Did anyone get out today?
Submitted by sea-kem on Sun, 2014-02-09 16:24
Did anyone get out for a crack today? I was down in Freo last night and this morning, seemed like a light breeze in the morning. Next Sat is looking ok at the moment fingers crossed.
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beau
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Light breeze?! I shoulda worn
Light breeze?! I shoulda worn a wetsuit out on the tub today, it was terrible. Was soaked head to toe for the first 5hours :(
sea-kem
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Yeah it was light on the
Yeah it was light on the esplanade this morning around 11am. Ha ha oh well you always do alright. It's gotta let up sooner or later. All I know is my pots and rope are gonna be covered in slime and prob full of occy eaten cray heads :/
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paula8519
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Date Joined: 09/03/10
Fishing today.
Blew its box off, so much for a lull, blew from the se then turned and blew from the sw didn't get below 15 knots out to sea, very uncomfortable , better to stay home, strong drift with nothing taking baits.
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Vinesh87
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Yeh was nice inland, caught
Yeh was nice inland, caught some massive Koi out my pond haha
beau
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We got tuna, undersize dhuies
We got tuna, undersize dhuies and a pinkie. Spent near on 5hrs just trolling and the macks were doing my head in, busting up on the surface but not taking the lures. Tuna were taking stickbaits and jigs that I was casting at them because I couldnt be bothered rerigging to a lure haha. Interesting to see was the very first baitball we putted up to was getting smashed by a huge school of sambos on the surface in 30m. Awesome sight!
tim-o
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What temp did you have out
What temp did you have out there Beau? We had 20.4 out off Mindarie
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beau
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I think I did look down at
I think I did look down at one stage and notice it was 21 something..
West Coast
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Cat?
Were you south of Rotto beau in a nice looking cat? We trolled for a few hours, but just kept getting sambo's. Saw a pretty decent shark. Heaps of bait out there.
beau
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Nah mate 4.8m runabout. A
Nah mate 4.8m runabout. A very flash Cat come in the ramp at the same time, might be the one you're talking about
Jason P
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Yep the weather was total
Yep the weather was total crapola. Stayed in close for the calmer waters, ended up catching sqwat useless you count a NW blowie.
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pgreen1
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Out at midday. Home by 3
Out at midday. Home by 3 with 2 dhus and a cracker baldie off mindarie
kamo king
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Managed a quick dive early
Managed a quick dive early off mindarie, weather was crap so much for it dropping
off and swinging to the sw was straight se then sw
Swompa
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17 crays, 8 size ones on 150
17 crays, 8 size ones on 150 bar in 5m of water. Less around but bigger I found.
Must rebait my pots soon as they are looking neglected as I swim past them.
oz74
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boat full
boat full of divers and boat full of crays off of mindarie.
blowy early but dropped off a fair bit for the leisurely drive back to the ramp.
24 crays and quite a few thrown back- biggest one was smack on 3kg!
22Tango
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Cockburn GI Crabs
I headed down to the sound with wife and tin lids. Run a Line all in under 2m and got our 20. Water still could be warmer. To get to 20 we'd check the line then I'd have the wife tow me back (shark troll) whilst I free dived for them. Was a bit of work and definitely not like previous years since it was reopened but Im putting it down to water temp for the moment before I start to blame over pressure.
Pulled up on the island for some lunch and a stroll, was quite pleasant sheltered from the breeze.
Highlight was probably the fact that my 4YO could handle the crabs as I passed them up to him
from the water (sized in the drink) to put in the esky.
Just finished dinner with fresh cooked chilled crab and an ice cold bottle of Lamont's SSB. I've been waiting months for this moment!!!
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axey45
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3metre tiger shark was
3metre tiger shark was sighted 100m offshore in mangles bay mooring area at 9am 09/02/2014. on slswa twitter.
cobia15
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stayed in the sound, not a
stayed in the sound, not a good day to be out in a tinny, son got three massive bolt cutters, found a few herring and squid, apart from that it was crap.. but still better than being at work.
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Ol Tom
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Bolt cutters. = NW
Bolt cutters. = NW Blowie????
cobia15
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yeah, big buggers too
yeah, big buggers too
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Versus
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Went off Hillarys, stayed in
Went off Hillarys, stayed in close for some whiting and assorted wrasse etc, then tried out around 25m for a couple hours but just got more wrasse etc. Came back in for some more whiting, hooked something decent that got called for a big flattie but turned out to be a friggin nw blowie. Spewin. Wind did die down for about an hour, luckily we headed back in just before it changed because when it came in it was terrible.
greatrex
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Got 4 dollies, a dhuie, some
Got 4 dollies, a dhuie, some crays and had the spear pull out on a 20-25kg wahoo
JohnF
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Yeah, blooody awful
Yeah, blooody awful conditions early, perfect eating size dhuie and some nice pelagic fillets made up for the average conditions.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
sea-kem
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Were you out very deep John?
Were you out very deep John? Just curious as to where the pelagics are at the moment? Hoping to troll on Saturday.
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JohnF
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Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.