shefford Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Knocked off work early with the intention of preparing the boat for a big Sunday trip with me and 3 other mates, but saw the swell reports and bloody Sydney is sending it's swell up here. Crossing bar thought it was 2ft but was peaking 3ft+ took 15mins to find a quick path past the breakers. Caught lots of sweetlip and cod/breams and moved futher out to sea. Struggling at 18knots though 2-3 metre swell and 30 knot winds we were drenched in our centre console in about 2 seconds.... 7kms later and the bilge pump doing a fair bit of work we arrive at our destination! Got slaughtered a few times but did not manage to hook up, more sweetlips and moses perch.. Put out a live yaka about 20-25cms ...... the thing was aniliated and we pulled the yellow tail up with just the tail in tact Heading back in cause of decreasing conditions WE PASSED A WHALE My first ever encounter with a wild whale, he came close to the boat, looked as if he was trying to play with us, whacking his tale up and down and doing jumps. Was pretty cool Just wish Nsw would take back their crappy weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no idea Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 at least you got out on the water mate. yer seeing whales up close is an amazing sight. and i wish that QLD didnt pay off the ref. EIGHT major mistakes came out in the paper today, serveral which leaded to tryes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Mate... it sounds like it's all going to come together big time if you get some decent weather. The weather here is just as crappy so I think it's all come from Victoria. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 has there every been an incident where a whale would flip a boat? just very curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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