Monkey mia 2015 - daily reports
Hello all.
It's that time of the year again when I pack up the family, the dog, the camping and fishing gear and the boat. we're off to monkey mia next week for three weeks. 
As always there is much planning, much shopping and this year a bit more shopping as I inadvertently turned off the deep freeze with about 12 monkey mia meals in it..... hmmm lost browning points there.... 
One more day of work and then it's holidays. off to rottnest this weekend purely for a wedding. no fishing opportunity there unfortunately.
Tuesday we're off to s bend (we leave late to accommodate my daughter's specialty music lesson). and the Wednesday onto monkey mia.
my wife tells me wind finder says no wind on Thursday 
so hopefully boat in the water and tight lines.
now I have mastered photobucket, I will post reports in the comments.
watch this space 
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Deleted
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hope you kill the pig
hope you kill the pig
sea-kem
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Best of luck Randall, very
Best of luck Randall, very jealous.
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z00m
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Come on the PB upgrades and
Come on the PB upgrades and something new to add to the list!
Best of luck.
randall df223
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Yep. i have never paid much
Yep. i have never paid much attention to the biggest estuary cod i have caught up there, but I'd like one 84 cm to beat my wife's PB! and the biggest blue bone I have seen caught is 73 cm by a local so one that size woukd be great
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Good
Good luck Randall, hope the fishing gods and the weather gods do right by you.
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randall df223
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Thanks guys. It's a great
Thanks guys. It's a great place. If I don't get any PBs, or new species, I'd settle for finding new ground. very keen to explore the eastern side of faure island which I believe holds really good black snapper (there's a bucket list fish.... a 50 cm black snapper / blue lined or grass emperor)
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spanishmackeral
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Good luck bud, looking
Good luck bud, looking forward to seeing some pics
Deckie
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The dog
Not sure if you can take the dog Randall, being a national park. Unless you have already, best to check first.
Good luck, hope you get some PB's.
cheers
Cheers & Stay safe
randall df223
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took the dog last year. All
took the dog last year. All good.
just the bloody emus to be worried about. They don't like dogs.
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Rob b
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Yep counting down the
Yep counting down the minutes until we leave next Saturday. Very excited,Can't wait let's hope the weather plays the game.
uncle
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Have a good one r1
Tight lines and trouble free
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Deckie
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The dog
The dog is good to go as long as it is on a leash & you inform the managers. Just checked for later on this year in case the boss wants to take the "slipper" lol.
cheers
Cheers & Stay safe
randall df223
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Still recovering from the
Still recovering from the wedding celebrations over at rottnest.... but spent the day packing. we have decided that we will be taking a second car because it just ain't all going to fit! so in the morning my young bloke and I are off to s bend, and the wife, daughter and dog will follow after the daughter's music lesson. then on Wednesday thru to monkey mia. I believe the forecast for Thursday is promising, so hopefully tight lines!
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Paully
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I know I'm envious
Good luck to you Randall - hope you do well
crasny1
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Just been up to denham/Monkie Mia
Unfortunately boatless because a day before the break mechanism on the trailor failed.
Still beached fish, but bloody hell it was slow after the cyclone ravaged the area a little. 2 big beatiful gums blown apart near the shop and Boughshed Restuarant. Some other minor damage and Managers yacht was still marooned on the Beach north off the resort.
Boaties didnt fare any better in the first few days, but then things changed and fished started coming overboard.
Moved into Denham to fish around there as our normal shore based spots have been shut - Francois Peron NP closed, but hopefully should be open now.
Still scored some whopping big YFwhiting easily lazying around Denham area.
Always got a feed of these delicious fish with ease.
Squid as usual at the jetty with 8 big ones in about 20minutes to add to the seafood fare.
Best "bait" was gulp blood works in any colour, aslong as there was red in the mix. Outfished all natural bait and more durable. Smaller models left the worms alone so selected the kidney slappers.
Have fun mate, and maybe drag the boat up there next time for bloody sure.
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randall df223
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Cheers. what colour jigs
Cheers. what colour jigs are working for the squid, and was that day time or night time?
