Been awhile since I've had the Barcrusher out for a big blue water run (8mths) . Fellow FFFer Mark (tangles) had a mate coming up and was keen to get me to take them for a run . At first we were thinking about the Perons but the neapish tides and weather reports wasn't my favorite choice so we decided on Pt Fourcroy with a detour to the Stena rig.
All up with 4 people on board and 300lts of fuel plus supplies the boat was loaded to the max , yet I was very supersized how she handled and still able to maintain 1lt/1.5 km @ 45kph .
Once clear of the harbour the water conditions just got better the further out we got . I actually forgot to put the GPS mark for the Stena , but was sure I'd find it .
We didn't bother chasing Tuna on the way out as the schools we small and very flighty . It didn't take long before we could see the Stena on the horizon , only missed it by 10 degrees , not bad for guess work .
About 8k's out from the rig we starting getting into some great schools of Tuna and I let the visitor Dan have the fist couple shots at em. After a bit of coaching from Mark he nailed a cast in the guts and the call was made "Fish On",,, And so the trip begins . .
After chasing them for an hour or so with a few caught we set up the big lures for a Mackie troll around the rig ,but no joy so we had ago at jigging . Action plus but only TeaLeaf Trevs coming up with triple hook ups it made for interesting fishing. After a few dozen we gave up and headed to Pt Fourcroy for some night time reef action . Mark was first to score with a nice Coral trout , and we all followed up with plenty of these We tried a troll run up past Fourcroy and lost the only one hooked . So after a big day I found a nice reef to bed down for the night but we just could'nt stop fishing . Pretty clad we had another go cause a few nice Goldies came out to play
and I soon had a nice 68cm on the deck
In the morning after loosing my mandatory anchor for the trip we moved back around the front for a dawn session before heading back in ,,, First drop another nice goldie for me and Daz soon had one as well , Unfortunately for Daz I droped his over the side after taking a pic (sorry Mate)
Mark nailed a nice brassy and when the sharks moved in again we decided to head in with a stop off at the Stena .Half way back Dan spotted a Humpback whale which was way tooo cool , He got some good vidio of it but I just couldn't jag a good pic.
All up a great trip and I think the crew had a ball , we didn't bring alot of fish home but we were never board with fish at every spot we stopped .
I gotta claim bragging rights with the best goldie for the trip ,,, Been a long Time Mark ,Daz And Dan thanks for coming along for the adventure ,, great crew
Till next time (soon).
Cheers
Jeff
