Point Peron Pirates

The plan was to leave the boat ramp at 5am and get out somewhere near the southwest bank on sunrise, then bottom bash for demersals and have a light troll in-between. I am a big fan of fresh bait so the pretty lady Sam, Liam and I headed to Eshed the night before for a bit of a mulloway bash and a bait gather. Holy crap that place is packed on a saturday night, we couldn't even find a spot up the whole wharf. When we eventually got a spot the scaleys werent far behind. No mulloway (if the fish even exists, or is that another money making ploy developed in the 60's by tackle stores but thats another story) however we got a bunch of baitfish and called it a night. Home at 1am, and up at 4:30. Great.

Was nice to meet Tony and Frank from the West Coast Fishing Crew on facebook and they were top lads, Tony was our skipper for the day and put us right on a spot which usally produces for them, and he didn't disappoint. First drop I used a lightly weighted scaley on a snelled rig. Everyone else was getting bites but I wasn't getting a sniff, but then I felt the tap-tap-tap of a pinky and I came up solid. I knew it was a solid fish as it was giving my rod a real workout ($50 Cheapy pflueger freebee I got from work). With a bit of a tussle we boated a nice pinky, not a monster by anyones standards but it was still a solid fish. 

High fives all around and it was released (into the esky MUHUHHAHHAAHA).

It wasn't long after that Jeff brought up a 57cm dhuie which was his personal best, it was a very solid fish and we knew we were onto some good ground by that stage. 

Big smile for Jeff as he lands his personal best dhuie. I was really happy with how the photo came out. 

Note to self - Don't drink 750ml of up&go vanilla and have a can of coke on a rocking boat on no sleep. 

The fish just kept rolling in after that, no monster fish but plenty of undersized dhuies and a few decent Blackass coming onboard. 

Frank with a just sized dhuie that he decided to release to grow a little bigger ,what we need more of.

Things got quiet after that with most drifts only finding the pickers. We changed spots a couple of times but no joy. By that stage I was feeling pretty exhausted anyway. The call was made to try a KG spot, trolling along the way. Not a sniff. Back at the ramp by 4 and I've never seen it so busy before, however we were the only ones at the filleting bench. Plenty of fresh fish for all our families and nothing went in the bin, Tony keeps all his frames and heads for his crab nets so nothing goes to waste. Was nice to meet you guys and look forward to fishing again sometime. 

Crap photo I know, I just wanted a photo to send to Liam to make him jealous. What are mates for?