KieranR 1,888 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ That’s how the start to today’s trip went- halfway to the beach to launch the tinny and I realised I left the gopros at home, mad search through my dive bag at beach to see if I had the third one in there- but ‘‘twas not to be. Anyway, launched the boat, no dramas, head out to first spot, was on the lookout for an early morning coral trout for brekkie on the boat, NOTHING, barren except a white tip reef shark, I linger around a while to see if anything comes in, sure enough a COD swims by, now I don’t eat cod or most other fish, I’m a bit of a snob and only eat Crays , blue bone, coral trout. Reds if I ever go deep enough and rankin also. But I have a black fella mate who loves the cod,queen fish and trevally, they provide good deeds for his mob so I always try and grab a couple of fish for him, pulled the trigger and nailed a nice cod for him. I jump in the boat ( more like fall over the edge like a sloth and roll in). on the move and tossed out a lure while moving to the next spot, got a hit but true to form when i have a fishing rod in hand, I can’t land it, dummy spit ensued and the rod was packed away for the day. Time to get back in the drink, new spot, found a cluster of bommie a in about 7m of water, perfect considering I’m solo today, tie myself to the boat via a float rope (invade the anchor rope snaps- this happened to me and mate a few weeks back in his boat, not a good situation when you come up and the boats drifting away). a little school mackerel swims past so I plugged him and put him on ice (make great fish and chips). Straight back in and I see a blue bone, put a nice shot on him but wasn’t a kill shot, he then proceeded to bury himself in his cave, I could not get him out despite jamming my hand in the small gap to try and convince him out- nope he wasn’t having a bar of it, about 15 drops later and I still didn’t have him, my spear was out but the cord was what was causing the issue as it had wrapped around everything in the cave, GoPro footage would have been fantastic. I ended up getting him out but what a mission., this is getting long now but I ended up shooting another two blue bone and Mackie so we have enough fish until my next days off next week. The water temp is dropping so hopefully soon the squid will be here and I can get amongst them. one last thing I jumped in the bay where I launch the boat and found a cool wobbygong shark feeding and he was pretty friendly and came up for a hello. pics- my mate with his queenie i shot for him- kill shot if you can see the entry wound - crystal clear Pilbara water - for the keen eye, my gun floating on the spot where the blue one was stuck while I was onboard having a rest, you can see the red and blue rubbers. untill next time with my gopros kieran 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Naut 705 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Love it, keep 'em coming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 548 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 The water is beautiful! Thanks Kieran, fab post & pics 😊 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 3 Author Report Share Posted April 3 She’s always first in line for some fresh fish. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 8 Author Report Share Posted April 8 OMG im on days off until Sunday and would you look at the weather! Guess I’ll be the king of social distancing this week 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 8,122 Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 1 minute ago, KieranR said: OMG im on days off until Sunday and would you look at the weather! Guess I’ll be the king of social distancing this week 😂 Don't forget the gopro this time. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 9 Author Report Share Posted April 9 Ok so two trips to the ramp today! Forgot the bing first trip🤦♂️ I’m now trolling for a Mackie as it’s huge tides today so lots of current, I hate lure fishing or rod fishing in general so I got two lures from the shop for 40$ all up, already lost one so I’m on the last Mackie lire now, trolling a 10m deep section along a wall. Hopefully I’ll write back later with a fish on Board Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 9 Author Report Share Posted April 9 I think I have GoPro footage of the shot 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 9 Author Report Share Posted April 9 (edited) Here is the video of the capture, got to be quick with bluebone, you get one chance and then they take off Bluebone 9:4:20.mp4 Edited April 9 by KieranR 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Naut 705 Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 I miss getting out with a snorkel. Never really got into the fishing side, only ever did it once but I do love just being in the water cruising around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,063 Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 There is some meat on that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 25 Author Report Share Posted April 25 Despite it being an absolute belter of a day today I decided to keep the boat dry and just spent the day at the beach with the family. Went for a walk this arvo for sunset and pulled this nice mudcrab out from a hole. Should be tasty cooked on the fire tomorrow evening 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 27 Author Report Share Posted April 27 Went out for a shore based squid session with my daughter this morning, no squid so I went for a quick swim with the spear and nailed this solid little jack, stoned him too so instant death and he/she didn’t suffer. So it’s mangrove jack and mudcrab for dinner tonight. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted April 27 Author Report Share Posted April 27 And hopefully with all the fresh ocean produce we get we can get some equally good fresh produce from the kids new vege garden we made on the weekend out of one of my old boats. