Nrth Abrolhos island
Submitted by little johnny on Fri, 2017-05-05 07:14
Left gero last Thursday got back in Tuesday morn . Boys boss has a 65 foot Randell . Trip of a lifetime . I was itching for first drop by the end (really .) Only using small circles. 2 rigs . I used my rod 95 percent of time ,also handline, caught all sorts of cod. Emperor . Dhues. Pinks. Trout. Even good old black ass. To many types to mention . Night time was mint .we would anchor Anywhere from 40 to 60 meters.( got ruff at times) got flung out of bunk first night. Huge squid would come around not matter where we where. Big v8 occy. Snakes and flying fish . I would definately do it again . Learnt a heap of the skipper.
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rob90
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Looks like a sweet trip,
Looks like a sweet trip, definately on my bucket list. Cheers for adding fuel to my abrolhos fire.
good fish too
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
timmy k (not verified)
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some nice fish in that lot
would love to go there one day
Deleted
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Rippa. Rankin is huge
Rippa. Rankin is huge
Hutch
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Epic
Epic
sea-kem
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How good is that
How good is that
Love the West!
Coastrunner
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Awesome
What an opportunity and looks like you guys made the most of, good job.
Stevo81
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Nice fish johnny. Solid
Nice fish johnny. Solid spango and rankin!
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azza1
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Some nice fish for sure!
Some nice fish for sure!
kirky79
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Great trip LJ
Big range of fish & big fish too
Rob H
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Commercial fishing?
Commercial boat?
Great ground up there.
Noone could wrestle up a smile?
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Dale
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Nice bit of fishing there LJ, and not an occy in site.
"Just because you are a Character, Doesn't mean you have Character."
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Krusty
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Sweet....well done
Sweet....well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
little johnny
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Rob h yes
Eye opener for me . Dan Loves it. ( new job)And I did get my licence prior to going.Very impressed . No rape and pilage . Harvesting 1 spot x amount of fish then leave . Itching to go again. The care they take of fish blew me away. The guys do it hard . At dock 95 percent local buyers . Which also impressed me.
Rob H
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Its not an easy life, thats
Its not an easy life, thats for sure.
I dont really know of any commercial fishery that is "easy", though crays have certainly changed alot but the pressure is different.
Everytime I hear someone say "I love going fishing, I want to work on a fishing boat/longliner/trawler/charter boat etc" I struggle not to roll my eyes
Instead think, boy have you got a suprise coming...
Kind of like lusting after a woman for a long time only to find when you get there, she's a bitch!
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
sea-kem
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I used to watch the cray
I used to watch the cray boys outta Seabird when they were there Rob go out in all kinds of shit weather and used think they can have that. It's a romantic thought but I only ever would want to do it for fun.
Love the West!
Rob H
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Guess i cant talk, here I am
Guess i cant talk, here I am 25 yrs later...
Mind you while I loved it and no regrets at all it certainly is good to go to sea just to go somewhere or do something.
Not to have to fish til full then return
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
sea-kem
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Love the West!
little johnny
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Lol
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PJim
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Nice fish there mate. Just
Nice fish there mate. Just curious, is yourskippers name Wrenny?
little johnny
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Nah Fred
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ranmar850
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What Rob said
I loved fishing and diving from an early age, and kept doing both even when I was making my living from them. Nowadays? Certainly over diving on snagged pots, and the last few years of mixing crayfishing and off-season wetlining cured me of any attachment to bottom bashing--very rarely, if ever, head west nowadays, got all the marks,still, just CBF.
ElDub
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Blue Striker hey? Fred still
Blue Striker hey?
Fred still got his pet bird?
little johnny
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Funny yes he
Has. And it attacks you.
ElDub
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Haha classic. I used to work
Haha classic. I used to work for the Fillipous who own that boat, but I worked on there other shitheap boats Conquistador and Southern Lady II. They hate doing any work to any of their boats.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Gero!
Yo Johnny .... what ya doing so far north of Rockingham haha
Nice fish landed and I did a few stints decky work (Lano North) on the Blue Striker when my step bro Jason was skipper for Vic ..... solid boat!
little johnny
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Yep vic
Owns few boats now. Guys leaving gero next few days heading to canarvan for 3 months.