steep point 2014
just got back from a week up at steep that was just insane!!! hand down the most pelagic action ive ever seen landbased. 6 of us fishing completely bagged out in 4 days and just relaxed for our last day and a half.
just posting my photos as some of the boys want to use theirs for articles ect but anyway highlights for me where, PB mack, first mack spinning, big marlin over 80kg smashing my bait only 100m out, sails all over the place, huge tailor from down the coast a bit, macks in palgues, sharks for fun off the beaches and demersals just everywhere.
what we kept, 20 pinkies, 17 baldies, 11 jumbo crays, 14 spanish, 1 sharkie, 1 longtail, 1 yellowfin, 1 sail, 1 estuary cod, 1 coro trout, 2 red throat emps, 1 cobia and lots more we used as bait or released. absolutely magic trip with some of the best weather ive seen up that way and we all had a ball and got stuck into some great fish. To me this is why LBG is addictive
always looking for a new challenge!!
new age
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looks insane mate well done,
looks insane mate well done, some of those captures im sure turn the clock back for the older generation who are always so nostalgic and always say the fishing "always use to be better"
Patto 1
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Epic trip there Chris and
Epic trip there Chris and top report mate
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sea-kem
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Awesome report and pics
Awesome report and pics Chris. Did you dive for the crays? Reminds me of our old Quobba LB days.
Love the West!
Chris fish
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yep baldies and crays came
yep baldies and crays came from freediving around the point and crayfish/ false.
always looking for a new challenge!!
randall df223
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Great trip, great pics.
Great trip, great pics. Whats the track like? Heading up there in may.
Fish! HARD!
grantarctic1
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Wow
Wow Chris, great trip, report and pictures. Thanks for sharing .
dkonig82
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Very nice - great to see a
Very nice - great to see a report about Steep that is something other than 'couldn't get past the sharks!'
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
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.
Callum24
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you never fail to inpress
you never fail to inpress mate nice mac moose!!
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Lastchance
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Shit hot mate, killed it!
Shit hot mate, killed it! I'm all for keeping a billy if it's going to be consumed - they are an underrated species I reckon.
good work.
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Coity
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killed it mate, well
killed it mate, well done.
What the saily taste like?
Faulkner Family
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sounds like a fantastic trip
sounds like a fantastic trip away .some nice fish there for sure. gotta be stoked with the end results . well done to you and your mates
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crasny1
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Just a question Chris
Is leaving the frames out like that because you dont want to dump them back in and attract sharks. I just thought it would smell the whole place out.
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Chris fish
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Yeah left them out so sharks
Yeah left them out so sharks wouldn't be attracted. After a day in the hot sun they hardly smell anyway.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Steve911
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im going to risk sounding
im going to risk sounding like an idiot here, but is a 4x4 essential to get to steep point? haha
Fantastic report and pics man, must have been an amazing trip :)
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crasny1
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Simple answer
Without a GOOD 4x4 you wont get there, and sometimes even they can struggle if the tracks been cut up after rains.
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DTrain
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Yep definitely 4wd only,
Yep definitely 4wd only, there's some soft sand dunes that you need to go over to get there.
You also need to be completely self sufficient. No water, food or power up there. People usually take a generator and a chest freezer to keep their fillets in.
stano 84
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awesome trip mate good to
awesome trip mate good to see you got spaniards past the grey coated tax men!! dont you like the smell of rotting fish frames @crasney1...
...hehe
Jiggy jig.
randall df223
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Any news on what the track
Any news on what the track is like at the moment? Going in may. Last year we went in june and it had just been graded. The boys driving in could do 100+ at times.
Fish! HARD!
stano 84
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did you weigh the spaniard
did you weigh the spaniard in the 11th photo ? looks like you may joined the 20kg club?????
Jiggy jig.
Chris fish
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Thanks everyone.Track was
Thanks everyone.
Track was ok, usual for this time of year. We had an absolute ball and so so many more photos taken that I haven't put up but each of the 6 of us left with 20kg of fillets and 2 jumbo crayfish for our efforts.
only lost 6-7 fish the whole trip to sharks and one to the cod which was really good I thought
always looking for a new challenge!!
Gmonster
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Awesome catches there Chris.
Awesome catches there Chris.
I want a GT.