Shark Bay
Got back from Shark Bay on Saturday night after a very breezy week which put a bit of a dampener on the proceedings - or so i thought until i compared notes with people who had been up the week before. We managed to launch on 3 days out of the 5 so actually did very well. Two days were good enough to take the boat out towards Faure Island where we found a nice hole that produced our bag limit of Pinks both times, Sizes varied from 530mm (mine of course) to a couple of nice ones a few millimetres short of the maximum. Very little other tha Pinks biting - we hooked and boated (and returned) dozens with a lot up around 450 - 470mm but the keepers were not as abundant. The usual beach spots produced very little but small bream or nothing at all. One of the highlights was driving along the top of cliff north of Red Bluff and watching what would have been hundredds of small Bronze Whalers schooling along the beach - for all the numbers of them, we did not find any interested in a bait or lure - still, great to see. One of the low lights was the idiot in the black Landcruiser with Busselton plates who overtook us at high speed while we turning in - the orange flashing thing on our vehicle was obviously something new to him. Overall it was a great week but sorry i missed Flat Rocks - i will be there next time. I forgot my camera so i am waiting on my more responsible brother to email the snaps - i will post a few when they arrive. And thanks to Spess for the burley - much utilised and appreciated.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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S/Bay!
The wind can be relentless, good to see Faure Island produce for ya......one of my fav spots!
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Good one Ian!
Glad you got into the SB pinks ok mate! Will look forward to the pics! Nice of you to 'let the others' catch the bigger fish LOL.
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