hey John! pleased you enjoyed our Montgomery Reef episode as well! That's a great question! We've had Border Force fly over planes as we travelled with our friends over to Scott's Reef. As that reef obviously allows Indonesian fishermen to fish the area, Border Force would radio us and ask us how many people were on board, how long we were staying, if we were ok, etc. They never boarded the bigger boat we travelled in and I suppose being it was halfway to Indonesia, they wouldn't bother to travel so far unless they saw a suspicious-looking boat nearing Australian waters. Fisheries do frequent checks along the more popular spots in the Kimberley so we just make sure that at any one time, we only keep that we would eat that day. We haven't connected with Border Force in the Kimberley. If we intend to keep fish for family and that back home, we would keep a bit more but always within limits on the last day of our trip wherever we are. The size of our freezers also restrict us anyway so that makes it easier! haha! Have you seen Episodes 11 and 12 yet? These are superb anchorages and places so worthwhile if you are up this way :)

Was that for me or the fish? Hahaha 🤣

You are definitely so right, Frank! Hahaha Just because it’s hot or hotter most of the time up North West doesn’t mean the water doesn’t get 🥶 too! Hahaha. Glad that you enjoyed the episode! Ricky gets better with the drone and I am getting better with the editing in tune with the music instead of haphazardly cutting it in segments 😂. We are releasing another one this Saturday, come and join us again then!!! And as usual, thank you for your support, it’s great to know you loved it! 😊

Thanks so much for watching the walk-through! We had a lot of checklists designing this boat. :) We continue learning what we actually need and what we don’t, whoops! We hope you enjoy the rest of our episodes!

Hi!! We love South Australia and have plenty of friends who join us who are from SA. Which part are you from, if you don't mind sharing? Thanks for letting us know you thought it was beautiful too!!! Let us know what you enjoyed the best from this episode! Follow us and share the love of outdoors please :) We do tend to take everything with us aboard our boat - compulsory or not, perhaps too much!? haha. For example, our first aid box is jam packed with sutures, steri-strips (amazing for all those cuts that you don't think you would have from a fish), epipen and we have a script for very strong anti-inflammatories. We do travel with Starlink onboard but when we go off and do our walks, we have a satellite phone and remember to take our snake guards. You can have a laugh at how I look in Episode 33 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6uce4Kre6aogsU The monthly subscription for our sat phone ends up more than our Starlink fees, it's a small investment to pay when you need to call for help. Someone suggested we get a Garmin tracker that cannot make calls but allows you to send a message. We have to do more research on that in terms of efficiency. Is there anything else you take with you that we should consider too?

@@Hookedonwildventures Wow....thank you so much for the informative reply. I have recently subscribed to your channel, and I am from Waikerie, in the Riverland region of S.A. I am planning to do a similar trip to yours in the coming years, so your series is of much interest to me. Kindest regards to you both...(Signed) John E.

Oh, how lovely!!! Thanks, John!! Happy to assist and give you as much info as we have! We have only done the Montebellos once and absolutely fell in love with it. You can tell as we released 8 episodes there! Haha (see Ep 18-25). The Kimberley we scour every year we are there. We have our old time favourite spots and hope to discover new ones. When you are closer to your trip, message us and we can share ours with you! We discovered many places through maps handed down to us from different bottles and sailors. We always want to pay it forward and make trips like yours as easy as possible - if we can help! Haha! Please do keep connected. And do expand what you mean about the hat you were thinking of taking. Perhaps I should write a blog about it or a small video to share. We go to the Kimberleys every year so Ricky has our gear down pat 😊 we hope you enjoy going through all our videos so far 😊

Hey Blanche!! We miss you!! That’s where you’ve gone! How was your trip!? Welcome back to the land down under!! Hehe. Oh my, you’re brave diving for stuck sinkers!! You’re right, nothing is worse than a lost sinker! 😂. We are relieved when Ricky doesn’t lose a sinker or a lure for that matter! Hehe We lost an anchor in our last trip but the clarity of the water and huge tidal movement made us cut our losses in that!! We hope you enjoy our latest full length video Face to face with GIANTS Fishing the Kimberley | Searching secret waterfalls Ep34 4K kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4GXgZJ5rKmCgpY

Thank you for noticing the drone shots skirting the cliffs, Enan! We thoroughly enjoyed that too! We are improving with the editing here and there :) Weren't the coral beds incredible? We think it beats any wedding reception decor! We loved this particular reef for sure. As for the grilled fish, I wanted to save on washing any pots so it was time to get the fish grill out! We are pleased you loved that episode too! :)

Hi! It’s good to know it’s everyone’s favourite! Haha! Which song were you referring to? Could you tell me at which time during this episode and definitely, I could name it specifically for you! We hope you enjoyed the visuals that go with the music 😊. This is truly a special place for us!

Amazing visuals. The intro. Thanks.

