Fishing, Diving & Island Life in the Australian Tropics 🐠🌴

When you spend most of your time traveling around Australia solo, getting out into the water with mates doesn't happen all that often, so when the opportunity comes up you make the most of it. This week we're heading out to the Great Barrier Reef, diving for crabs, filling up the freezer as we pull in fish back to back and of course tackling some pretty questionable weather to make it all happen. From the chaos above the water to the incredible world beneath it, this is what adventure is all about. The Great Barrier Reef really does have it all and I can't wait to bring to bring you guys along for this adventure. Morning guys, welcome back to another video. So I'm out here in Airlie Beach and we finally have some good weather to send it out. Not necessarily to the reef but that is tomorrow's plan but I'm back here with Stace. So we're on Stace's new boat which is going to be exciting. Wind, we're probably sitting at like 12 to 14 knots today so we're just going to be in around the islands. We haven't got a solid plan in place but we are on a mission to catch a couple of decent fish. I'm excited it actually feels like a really nice day like not windy at all but the last couple of days have been blowing up so this is just bliss in comparison so let's get into today. At our first stop so we're going to drop a line in here there is a couple of rain clouds around but so far nothing has come our way so fingers crossed stays away and the sun comes back out for a little bit. You can literally see the rain coming towards us can you see it there? Yeah let's do it! We're at a huge school of tunas we're trying our luck to see if we can land one it's actually so much fun. Come on you You might be on the money there. There's no reason why we can't! Alright, we're riding back, come on. No luck but that was a good bit of excitement for the day so we'll go back to bait fishing and see if we can get that. I think we're going to go potentially to another location. No luck so far. The camera never quite does it justice but the wind was only getting worse as the day went on so this did make fishing pretty challenging so we decided to call it a day and head back in. But we're not done just yet, tomorrow we are heading back out to the reef for another crack so stick around because there's plenty more to come. Morning guys, so today is where we're going to head out to the reef. It's actually looking like it's going to be a really good day. Yesterday we were not thinking so. I'm going to put a little map up here of effectively where we were yesterday around the islands versus today where we're heading out to the reef. It is a pretty big send so you want to make sure that the weather is worthwhile to make it out there. So yeah, on the agenda we're going to be doing fishing, some diving. Today is the day we're going to get a ton of fish. So Stacey's got Jono's boat. Jono is just coming down now and then the three of us are going to send it out there. Apparently might be the only ones crazy enough. Oh, what's the timing? We literally just got out here, made a drop, and Stacey is on already, so that is a good sign. But yeah, no other boats here, so I feel like we might've been the only ones crazy enough to want to brave this swell to get out here, but so far, it is a good day. That was great timing. Love it. It's the same type. I don't know, I don't think it's the same one. It's a little baby, though. Still not a keeper, but they're fighting. That's a good sign. That's definitely going to be a keeper. That literally hooked on as soon as I dropped in off that first one. Don't drop him. You got 41. Yeah, 41. Yeah. Nice. We were pulling in fish left, right and center with most of our catch being red throat. I did even manage to pull up what I think is a hussar. Now, correct me if I'm wrong in the comments because identifying fish is still something I'm very much learning. One of these days, I'm going to get my hands on a big red. But for now, any fish that helps fill up the freezer is a win in my books. We've managed to fill up the esky with a couple of red throat which has been amazing. We've just come out to what is this like the inside of the reef? The lagoon. So this one is a lot more protected because the wind is definitely starting to kick up a little bit. It is stunning first and foremost. We've got Jono already in there just sussing out if it's worth diving because look I don't have my wetsuit so it's going to be cold no matter what we do but it's also going to be incredible to see if we can try our luck for more. Potentially some spearfishing, but let me throw the drone up, show you guys this spot, and then I'll decide if I'm going to brave the cold and jump in. Nice work. Crays for days, baby. Hi baby! How good is that? That is a wrap. One last drop in and then start setting our way back into Airlie Beach. It has actually been such a nice day. Like, the wind has held off. It has just been... Literally stunning conditions, not a lot on the dive as far as the fish go, so I didn't get to spear anything but there'll be plenty more adventures for that. Jono pretty much has been holding the team as far as the spearfishing stuff goes So yeah, one last drop and then I'll see you guys all in the next adventure