Ray R Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 G'day Raiders, I've been absent for a while due to way too much work but the reward was a family trip to Darwin to see the relatives and celebrate my little darlings 50th b/day.. It was a great week and our first time up there in the thunder storms and a bit of rain, all our other times up there were in our winter months.. We did a bit of fishing in the Manton Dam which was the old Darwin water supply, Karen and I were zapping around in Steve's Skeeter, boy are they fun and such a top fishing platform and I managed to sneak out on an extended day charter. The week was full of surprises for Karen and the best was her present from her big brother Steve and wife Cheryl. It was a chopper flight around Darwin and the surrounding wetlands, she said it was fantastic, Steve and her Mum were with her as well, it was the same little chopper I went on last year. We also saw Cold Chisel at the Darwin Botanic Gardens Ampitheatre which was unreal, very hot and sweaty but well worth it, Jimmy Barnes sounded great as did the whole Chisel band. So just a brief account of our week, we all had a top time and can't wait for the next family visit, took thousands of pics but I have just selected a few of the fishy ones.. Sunset over Mindal Beach One of my Bathurst Island Black Jew Storm over Bathurst Island Steve's Manton Dam Barramundi A nice Saratoga for Karen And one for me Beautiful early morning glass, Manton Dam
james7 Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 WOW! What a top trip Ray! Best wishes to Karen too. Some great fish and brilliant photos! Fantastic! Cheers Peter
taloyoak Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Avoca to NT -0 Tay you rock - best of all nice 'Toga's - next trip bring some back for my aquarium!
bongie555 Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Very nice Ray....what else did you catch on your extended charter? we're planning to do the same thing on the same boat in March next year..
Guest Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Happy 50th Kaz great pics as usual Ray and some top fish to go with them Cheers Stewy
tide'n'knots Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) thats a great report ray, sounds like you guys are having a ball! happy birthday to Karen, what a great way to see darwin - I am very jealous. I am even more jealous of the fantastic black jew and saratoga that you caught. I am buggered if I can see any diference between the jew we catch here and tha black jew they catch there except maybe the black jew are a little longer and leaner, would i be right in saying that? Great photos by the way as always. pete. Edited October 29, 2011 by tide'n'knots
Ray R Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 thats a great report ray, sounds like you guys are having a ball! happy birthday to Karen, what a great way to see darwin - I am very jealous. I am even more jealous of the fantastic black jew and saratoga that you caught. I am buggered if I can see any diference between the jew we catch here and tha black jew they catch there except maybe the black jew are a little longer and leaner, would i be right in saying that? Great photos by the way as always. pete. Hi Pete, mate you are right , there is only a very slight difference, both taste great too..
Ray R Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 Very nice Ray....what else did you catch on your extended charter? we're planning to do the same thing on the same boat in March next year.. G'day buddy, we also caught golden snapper 3-6kgs, as well as all sorts of others toothy things..
Penguin Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Darwin sure is a nice place Ray, well done on your fish cheers
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