Great work mate I'll be up there from the 1st of July for a couple of weeks. Looks like the sharks left you alone too you got some good ones past them.
Now that makes me jealous. Some very nice fish there. Them big rankin don t like leaving the bottom. Got a couple of big ones last year. That red is a donkey too , I'm guessing around the 10 kg Mark. Well done .
Hi The main thing about diving there is it is mostly inside the reef unless the swell is right down and most of the places are shallow enough to snorkel. Of the places the local dive boats go to all are quite shallow except a site called Lotties. I have snorkelled most of the places they go and personally see no need for scuba gear. I have done a few dives outside the reef and they are OK. one spot called the elbow has a fair bit of bigger stuff. I have marks for a few spots outside if you want. I have spent a fair bit of time with spearos cllose to the back of the reef and there is some nice stuff there but is very swell dependant. If you do take the gear it is quite lively inside the reef SW of Lotties but there can be quite a bit of current there. I reckon one of the best snorkel sites is a place the tour operators call the maze where you can see anything especially later in the afternoon. Another good area is the north end of the porites up past the lagoon just north of the sancuary.
Not trying to say do not take the gear, just saying you can see a lot without it.
Francis
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Wow nice haul - gotta be
Wow nice haul - gotta be happy with a day like that ! Is that also a huge rankin - 3rd fish from the bottom ?
still trying
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Yeah wow they are fat those
Yeah wow they are fat those fish
rather be fishing
crano
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Rankin
It is a rankin. On our last drop I got that one and my wife got a double header of smaller ones as soon as we hit the bottom.
sea-kem
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Yewwwww nice work Crano
Yewwwww nice work Crano
Love the West!
deep south
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Very
Very nice reds Crano , fat fish alright
The next time i see that jig will be in the mouth of something big !!
swarf
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Good Fish!
Great work mate I'll be up there from the 1st of July for a couple of weeks. Looks like the sharks left you alone too you got some good ones past them.
crano
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Sharks
That was the only day they left us alone. i reckon they are worse than ever.
sea-kem
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I hear you there mate, none
I hear you there mate, none in the 100's but plenty of sharks 50-70. Only one day in the 50's where we didn't see one all day.
Love the West!
black gen
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how far are you travelling
how far are you travelling for such a great haul Crano
crano
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South
Around 20 mile south.Plenty of fish a lot closer but more sharks.
Faulkner Family
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Now that makes me jealous.
Now that makes me jealous. Some very nice fish there. Them big rankin don t like leaving the bottom. Got a couple of big ones last year. That red is a donkey too , I'm guessing around the 10 kg Mark. Well done .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
crano
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Plenty
Left plenty for you russ
Faulkner Family
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Cheers. They will be lots
Cheers. They will be lots bigger by next may when I get there.
Hope you been getting some good weather
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
crano
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Weather
The weather has been amazingly good.
Brock O
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Looks like a great
Looks like a great trip...change of color from fishing Bumbury.
Any diving while up there ?
crano
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Snorkelling
Heaps of snorkelling. Scuba is waste of time up here mostly.
Cheeto
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what makes you say that
what makes you say that Crano? im up in the school hoidays soon and was thinking of bringing my gear
crano
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Cheeto
Hi The main thing about diving there is it is mostly inside the reef unless the swell is right down and most of the places are shallow enough to snorkel. Of the places the local dive boats go to all are quite shallow except a site called Lotties. I have snorkelled most of the places they go and personally see no need for scuba gear. I have done a few dives outside the reef and they are OK. one spot called the elbow has a fair bit of bigger stuff. I have marks for a few spots outside if you want. I have spent a fair bit of time with spearos cllose to the back of the reef and there is some nice stuff there but is very swell dependant. If you do take the gear it is quite lively inside the reef SW of Lotties but there can be quite a bit of current there. I reckon one of the best snorkel sites is a place the tour operators call the maze where you can see anything especially later in the afternoon. Another good area is the north end of the porites up past the lagoon just north of the sancuary.
Not trying to say do not take the gear, just saying you can see a lot without it.
piston broke
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Best fish bag
on this site for bloody ages cheers Pete.
Simo_
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Nice work Crano. Not good to
Nice work Crano. Not good to hear the sharks are getting worse.
I’ll be up there for a week in August.
Bring on April
Silver Fox
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Nice fish
Good to see you're punching well above your weight there Crano......
My wife understands why I clean my rods n reels in the shower....
crano
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Deckie
i have got a pretty good deckie that will outfish me most days
crano
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Are we talking fishing ?
Are we talking fishing ?
sea-kem
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Lol I'd take it as a
Lol I'd take it as a compliment botgh ways mate
Love the West!
crano
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You can have any girl you
You can have any girl you want if you have got some good waypoints.
Swompa
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Bloody nice feed!
Bloody nice feed!
Jsmolly
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that sux- coz its not me in
that sux- coz its not me in the pic!!
only 6 weeks to go.