9 Feb on Mac Attack
If you get a call at 4.30am from Andy Mac, be weary.
He said "I couldn't sleep so I went outside and pulled my finger out of my mouth and held it up into the air and I am pretty sure that the wind that is now blowing 16-20 will drop by 9am and with the 1m swell, it will be a great day on the water - pack your gear and head over pronto! I have been looking out at the water every morning and I can see the Spaniards hitting the bait on the surface - let's go get a few and after that I will bring you out to the "Dropzone"!
Still half asleep, I gather my stuff and load it in the car, make my way over, to find Andy having a coffee by the boat. I am given instructions to load the boat, cooler, ice, gear , bait and what not. Then I am told that his jock wheel is not working and we have to jack the trailer up with the car jack. With that done, we head off to fill gas and when it comes to paying, he "has to do something on the boat"!
We pull up into the rigging area at Mindarie and he subtly mentions that the parking machine is over that way...........
We head out with a spread of lures and troll the back of Staggies several times and "zilch O". We head out wide to several spots - nothing, then he said "Get ready we are heading out to the Dropzone". The only things we dropped there were rigs - lots of them! Another thing is , the fist attractant that he told me to use looked like sunblock and I noticed that he didn't seem to use any himself.
We spend several hours on the water, getting wet and banged around so much that I was wondering if Andy and a chiropractor had agreed on a cut for introductions. I am also beginning to wonder which end of his anatomy he pulled his finger out of in the first place when he did the weather check!
Not only that, when we get back, I am given the bucket, brush and rag and end up cleaning the boat.
How about that!
Well all was not lost, we did get one decent fish and of course with the Dhuie Master on the water after a 4 month break, he would be the one to catch it.
:P
Thanks Andy - Had a good day and it was nice wetting a line with you!
Keep checking the weather, next flat day, we will go to the FADs - my boat this time!
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Looks!
Looks very blowy in the background but a dhu and time on the water none the less!
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Deckie Article
I'm never going to be able to live that down am I.
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What Deckie Article are you
What Deckie Article are you talking about? I am just recalling all this from experience!
Couldn't figure why I had to load all the dive gear till that moment and as for finishing my lunch, I thought I'd let you know that while you were relaxing by the pool with your cold beer, leaving me to clean the boat, I copied all you GPS co-ords!
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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hehehe
alfred quote{I thought I'd let you know that while you were relaxing by the pool with your cold beer, leaving me to clean the boat, I copied all you GPS co-ords!}alfred quote
hehehehe....i'll pay that alfred :)
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nah hes making a post of
nah hes making a post of them all up today to put on here
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Perfect
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The master at his best
LOLLLLLLLLL sorry andy
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nice dhu andy some nice
nice dhu andy some nice slabs of that.