Exmouth, finally made it
After having to abort our trip in Feb at the last minute we finally made it to Exmouth. Being the only fisho in our group of 4 some compromises had to be made, but that turned out to be a good thing as the snorkelling and hiking was amazing.
Most days started with a quick trip to the reef in front of lighthouse caravan park throwing small poppers on very light gear for gts and queenies, I did this part of my day alone while the others went hiking, hence no photos. Got onto fish every morning and most released well, unfortunately one gt pretty much swallowed my popper whole and the amount of surgery needed to remove it meant it couldnt be released, so it became lunch. Lost a few poppers to bigger fish as well....
Evenings were spent chasing sharks, with 6 landed during the week. Tried using the head of the GT as bait and got picked up by a monster which wasted no time taking a few hundred metres of line off me before busting me off on some reef or something. Was great fun handing the rod around between the others who didnt fish much, the look on my mates girlfriends face is priceless lol. Also one estury cod took a big bait meant for sharks and one large stingray kept us busy for nearly an hour.
A home made hook remover saved me a few rigs and meant every hook was successfully removed as well as a few hooks from other peoples rigs that had been left in the sharks mouth
Was an awesome week, and though i didnt get one of the big sharks I was chasing I came back stoked and at least this way I have an excuse to go back, hopefully in the not too distant future.
scotto
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nice one
looks like you had a good time. good effort getting those sharks in for sure.
milsey
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Hell yer, looks like sweet
Hell yer, looks like sweet fun, well done mate
John_M
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Great photos Adam. Looks
Great photos Adam. Looks like you had a ball!
brenz
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well done mate looks like
well done mate looks like you had a blast
carnarvonite
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3rd Pic
Love the third pic,hanging on as though her life depended on it.
Will take a while for your arms to get back to their normal size after some good sharks.
Faulkner Family
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looks like you and your
looks like you and your friends had a great time. the shark fishing would have been a blast for the non fishos. some nice results there. well done
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Lucky Tim
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I like the reassuring hand
I like the reassuring hand on the shoulder and the safety hand on the rod in the 3rd pic. Some nice sharks there too,
abeldog
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Great Photos
Love Exmouth
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We Can All Dream of Things That Never Were and Ask Why Not!!"( RK )
young_yakker
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awsome you would of been
awsome you would of been stoked getting into a few sharks
cuthbad
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thanks guys, yea had an
thanks guys, yea had an awesome time!
petervb
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Nice work! We saw several
Nice work! We saw several sharks about that size when diving that bay in front of the park. We fished to the left side up toward that point and didn't get any sharks but plenty of trevally and a few good spangled emperors! great spot, can't wait to get back up there!
roberta
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Heading up that way
also next year, can't wait, loved the look on the ladies face in the third photo also, pain thats what I'm thinking, great to see you finally got there.
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Bungel
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Thats living the dream right
Thats living the dream right there! Awesome fishing and some great photos, thanks heaps for sharing it!
Awesome man, hope to get up there myself one day.