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crasny1
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All colours mate
The squid was a little funny. They would approach a lure and sometimes back away. After 2 tries with the same colour they wouldnt look at it again. I changed perhaps 10 times but my trusty 2.5 Haramitsu in orange seem to do the damage. 3 and 3.5 didnt seem to work well, and at one stage I even tried a tiny "shrimp" (I think haramitsu) brown/seethrough and they were all over it.
Oh - night time. The Jetty was packed during the day as boats returned/got serviced etc after the cyclone and we didnt want to upset the crews.
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Guardy
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I called into the tackle shop for fuel
and a restock of some jigs. The guy behind the counter showed me of a video clip of a huge, 2+metre cod gulping down a metre plus hooked shark in one go. apparently the second shark for the night. This was taken 3 nights ago and the cod was back again the following night.
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arrived at 12.30 and been
arrived at 12.30 and been setting up tent and kitchen facilities since. big day after leaving s bend at 6:45. just about to start pottering on the boat so hopefully we hit the water tomorrow....
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crasny1
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Good luck. Wind looking OK???
Good luck. Wind looking OK???
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randall df223
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First day on the water it
First day on the water
it was a bit windy for trolling so the wife and kids chose to go back to camp. that allowed me to go in hunt of some bottom fish. headed out towards the island to a spot known locally and commonly as the second channel. resorted to a handline and bait as nothing was interested in the soft plastic. but it seamed every good bite was paid to the tax man.. Landed some undersize pinks and an undersized blup lined. caught a little butterfish so here was a chance to try out the new live tank. worked well. rigged up the livie on a bridle and sent him down... poor little bugger didn't even make the bottom before it was hammered. set the hook and had a couple of minutes of fun before being sharked again. The next double header of small pinks were followed all the way by a grey coat right to the boat so I thought it was time to move.
headed to a spot closer to monkey mia and the sounder lit up...
and my first cast with a soft plastic resulted in this...
and then second drift, second cast, this...
first one, 60 cm and second 52 cm. being only one on board that was my bag limit. So in i came.
looks like the weather gods are smiling for the next few days, so tight lines I hope.
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randall df223
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Hmmmm. I think there is a
Hmmmm. I think there is a problem with the connection between my fishing rod and the deck of the boat....
a couple of very unproductive days...
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uncle
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go hard R1
Have a good day today and get back for the footy
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Those gentlemen in grey overcoats are just a fair dinkum pain in the fundamental orrifice. Good to see the perseverance paid off Randall.
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randall df223
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bloody hell ! thought I
bloody hell ! thought I would go further afield today.... got to a spot, sounder lit up (will post screen shots later) but nothing... heard lots of chatter on the radio that other boats were seeing the same with no results.... got a couple of small blacks and small pinks. trolled for a while without any luck. Our camp neighbours left at the same time and came back at the same time.... (ie all afternoon) and said all the fish they caught were in one half an hour. water movement here is proving critical. must be in the right spot at the high turn of the tide....
best thing I saw all day was this view!
(Internet is slow! will post photo later!)
at least the dockers had a win.
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Rob b
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We done well today, denham
We done well today, denham side, got our limit between 3 off us, big cods, blue line empeor and spanish flag.
but like you say when there was no movement it was dead. But it can be one extreme to the other. Yesterday arvo where we we're fishing the current was that strong the drift was all over the shop, we were drifting a different direction every time we tried anchoring and just was nearly in possible task to set our selves up. Ended up pulling the pin and headed home. But today was a good day.
hopfully tommorow is the same.
randall df223
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a (slightly) better day
a (slightly) better day today. went for a morning troll that landed a school mackerel. will use that for bait. came in and waited for the change of tide abd headed out to the second channel. Landed a 60 cm pinkie. wife hooked onto something very big before it busted off, unseen.
was a magnificent day on the water. glassed off almost all day.
kids have used all our wifi data allowance.....
preventing me uploading photos.. but when I have that sorted I will post them.
I have landed three pink snapper keepers to date (60, 52, 60 cm), all on soft plastics. All have been hooked by a newly added assist hook working as a stinger in the tail of the SP. In past years I would have lost these fish, and the tail of my soft plastic.
will post photos when I can...
