure. On the way in we managed a couple of tuna to top of a good day out. Certainly cant complain about the day.
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ranmar850
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Now THATS the way to blood the new boat
Ozzy
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Very Well Done Guy's,what
Very Well Done Guy's,what boat do you have now ?
Cheers Ozzy
Faulkner Family
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gday ozzy, long time no
gday ozzy, long time no see.
we got ourselves a swiftcraft dominator that we just finished the refirb on.
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Dale
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Way to go Russ, boat christening done and dusted.
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Faulkner Family
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certainly is done and dusted
certainly is done and dusted with plenty of the right blood on the deck . best of all it wasnt my blood
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dodgy
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Cracking way to start the
Cracking way to start the boats new lease on life.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
hilly9
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Impressive haul for a first
Impressive haul for a first time off mandurah fish. Very impressed. Took me years!!
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Cha chinggggg. Nicccceeee
Cha chinggggg. Nicccceeee
Faulkner Family
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thanks guys. i think it was
thanks guys. i think it was a total fluke tho. prob wont get a haul like that again . can only try.
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Meeuwissen
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Very good haul
Nice dhuies
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Da pirate
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Xmas lunch..
good feed for the table there top effort
mr Faulkner!!
Paul H
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Great way to blood the decks
Great way to blood the decks - well done
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meglodon
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Well done withe opening round
Now that's the way to start things off.
little johnny
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Top stuff
Great feed.
Rob H
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Cant complain about that
Cant complain about that mate, top day!
Boat looks great as well!
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Bigwig
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All that hard work finally
All that hard work finally paying off and the fun times have begun. nice bag of fish.
Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
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Good feed there mate, well
Good feed there mate, well done!
use your mullet for bait?
Faulkner Family
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i actually forgot about the
i actually forgot about the mullet. had some squid and whiting heads that we used. Sandy nailed the big girl on half whiting.
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Deckie
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Well done
Well done falkners, good start to what im sure will be a long and successful run of fishing postings.
As soon as my tinnie sells (hopefully soon) i will be doing the same thing.
Upgrade & get out there in the blue water.
Cheers & Stay safe
Faulkner Family
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thanks for that. hopefully
thanks for that. hopefully it will be . never seen a boat called " hopefully soon " before lol.
lot of effort to refirb but worth it
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Deckie
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New owner.
Haha the new owner can call it what they like, but come to think of it "hopefully soon" is not a bad name. LOL...
Cheers & Stay safe
Hose A
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Way to go
congrats on your first haul, first of many I hope.
Regards John (Nic's bro)
Cheers John
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Faulkner Family
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thanks john. i hope first of
thanks john. i hope first of many too. we can only try .
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Brock O
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Well done Russ and family,
Well done Russ and family, congrats on the new boat...the refurb and the first solid trip out!!.
I havent had a Fox fish in while, slimy suckers but great eating..
Faulkner Family
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not wrong on both accounts
not wrong on both accounts with the fox.
just hope we can continue the luck with future trips. but even still its nice just to be on the water again
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