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Old 06-08-2008, 07:50 PM   #1
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Shorty's Adventures (West Aussie)

Well Saturday june 7th marked my first real fishing trip in the 2nd hand Extreme i picked up some days ago, it was a real toss up whether i would buy it, some punters saying its great for calm waters only, Douglas Gaxiola from here gave me a full run down on the extreme and put my mind at rest in the fact it can handle some rough stuff as well,so it was not long after that it was on my roof rack heading to my place.

I met Ian Saturday morning, this was the first time i have ever seen a real live yak set up in the flesh, despite spending my summers down the beach its still a fairly rare sport in this backwater city.

Ian was the star of the show,,filling up his bag with smaller type fish while anchored up behind Shag Island, while i drifted with a whole quid on one rod and cast lures for Tailor (bluefish) in the white water.

I never caught a fish but had a great fishing trip, heres a couple of pictures,,cheers Shorty.
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Old 06-08-2008, 08:08 PM   #2
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Reports from other countries are soooo cool.
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Old 06-08-2008, 08:34 PM   #3
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A couple more pics

No worries Steve, i hope to give regular updates ,winters here so not the best weather at the moment.(thats why i am not lawnmowing today ,its pouring down)

Heres a couple more pictures if i may, a couple of months ago i wondered if its possible to fish out of kayaks, maybe i could be a worlds pioneer of the sport i decided a rod could fit in a scupper hole and with a basket on the back you could be in business

Heres my other yak called a Ventura, also a clue why i am called Shorty and my work supervisor (Dotty the dog) cheers,,,
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Old 06-08-2008, 10:19 PM   #4
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Heres my first trip out about 10 days ago, a storm was forecast but i was keen to give the Yak a try out, the Extreme handled the weather fine but i ended up in the van huddled up away from the wind,lightening and thunder,,,,,,,,,not to be out done i loaded up and went to a more sheltered cove around the point, the wind changed direction and i huddled in the van with the sliding door open hanging on to the yak for dear life, in case it got blown down the street

On the way home i had to go around downed trees,power poles and flooded roads

Things can only get better from my first trip
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Old 06-08-2008, 10:32 PM   #5
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wow! when you said you pinned on a whole squid i figured about 6 inches long! the extreme is one stable yak. you are gonna love it. love the color "shark bait yellow".
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Old 06-08-2008, 11:07 PM   #6
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Shorty, glad to hear that the eXtreme is working out for you. It looks like quite an upgrade from the old ride. Keep the reports coming. That pic of your eXtreme in the clear water is killer.
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Old 06-09-2008, 05:36 PM   #7
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wow! when you said you pinned on a whole squid i figured about 6 inches long!
Actually i caught about 20 squid and cuttlefish last week, the bait that i put out was the smallest one i had ,about 3/4 of the size in the picture, the only taker was another squid ripped its heads clean off, i pulled what was left of it out of the water and threw a lure in it place, but it did not want to know about it.

Doug> The extreme is working out well, just need to gather up some gear now, apart from rods and a crate i have little else, a Sea Anchor and Anchor will be added this week, i like to spend a lot of time drifting but sometimes its drifting to fast for my liking.

Reports will come in each trip, the long range forecast for this week is not looking real crash hot, i had better include wet weather gear in my wish list.

Bajadog,,,,lambadmin,,,Cheers,,,

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Old 06-10-2008, 03:38 PM   #8
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Reports from another country are cool, what about another continent and hemisphere... way cool.Curious about the local gamefsh, also.
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Old 06-10-2008, 07:17 PM   #9
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Thanks for the reply lads.

h2ofishfo > I have never heard of the Yak Drift sock before, i have brought a small sea anchor suitable for small boats, hopefully it will work ok,,yes the waters can be clear but way up north of the state better still, can sometimes spot fish way,way down deep.

bellyuptim,Ratdog, Corey > No plans to take Dotty out in the Yak, she is not a big fan of the water you should see her at flea bath time ,lol

The game fish side of things is not really that crash hot in comparison to other places,,Marlin,yellowfin tuna Mahi Mahi are here but to far out for the Yak, most is light game fishing on Australian Salmon, Snapper and the like, my personal target will be Mulloway which look like your White Sea bass,,,,,,,,,the further North you go in this state the better the game fishing, i am near the bottom.

heres a couple of links that maybe of interest, the main island off the City,,

http://www.rottnest-island.net/

This weeks planned fishing trip at Penguin Island,,,

http://www.penguinisland.com.au/

A website from Queensland i find of interest click on the Perception Angler series in top left hand corner

http://www.fishingnoosa.com.au/

And possibly the main Australian forum on Yak fishing ,,,

http://www.akff.net/forum/

Cheers ,Colin
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Old 06-12-2008, 08:37 AM   #10
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West Aussie's Unite!!!!!!!

Shorty, didn't know you also purused these forums!!

Just for another taste of our beautiful country, here is the post i made on our local forums about my last local overnight trip.

It ain't yakking, but it's West Coast Australian beach fishing!

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Well, i started planning this overnighter 3 weeks ago, and as usual, nothing went to plan. Mate pulled out at last minute, replacement pulled out, so i thought stuff it, wifes away, im going anyways! Cruised up lunchtime Sunday, found a decent spot, and set up camp.

Threw a few in during the late arvo, but weed moved in so i shut it down and contemplated the milky way under the influence of bourbon, thank god the dog was there, so at least it seemed i was talking to someone... Hit the swag early in anticipation of a hot bite, after soaking the burley bomb all night. By the way, as long and hard as i looked, i saw no paranormal activity.....

Got up round 5am, had some sausages, and lazily rigged a line. Re-stoked the bomb, and proceeded to have a super hot 5 hour fishing session. Landed heaps of chunky Skippy to a kilo/kilo -half, that managed to crank a decent arc into the Snyder 7wrap. Weed had all but cleared and things were looking good. Few small Whiting, and plentiful Bull Herring kept things moving.


Late morning i'm reeling in what i presumed was the upteenth huge Herring for the morning when WHAMMO! Half way in the rod buckles, and line starts peeling of the 6500ssm at a rapid rate!! Thumping headshakes, and a solid 30-40m run then nothing???@?! Back to the herring again. Im stumped and majorly dissapointed. And then i reel in this poor little Flathead thats been slammed by something on the way in! Well, dog was happy, fresh Flathead for pooch!

Packed up and gone by lunch, cruised home and cleaned up. Ended up with a decent feed, threw heaps back, and missed a few. Saw heaps of guys get bogged on the beach up there. It can be tricky in places, and the council is making life hard there too with all the works. When driving through this area, please take care, it seems as if a accident with 4wd's or bikes is imminent up here, with peeps flying round in all directions, and remember to always leave it clean.
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Old 06-12-2008, 03:49 PM   #11
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Thanks for sharing a taste of oz land! Awesome stuff.
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Old 06-22-2008, 06:37 AM   #12
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June 22nd Seal Island

Heres todays afternoon session near Seal Island, met Brett for the first time (who posted the beach pictures above and also met Ians wife , Ian in the above photos, today there brought a Hobie tandem down and fished two up out of it.

Today we caught Wrasse,whiting,herring,skippy and a few other species, nothing big just a nice feed and a great afternoon out , after all it is the middle of winter here so we were lucky today.

None of last weeks pictures loaded properly so its fingers crossed this week
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