Giant Red Emperor | Karratha Fishing | Fantasea Fishing
Channel: Burrup and Away
Date: 05/02/2023

Giant Red Emperor | Karratha Fishing | Fantasea Fishing

In this short but sweet episode, Eden and myself venture out for a long awaited fishing session with none-other than, Neil, from @Fanta-SeaFishing. 

Much to our luck, we were met with the best possible conditions on the day that we'd arranged to head out wide for our first drop of a line together.

With a 4am launch from Dampier in Western Australia and covering many nautical miles to some of Neil's faithful fishing ground, Eden enjoyed a nice kip in the cabin whilst Neil and I stared into the horizon with excitement. 

Red Emperor and Saddle-tail Sea Perch were the target species for the day, with a by-catch of Rankin Cod to be expected. What would ensue shortly into the session, was nothing short of magic!

The morning fishing was red hot with the change of the low tide, and as the sun came up with the tide together in unison, the bite would seemingly shut down, with note-able hookups being few and far between.

As expected with fishing in the warm Pilbara waters, the sharks soon became that of a nuisance with the unfortunate and unavoidable bite offs occurring. Promptly moving locations at each first opportunity, we able to pick-off a few more fish without gifting too many to the tax man.

Neil is an absolute legend, and a gentleman. He and I had crossed paths many times at the coffee shop before, but it was nice to finally wet a line on board the infamous Fanta-Sea Bar-Crusher that wreaks havoc on the northwest waterways. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel! 

Thanks for watching!

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