Xmas in July...in Dampier
G'Day all, thought I'd share some of my July conquests. Been blessed with some kick-ass weather lately and have done ok with the fish.
Went out with our dive gear early in the month and me and my mate made a decision to find new ground, and not give in and go to any spots we'd normally go. Well that proved productive, found a good area with small bombies everywhere, unusually, I shot all the fish and Dan got all the crays....teamwork!!
We got a great feed! PS: Terrible shot on the bigger Bluebone, forgot to take off the safety, spooked him and ended up being a wild shot!!!
Last weekend, went for a Shark bash and once the lines were set, we got stuck into some serious Chinaman's!!! We got 5, smallest was 84cm, biggest was 92cm. They sure pulled some string in 7-8m of water!!! All of them released well.
Yesterday, a work mate and I hit up Bare Rock in the arvo armed with plastics and small metal jigs to see what it would produce, 2 nice Cobia in about 15mins found their way into my mate's freezer!
Looks like more good weather on the way too! Got got a weekend of nightshift to get through first.
nana nana nana nana fishing!!!
till
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Fantasic Bluebone, the rest
Fantasic Bluebone, the rest is just cream after that!
soupster51
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Top Result
Nice work. That's some quality meals to come there.
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spanishmackeral
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nice fish, gotta love the
nice fish, gotta love the bluebone
dkonig82
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Bet that Chinaman went hard!
Bet that Chinaman went hard!
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Lucky Tim
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shame about the shot but at
shame about the shot but at least you still got it into the boat. Hell of a bag there mate, how good's this northern weather been this week
Adam Gallash
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yep
Northern weathers been superb coz I've been in Perth, can't believe it!! Nice haul Dicko, great work mate.
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Batman
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Isn't the boat
Isn't the boat possession limit on crays in the Dampier archipelago 4 per boat?
Goatch
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Need to read the rules mate
Before you start with that shit , and on your first post , you'll go far .....
Just one more cast , honest !!!
Batman
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Feel free to read them
Feel free to read them yourself.
www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/FishingRockLobsters/FishingforRockLobster2010-2011.pdf
No need to get angry dude just pointing out a fact.
Zac C
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It's 4 per license and 8 per
It's 4 per license and 8 per boat as long as you have 2 cray liceneses in Dampier.
mullows
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8 per boat batman, feel free
8 per boat batman, feel free to check page 8 of the link you put on. I only see 7, back to the batcave for you, no crime here!
Great bag there Dicko. How good has it been this week. Went wide and had a ball.
Cheers
Mullows
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Dicko
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Weather has been magic
Weather has been fantastic and after tonight, I've got 2 more days off to have a bit more fun out there before the next round of Easterlies kick in!!!
nana nana nana nana fishing!!!
mullows
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Enjoy mate...Unfortunately
Enjoy mate...Unfortunately back to work for me.
Cheers
Mullows
The Older I get the better I was :-)
Dicko
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8 per boat
Batman, I'd advise against starting to point fingers about bag limits...especially me and many others on this site are AVID catch and releasers, and I'm well entitled to have a field day once in a while and take my bag limit.
nana nana nana nana fishing!!!
Marky
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Nice work Dicko... Ill be
Nice work Dicko... Ill be down that way soon... haha pack the boat....
Dicko
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Boat is ready mate
Ready when you are mate! Let me know when you're on your way
nana nana nana nana fishing!!!
PilbaraBrad
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Nice work lads, very nice
Nice work lads, very nice indeed
ill have to send you a few barra secrets dicko now that i am gone mate
Marky
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Im pretty sure you could sell
Im pretty sure you could sell those secrets of yours Brad with the quality of barra you post up....