That looks like a good old boat, Old Croc. It looks similar to many of our boats we use off the west coast of BC. Trailers are the ban of all boating. They don't do well in saltwater: hubs sieze, lighting fails and galvanized frames rust out.

Speaking of Exmouth, my son worked there for 3 months when he was traveling around Australia. He loved the fact that the reef came close to shore and there was great diving.

This is the view from my deck on Little Cayman Island where the population is under 200 people.

I've gone out with a local conch diver in his boat and we collected our limit of 5 conch each... which the diver promptly sold when we got back to shore. Today I was playing a nice bone fish and had it almost to my feet when a two meter shark came racing in and grabbed it. Needless to say it broke off my favorite fly that was working so well. It also spooked all other bonefish from their feeding.

These are the typical conch

In that last photo Ian, it looks to me as if there are three (3) conch in the pic

I hate you.

Quote: "In that last photo Ian, it looks to me as if there are three (3) conch in the pic "

True.

If I was in Thailand right now this afternoon visitor would have been lunch by now.

The little geckos here have curly tails..

Ohhh Ian, cant you see the scud and i are in the middle of a war, right now.....this is not the time nor the place my friend

Are you sure this is not in fact Hua Hin...?

totster

Quote "Are you sure this is not in fact Hua Hin...?

totster "

Lots of places on the Caymans that remind me of the Thai penninsula

I owned a couple of boats (including a tinnie) before getting this Swiftcraft Dominator.

Had it for years, great fishing boat in big seas.

Fibreglass, deep Vee, very heavy to tow, but brilliant in the rough seas off Western Australia where the weather comes straight off the Southern Ocean.

Once had the experience of seeing a trailor wheel overtake the car in a romote area of north/west WA. The tow bar was bent, hub fractured and studs broken. The boat jumped sideways off the trailor twisting the whole thing.

Took about 5 hours in 105 degree heat before we could get moving again. A very slow trip from there with the trailor crabbing badly (blew 2 tyres) before we could float it off at Coral Bay.

Upgraded the trailor with duel axels and light truck tyres after that trip. Never again had to so much as change a wheel.

Used to catch many of these about this size near Exmouth.

Only used 60lb handlines in those days

60 lb handlines.....YES. Mano a fisho.

60 lb handlines.....YES. Mano a fisho.

A lot of fun when a 6-8' whaler shark grabbed the bait. They would take off like a train and leap completely out of the water.

Used to have semi permanent cuts to the fingers in those days. The line would burn straight though the gloves when you had a good run.

60 lb handlines.....YES. Mano a fisho.

A lot of fun when a 6-8' whaler shark grabbed the bait. They would take off like a train and leap completely out of the water.

Used to have semi permanent cuts to the fingers in those days. The line would burn straight though the gloves when you had a good run.

I never wore gloves. The last joint of my index finger was almost permanantly cut. It is today, still calloused. The middle joint, just after the knuckle was often cut when big ones struck.

60 lb handlines.....YES. Mano a fisho.

A lot of fun when a 6-8' whaler shark grabbed the bait. They would take off like a train and leap completely out of the water.

Used to have semi permanent cuts to the fingers in those days. The line would burn straight though the gloves when you had a good run.

I never wore gloves. The last joint of my index finger was almost permanantly cut. It is today, still calloused. The middle joint, just after the knuckle was often cut when big ones struck.

That's the exact spot! Mine still has a deep groove also. Very hard to get them to heal when in the salt water all the time.

Used to wear one glove to try and slow the first huge run, but generally they were useless as the line burned through them like they were paper.