Tuesday and today have been two of the best days out on the reef so far. We have a couple with three small children behind us and as the kids are early risers, so are we. It’s been good as we’ve been out on the water not long after 8 the last two mornings.
The wind has been really light, the water still and crystal clear. It’s amazing when we fish over the coral.
Yesterday as we headed out, we spotted what we at first thought were fish, then dolphins, then sharks, then as we got very close we finally realized they were giant manta rays. We counted 8 of them all over 3 metres across. They were either fishing, mating or just enjoying the warm sunny morning.
The flat water has made it much easier to spot a number of dolphins and scores of turtles cruising by checking us out. Some of them are huge too.
We’ve managed to catch good feeds of fish both days and on our way home today, I caught a very big squid on a hook using squid as bait. It was fortunate (for me, not the squid) as that piece of bait was our last squid from Denham.
About Me
- janandruss
- In Feb 2006 husband Russ and I headed away in a caravan with our boat on top of the 4WD. We were gone for over three wonderful years. Now we're home, living in Warrnambool, but spend the colder months away fishing. This latest blog is a trip up through the centre, across to Broome, down to Perth and home through SA. We'll be fishing, crabbing and squidding all the way!
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