Well i Had a wicked time up in shark bay and the fishing was nothing short of what i had hoped. Some more mackies would have been good though ;)

Monday the 25th was like a millpond all the way from Denham to steep point, it made for a beautiful ride all the way there and back. We didn't have much luck on the west side of steep point bottom bouncing, we tried for reds and whatever bottom dwellers we could get but found nothing but blowies in the deeper water. Came in closer to the cliffs (60 to 70m away not deep) and bottom bashed around there and only got small stuff but when i got the stickbait out and started casting at the cliffs... BAM first mack of the trip. Went to dirk hartog southern end and ended up getting a couple of just size baldies and a nice GT.

Tuesday we went north to the tip of Dirk hartog and found some good fish but plenty of sharks too. Any fish over about 500mm had no chance of making it past the bronzies, we tried everything. Kept moving but couldnt find fish in abundance only stragglers here and there. Still managed to bag out on red throat, we also got 2 shark mackies and a spaniard. A first for my cousin was a 2.5m bronzie on a 45gram Jig... pinned him in the corner of the mouth so we got it all the wat to the boat before the managed to turn the right way and cut the line. The way back wasn't much fun as the southerly kicked up to 20 knots and we had to punch into it so we downed a few more beers to numb the pain and still managed to do 40kmh all the way home which took 2 hours.

Wednesday we went for a bash in the dinghy on the monkey mia side and went as far north in the cars as we could and then we launched the dinghy. Within 10 min of trolling we nailed a 1m cobia which spat the hook right at the boat.... SPEWIN !!! We kept goin and by the time we got to cape peron we had 4 Golden Trevalleys, 3 shark macks and an undersize spaniard. Plenty of fun in the dinghy. What the close call was though was the fuel in the dinghy. By the time i got back and got out of the boat to put it on the trailer, the tank felt empty, my estimation on how much fuel was left would be less than half a litre. Perfect haha

Thursday was a day of no boating due to wind so we went to cape peron again without the boats and went landbased to see what we could get. My cousin paddles out the burley on his paddle board and about 10 min later there was a 2m tiger shark in the shallows, so out went the boat rod and after spitting out 2 baits, 3rd time lucky we hooked him. Reel screams off but we manage to stop him and get him on the beach for a group photo before sending him back. box ticked yessss

Friday the wind was still shit so we just hung out in town for a much needed day of rest.

Saturday the wind didn't look too bad for another trip south so we loaded up and went for it. No bottom species were biting for us and we only managed 3 bonito. But still, any day on the boat, is a good day.

Sunday we packed up and left early and just out of town my brother managed to clip skippy, lucky though, no damage.

This will become a yearly thing with the family i think. love it

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