old farts at exxy wrap up
the first arfo was as good as it got, 2 macks,2 wahoo and back before low tide, it was very hard for us to find good fish from then on, sharks were a real pain even worse when they started to eat rapalas, the boys hooked one each on following days and all I heard were groans and I can't handle it, so I had to jump in and take over but I managed to get them up eventually, hard work.
We ended up with only 6 macks and 4 very nice wahoo plus a few tuna YFT and others, all bottomies were small, lost a small black at the boat, took a rapala deep diver, never jumped, just at the side of the boat and bent the hooks out, bugger. biggest drama was last week when I was heading out deep for a beakie troll, I was running thru my mind if we broke down and I couldn't remember the safety gear, we had a check and it wasn't to be found, well we went back asap, a phone call to BJ and carnarvonite and deepwater delivered one to us at yardie creek, [power of fishwrecked] and pies supporters.
Disappeared?? lost?? who knows, returned the borrowed one on the way home, then 4 days of really strong winds, managed to troll for about 90 mins. before it got too strong, no fish, fished the last 2 days up before the sun but very poor, lots of boats trolling and wasting fuel, only saw rubies caught out wide, photos are not in order, it was nice to get away for 2 weeks and enjoy some sun, not sure if I would return to exxy, certainly not as I remember it, unless you go ruby fishing or trolling for marlin etc
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Beats working! Couple of nice fish and photo's there.
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Rick
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Tough
Sounds like a good couple of weeks away, but the weather and sharks made it tough. Nice pics
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uncle
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n/w blowies were thick as well
glad they don't chase lures!
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EL SYD
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Good one Uncle. Looks like
Good one Uncle.
Looks like you had fun. What are wahoo, like to eat? Like mackerel?
uncle
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macks are 4 star
hoo 3 stars
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Zand
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Shame you couldnt get more mate
still any excuse for a couple of weeks fishing is a good excuse
Cant wait to head back up there and hook up some bigguns
looks like you had a good time none the less mate
Hutch
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Looks like an alright trip,
Looks like an alright trip, bad luck about the sharks. Nice 'hoos.
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Fished out from tantas and
Fished out from tantas and bagged out on bottomies ( goldband, robbos, pearlies, rankins, trout, spangos) Thursday and Friday. 2 trout 2 corros and a rankin Saturday. Only lost 3 fish to sharks, gotta find smaller shows and only take a fish or two before moving .
Don't even bother trolling for macks anymore out from tantas
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uncle
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only lost one mack too sharks
its as if they know, grab a lure and your goneski,drifted thru 60 m fri and just bitten off by n/w blowies
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tim-o
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Some good fish Gray, love the
Some good fish Gray, love the look of the hoos and fins, some nice conditions too. Prob need to get out to the islands for the reds??
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uncle
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have to do that with BJ
boats a bit old school now, them hoo can go like the clappers, love em, the colours are magic when they come out of the water
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sea-kem
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Love that first arm
Love that first arm stretching pic Unc. Beats being down here hearing that you are up there with a line in. I'm very toey for a fish at the moment.
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Paully
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Those hoos
are a mint looking fish - well done.
meglodon
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Crowds
Great photos bad luck about the wind but still a few weeks away is still good. Can you tell me what it's like up there as far as being crowded, I've been told it's murder at the tantas ramp both trying to launch and retrieve. Your opinion would be appreciated.
uncle
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pretty hectic around low tide
can only use 1 ramp then, weekends up to 90 boats out and about, get there at sparrows if you can to launch
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deepwater
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Glad we could help there
Glad we could help there uncle , we got u back on the water in no time ,some nice wahoos there mate
we got stuck in to afue on saturday as well goldies,reds and robbos and only afue sharked
good meeting u mate and your crew jeff