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BUCCANEER ADVENTURE

If someone was to ask me, what do I like so much about fishing, my answer would have to be; the places that it takes me. I love my fishing but I equally enjoy my adventure - the more remote the better.

The Buccaneer Archipelago is arguably the most remote section of coastline in Australia, and it has been on my bucket list since my childhood when I would watch in awe of the great Malcolm Douglas exploring and fishing remote rivers and bays in the Kimberley Coastline in WA.

THE PLANNING

The plan was simple; we would load our boat up with 100L of fuel in jerry cans, some basic food, x4 yoga mats, 3 bottles of red and a gazebo and head out into the remote Kimberley. The hardest part would be convincing the family. The kids were keen as mustard so it didn’t take long for Krystal to realise I was serious and jump onboard to help with the planning. Using the CMap charts on our sounder I manually plotted a course to where we thought we might explore and allowed an extra 30kms a day

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