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crasny1
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WIFI
Dont you get access there from the office. I think the cost to get some more data is not very pricy. Shikes it still sounds slow after we were up there. Neighbours in the Villas next door gave up on heading to the island side and headed up along Francios Peron to some semi deep water there and fared better. Possibly give that a bash. But as I have never fished this side cant give you any hints about where it was.
Good luck mate. Say high to bloody Nicky for me!!!! (dolphin that is)
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randall df223
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We have our own wifi device
We have our own wifi device prepaid, but we're fighting everyone at the park for access to the tower anyway. And at best it's 3G (occasionally....). add to that the kids have used up the prepaid in a matter of days... not happy about that. they're paying for the next lot.
weather is crap here today. overcast, raining and windy. stay at camp day and catch up on chores. boat re-fuelled etc etc....
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randall df223
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I think i have solved some
I think i have solved some Internet issues, so here are some photos from the last few days
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leesfishin
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Thought it was us having not
Thought it was us having not much luck around the back of faura Island , Sunday caught/ keeped 8 fish & Monday 5. The water colour is still not good has that greenish ting to it.
Did well out at Dampier reef yesterday and water colour was great, think I'll keep heading out Denham side once the weather gets better
randall df223
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Those sounder shots are from
Those sounder shots are from a spot not far from faure island. thought it looked promising. not one bite. too much water moving at the time.
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leesfishin
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Fish are not on the bite
Fish are not on the bite there at the moment , bit the same as last Easter .
The tides are gettin smaller so hopefully get a bit better
Madmerv
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Bloody kids
I like the photo's Randall. Kick the kids off the net and get them chasing seagulls..lol
Hope they get on the bite soon as i'm heading up on Monday.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
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Just wish there were more of
Just wish there were more of fish and less of scenery!
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Ol Tom
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Randall have you tried the
Randall have you tried the deep holes around faure island? There are some on the west side the water is beautiful blue green colour then the holes appear deep blue. They are actually scarey cruising across them and didnt actually have time to fish them but they would be worth a go. You can see them on google earth S25.85 E113.83 ish
randall df223
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I want to get over the east
I want to get over the east side and find the channels. that's where people are catching. I am caught between a rock and a hard place at the moment. The family won't travel far on the boat or in anything other than glass offs. The kids don't want to come at all. on the nice days I am obliged to accommodate the wife's fishing close to monkey mia so we're not far from the kids and dog. If I force them all to come I am being nasty. I just want to go fishing and need all day to explore those areas. so it's wait for a day when the wife is happy to stay at the camp all day.....
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Devo1965
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I Can relate to that.
Been in that situation a few times, my misses plus girls don't fish at all and my boys only half hearted. Went to Kalbarri for a week over Xmas and had the choice of taking tinnie or bigger ally, both left at home ended up being the right call for me. At least your getting out and catching a few. I look forward to your daily reports & pics as I'm away stuck at work, keep them coming.
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uncle
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is there some where you can have
A burly session maybe where there's no sharks, or catch small sharks
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2 words. . Full moon
2 words. .
Full moon
randall df223
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I had a few minutes of fun
I had a few minutes of fun on a school mackerel on a soft plastic this afternoon until it dropped the hooks while I was piss farting about trying to land it....
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naylor_1
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Managed 2 pinks and a black
Managed 2 pinks and a black out from monkey mia today, 60 and 69 for the pinks and a 43 for the black. Was in and out of the water in 3 hours all within a few k from the ramp. A bit better than the last few days out from denham
Deckie
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Boys Trip
There is a lot to be said & in favour of a Boys Trip.
All good taking the family & I don't mind that at all but for a good fishing break, ya can't beat the company of like minded guys.
The kids don't take long to grow up, so enjoy the time now before they don't even want to go away with ya.
cheers, keep your chin up & be safe
Cheers & Stay safe
Ol Tom
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We have been to shark bay a
We have been to shark bay a few times. Usually stay at Denham. Last year we struggled a little and ended up posting on here for some clues. We never clean up but always get something and 80% of the time we have the whole family out with us. But it is always great on those days when the girls go "shopping" in town even though it costs ya a small fortune at least the boys get a good day quenching the thirst.
randall df223
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One thing only appreciated by
One thing only appreciated by those who visit monkey mia, are the spectacular sunrises
(sorry, another scenery photo!)