It's called Acoustic Sunrise :) We used it on several of our episodes for our intro as it sounded fun and a bit of modern country. Follow us for more amazing visuals of Australia! :)

We are glad you found us this time! It’s incredible what places and connections we get to make with the travels and especially Ricky’s live for fishing and outdoors that propels us forward. Each time we release an episode, we just want to throw in the towel as it costs us a lot of time to put it together but when we reconnect with awesome people, it’s gets us motivated to do more!! OMG, what to do? Hahaha 😝. Come and do a tag along, wherever we are!!! Ricky will have all the spots for you too!!

Yes, we refill our fresh water at the dodgy pump outside their camp. How incredibly amazing to have lived there!!! The last time we were there, groups were using it as a base to deliver educational changes in the area. It don’t feel as remote, hahaha. The TO at Wiligi where we used to frequent and Ricky used to guide discovered he is also a TO at Thursday Island. We’d love to pop over to where you are!!! Google map reveals it must be a special place!!!

I know I’m probably disrupting the order of things but here is our favourite Barra fishing at you know where! It was insane at the right time of the year and the beach camp was spectacular too! Ep11 So many barra, too many crocs! What it's really like Kimberley Fishing + crabbing in Cone Bay kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpOcc4adZcSngrc

Oh!! You are gorgeous!!! Your birthday weekend and here you are immersing in our latest KZbin episode release! Yes, the sound of water trickling is so serene!!! Did you like how Ricky skirted the cliffs by the bay? You do need to learn how to use the hookah and dive now 😝 . Come eat fish with us everyday!!!

Yes, we are so in love with it, we keep going back every year. We hope to see other parts of Australia but hard to veer away from the Kimberley! 😊 How long will you be in Bamaga for?

It would be awesome if you did!! Haha. When I dive, I don’t dive with a tank but with a cord attached to the boat and hooked up to an air compressor so I can dive for as short or as long as I want within reason. I then don’t worry about how much air there is left in a tank. You don’t need to have done a course to use the gear but it is helpful to know all the safety things you must be mindful of when underwater. It is an amazing world underwater indeed!!! So glad Ricky motivated me to copy him! 😝

Hi Jeremy, great to hear from you. What are you up to. Cheers Ricky

@Hookedonwildventures Hey there mate 👍🏻 how are you? I'm up in the tip of cape york with my wife working. She's teaching at one of the schools. Apart from that just the usual traveling around fishing. They are great videos Margie and you are making. Just came across the KZbin channel yesterday so the videos will keep me busy for a while. What are you up to and where are you heading next....?

We enjoy making them but they are quite time consuming. We will be in Darwin for a while and then heading west again in April. Love the Kimberley and that end of the world

Hey Jeremy!!! So glad you clicked, watched the video and found us!!! Ricky and I are delighted! Ricky remembers you well as being great to work with on the boat! Haha! Where are you now? You have 33 more episodes to catch up on 😝 Please share too as we would love to increase our reach! 😊

Thank you so much for your support!! We hope you have enjoyed it above and underwater!!! 😊

Cheers, how long were you at Scott’s reef. Looks like you had a lot of good weather. We would love to go there again

Thanks Damien!!! Glad to know you found it amazing! The life above and under water was incredible and a half, just that with the turn of the tides, the water can get really murky really quickly!! Hope all is well with you and Sally!! 😊

We are so lucky to have this here in Australia indeed. We feel very privileged, it really is humbling and we love sharing it with you, Alan! I hope you are recovering well and fast! More wild ventures to come!!! :) By the way, I did a LIVE the other weekend. I had our pet python Tigger hang around me (literally) whilst I attempted to do house chores :) we hope you have a laugh or two watching the recording.

We appreciate you taking the time to watch, thank you, Johnnie!!! You're right, the underwater footage helps us reminisce and appreciate that many different fish, mating snakes and giants of the sea. Between them and the shark, I preferred to swim with the shark!!. We are looking forward to taking you with us for sure!!! :)

This is so nice of you to share, Steve. Wow, you grew up between Cairns and Cooktown! Ricky and I thought that if we were ever to move, it would be either to NZ or Cairns. We have never been to Cooktown but heard lots of good stuff. We are planning to take all our gear there and fish there. We have a lot that we carry across between our home in the NT and then WA (where we find ourselves half the time :)) so logistically, taking it to Cooktown is going to be a challenge, but not impossible. Wow, you so get us, Steve! :) Ricky and I love the bird and animal sounds the most too!! Aren't they just amazing to the ears? It does trigger the most amazing experiences that we have. Part of why we go camping in our boat for weeks on end is being surrounded by the sights and sounds of it all. Whether it's the majestic escarpment that Ricky gets to take with the drone that impresses us or just sitting there, with the occasional tweet and hoot of the birds :) And of course, my fear of getting in the water was forgotten about since we started diving daily at the Montebello Islands and this has opened up another set of adventures under water for me. Ricky dives so well so I try and match him otherwise I didn't really want to cramp his style! haha. Thank you also for appreciating our time with Zach. He loves what we do and often times, all I need to ask myself is if Zachy would do it, then so should I! haha. Learning from a 13-year old has catapulted me by miles. We have another special moment with a mother and a calf whale to share soon. We had some technical difficulties and I didn't think I could release an episode today. I'm so glad we did. Thank you, Steve. We appreciate your support and getting to know you. We hope we can bring Australia home to you, wherever you are in Ohio :)

