I LUV "KOKS"
ISLAND
There I was Sunday afternoon, near the end of the Demersal Ban, bored, surfing the Fishwrecked site devouring everything it has to offer, some lame guy catching fish on the TV, when I came across a discussion topic posted by Carnovite titled "Cannot Wait".
It was a posting of the forthcoming weeks weather from Shark Bay to Gnarloo. I opened the blog, my heart started racing, jumped out of my chair and rang my mate Grahame in Carnarvon. " I'm coming up next Friday night, were fishing for two days and then I'm driving back home to Perth, A confused response was "OK You Do That, Ill see you and hung up the phone". All of a sudden there were so many things to do. Get the rods & reels ready, jigs, plastics etc etc. Do research on Carnarvon, Bernier & Dorre Island, tha's when I came across KOKS ISLAND. KOKS ISLAND is about 2km north of Bernier Island and about 30nm west of Carnarvon.
A "LONG HAUL" Journey had started to be on my friends boat called " LONG HAUL"
Day 1 - What A COD of a Day
We arrived at Koks Island just after sunrise.
- first drop, busted off and lost my New Pirate Jig on a very Toothy Critter
- second drop busted off and lost my 7" White Gulp to another unstopable
- third drop " Mr Charlie Court" comes on board and Iam starting to think what else
Why don't we move I suggested and the rest is as follows as the pictures show.
Day 2 - "Can It Get Any Better"
Once again we put "Long Haul" in before sunrise and made the journey to the islands, a very gentle w/sw was blowing and Julie was full of expectation as this was a trip she was going to try plastics and jigs. " Got them, never tried them" she said, "well we might just have to change that" I replied. Today we were fishing off the South End of Dorre Island.
- Julie first drop on a white gulp, Nice Red Throat
- Julie second drop a Sambo that didn't get sharked what a work out
- George first drop on my new "HOMEMADE JIG" a 14.5kg Dhuie, YAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO
- Grahame has had enough grabs Julies rod with the white gulp, hooks into something for twenty minutes then busts off
- Pull out my New Ockta Jig ( Thanks Twitchemup} pulls in a nice baldie
- George 6th drop loose my other Pirate Jig to unstopable ( also trolled and hooked into a Tuna) before I lost the jig.
- George troll a Rapala Deep Diver for the run home and had a huge WAHOO before he threw the hooks at the boat. Dammmmnnnn
- George another Tuna.
All in all a fantastic trip, great company on board the " Long Haul" for the Long Haul back and then the drive home.
What a trip to christen the new Simth 54H and Twinpower SW8000,
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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snappermiles
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wow you had me worried there
for a minute!!! hahaha nice fish there mate! sounds like a great trip!!
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Ben Derecki
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Nice writeup and great fish
Nice writeup and great fish mate... awesome mix of species. Didn't realise you get dhus that far north.. and even sweeter on the custom jig!
Luke R
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great to see you had a good
great to see you had a good trip.
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poddyfish
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dhuie
sweet fish & sweet trip!
im with ben didnt know ya got dhuies that far up! unreal
have heard of one small one caught at steep point tho so i spose not that much farther up the coast for the buggers to paddle!
good way to make all us bugger waiting for the ban to end extremely jealous!
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carnarvonite
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Weekend
Good to hear your trip was a beauty. Was on the way out on Friday morning and mate got a phone call telling him it was time for him to start work on new job so it was turn round and head home.
Couldn't find a decky for Saturday or Sunday so it was a no go for the weekend untill I got a call from one of the sea rescue base stations that a boat had run out of fuel some 20nm south near Bush Bay.
So it was down to the rescue boat at 1500 and finally home at 2000 with the boat in tow back safey.
Good report, especially the dhuey with a pic, a while back I mentioned in a report that I had got an undersized one off Koks and putit back without taking a picture and got heaps of replies that it wasn't a dhuey but a pearl perch, now lets hear them say thats a pearl perch. Stick it right up them.
Glad to see the forecast was spot on all weekend for once.
Faulkner Family
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that aint a dhuie . its a
that aint a dhuie . its a PEARL PERCH.
well you did ask someone to tell you.