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crasny1
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Bloody hell
The boys in the big boat are still up there. They own those beach shelters and when we were up there had it set up all the time. Staying in the Deluxe oceanside Villas and I think they were staying a month. I think 4 families. 4 dead keen blokes with 2 boats, and one wife that appears more off a fishing fanatic than all the boys added up.
Those sunrises are spectacular for sure.
Oops might be wrong as they had the shelters closer to the charter cats but probably are still there.
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randall df223
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Big grey plate ally boat
Big grey plate ally boat about 7 or 8 metres? if so they're still here....
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crasny1
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Thats the one
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randall df223
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went exploring around faure
went exploring around faure island yesterday and found some of the unmarked channels or gutters that people speak of. again could see fish on the sounder but only undersize blacks and pinks landed.
interpret this as a predetor underneath a bait bail forcing it up in the middle:
and I really expected to land something decent here, but alas nothing but a small black...
and the flies are annoying after the cyclone to say the least...
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Madmerv
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Flies
Wow those flies look thick. I will bring up a spare can of aeroguard on Mon.
Sorry to hear the spanish got pinged. At least it is much bigger now (in the stories).
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Guardy
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Fly mesh head gear
from IGA in Denham. They have them at the counter. It keeps them off your face but just remember to remove it to drink or spit as a couple of my mates forgot, LOL.
randall df223
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already got them.
already got them.
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randall df223
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I think i must have kicked a
I think i must have kicked a black cat...
its been a grey, overcast, humid day here and the wind blowing from the north is never a good thing. went for a troll out the front in the first channel. had three lures out and my purple stripey got smashed in about 5 metres of water. The strike was hard and fast and had the hallmarks of a spanaird. I grabbed the rod, the missus stopped the boat, the fish was still running, the reel was screaming. I tighten the drag to slow him down and.....
ping went the brand new 150 lb Richter wind on leader..... FUCK!!!!
that about sums up my week so far.
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Marineboy
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Wind on leaders
why complicate things with wind on leaders!
just tie on flurocarbon direct to your braid via a fg of pr knot, it's a whole lot cheaper and far stronger.
My spots are so secret even the fish don't know about them !
randall df223
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Because last year my knots
Because last year my knots kept failing.... next time I am going to be more patient on the drag and if it snaps again... don't worry I wilk be back to the cheapo 100lb leader and fg knot (which I use on all my other rigs)
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dj dvd
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Try taking some live
Try taking some live Butterfish for bait to pick the bigger ones of the school.
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Rob b
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That sucks!!We are doing ok
That sucks!!We are doing ok (denham side). We left at 1pm today got back at 6.30pm with our limit. The old boy and i have done good over the week when we can get out. Heading home tommorow, it sucks, back to reality.
leesfishin
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Went out yesterday to the
Went out yesterday to the back of faura Island went ok fish came on the bit about 1 hour after the tide change , so starting to improve . Water clarity still not that good
may give it another go today
uncle
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Hang in there R1
Every dog has his day
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randall df223
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Got out for a quick jig and
Got out for a quick jig and bottom bounce while the birthday boy run amuk around the park with a new mate. :)
set up, for my first drift, first cast of the soft plastic, hooked into a decent size school mackerel. thought I would net this one seeing as I dropped the last one boat side trying to land it. went to grab the net out of its holder and hooked one of my cheap rods in the rocket launcher and flipped it out over the side. luckily it landed horizontal and I was quick enough to grab it before it sank too far. perhaps my luck is changing??? landed the maccie, it gad destroyed the plastic so I baited a bottom rig. Landed a nice sized spanish flag. it was pretty windy and i had promised it was only a short stint so i headed in, a touch happier.
tomorrow is looking good on the fishing calendar but the wind is setting in.
