Our Extreme
Venture
Day Five - A Good Day's
Fishing
Day Six - A Rough Day At
Sea
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The saying goes "A bad day's fishing
beats a good day at work". Well if that is the case, I don't know
what I can say about our full day aboard the DELCARA. Our hosts
Murray and Trevor certainly knew where the fish were and how to get
right on 'the spot'. Our catch consited of Mowong, Schnapper, Rock
Cod, two different types of Shark, Flathead, Leatherjacket and Slimey
Mackerall (even marinated, they still taste like an oily rag don't
they Colin). Even Bouf had a go although I think he was a bit too
slow hooking them as I didn't see him actually land anything.
After a good day at sea, we sat down that
night to an entre of prawns, crab, octopus and calamari. The main
course consisted of flathead mournay and an assortment of other
barbequed fish and salads. Life's tough.
Day seven started out just like the day
before. The sun was shining, the breaky was filling, the 'pills' had
all been taken and the minds were set on another good day's fishing.
As we drove past the airport I noticed the wind sock was a little
stiffer than the day before but thought no more of it - I should
have. Within an hour of us bringing in the first fish we we're back
at the jetty letting off 8 of the 11 on board. To say it was a bit
rough is stating the obvious. We we're not alone though. One of the
other boats followed us in and put off 7. On a positive note, it left
lots of room for us to move around!
Some of the crew rest before giving the fish hell off
Merimbula.
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'Ronnie' all prepared for the weather, the insects and
the fish.
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Cameron lands the first big one of the day - a
Mowong.
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Fishing can be tiring work, especially on 4 hours
sleep.
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After lunch, Luke was back into it and has the interest
of the others in his catch.
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Bouf gives Brenton a hand with his rod.
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Back at camp, Andrew and one of the staff clean the rest
of the fish.
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While tea was on the barbie, the riders from the
'Jindabyne to The Sea' ride arrived.
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Some of the fish on offer after our day aboard the
Delclara.
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Rob examines the jetty from the fly-bridge and decides
whether or not he stays or goes. He decided to stay.
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Carlos (East Timor) wasn't part of the Extremely
Fishy trip, but what the heck. Everybody else was sea sick
and we needed fisherman. He thought the fish were a bit
small compared with where he came from.
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A short movie
of Sea Fox moving to another spot.
AV13 -
The 2006 Venture - Cataract Scout Park NSW.
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