Sunday at Rotto
Went for a run out the back off Rottnest chasing tuna schools last Sunday in near perfect conditions, apart from a few fast moving fish in close on the south west side of the island it was pretty quiet plus all the floating weed was making it difficult . Decided to bottom fish and sounded around in 40/50 metres, after a bit of exploring for a good hour trying to understand how my new FCV 620 Furuno works properly ( heaps to learn) found a great fluctuation and set up for a drift which yielded 2 nice dhuies both around 6-7kg plus a just undersize pinky. It was so calm I could not resist going out further towards the closest FAD approx 10km away. Noticed a cluster of boats jigging and went in for a look, not crazy about sambo jigging but it was interesting to watch for an hour and see how it works. Saw around 12 fish hooked up ranging from what looked around 20-30kg down to 5kg. Went off trolling skirts back towards the island - all quiet. Pulled in to Geordie Bay for a swim and a burger then skimmed back to Freo on glassy water - a great solo trip out on the water!
grayzeee
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sounds like a great day mj i
sounds like a great day mj
i was stuck down south , itching for a fish.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
wadetolley
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Great day
Great day out ! Good action shots there, thanks for sharing them.
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naturaliste
Good to see Johnno out there amongst them. Looked like a nice day to be on the water.
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wopjrb
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nice photos mate
and a good efort with the dhuies
TAPOUT
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The pic of the boat with the
The pic of the boat with the black merc looks like a mullaway to me. Handy to know that there still out there if it is.
MJ
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Good Call
Your correct Tapout I zoomed in on the hi res image and it is a mulla.
carnarvonite
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Report
Top report,sounds like you had a real top day and some great memory shots as a reminder
johno
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Nice Report
Nice Report Mate, and photo's to go with the story, sounds like a great day on the water, I am still learning about jogging myself and it's great just sitting back on and watching whats goes on and seeing people land fish
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MJ
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Noticed
Johno, Its good to hang back and watch it for a while and see where the strike zones are and get your drift right, the more successful boats worked a tight area and constantly re positioned themselves while other boats I suspect were jigging off the school.
Colin Hay
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Great pics MJ
You have captured the hive of activity that occurs out that way perfectly.
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hlokk
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They look like some nice
They look like some nice shots, particularily with the good use of a narrow FOV. The compression is really killing them though. Any chance of uploading a few with lower compression settings and a little larger?
MJ
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Pics
They are really crunched - I'll create better versions in an "MJ Photos" folder on the weekend.
johnnofreediver
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Perfect Day that one. PGFC
Perfect Day that one. PGFC had a club day on sambos with 10 boats fishing spread across three agregations all tag and release. The northern spot is full of XXL fish and sharks but the barges were producing sligtly smaller fish, no sharks with Mulloway to 8kg amongst them. I also saw another solo fisho catching some good sized pinkies here too. A mate dropped a +15kg Spaniard nearby aswell!
Thanks for the pics MJ, good work.
Johnno
hayden
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Pics
Hey MJ
Some of these pics are of my boat was just wondering if u got any more of us i am the one in the center console
pics look good mate good to see someone taking time to get some great action pics
ody
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Hi Ya, Mo wonder the
Hi Ya,
Mo wonder the big toofie critters are around then is it?
Cheers.