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fish 06
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Your having a trip
Your having a trip you will not forget in a hurry for all the wrong reasons. At least your having quality time with the family. How's the bait board and live tank working out for you?
Dale
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Spanish flag = live Mackie bait
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randall df223
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The bait table is great.
The bait table is great. nice working height. The tank works well. keeps tge butterfish alive nicely :)
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fish 06
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Watched your build
watched your build with interest
Thinking of doing something similar
randall df223
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I am hoping to catch some
I am hoping to catch some squid this week and see how they like it.
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meglodon
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Thanks for the great posts
Some great reading, all sounds like you had a good time. Not being in Perth always amounts to a good time. The sounder pics would have your mouth watering strange that you didn't score big time with images like that. So tempting.
jeffh
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den ham this week
gday randall been in denham since tuesday only been able to get out twice first time bagged out on blackies and got a few spanish flag next trip was friday went out to the levillian shoals cleaned up on estuary cod [3] one at 95cm other 2 mid 80ies red throat cobia pinkies 3 baldies 1 coronation 1 coral cod 1 then a glass off for the trip home 80 kms a great day hopfully get another one before we head home.
randall df223
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Nice to hear some are
Nice to hear some are catching fish
the south easterlies have set in over this side. I assume it's the same there?
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randall df223
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The wind has set in here
The wind has set in here with strong south easterlies forecasted for the rest of our time here. The missus and I just ducked out the front and dropped the crab nets in. That was a waste of time. first two nets we pulled had small sharks tangled in them. Both were untangled and released and swam off after a minute or two of revival.
so we pulled the rest and headed in. saw FW member leesfishin anchored nearby, so went over and said hello to Lee and his lovely wife. had a chat about fishing and camping in monkey mia. sounds like Lee has been doing well at dampier reef and turtle bay over on the other side. A good bloke, and a nice boat.
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leesfishin
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Randell was great to meet
Randell was great to meet you and have a chat.
Injoy the rest of your stay in this great part of the world.
jeffh
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gday randall we fished
gday randall we fished around tutle bay to dampier reef the other day but is too windy for us we only have a 5.54m boat went out today and got our limit of blackies [25] out on the flats close in out early in early. we came over to monkey mia a few days back to try for crabs but didnt get any, have since been told they are north of the pearl farm and around the pearl farm. hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.
Deckie
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Found your problem
Found your problem Randall, it's the hat.
Throw it away & try a normal straw hat with NO purple on it haha.
Please don't drop it in the water, be just like puncturing your oil tank & polluting the pristine waters up there.
All jokes aside, hope you enjoy the rest of your trip & get amongst them before ya head home.
Great posts.
cheers & stay safe.
Cheers & Stay safe
Brucesta
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that's enough out of you, if
that's enough out of you, if he didn't wear that he'd probably catch even less :)
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crasny1
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Mate if the wind blows a gale
just head towards the red cliffs behind the pearl farm (access should be open now) and fish in close to shore landbased on an incoming tide with red gulp worm or bait worms or squid. Should at least get a sweet feed of fat as KGs YFwhiting. I have never been up to Denham (with or without boat) without targetting these delish whopper whiting at least a few days. Not to far to travel and you can access the beach from there if the cyclone hasnt caused havoc with the track from the top of the cliffs down to the beach.
Im sure you know where I mean, but the turnoffs to the cliffs is the first sign after going over the hill after Monkey Mia. There is two tracks heading towards the sea about 200m apart. The second is the best. Just Google earth if you are not aware. Love sitting on the chairs, chilling with a few beers, spotting the schools and sight casting to them, or even more lazy let a worm just soak out there.
At least it is better than sitting at home watching TV.
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randall df223
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Had a lovely day on the
Had a lovely day on the water with my best fishing buddy (my wif). started with a decent size squid :) into the new live bait tank at about 11:00 am, still very healthy at 4:00 pm when I took it out to kill and clean it. didn't use it as a live bait as it was on the large size, and it will go well in a marinara!
the wind didnt eventuate so we went out to the second channel and got a nice black spot tusk fish (blue bone) on crab legs, but it only measured about 40.2 cm (the .2 were the teeth). so back it went.
then karin pulled in a blue lined emporer that measured 31.5 cm..... back that went.
then I picked up a bigger black spot tusk fish on 9 kg mono. at 49cm it was a good battle. but I won and in the esky it went
lost a couple of live butteries, either to spanairds or sharks, i like to think spanairds...
but at last we didn't come home with an empty esky. very happy to have found grounds were I can catch squid at monkey mia!!! and very happy to see a live squid in the bait tank!
