The Weather Gods Played Nice In Karratha
Well after copping shitty weather all June over the weekends including our exciting Billfish Shootout attempt the Weather Gods shined on Karratha and despite being on call i wasn't missing out this time.
In all we found two new spots, one by sheer fluke as we pulled up to sort out a tangle on the rocket launchers from a loose drag and a wind on leader and the sounds showed some activity. first drop with a Octa jig and a nice Rankin Cod jumped on and into the kill tank, three more drifts and we added a Saddle Tail and 2 Nice Red's
Marked that one for next time and headed towards Wandoo, my usual marks didn't fire but just before we pulled up and went searchiong for new ground we bagged a Rankin/Malabar cod double header to join the fish we had. 40 mins of searching in new territory we found more action and set the drift again and we found gold. 690mm Spango, nice Chinaman, Long Nosed Emperor (never seen one off Karratha) and the biggest Red of the day joined the fish in the Kill tank. It was that full the last Red didn't fit so we took two smaller fish out and with some ice put them in the Livie tank and left the rest in the Kill tank.
Enjoy lads.
Gareth with the first drop Rankin
Ando with the first Red Emperor
Olie, a fishing virgin with his new PB fish. Hard to beat that one.
Ando with his Saddletail
Gareth with 690mm of Spango madness, he called it for a shark HAHA!
Ando’s new PB Red Emperor
Yours truly with as close as I got to landing a Red too.
The days catch, a new Las Vegas record haul there, need to pack another eski next time.
I Also got the family out too, with weather like this why wouldn’t you, three squid for dinner topped it off.
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pricey10
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Nice work Brucesta. that
Nice work Brucesta. that weather looks amazing! i ended up postponing my trip till tomorrow so hopefully i get some glass!
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Brucesta
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No problems there Pricey
No problems there Pricey gonna be sweet, I couldn't secure a deckie so it is a family beach day instead for me
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crasny1
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Maate
No bad Brucey. That must have been Sunday. Fished Friday arvo and saturday, to shagged Sunday and it was such a drop dead day.
That Ollie, well done. I have a feeling a saw a bit more off this fishing trip!!
Nice to she the lady out there Mate!
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pricey10
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Im looking for a deckie mate.
Im looking for a deckie mate. departing 10 am haha
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Brucesta
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Too late now, I can't afford
Too late now, I can't afford to disappoint a 3 year old now I've told her we are going to the beach
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snappermiles
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nice haul
a couple of very respectable reds in the mix!
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Seaquest
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Great catch. Its funny how
Great catch. Its funny how you find ground at times.
PilbaraBrad
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nice work bud, saw these pics
nice work bud, saw these pics on facebook last night must admit i was forced into a trance thinking about the days of old
well done
crasny1
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That last picture is to hard to bear
What is it?? Havent seen anything like that for ages so have forgotten.
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Brucesta
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i had to take a photo of it
i had to take a photo of it Neels just so i have a reminder it can be bloody gold out there some days.
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mullows
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Very nice Bruce, how good has
Very nice Bruce, how good has it been the last few days!!!!! Having my first day off the water since saturday, love the holidays when its this good.
Cheers
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Rick
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Magic
Magic conditions, fish would just be the icing on the cake when you have days on the water like that.
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Brucesta
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reward for patience fellas i
reward for patience fellas i never like going more than 2 weeks without a trip in the boat, 5 weeks killed me!
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Faulkner Family
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well done all round, fish
well done all round, fish and a feed of squid. looks like it was one of those magic days that only happen once a year and your working.
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dirtball
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Nice Reds.Smudge the horizon
Nice Reds.
Smudge the horizon out in the background of the pics...
Brucesta
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it's no secret where everyone
it's no secret where everyone catches their reds and co off Damps mate, yes you can see a ship and Wandoo so feel free to go and explore and steal my spots....
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