13/07/2026
Boodjari ( pregnant)
Like most of my personal pb skulls I have kept over the years, they have a name and with the name a good yarn behind em.
And im about to share this one with ya.
5 year ago before my son was born me and the misso were here in karratha visiting family / fishing trip , the mission a big mackie.
I was told by family in town to hit bare rock as that was my best bet , we were out early punching it on my old ali boat when before we hit enderby we had engine troubles.
I couldn't figure it out whilst on the water and had a massive dummy spit so decide to head back in , the misses trying to make me feel better tried to convince me to throw the trollers back in but I was adamant we weren't going to catch bu**er all as we weren't anywere near were we should be so I kept trying to punch it back to the ramp but it kept stalling under load.
So i had to put back in slowly. Again the misso persisted and I threw the trollers in , not even 5 minutes goes by and my 7" mackbait got throttled, this thing was smashing line out like its a bux do.
After a bloody good fight I got it besides the boat and as mackies do boom of again , another 2 runs and I finally get it boat side , im screaming at the miso " GET THE GAAAAFFFFFF"
she takes one look at it and goes "im not f@cking gaffing that im boodjari "
some how with the adrenaline pumping i gaffed it 1 handed with the rod in the other , once the gaff was in i slung me rod away and dragged it in.
As the photo shows I was smiling ear to ear with my best mackie still to date, coming in at 30kgs on the mark.
Before moving up I left this skull in perth, on my recent trip down I decided to grab it bring it back home and re paint it and mount the excat lure I caught it on in its giant gob.
Its just goes to show even a s**t day out can turn good.
If you have made it this far through the yarn
Cheers C&nts 🤙🏽
