All our plans were thrown into a bit of chaos with the onset of rain a day before our planned arrival.  luckily Pam from steep point contacted me and forewarned of the road closure.  we bought our plans forward 24 hours and the boys driving in got away early.  had a few dramas on the track with a broken trailer spring and getting well and truly bogged.  anyway, managed to make it to the camp and got enough setup whilst the rain came down.

We took the boats across sunday and set up the camp good and proper.

1st day of fishing on Monday in a big 4m swell but otherwise good conditions.  as the respective boats owners were passionate one eyed supporters of the two wa based afl clubs we had decided to have a little competition.  The loser each day had to fly the opponent's team flag the next day.  rules were set and judged by the person staying on shore that day.

rules for day one was simply "longest fish", but I did clarify were the units of measurement centimeters or hours, minutes, and seconds?  needless to say it was't the latter.

well it was a good opportunity to try my new vent right ally bait skirted lures.

but first I wanted to head deep.  that didn't go according to plan when one of the crew turned green in the backwash off the cliffs as we headed south.  we made the sympathetic call and turned back to shelter bay to drop him off.

well that turned out to be good karma because we headed out again and turned north.  not long after my reel screamed as the lure was hit and taken on a big run.  rather than strike early, I let it go until it tired before putting the brakes on and reeling in a big mack.  my best yet.  It's not often you can't shut the lid on an 1100mm maccie esky!

1.41 cm and 20.4 kg....  I think i was safe on not having to fly an eagles flag from the mighty bon peche!  and if the other boat came in with something bigger, then we were all winners!

day two and the rules were set as the most diverse mixed bag.

we had another good day, coming back in with a total of nine edible species, including squid, spanish mackerel, mangrove jack, Spanish flag, red throat, baldchin, and a couple of other 'edible' species like butterfish and Charlie Court.... and again bon peche was saved from the embarrassment of the eagles flag...

day three and there were no rules..... as he who sets them took off to fish the beach and low cliffs before deciding on what they would be.  initially we hang in the passage and tried to find the black snapper.  All we found were sharks!  I had a few minutes of fun on one of a decent size on light gear before getting snapped off.  Then we headed outside were one of the guys landed a couple of macks on a deep diving rapala.

Each afternoon we'd take the carcases out into the bay and feed the taxman.

days four and five we took advantage of the near calm conditions and head out deep to a spot provided by a FW member.

got some good showing on the Simrad....

and turned them into these

And steep point wouldn't be steep point without a pre-dawn photo...

all in all, a great week.

Our run back to denham was the best I've had.  90 minutes and hardly a ripple.

The only downside was car trouble on the way home, luckily close to home but still an expensive tow.  we suspect the alternator has failed.  will find out soon enough.