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Saturday, 08 September 2007

Big fish, sharks, whales & Hairy Mick

Fire breathing shark!

I've been looking forward to arriving at Hervey Bay for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, I've been hearing lots of good things about the fishing here and those stories were confirmed for me tonight after taking a stroll on the rather long Urangan pier. I spent 30 minutes watching a young angler do battle with a really big fish that was giving him quite the fight. I didn't hang around long enough to see what it is (the fight looked like it would go all night) because I had to go and find somewhere to stay before it was too late.

As I walked the length of the pier I couldn't keep my eyes off the water, which is absolutely brimming with bait fish (mullet) in what appears to be plague proportions. More than once I saw big, dark torpedo shaped objects moving underneath them to. Oh yeah... there's sizable fish in them there waters and I'm not leaving until I've bagged a few of them.

Another reason I was so attracted to Hervey Bay is the presence of Humpback whales and I do intend to paddle out to them tomorrow to get some photos and video footage. Based upon their current location that'll mean a 10km paddle/pedal (as the crow flies) to reach them. It's going to be a long day on the water, as I'm expecting to cover at least 30km all up.

Common sense tells me that I really should be on the water at the crack of dawn, but my body tells me that isn't going to happen. I've had 3 rather late nights and haven't had the luxury of a sleep in, and I intend to catch up somewhat before attempting such an ambitious trip. I'll be here for a week at least I reckon, so I'll get plenty of opportunities to do the early morning thing.

Another reason I'm happy to be here is that I AKFF member 'Hairy Mick' and I are planning to catch up later in the week. Mick is a keen kayak builder and I'm pretty curious to check out some of his creations.