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leesfishin
Posts: 233
Date Joined: 27/03/11
Good to see you had a good
Good to see you had a good day out and got some fishing in
,your write about the wind it was half the strength of what was predicted at Denham .
we ducted out to useless inlet and it calmed write of and came back in when the wind changed.
kept 4 pinkys an 2 blacks an released truck load of under size ones.
not sure if the wind will be as kind today, may have a look around perion.
Cheers lee
Deckie
Posts: 1296
Date Joined: 03/04/09
Lets hope the weather pattern
Lets hope the weather pattern stays heading the way it is, wind & waves dropping.
Be nice to get some nice conditions up there.
cheers & stay safe
Cheers & Stay safe
randall df223
Posts: 6454
Date Joined: 08/08/11
Well. yesterday was pack up
Well. yesterday was pack up day and this morning we head south on out way home. It's been great to get away for a break but jeez the fishing has been hard work. Not through lack of trying that's for sure. Some days I have traveled 40+ miles looking for fish. anyway I had to empty the deep freeze to lift it up into the boat. it didn't take long.... Two pink snapper, a blue bone, a spanish flag and a couple of school mackerel..... and we ate a pink snapper and half a school mackerel while we were here.
speaking with people around the resort, it's been an all too familiar story.
Would love to have had more fishing posts and photos for you all, but I suppose you'll have to wait until I go to Steep Point in 28 days!
Fish! HARD!
Ol Tom
Posts: 331
Date Joined: 17/12/13
28 days?? Might aswell stay
28 days?? Might aswell stay up there unless of course you love that drive!! Anyway Randall you have had more fun than us who were just following your post mate!
Swompa
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Date Joined: 14/10/12
Bugger! But think of this.
Bugger!
But think of this. I, like almost everyone here, have been at work....
Drive careful
z00m
Posts: 1086
Date Joined: 10/05/14
You tried your hardest so
You tried your hardest so don't feel too bad. Like swompa said, we were at work!
crasny1
Posts: 7004
Date Joined: 16/10/08
Dont feel alone
When we were up there just recently all the fish was shut down. I was going to tow the Traily up, but checked the hubs (all good) but problems with trailer brakes caused me to think twice.
My prefered fish is shark bay whiting so decided to target that from shore, but Monkey Mia side even that was shut down. As mentioned the boaties next door didnt fare well offshore either, and another mate is up there ATM and calls it so far AWOFF (a waste of Fn Fuel). I suspect the cyclone had something to do with it. Be interesting to see when it returns to normal. Client of mine heading up in 2 weeks and promised to keep me updated. As a matter of fact promised to show brag pictures as they hope it improve by then.
But as mentioned better to fish and get nothing, than to not fish and work!!!
Safe travelling mate and thanks for a great post. There should be more off these types as they are very interesting.
Sorry about Sunday, because we are due to flog you. But then as Two Team I cant realy loose can I!!!
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
plenty of fun to be had down
here, will you have any free days left
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
MattMiller
Posts: 4171
Date Joined: 15/06/09
Geez Randall,
could be time to find a new fishing destination. Further north say Coral Bay of Exmouth?
Not much reward for alot of hard work, barely one days limit from what I can tell.
Perhaps chuck the boat in back in Perth and catch a few salmon
randall df223
Posts: 6454
Date Joined: 08/08/11
I suppose when you go to a
I suppose when you go to a place year after year you have to take the good with the bad. about 3 years ago we bought back 38 kilos of fillet! it is a family holiday primarily and a lovely place to be, fish or no fish.
home now and doing the depressing unpack
I'll just hope to fare better at steep point in 28 days time with the boys
that's the fishing trip!
Fish! HARD!
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