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Faulkner Family
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that aint a dhuie . its a
that aint a dhuie . its a PEARL PERCH.
well you did ask someone to tell you.
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Faulkner Family
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its a huge PEARL PERCH. you
oooppppssss done it again
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carnarvonite
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Thank you
Thank you Russ and by the way its a F@#$%^&g huge pearl perch
Faulkner Family
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Dont mention it John. All a
Dont mention it John. All a part of the service
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Lucky Tim
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awesome, well worth the the
awesome, well worth the the km's. Lov ethat dhuie too.
abeldog
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Thanks
Firstly thanks Carnarvonite for alerting me to the weather and your pm advice. The weather changed three or four times during the week as you know. Should I, shouldn't I, Finally the leap of faith and just did it.
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uncle
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great trip
weekend bash that paid off,well done
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
abeldog
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Jaw Dropper
When that Dhui came up All Three of Us Yelled
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DHUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
I have since read Carnarvonites report about the undersize Dhui,
I didn't think you would get them that far.
The link to that post is below
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/dhufish-caught-carnarvon
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till
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Great trip, and well worth
Great trip, and well worth the drive!
abeldog
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Thanks Till
Would do another in a heartbeat
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abeldog
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PIRATES
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Thanks Luke for putting me onto them
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Lamby
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Awesome write up, good
Awesome write up, good fish.
Cheers
Markie
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well done george one very
well done george one very happy man. "Quick decision is a good decision" :)
abeldog
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Cheers
Thanks Marko,
Team Conquest will do it next April.
But have fun practicing before then.
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mullows
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Love those Rankins, first
Love those Rankins, first one is a good size!!! Always good to blow the cobwebs out with some quality fish. Good read also.
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Mullows
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abeldog
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Did the right thing
by the skipper and gave him the Rankin,
that way I get invited out again, lol
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Paul G
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Nice to see someone is
Nice to see someone is getting into some fish well donn . And a good report .yep thats a dhuie.
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Faulkner Family
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sounds like the weather and
sounds like the weather and fish gods were on your side. well done to all on board. but gees , do you have to rub it in with that monster dhuie that shouldnt have been there in the first place. im sure it was a shock to the system to see that one come up.that first rankin is a hooter. great eating for a while
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abeldog
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Ying Yang
Thanks Paul G,
It was your avatar that made me search far and wide.
Thanks Russ,
It was John(Carnarvonite) who put me onto the weather.
Put the shooters away for a couple of weeks about to drown in work.
Aaah the Ying and Yang of life
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Faulkner Family
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John seems to know what the
John seems to know what the weather is doing up there. i would trust his judgment over any other source ,even so , you guys got the fish , not him.
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carnarvonite
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Fussed
Not to fussed about not being able to go, still got plenty of quality fish in the freezer and the boat is full of fuel ready to go next time.
DazSamFishing
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well done. Som beaut fish
well done. Som beaut fish there. Sure beats spending time in Perth during the ban.
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great going abel so keen to
great going abel
so keen to do a trip like that.
furthest i've towed mine so far is 2 rocks.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
nev
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Koks is tops!
Great fishin guys
gotta be happy with that . Great spot isn t it, I try and make the trip every year to Peli Point for a family Holiday!
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Nice George....
Well done great looking trip and some awesome fish caught aswell love the northan black Dhu lol, glad the placcys and ockta did the damage for ya. See you next time mate.
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abeldog
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Octa
Sorry Lloyd,
That Octa is the one you gave to me as a gift.
Unfortunately he lost it on the very next drop on a very toothy critter
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criddle
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were u using slam baits by
were u using slam baits by any chance
abeldog
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Had Them
But didn't use them on this trip.
Used Slams on my trip to Exmouth, Broome and Middle Lagoon.
Best Colours Red, White(Translucent), caught Mackies, Cobia on Red, Trevally and Emperors on White, Coral trout on Red.
Always have them as a go to plastic
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Slapback
Sorry Criddle,
had the Slam Baits on board hower the go to plastic is Slapbacks was what i was refering to in Exmouth, Broome and Middle Lagoon.
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