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blue_rogue
21-05-2006, 07:09 PM
Headed out for a fish with my usual fishing partner JB. The weather forecast was for 10-15kts, and we hoped for a nice run out to the fishing grounds. Before I put the boat in the water there was a little breeze in the air and my hopes went out the window. The wind was from the S/E and the swell had no direction, so it was a fairly bumpy trip out.

We caught a couple of fish before the sun was up, but the fishing really didn't turn on till light. It was then all hands on deck. The snapper were coming up fast and furious and plenty of quality amongst them. For the first few hours we found it very difficult to anchor as the wind and current had us all over the place. We were blown off the fish and all we could get on to were small pearlies. We pulled the anchor up and started to do a bit of drifting. This was when the fishing heated up. The baits were hardly hitting the bottom and getting smashed. Almost very drop resulted in a hook up.

By 10am we had a few scud clouds come through and bring the wind and rain, and this was the sign to pack up and head in. We began heading back and the rapping began. The wind picked up to about 20+ knots and swell came from no where. It was a slow trip home, having to sit on 6-8kt for a fair part of the trip. It was a great feeling going through the bar.

Good trip and plenty of photos to follow...

Catch ya

Dom

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21-05-2006, 07:10 PM
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21-05-2006, 07:20 PM
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21-05-2006, 07:26 PM
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outsiderskip
21-05-2006, 07:49 PM
hi dom
that a nice feed of nobbies
good quality pics not the best of conditions


cheers pete

Brejen
21-05-2006, 07:50 PM
Good stuff guys. Some nice snapps there.
How long was the trip home. Bloody long way when she starts to blow thats for sure.

JB you look quite settled into the reef fishin now mate. What about the Goldie mate ;D

Good on ya boyz 8-)

Brett

Blackened
21-05-2006, 08:00 PM
G'day
Congrats on that, it's shure as one hell of a dream catch of knobs.
Dave

The_Tub
21-05-2006, 08:42 PM
Great fish :o :o

It's good to see some quality fish,that would have been great fun,where do you leave from?

MulletMan
21-05-2006, 11:56 PM
And the GPS co-ordinates are? :P :P :P

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Az
22-05-2006, 09:55 AM
great catch guys.. conditions dont look too bad to me! :P

-spiro-
22-05-2006, 10:07 AM
Awesome catch there of those NOBBIES :o looks like the trip home was worth it hey ;D ;D ;D

JB
22-05-2006, 11:49 AM
Thanks for the trip Dom, great fishing up there as per usual. The conditions were great while fishing, just the trip home that stucked. Thanks spiro, still havent had a chance to even check out the ground you spoke of, maybe next time when the weather is good i'll check it out.

Jas

backlash08
22-05-2006, 03:01 PM
very nice, north or south? Clee

F1SH_BOY
22-05-2006, 04:30 PM
GREAT CATCH THEY LOOK LIKE NICE CLEAN FISH TOO

Burley_Boy
23-05-2006, 08:06 PM
Nice haul Dominic, you too JB.
One day I'll try to get out of my comfort zone (Gold Coast) and head up the Barwons.. Brett can guide me. ;)

Nice to see you made the rough conditions worthwhile. :)

Big_Ren
23-05-2006, 09:35 PM
Solid effort there Dom & Jas. Was heading out myself but Murphy's Law struck at the 11th hour. Nice looking snapper you scored.

Cheers
Paul :)