Thank you, Thomas! :) It was an insane experience above and underwater as usual. Heart-stopping doesn't quite "fit". 😂

Ricky’s goal is to find new spots though we still revisit tried and tested places because they are easy and nice to go to 😊. The jacks weren’t biting because they probably didn’t like being lured with a plastic lure 😝. They are very clever. Ricky did hook a couple but lost them. They must have sent a memo out to the whole school to let them know it’s a tasteless bit of plastic and not to get fooled 😂. We fooled the rest of the fish that Ricky managed to reel in instead 😊

Thank you, Ms Agnes! We appreciate your appreciation and support! 😊

We cut it too fine the night before so we got a scratch on the boat! We were a lot more careful going out in the morning 😊

Thank you so much! We really fell in love with these Aussie islands offshore 😊

We think it may have been a possum, Ms Agnes!!!

Awww thank you so very much!!! We hope you enjoy this episode!!!

Hahahah! Hey Frank!!! Great to know you enjoyed that episode!!! 😊 you heard Ricky admit it was an arduous walk in the heat but we were so determined to show you the best temporary fish bowl🤣 …glad we kept to our goal!

Hi Greg, one of my favourite fish to eat, actually!!! Wr hope you enjoy how we got there and what happened before and after in the full length episode here kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6uce4Kre6aogsUsi=mqV3xZsqAXYQAHHv

Ohhhhhh!!! Thank you so much! Yes, the drone shots Ricky gets it take is heavenly 🥰. Haha! Safe only when crocs are not there, which is why Ricky flies the drone to check for crocs before I go for a swim! When you get your anchoring right, it empties out of water and the boat is actually safe inside this muddy another 😂

Thanks Alan! Yes, we are grateful indeed to be lucky. We will keep doing it to show you ☺️. We appreciate your ongoing support, keep the comments coming! We hope you are well and happy 😊

Thank you, Craig! Crocodile Creek is our favourite anchorage. Thankfully no booking required! 😝

Thanks Thomas!!! We are getting. More efficient with our editing skills and quicker too (sort of) 🤣 no fishing this weekend??

Next month or in a couple of weeks when the big pickerel (walleye ) move into the bay of quinte from lake Ontario. Have a few ice fishing planned

@thomasprince5137 oh wow!!! Ricky was looking at ice fishing next year or the year after - I’m not sure I can be just as excited as we are so used to the heat in Australia! Hahaha. When we went bear watching in Canada several years ago, we definitely didn’t plan to do any ice fishing yet. We have tasted may fish caught from the depths of ice water and boy, they are different from what we catch in our waters! Sounds like you are about to have a great time fishing and eating? 😊

Oh wow! That is gold!!! I often thought what it would be like to do a season at Cockstoo island! Hahaha

Here is Day 3 and my morning swim!! Ep33 Kimberley Fish Bowls - the BEST and WORST tips and tricks kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6uce4Kre6aogsU

Great point there, Oscar! Ricky and I just talked about it! We were too excited and in a hurry 🤣 also timed that Darren, the truckie, was in Broome and on his way down south. We would do it your way next time we head back to Onslow. Follow us to give us more money saving tips! 🤣

yes, it has, Thomas! :) Ricky's left over fish carcass from the fishing trip has now brought us mud crabs! :)

Hi Alan! Awww that’s so nice to hear 😊 We are glad you enjoy the ride with us! What gets you Hooked on Wild Ventures?

@@Hookedonwildventures I have always loved the north west coast and was a bucket list thing to do but health problems has stopped that happening so I am living it through your journey and videos thank you

🤣 apparently it’s a DNA anomaly, liking coriander. Whereas the “normal” population can taste soap when having coriander, those that can eat it (like Ricky and myself) have that anomaly. Yes, I also grew up with such strict punishments. We used to have Sunday confessions at home with our auntie and we had to confess our sins and chose the punishments! Certainly taught us a lot…like not saying dam it (referring to the water) 😝

@@Hookedonwildventures yous are mutants like the x men . coriander is your strength lol

We dunno why this comment was ever filtered, gee, just got to read it now! hahaha. We are mutants, we think, lol.

Hahhaha! We have never heard that before! Ricky certainly likes it! I suppose if you have so much water around you, it is best to “dam it”? 😜

Thank you so much Frank! What a great way for us to start enjoying our Sunday - reading your very positive reinforcement! It’s so motivating, truly. Yes, Ricky is a stickler for safety and so am I! 😊 Thank you for letting us know why you’re hooked on what we love and what we share. We appreciate your time, we appreciate your support!. Thank you, Frank ☺️

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Hi there Shane! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed that! We have the next episode as part ii of staying at the creek. Here is another trip we did that we hope you’ll enjoy! Ep13 Kimberley fish bowls with 9m tidal change gets us stuck! Incredible fish life! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYCzhWqQhNB7h6s

It is a beautiful place indeed!!! 🥰 we are so lucky to be here.

Time for you to also watch our latest episode! 😊 Ep32 Crocodile Creek Camping Hacks Every Boatie Needs to do | incredible Kimberley fishing kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGjbqYGMoZ6jY6c