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11-13-2012, 07:20 AM
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The call of the Sea!
“Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”
And so I found myself with long service leave on my side and the start of the “Cray” (Note- Crayfish colloquial for the Western Rock Lobster) season at hand. And so the quest for the ‘Great White Gray” begins! Today I found myself draw inexplicably to the local fish market and left with 15 Kilograms of prime ripe fish heads and frames for bait. The last week or so have been devoted to getting My pots and boat in order or the endeavor! Damn the kids education, as I’ve taken them out of school for the next eight days and I’m dragging them kicking and screaming to our Holiday house at Ledge Point. The sea and life will be their education for the next week or so as they roam the windy, tick infested sand dunes and scrub that boarders the great expanse of the Indian Ocean in our location! So yesterday I left a “Gone Fishin’ ” sign on my Pigeon Hole at work and early tomorrow I’ll be heading up with the family to catch a Crayfish! 
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#2
11-13-2012, 08:02 AM
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Nice! Perfect time of year for it too. Hope you get a basket full.
Extra marks for STC btw. I enjoyed that. 
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#3
11-13-2012, 06:00 PM
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I was just thinking the other day, that all the oceans are connected and therefore are one body of water. That info could come in handy for someone looking to move something very large from one part of the world to another.
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#4
11-22-2012, 06:09 AM
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Well,
Bit of a disapointing trip catch wise with only one size Crayfish landed (At great personal peril due to inclement weather), but it's the thrill of the chase that's important! (Bloody crayfish! The pots were stuffed with undersized ones and unfortunately the fisheries officers over here are a force to be reconed with!  "You lucky little B.......! It's back in the water with you!" The kakka (undersized crayfish) shown was only a millimetre too small to keep! Most of the other kakkas were just under!   "I went out in a twenty five knot wind with two metre swell for this?" Basically we only had four days out of the eight that we could get the boat in the water. Lots of 5:00am starts. But the rest of the trip and time with the family was very enjoyable! Cheers!
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#6
11-22-2012, 11:33 AM
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 A very modest, 4.6 Metre center console hull (80's vintage) with a brand new 50HP motor (14.5 hours on the clock! You need a motor that starts when you turn the key!!!!! The last engine had some issues! ) 2 meter swells don't sound like much until your in a small boat. The photo's taken on the East side of Lancelin Island (A nature reserve - it's a pitty because I'm sure the place is crawling with crayfish!!!!!) A very beautiful little island about 700 metres of the Lancelin, Western Australia. The bay is surrounded by reef and is very sheltered. Took the kids and wife for a fish inside the reef on Wednesday and popped over to the island for a look around! You wouldn't pick it from the look, but the RAAF fairly leveled it during WWII for bombing practice! Theres a sign = "stay on the marked tracks" - "unexploded bomb risk!"  Cheers Last edited by Skoshi Tiger; 11-22-2012 at 11:56 AM.
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