Brucesta had arrived in Darwin, him being a long time game fishermen, he was pretty keen to check out some action in the bluewater, so off we went in search of some billfish. Though personally I was more keen on some mackerel or tuna, as my freezer is pretty empty. Though the water wasn’t really blue. The large tides and decent wind meant it was more of a greenish brown.

…and the water wasn’t the only thing that was green. The rough ride out there resulted in me getting a little seasick. How embarrassing. I haven’t been seasick in years, though these days I am primarily fishing in estuaries.

So we trolled around for a while without any luck. There were some birds out there but that was it. Was cool to see how gamefisherman operate, I have never really seen it before, teasers, skipping garfish, etc.

We moved on to baitfish some reef over the low and I started to feel better. But there was no action there either. We did some drifting without any luck. We finished on some reef near Mandorah where Mud caught the only fish of the day… see photo

Got:
Not much!

Random story of the trip:
Not much to tell here so here is one from the night before. Our injury-ravaged basketball side won our first basketball game on Friday night. A few of the boys were going to have drinks to celebrate. I gave them a spray – that is not the proper way to treat your body! Food, ice and rest!

I just thought it sounded more professional than “I’m going fishing first thing in the morning”.

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