Turtle sighting off two rocks
I took my brother out fishing on friday off two rocks and we where drifting over some nice lumps in about 40 metres when i spotted something brown and tan/olive moving through the water , I thought straight away turtle as many trips to exxy you no what they look like but couldnt believe my eyes , so I climbed on the side off the boat to have a better look and sure enough it stuck its head out took a big breathe saw me and swam off to the bottom it was about 60cm shell so not a big turtle . I cant believe they would be this far south has anyone ever seen them or heard off this , apart from that ! we had a quiet day 1 x dhue 2 blackarse 4 pinkies and a 5ft bronsie , kept the ba wifes favourite rest went back for next time , loads of activity early mourning with bait schools big schools of something and birds just outside 3mile tried to troll but the birds and seaweed drove me mad mainly the birds nothing like untangling a unhappy bird with fishing line and a lure wrapped around its neck , didnt matter what we tried they managed to stuff it . the weather was windy and rough early but perfect midmourning onwards , not a bad day beats workin.
mikestan
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Date Joined: 12/01/10
got a monster
caught one a few years back in november out behind coventrys rockingham. would have been about 800+ oon the shell. broke my back bone rod when in got it close to boat wasnt ready for its last dive. have also seen them off mandurah
fisho-ron
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Date Joined: 26/09/09
mate we were out on sat
mate
we were out on sat arvo/night on the ffb and seen two huge turtles within 100mtrs of each other, i nearly hit one in the boat doing 20knts. thank god i didnt because these things were huge and would have made a mess of my hull.
they must be local turtles because a bout 4-5 weeks ago i seen one about the same size out from point peron in 50-60mtrs. before that when the whales were around i seen onther out the back of rotto in 100 mtrs.
i would not like to get my finger in his beak, it would be gone in an instant.
cheers
Reefmonkey
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Date Joined: 22/09/08
Hillarys
Over the last six or so years seen three off the metro, diving. two small ones out off mindarie and one massive one diving off hillarys about two years ago, completely shat myself when part of the reef started moving and swam away. seen heaps up north but nothing that was even half the size of that monster
Dave J.
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yeah , seen a few out from
yeah , seen a few out from rocko. biggest i have seem would have gone close to 1 meter head to tail, couldnt believe the size of it. big enough to sink a boat if you hit one
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Paul G
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Seen a few over the years
Seen a few over the years seen one diving of quinns a few months back .
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hlokk
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Date Joined: 04/04/08
Have seen a small one while
Have seen a small one while scuba diving off one of the bays south Rotto so i guess there are a few around.
fishmark
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Date Joined: 30/08/09
And I thought you guys where
And I thought you guys where going to tell me I need glasses and/or drink less , I had no Idea they where around , the joy of fishing isnt just about catching fish ah.