JonD Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 One of those days where you are pushed for time and take on too much (thanks to a very persuasive eldest daughter). It's hard to knock back time spent with them, but when you get talked into heading 50k offshore to chase 80kg tuna; leaving at 10am; but have to be back by 2.30pm, you feel slightly under the gun. It was a real weird day. Once we got around 30k offshore we encountered brisk SE winds, big swell and breaking white wind chop. I didn't have time to fit the clears, so had wave after wave of cold water soaking me and my dash (plotter decided to take the day off because of it!!!). Due to what seemed to be worsening conditions, I decided to pull lures in the home direction but soon gave up on that. As soon as we got back to the shelf area, the water was unbelievably glassy (which matched the given forecast for the day). We soon spotted numerous patches of gannets feeding, so headed over to investigate. It seemed there were no big pelagic fish feeding on the bait, so we turned our focus on trying to grab a decent dolphin picture instead of fishing. My daughter managed to get some truly envious shots, that put these of mine to shame. I blame the fact that driving the boat and being under the canopy restrict me too much. Anyway, I did get a few shots that made the effort of travelling all that distance seem a little worth while. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Man you have done it again Jon great photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) Wow, if your daughters put those pics to shame they must be amazing! Looks like a juvenile amongst them? It would be incredible to be near one of those huge schools of 100's of them when they are migrating/chasing food! Edited June 23, 2020 by kingie chaser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Jon. If you consider them shots inferior I would love to see your daughters. That water you could almost ski on it. I once went from Bermi to the island in dead flat conditions like a mill pond, fished a couple of hours and went back in extremely bumpy conditions, it came from nowhere in no time flat. What they say " the calm before the storm ". Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Again Jon, excellent. Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, frankS said: Jon. If you consider them shots inferior I would love to see your daughters. That water you could almost ski on it. I once went from Bermi to the island in dead flat conditions like a mill pond, fished a couple of hours and went back in extremely bumpy conditions, it came from nowhere in no time flat. What they say " the calm before the storm ". Frank 1 hour ago, kingie chaser said: Wow, if your daughters put those pics to shame they must be amazing! Looks like a juvenile amongst them? It would be incredible to be near one of those huge schools of 100's of them when they are migrating/chasing food! This is one of hers, she says it looks like Sid the sloth from the movie Ice Age!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Super Super photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on the MARK Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 That is a wicked photo! WELL DONE’ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 57 minutes ago, JonD said: This is one of hers, she says it looks like Sid the sloth from the movie Ice Age!!! Nice, I presume at times she would use the motor drive setting or it might be called burst these days on these type of speed/moving pictures. I know I used to use.mine a fair bit on my old 35mm when taking pictures of racing cars or similar action shots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 2 hours ago, JonD said: This is one of hers, she says it looks like Sid the sloth from the movie Ice Age!!! That certainly is a Good/Great shot. Thank her for letting you post it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 This is the thing about weather, windy on the coast, and a few kms away, it is almost calm and flat seas. With a big southerly buster, everyone cops it!!! Great photos. I fished south of Sydney yesterday for bugger all, but had humpbacks jumping and fin slapping near my boat. And tourists pay to see this happening. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Are those photos copyrighted? My goodness, I can’t help but thinking about using them as my profile photo! well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 22 minutes ago, wchh said: Are those photos copyrighted? My goodness, I can’t help but thinking about using them as my profile photo! well done! I don't mind you using mine but maybe not my daughters image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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