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What to do on hard fishing days
What to do on hard fishing days when the tiddlers won’t stop biting? We had this exact scenario slow pitch jigging around Lizard Island during the monsoon. Typically falling tides on the neaps after the moon are not the best for fishing offshore. However, we did manage some good fish including an incredible catch (scroll down to the video for that!) Hard Fishing Days Of course! Catching good fish can …
Boat bad luck be gone as we head north!
Desperate times call for desperate measures as we try and get rid of our boat bad luck! Karen does a smoking ceremony and buys a …
Fishing off Cairns during Mood Swings repair
While the split water tank repair continues on Mood Swings, we decided to amuse ourselves fishing off Cairns. The tank repair was quite problematic (as …
Major boat repair and diamond challenge
When it comes to big issues like a major boat repair – leave it to the woman! After learning of our split water tank, we …
Is there a split water tank on the big boat?
Is it a split water tank or just a corroded sender unit? After filling the water tank and about to cast off the ropes, Ryan …
Boat issues in Townsville
Until now we were blissfully unaware of the serious boat issues we were about to uncover. We thought we were stopping over in Townsville install …
Townsville marina stopover
Townsville Marina was our next port of call on our way from Cairns to the Swain Reefs. And since Townsville is my home town, also …
Cruising the Palm Islands – Storms at Fantome
Cruising the Palm Islands on our way to the Swain reefs, we encountered some serious storms. Mostly because travelling in a La Nina event was …
A skippers job is never over – Hinchinbrook to Palm Island leg.
Cruising from Hinchinbrook to Palm Island our journey continues… You may recall last episode we were stuck in spectacular barra mecca Hinchinbrook Island, awaiting a …
Boat issues in Cardwell – Cairns to Hinchinbrook Island leg.
We didn’t get far! Boat issues in Cardwell have us stuck in Hinchinbrook island for the night! We knew crusing the Queensland coast in our …
Cruising the Queensland Coast – Departure Day
Cruising the Queensland Coast in our motor boat Mood Swings begins! Exhausted from all the prep and the last minute push to finish our latest …
Preparing for an ocean voyage – South to the Swains
Preparing for an ocean voyage can be a mission, as we also have to prep the things we are leaving behind. Like cars and house …
Fishing wide offshore Cairns
Today the goal was red emperor fishing wide offshore Cairns. In about 65 metres of water. Of course, we chose heatwave conditions to head far …
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