good arvo
had an interesting arvo yesterday.
didnt get out til 1 as had to do a picnic with the wife in the mroing, took a mate out, and bashed straight out to the 40s. managed 3 dhus, 2 baldies and a breaksea and a few undersize snapper..
dhues were 48, 48 and 49! we knew they werent gonna be huge so reeled up slow and released well with the dropper weight, same with breaksea and one of the baldies and the snapper.
only keeper was a 50cm baldie, so good fish.
highlight of the day was almost falling in when a whale breached not 5m away, then proceeded to swim striaght under the boat and out the other side.... pretty disconcerting, but amazing! unfortunately no camera, and mate was tyiing a rig! we just stood there shocked for a few minutes..
saw 2 other whales and a pod of dolphins.
curised in at 35 knots with the sunset behind us to an empty boat ramp.
not very productive, but one hell of an afetrnoon all the same.
cheers
goat
Faulkner Family
Posts: 17868
Date Joined: 11/03/08
Don't need to get fish to
Don't need to get fish to have a good day on the water. Pity the fish were under size tho . Them whales can realy startle you tho
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Francis
Posts: 326
Date Joined: 17/06/08
Always good to encounter
Always good to encounter nature when out fishing - takes the pressure off catching ! I still get pumped when I see dolphins, especially if they want to play and swim with the boat.
Happy with a 50cm baldie tho !
Has there been any/many reported incidents of a while swimming under a boat and causing major problems (people over board etc) ? Or are they smarter than that ?
Stevieboy
Posts: 58
Date Joined: 22/04/18
Whales
a couple of weeks ago my mates were coming home at 30 knots fishing out of Cervantes and hit a just submerged whale 15 km offshore, they are both extremely lucky that the boat had a strong transom as it held together but pretty much ruined a fairly new 250 Hp Suzuki outboard, both pretty shaken up to say the least, makes me a bit nervous heading out in the dark ATM. the engine continued to run and they were able to limp home with no trim or tilt.
Woodsy65
Posts: 162
Date Joined: 21/05/15
Must admitt, i am very happy
Must admitt, i am very happy NOT seeing any whales.
Went for a fish yesterday, 1st drop scored a 60cm Baldie and thought we were in for a good day. Wrong - Nothing else for the day.