exmouth 2017 gets a tick
targeted species for this trip where billfish and ruby's. ticked of both in what was a great trip away. had no real desire to fill the fridge with fillets
we lost 3 days to weather but still managed to push on and scored some great fish.
went 1-1-1 on sails and 2-2-1 on blues
handfulls of ruby's and a solid 18kg 8 bar
by catch trolling was 2 wahoo one of them was a hooter of a fish needed to be bent in half to fit in the big esky
no real shark problems had a few circling the boat but only lost 1 fish to sharks
chrisG hooked and fought a well WELL over 200kg blue for just over an hour before the little tld 25 couldnt take no more and the blue decided to take 400m of line straight down giving us no choice but to try and lock up the drag and unfortunatly....pop. the reel was to hot to touch after the run that finished us off
the other 2 boats in our convoy struggled till late in the trip with dirty water but managed to clean up on macks last couple days
not nearlly enough photos but to much high fiving and beers
huge thanks to matty for leccy reel usage and a massive thanks to mick and the team at shore catch, your time and effort sorting our bait was much appreciated
thanks to all the members ive hassled for tips and techniques as well
next years already booked bills bills and more bill fish
thanks for reading guys,
spent all day throwing my guts up but late in the day and after a swim with the sharks to refresh we hooked this sail and it put on a nice show
my first ever marlin had me grinning for days
chris getting worked over by a big marlin on the smallest reel of the fleet
lay day shallow water fun
Paully
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Good stuff Gilly
Crackin photos
Boydy
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Good stuff Gilly.Great photo
Good stuff Gilly.
Great photo of your first marlin, so glassy, one to remember.
scano
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Good sh*t Gilly
The weather in the pics looks awesome! But I know it is not always that way.
We are off there on Tuesday morning, these pics have got me frothin!
glad to hear you managed to catch your target species.
Cheers
scano
Glen.vit
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Good work gilly.
Good work gilly.
dodgy
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Nice little black there.
Nice little black there. They are definitely addictive.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Ashen
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Awese stuff!
Great report mate! Awesome photos and nice grin!
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
Hutch
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Wicked Love the pics of the
Wicked
Love the pics of the reels/lures
Brock O
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Solid marlin in good
Solid marlin in good conditions, that second photos one for the wall.
Dale
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Nice fish and good pics Gilly, plenty of memories there.
"Just because you are a Character, Doesn't mean you have Character."
Mr Wolf
Stevo81
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Nice trip Gilly!
Nice trip Gilly!
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Krusty
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Superb ....well done
Superb ....well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Bing
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Great report Gilly, looks like you had an awesome trip.
Da pirate
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Top effort !!
the stuff that dreams are made of !!
cheers pirate