Till & Hlokk dive hillarys 8 Dec 2009
Haven't been out since Friday and the gills were starting to dry out - but they wen't the only thing.
Dived one of my regular spots and its really wearing very thin, only managed a few on that dive. Matt seemed fine in the water and we spotted a few PJs, cuttlefish, cobbler but not much else. It was one of those days when you're seemigly drier in the water than out, it was very windy up top.
Next we went out and to a bit of reef a little further north-west, and I noticed the pro string had gone. Dammit, those crays really must be legging it! We carried on to the out edge of the marine park and dived the last of the structure there.
The structure of the last dive was very low, only a couple of metres high, but we found plenty of crays along the sandy edge. Its so much more relaxing than the shallow dives that are all nooks and caves I must say.
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Luke R
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hey jamie have you been out
hey jamie have you been out off straglers lately?? im gonna put my pots out all weekend was just wondering if theres a few around there
Ben Derecki
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few on the weekend
Luke, one of my mates went for a dive out off Stragglers over the weekend, they got a couple there but said it was pretty hard going.
till
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I have only really dive off
I have only really dive off Hillarys regularly. If you take me with you though, I can tell you if there are any crays down there *beforehand*
chrisp
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Geez Jamie
Fishing,diving and boat reno's..do you ever Work?
till
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Work has been a little slow
Work has been a little slow of late but there is so much else to do its not such a concern!
alfred
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Good haul Jamie. Sorry I
Good haul Jamie. Sorry I had to bail on short notice.
Paul G
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Back edge thats were they
Back edge thats were they are ,next bit of swell and they are gone.
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DazSamFishing
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Good stuff Jamie. You've
Good stuff Jamie. You've been eating well lately!
till
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Daz: No complaints, but you
Daz: No complaints, but you just would not believe how many people come out of the woodwork when you have been doing ok on the crays =0
Paul: think you migt be right =)
damo6230
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What you do to get Matt
under the water.......
drop his new 10000 over the side?
hlokk
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Didnt need much convincing
Didnt need much convincing :p
Went almost perfect for the first cray I looped, kicked up some sand to get him to crawl out, put the loop behind great and then went to jam my hand over the end of the rod to stop him working free, but wasnt quick enough and bang he went deep in the cave :s Need more practice, practice, practice, but not bad overall, and interesting dive anyways.
damo6230
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yeh different world underwater
jumped over the other day for my fisrt dive with all my new gear since the accident but need some more weight as i was having trouble holding bottom.
great way to search ground and experience weightlessness.
a cray or two is a bonus
hlokk
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Yeah, I coulda done with
Yeah, I coulda done with another weight on the belt (all air out of bcd and breathe out and i was only just sinking), but could just stay on the bottom for the crays (or wedge in a ledge), but coulda done with a bit more.
big john
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Nice work
Well done Till and Matt, gotta be happy with that bag. Have to seriously think about getting my dive ticket when I return to the big smoke in 2011.
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Dean
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good work jamie, got a dive
good work jamie, got a dive were going to try soon in 24-28m behind 3mile.
till
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Could be the go, I kind of
Could be the go, I kind of wave them goodbye after they leave the shallow areas, my boat is a bit shrimpy for out there unattended.
Dean
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will let you know if we head
will let you know if we head out there, will probably be during the open season and we get pinks and other stuff around there also, so in with a chance on the gun
wadetolley
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Well
Well done guys! What date was the xmas fishwrecked seafood party at your place??
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congrats once again Till and
congrats once again Till and good onya Matt for giving it a go
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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dive!
Nice effort fella's on the crays!
dumper
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Yeah thought i seen you in
Yeah thought i seen you in the carpark, next to the dodge nitro. You were doing all these fancy stretches. I thought it was a lesbian about to go for a jog
till
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Perhaps that was Matt doing
Perhaps that was Matt doing the stretches? What were you in Dumper? Say hi next time!
It was pretty loucy in the morning but looked a lot nicer around 9am.