A couple days after the Montes, fueled up and went to the islands to stay at a mates camp.

Easter, far from the best time but still it'd be rude to say no 

Headed out, just myself and youngest son, got to the island (about size of a suburban block with 3 camps/jetties) and there were 8 boats there, 6 of them 50-60 footers.

Luckily, the birdman (Dr Chris Surman, well known Abrolhos researcher) let me use the end of his jetty which saved alot of juggling.

Incidentally he published an awesome book on the Abrolhos, below.

https://www.halfmoonbiosciences.com/j/checkout

We went with the purpose of tracking down some mackeral, which we hadnt seen much of for a few years.

First day was a total bust, just a couple demersals for dinner.

Second day trolled for about 7 hours and found them at 5pm not far from where we started 

Got a couple in quick succession, then had to hightail it into camp.

Headed back out next morning, trolled the vicinity for 2 1/2 hrs then suddenly it was on.

Mac finally got one to the boat, double hook ups while trying to clear the spread, dropped about 1/2 dozen near boat, landed 5, lost one to sharks.

In one pic, Macs holding up his fish and a strike on the rod next to him, then the other rod as well.

Filleted a couple and gave away to others

Jerked the pots for 20 crays, kept 8 then headed home.

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