Fish jumping in boat Cockburn

Fish jumping in boat Cockburn

Just anchored on mully spot tonight ,turned on deck lite. 2 seconds later flying fish landed in boat I didn't beileive mate when he said fish just jumped in your boat. Pretty funny at the time


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 Fark! Would of spunout.

Mon, 2019-02-04 02:19

 Fark! Would of spunout.

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They are supposed to be great eating

Mon, 2019-02-04 06:48

But an even deadlier bait, we used a bright light and a net to scoop them when in the Monties, absolutely killed a pig using them as bait. 

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 i saw a couple in the sound

Mon, 2019-02-04 10:06

 i saw a couple in the sound afew weeks ago with the misses they were flying along with us. Ive been on afew cruises  and drink afew stubbies watching them fly out of the wake of the ship constantly 

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 rather be fishing

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 seen plenty out from

Mon, 2019-02-04 16:37

 seen plenty out from mandurah. one thing i do know is they can hurt when they hit you. got left with a nice bruise on my back . as Sunshine said they do make great bait

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RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together

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 I go at smacked in the side

Mon, 2019-02-04 17:37

 I go at smacked in the side of the head by one when chundering out the back of the boat once.

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Funny I got a massive

Mon, 2019-02-04 18:43

Black eye from one years ago. 30 knots bang. Bloody hurt

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You're lucky, or unlucky,

Mon, 2019-02-04 20:04

You're lucky, or unlucky, that you didn't have a Spanish follow it in! Was watching them a few weeks ago following the flying fish out of the water

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After pinks this morn

Mon, 2019-02-04 20:12

Andy and myself went all over looking for mackerel. Found heaps of big bait balls zero luck on macky.

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 How many mully  came flying

Mon, 2019-02-04 20:33

 How many mully  came flying into the boat?

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Zero scotte

Tue, 2019-02-05 06:44

Mully not there yet

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 I'm sure they will be

Tue, 2019-02-05 16:23

 I'm sure they will be jumping into the swifty soon enough