Very fishy little location

Very fishy little location

One of my fav little locations in the Pilbara

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Kind of Ironic eh?

Wed, 2013-08-14 09:03

 All that steel going back into the district it probably came from. What is the vessel name and its story?

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 Barge 20 on Eaglehawk

Wed, 2013-08-14 09:55

 Barge 20 on Eaglehawk Island. Pretty sure it broke its mooring in a cyclone. Been there for a long time.

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Cyclone Orson in 1989. It was

Wed, 2013-08-14 19:48

Cyclone Orson in 1989. It was moored on the south side of west Lewis Is and broke its mooring in the storm and ended up on Eaglehawk. There was another barge of a similar size that also broke anchorage and ended up on Enderby is. It was refloated and scuttled (sunk) a fair way out to sea. It's also a handy spot if you Travel far enough to fish it!

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Ironic

Wed, 2013-08-14 09:08

Pun intended Osprey? :)

Cheers,

Joe

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Info...... McDermott Derrick

Wed, 2013-08-14 10:17

Info......

McDermott Derrick Barge No 20; Barge; 9280 tons; Owned by Mcdermott Se. E. Pte. Ltd., Singapore; Built in 1968. Registered at Panama.

In the year 1989, McDermott Derrick Barge No 20 was scuttled off Dampier, West side, NE tip of Eaglehawk Island .
There is one wreck known in the proposed reserve. During Cyclone Orson in 1989 the McCormack, a dredging barge, broke its moorings off West Lewis Island, in the nearby proposed Dampier Archipelago Marine Park, and was wrecked on Eaglehawk Island.

.See link below

www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?54025

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We fished it a few times and

Wed, 2013-08-14 10:24

We fished it a few times and trolled around it. Mainly small shark macks and LOTS of Barracudas. Nothing really good unfortunatly..

 

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awesome pic

Wed, 2013-08-14 10:55

awesome pic

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always worth a troll past the

Wed, 2013-08-14 11:07

always worth a troll past the corner there, very fishy little spot Eaglehawk, one of my fav squidding spots too and to find trout!

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its always

Wed, 2013-08-14 20:40

always worth a dive on the way home we used to anchor up and fillet our fish there and throw the frames over the side and give it about 15 minutes then go for a dive always picked up a few trout or cod there