All I can say is that I'm very jealous. I've been looking for one of those spearing for quite some time now, only seen one and he showed me up big time. :(
I tried a new technique yesterday of picking up the anchor and drifting on the outgoing tide down the back of the inner dropoffs. (not a good tide for diving, but do what you gotta do) Found some good ground and a few half decent bluies, soon as the anchor chain gets dropped anywhere near them they're outa there faster than a bullet.
Need a double barrel gun Adam. I had a long shot at one the other day from about a 45 degree angle looking down on him. Spear missed and hit the bottom sending up a little puff of dirt/rubble. At this point the bluey got all aggressive and turned back towards me. Would have been an easy kill if I had the second barrel. :)
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Oh yeh i had them at full stretch!!!!!!! but not for long,he hadda bit of weight in him.Yeh he took a crab,little angry blue bugger.Ime just getn used to this site,i keep losing the forum page!!!!!!
Definately got the arms out, but the wings and shoulders are solid. Just went and looked at the photo of my 650 a while back and this guy was definately bigger. Cheated, sorta. :) Top fish indeed.
Cheers mate.Anybody tried those gulp crabs in the little bucket?gunna givem a go coz ime getting sick of getting eaten alive by sandflies chasing the real bait!!
No wurys,ile try them alive,always frozen them before.Going to have a crack at the montes for them if we get a coupla day window of calm weather in next few weeks
I went over 5 weeks ago,had a ball, 2hours over and it was mayhem as soon as we got there.Got a few real big chinamen and nice reds and trout..Bloody sharks were a problem though
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Nice one Banjo
Where abouts are you living it up in the sun?
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Banjo
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Karratha.Had a
Karratha.Had a good day,got 4 nice size in quick time,havin a ball after being away for quite a while.Back in fishing heaven!!
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Horse
All I can say is that I'm very jealous. I've been looking for one of those spearing for quite some time now, only seen one and he showed me up big time. :(
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big john
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Rat cunning
Hehe, the big ones didn't grow that way because their dumb Adam.
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tell me about it
I tried a new technique yesterday of picking up the anchor and drifting on the outgoing tide down the back of the inner dropoffs. (not a good tide for diving, but do what you gotta do) Found some good ground and a few half decent bluies, soon as the anchor chain gets dropped anywhere near them they're outa there faster than a bullet.
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big john
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Double barrel
Need a double barrel gun Adam. I had a long shot at one the other day from about a 45 degree angle looking down on him. Spear missed and hit the bottom sending up a little puff of dirt/rubble. At this point the bluey got all aggressive and turned back towards me. Would have been an easy kill if I had the second barrel. :)
John
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Leave the cities behind, out of sight of mind,
.......
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milsey
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and looks like it was taken
and looks like it was taken on a bent hook, nice effort what depth was it caught
big john
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Nice
Nice bluebone Banjo.
60cm fish?
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70
I'm calling 70cm. :)
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Banjo
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just under 700
He was just uder 700 but still wrapped with it.Others werent far behind either.
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Arm stretch
Don't know Ads, the fish has definitely been positioned for advantage.:))))
I've been having a bit of success with live crabs and cray horns Banjo, are you using similar baits?
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Banjo
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Arms stretch!!!!!!!
Oh yeh i had them at full stretch!!!!!!! but not for long,he hadda bit of weight in him.Yeh he took a crab,little angry blue bugger.Ime just getn used to this site,i keep losing the forum page!!!!!!
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Definately
Definately got the arms out, but the wings and shoulders are solid. Just went and looked at the photo of my 650 a while back and this guy was definately bigger. Cheated, sorta. :) Top fish indeed.
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diji
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Nice catch banjo
Geez your fingers are fat!Lol
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It's a nice bluey for sure,
It's a nice bluey for sure, well done mate.
Banjo
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Cheers
Cheers mate.Anybody tried those gulp crabs in the little bucket?gunna givem a go coz ime getting sick of getting eaten alive by sandflies chasing the real bait!!
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Have tried the golp crabs
Have tried the golp crabs the real thing works best.
good fish too
jay_burgess
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gulp crabs are good but no
gulp crabs are good but no where near big enough for the big blueys, big live crabs are the best bait.
Banjo
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big crabs
I got a few just with claws,never tried live ones.What sort of liveys? Colonols?
jay_burgess
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the rock crabs you can catch
the rock crabs you can catch around the rocks near any of the islands up here Banjo.
Banjo
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No wurys,ile try them
No wurys,ile try them alive,always frozen them before.Going to have a crack at the montes for them if we get a coupla day window of calm weather in next few weeks
jay_burgess
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still trying to get to the
still trying to get to the montes myself, hopefully it will happen soon :P
Banjo
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Montes
I went over 5 weeks ago,had a ball, 2hours over and it was mayhem as soon as we got there.Got a few real big chinamen and nice reds and trout..Bloody sharks were a problem though
DK
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thats one massive bone
thats one massive bone mate!! must've been a good fight!
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Certainly a fish to make
Certainly a fish to make others envious, well done.
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Top fish Banjo!
That's an absolute cracker! Well done!
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