My Back is aching a little and it is good, It means I am done filleting all the fish we got on our short trip to Steep Point. Jack and I drove up to Denham and left the car and trailer at a friends house while we took the boat across the bay to the Point. We met up with some friends that were camped in Shelter bay and spent a relaxing 3 days diving. The water was a stoking hot 30c in the bay and dropped to a balmy 25c off the Cliffs.
The visibility was pristine at 30+ meters, the down side being it was extremely hard to get close to the fish.
We managed to get some very large Baldchin and a Cobia, Jack shot himself a Blackspot Tusk fish over 11kg and I am sure it is a Junior Record. We saw Whale Sharks, normal Sharks, Turtles, Sailfish, Dolphins and Sea Snakes.We dived a few places I have not been before and caught 2 crayfish that were so big they fed 8 adults!!!.
Jack landing his first fish of the trip a Somber Sweetlips.
Me bagging a Baldchin in 20+ meters.
We arrived late on the Monday afternoon and set up camp with some help and settled down to some dinner and a beer or 2 then had an early night. We woke at around 6 and after breakfast we set off for the day, first diving around the base of the cliffs and then coming back inside the bay around midday and grabbing the Crayfish in the shallows. We returned to camp for a bite to eat and then headed out to explore the shallows to the Southeast. It was while cruising the shallows I spotted a big ray with 2 Cobia in tow so having never shot a Cobia before I decided to take one of them. I was surprised at how soft the flesh was and needed a second shot to ensure I didn't loose the fish.
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