Over due update
Hi everyone,
Well its been a while since my last update. Ive been away for a few weeks down south and managed to get out for a fish with a mate . We boated a few dhu's and some cracking sambo's off Canal Rocks. Unfortunatly no pics out of that little outing.
I would normally be in the water diving for crays and using the straight hook for the dhu's down there but the recent hype on the sharks was distracting. A quick cruise past the seal colony on the tip of the cape was enough to confirm that even the seals had done a runner. There were hundreds of them out there, that day we counted about a dozen
We moved around the coast further towards Dunsborough, we have a favourite little beach thats great for a swim. We didnt venture out to far but with the water like glass we could see everything that moved. The kids love it and its very easy to sit back and have a few beers.
Another shot of the water!!
Once back at home in Dampier i couldnt wait to get out on my boat, now to check the weather! What do you know they forcast a bloody cyclone!! It turned out to be a blessing as the cyclone veered towards Hedland (sorry guys! I was up there yesterday to see some of the left over mess) but Dampier was left with nearly 2 weeks of absoloutly glassy conditions. I managed to get out with a mate and his wife who are both keen fishos and we had a ball.
We spent the morning jigging with a mix of pirates, McCarthy's & Gulps. We were in 48 - 50m of water and had plenty of fish under the boat. We sounded for a few minutes before coming over a big congregation of fish, first drop and we boated a golden trevally so we knew what the large school was! Nothing wrong with fresh golden trevally but we were after quality table fish. The new few drops and drifts continued to produce a heap of different trevally.
We did a couple of longer drifts and got a scarlet sea perch and a Spangled'y.
Another drift produced yet more trevally and a rankin, the best thing was we could see the fish on the sounder but also watch the jig in action and the fish chase the jig on the way up. Wish i had of grabbed some scrren shots! With such a calm day the jigs were right under the boat and you could almost call the strike!
We only boated one cobia this trip but he was undersize and went back to fight another day.
Those big golden trevally are just big hoovers on the bottom and one of them spat out this sea horse (he was succesfully released along with the trevally).
This was the culprit!
We boated 2 more rankin (and a few more trevally!!) The rankin below loved this McCarthy paddletail, it produced a couple of nice fish! 
In the end we kept one last trevally for a fish curry, 3 rankins, 1 spangled and one scarlet sea perch. We certainly werent breaking any records on the size but it produced a good feed and was enjoyed by all on the BBQ that night!
Did i mention how good the weather was??
Cheers,
Russ
RUSS - Another punter in the Pilbara!
Wazza79
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Awesome Pics Mate!
Def covered some ground there too! Nice Rankins!
dodgy
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Couple of nice fish there.
Couple of nice fish there.
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Webby
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That beach looks amazing.
That beach looks amazing. Some nice fish to, well done
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soupster51
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Top Trip
Great write and pics. Very envious. If only it was that good every time. That sea horse is a pretty cool critter.
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dkonig82
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Those conditions look awful
Those conditions look awful :-)
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
snappermiles
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nice report ya slack bugger!
when are you going to do some work?? dam those conditions are awesome! a nice feed there!
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Faulksy
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Cheers for a great day out. We had a ball.
kelsea
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Came home with more than a
Came home with more than a feed, well done! Great photo's and story to boot! Is that a southwind UB580 that your floatin, and if so what size fuel tank and donk do you have? I am new to Karratha and have a UB580 with a 90 four stroke Honda and a tank that holds 80litres. Still trying to find my bearings and if your runnin the same as me you could lend some advice or give me a few pointers to keep me out of trouble.
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alfred
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Love your boat.
Love your boat.
Faulkner Family
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sounds like you had a ball.
sounds like you had a ball. some great pics there and some awesome scenery shots with all that rough water . certainly makes me jealous. well done on the feed
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