Jason Andrews and Rodney Quinton are two Aussie blokes that love their fishing. That in it’s self is not unusual, since fishing is possibly the number one pass time in
Jase & Roddo are not your typical weekend adventurers. They are, in my opinion, experts in chasing a dream. Their dream is to fish in the North West of Western Australia where no one else goes. The fish are, according to Jase, “prehistoric” – that is, no one has fished there so the fish only get bigger and bigger!
Who am I? My name is Kevin Oliver and Jason is my brother in-law.
I am ‘laid up’ with a major back injury and the only way for me to live the dream of hard core adventure fishing is to follow these two guys.
To be honest, even if I was able to join them, I am too soft for what they do. The fact is, these two guys are so far off the beaten track, out of reach with other people, well away from tourist operators that I am to soft and afraid of what can go wrong and besides, 12 weeks is just to long to be away from my beloved lounge chair!
This is why I love their DVD’s. I can watch everything they got up to from the comfort of my lounge chair.
A tremendous amount of planning and preparation goes into each adventure. From having drums of fuel dropped off at secret locations to back-up plans for when things go wrong, there is careful planning required.
The equipment they use must be reliable in the extreme because there isn’t anyone to help. They do carry a satellite phone to call for help if required, but it is used mainly for theme to contact their wives and to contact me so I can post up-to-date blogs on their progress. Generally, they contact me twice a day. Once in the morning before they head off for the day and again late in the day when the make camp. This way, I can provide interested people with details of the plans for they day, the weather conditions, where they slept and what they caught for dinner etc.
The Vehicle they are using is a Nissan Patrol Diesel with a turbo and 4” lifter kit. This allows them the power they need to toe a 3 ton boat and supplies as well as give theme the clearance they desperately need off road.
Jase built the aluminum boat specifically for these trips. It has all the mod-cons for communication, mapping, sat-nav etc. It has two long range fuel tanks, plenty of storage for fish, crayfish, oysters and anything else they catch to eat as well as dry storage . The boat is powered by a Mercury 150 4-stroke outboard that offers all the power they need.
When it’s time to make camp, they sleep under the stars (when safe to do so) with a fire to ward off wildlife and when it is not safe, due to crocodiles mainly, they sleep on the boat.
So if you are interested in following their progress, keep an eye out for my blogs. I will be keeping you up to date twice daily starting in Saturday 10th of October when they leave Noosa.
If you would like to know more or purchase the first two DVD’s from their first trip, the please visit http://aussie-fishing-adventures.com or you can keep up to date with twitters at http://twitter.com/BarraJack
Regards,
Kevin Oliver
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