Sundays Dinghy Report.
We headed up to Sandy capes just north of Jurien over the weekend for a bit of camping and hopefully a bit of fishing, We arrived Saturday arvo to glassy conditions. It was the first time we had been there and we were very impressed. Eating dinner on the dunes over a glassy bay was pretty special.
Sunday was predicted for light winds and a small swell so we took the dinghy out after a few pelagics. We left the beach at 7:00am and had the lures in by 7:20 and had the first strike by 7:30, the fish felt like a Macky and put up a bloody good fish but it spat the hooks. Lines back in and we didn’t have to wait long, this time we landed the fish and were stoked with possibly the biggest fish in the Dinghy.
We set the lines again and didn’t wait more than two minutes and Ollie was on, he fought the fish and landed our second Mack for the day.
Lines back in and again instant strikes we had a few missed strikes then one stuck and Ollie was connected to a bloody good fish, some smoking runs later Ollie landed the first Tuna in the Dinghy, we were bloody stoked.
Lines back in and we decided to start trolling back to the Ramp as we had plenty of fillets, before we could clean the blood off my rod went off again, this time the fish felt small, and a few seconds later we landed what we believed was a school Mack, unsure we released the fish.
We then set the lines again and again before we cleaned the blood Ollie was hooked up again, it felt slightly smaller but not tiny, a few minutes later his Second Mack was onboard, it measured 100cm so we decided to release her to grow bigger. Lines back in and seconds later Ollies rod goes off again, and again a solid fish. After a few solid runs his thirds bloody Mack was onboard.
We decided to head in where we were followed but a few dolphins and seals. Back to the beach by 9:30 after what was easily the best day in the dinghy without doubt.
alfred
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Top report guys! Great fish
Top report guys! Great fish too.
Faulkner Family
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well done guys. some nice
well done guys. some nice fish there. gotta be happy with results like that for only a couple of hours
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Andy Mac
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Well done fellas
can't complain with pelagics like that out of the dinghy.
Puts the big boat boys to shame.
Cheers
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JoRn
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nice fish - must be the lucky
nice fish - must be the lucky pants
where can i buy some hahah!
Faulkner Family
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he forgot to change out of
he forgot to change out of his pj's
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
danno
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nice report and great fish
nice report and great fish mate. lovin the pants haha. you guys will be eating mackies and tuna for a while well done boys.
Bones76
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Good stuff again Milsey
Good stuff again Milsey
cuthbad
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great report guys! well done
great report guys! well done on some great fish :-)
Gotta admit though I was wondering about the shorts lol
piston broke
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Great Fish
and a great spot. We had a shack there for 20 years . cheers Pete
Lamby
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sweet report milesy, I am a
sweet report milesy, I am a fan of the fish boardies!
petervb
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nice work boys!
nice work boys!
Spicey
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Nice fish there boys and from
Nice fish there boys and from the beach lauched dingy. Way to go !
big john
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Effort
Top effort from the tinnie guys, good think about being close to the water is its easy to tail them and you don't need to use a gaff.
Ratchets also sound louder when they are right behind your earhole. Striiiiiiiiiiiiike!
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TonyT
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top top fish there lads, and
top top fish there lads, and all from a dingy, awesome , brilliant, well done.
dkonig82
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Great work from the dinghy!
Great work from the dinghy! Never caught anything decent from one, must be great fun having the thrashing makkie right by your feet!
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Auslobster
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Nearly beats...
...the wahoo you got at the fads last month! Way to take advantage of all this warm water and to do it from a little boat is all the more impressive...did the tuna eat a diver or a skirt? Anyway, great work and now I"m really looking forward to getting up there (Jurien) next week!
Goatlobster
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Nice work! thats a pretty
Nice work! thats a pretty dam productive couple of hours fishing! how far out were you guys? ive camped at sandy cape but just land based fishing, is there some close offshore reefs?
Goatlobster
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cute shorts
cute shorts
milsey
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Thanks guys, we were around
Thanks guys, we were around 5km offshore just behind the breakers. We started trolling a x-rap, a 2m diver and a skirt but after the first fish we took the skirt out and that spent the rest of the day in the rod holder, so all fish were taken on the hard bodies. There are plenty of inshore reefs which hold good tailor and other smaller fish.
Nauti Buoy
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Shorts
Nice fish boys- did you hang your shorts over the side as a teaser?