QLD: Going Troppo: Humpy Island camping trip, 100km on AIs

[koich]

awesomeness

[yaktopia]

That is simply amazing stuff! Brilliant trip and fantastic pics!

[dru]

Really exiting to see these reports. Well done boys.

I can't help think that the Barrier Reef has hardly been touched - as far as yakking goes. Simply Fantastic.

[paulo]

Awesome read and adventure Derek and Red.
You gotta love the AI for its touring ability. Seven days in the yak just doesn't seem long enough on the sail home.
Im inspired to get away again real soon.

Good to see you land that big one you've been chasing, Derek.

[Zed]

Are those bonito the watsons leaping kind or the other ones?

Looks like WLB to me.

I can't express how envious I am. Thanks for putting it up!

Z

[bushwoodboy]

Well done boys. Great trip & thank you for the fantastic report.

Cheers Mal.

[Decay]

How did you guys prepare the bonito, sashimi?

I've prepared these sashimi style in the past and along with blue fin trevally make some of the best sashimi I've tasted.... mmmmm skip jack is pretty good too... don't start me.... just keep me away from tea-leaf trevally
Anyway, this time they got the Italian "arosto" treatment ... well sort of, we wrapped them in Alfoil with some salt and olive oil and put them on the grill section of the BBQ with the hood down. They came out as tender as can be.

[Roo1]

Fantastic adventure, Fantastic read. That first tuna doesn't know how lucky he was, Derek releasing a tuna, not too many that submit to Derek don't feel the cold hard surface of the dinner plate. Sounds like a great time was had by both, although when I saw how windless the first day was, I couldn't help but feel for you Derek, knowing what a machine Red is on those pedals.

Derek's a bit snowed under at work I reckon; so I'll answer a few questions along the way.

Snowed under, more like recovering I would suggest. Great report guys

Cheers
Andrew

[ArWeTherYet]

Great trip Fellas. 100kms? is that all Red? I think you need to really make Derek suffer next time.

[RedPhoenix]

Ta guys,

Sam: Suspect so.. though it'd put a bucketload of weight on the join points, so you'd have to be careful to watch the sacrificial metal peg thingies.

I was tempted with the option of Sashimi, but figured that the quality 24+ hours on, might not be ideal. Put a bit of lemon-pepper crumbs on the fillets, and shallow fried them.

Jase: Yep, Watsons leaping bonito, I believe. Though I've never seen them leap, and Watson can get stuffed if he thinks he owns them.. they're too tasty.

Paul (AWTY): I'm working him up to a decent trip mate. Gotta start 'em slow.

Red.

[Davey G]

Are those bonito the watsons leaping kind

Yep, WLB have spots on the upper body and stripes down low whereas your stock standard Bonito has only stripes.

[gcfisho]

Every kayak fishers dream trip , well done guys on an awesome report and pics .

[Ado]

What can I say. Brilliant! Simply brilliant! The inspiration, the adventure, the wilderness, the fishing, the photos, the report. I'm green in so many ways. Really well done to both of you. My adventure centre is buzzing. Maybe I'll set up my one man tent in the backyard in tonight's blizzard and eat some rehydrated food and scroggin .