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 Went out chasing Crays and squid today, because according to my wife and daughter I’ve been a bit shit at catching Crays lately. I re tidied that today with two of my mates. We went out diving all day, shot a few fish, nothing spectacular, got a couple dozen squid and then went and got 12 Crays (4 each) which is the limit of our licenses. On the water at 0600 and didn’t get back to the ramp until 1815. Big day IMG_1407.MOV 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 4,063 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 You are living the dream. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted May 21 Author Report Share Posted May 21 No diving today, so I finally got round to wiring up my solar panel on the ute properly. Running perfect. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted May 29 Author Report Share Posted May 29 No fish today worth shooting, but what a day to be boating in ya budgy’s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted June 19 Author Report Share Posted June 19 Shore dive today, nice jack, nice trout, a cod for a mate who loves them (weirdo) and cray. Maybe a fire down the beach tonight while watching the sunset. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted June 19 Author Report Share Posted June 19 And a nice way to finish the day off, fresh seafood cook up at the beach and the young fella got his first fire going. IMG_1664.MOV 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted June 30 Author Report Share Posted June 30 I should have taken the GoPro today! The water clarity was epic, we went wide and didn’t get home til we’ll after dark. Some great spearing today by me and two mates. We dove deeper today from 6m to 20m And even at 20m you could see the bottom from the surface! Days like today are epic. And to top it off we nailed a bunch of squid on the way home. Pics below are my share from the day. The chinaman was epic! He tried towing me around. And the shot placement on the big trout was perfect, right through the gill plate. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 548 Posted June 30 Report Share Posted June 30 8 hours ago, KieranR said: I should have taken the GoPro today! The water clarity was epic, we went wide and didn’t get home til we’ll after dark. Some great spearing today by me and two mates. We dove deeper today from 6m to 20m And even at 20m you could see the bottom from the surface! Days like today are epic. And to top it off we nailed a bunch of squid on the way home. Pics below are my share from the day. The chinaman was epic! He tried towing me around. And the shot placement on the big trout was perfect, right through the gill plate. Who is that holding your fish Kieran? Too many clothes to be you !!! 😂😂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted July 1 Author Report Share Posted July 1 1 hour ago, Surfer said: Who is that holding your fish Kieran? Too many clothes to be you !!! 😂😂 Five minutes before that I was running round in my budgys but Nicole told me to get dressed because the new car (new for us) we bought was getting delivered and apparently I was not dressed appropriately 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goughy 3,681 Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Stay careful out there Kieran! https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/alex-pullin-dead-palm-beach-surf-death-of-aussie-winter-olympian/news-story/df11d666bf3b7a33abcb2c445c1d33d2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted July 22 Author Report Share Posted July 22 Rippa day out on the hunt again with the spear gun. So much fun we’re going out again on Friday 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted July 24 Author Report Share Posted July 24 Went out again yesterday- good day. Lost a few off the spear to sharks but overall another ripper day diving. At one stage we were surrounded by whales, they were with 10-15 meters of us, it was just magical. We were spewing we left the drone at home, the footage would have been amazing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 548 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 All the fish you catch seem have their own booze. Are the drunk fish easier to catch? 🤔😉😁 Please please take the drone next time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 29 minutes ago, Surfer said: All the fish you catch seem have their own booze. Are the drunk fish easier to catch? 🤔😉😁 Please please take the drone next time 😂😂 I’ll have to download the GoPro footage im Pretty sure I got some of the Whales on it. we always take too many beers thinking we won’t catch much, then have a rippa day and have to drink the beers to fit the fish in the esky 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kez za 8 Posted October 31 Report Share Posted October 31 Got a couple Crays the other day......200m from the boat ramp. And dived this wreck 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kez za 8 Posted October 31 Report Share Posted October 31 A couple more from some recent trips. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IronmanFoz 1,638 Posted November 1 Report Share Posted November 1 Nice work....love it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KieranR 1,888 Posted Monday at 12:13 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 12:13 PM Good day out spearing on Friday. Now I’m down in Perth freezing. Can’t wait to get back home and more diving 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 548 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago That doesnt look like one of your fishing pics ... the beer cans are missing 😁 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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