Adrian Desbessi from Dunsborough is up here with three mates on a fishing
holiday. On their first day out they got into some goldband job fish and
red emperor around the 100m mark. Adrian landed the biggest red which
weighed in at an impressive 10.3kg! The boys joined up with another group
from Perth who had been here for a week already. These other guys have been
getting into the reef fishing as well with robinson sea bream, chinamon fish
and spanglies to add to the good times on the water.
(These boys were also staying in one of our homes – Turtle…they were nice guys!!)
Other reports of reef fishing have been indicating that the fresh strips of
mullet and squid combined on a circle hook have been working well,
particularly with the emperors. One charter boat had a large black marlin
swim around the boat and give all the punters a good close up view. The
boat was at anchor, so luckily they did not hook the fish or they would have
been spooled for sure.
The blue swimmer crabs have been running in the gulf and providing a fresh
feed for most families on a daily basis. Once again the better bait for
this is the fresh mullet. While the nets are set, why not have a cast with
a small lure to target the queenfish and small trevally that roam the areas
along the gulf coastal waters? If you don’t want to keep any of these
sports fish, then please remember to use barbless trebles.
Typically, the whiting are now prevalent after I wrote last week that the
whiting were quiet…! So, if you’re keen to get a sweet tasting easy
dinner, then get to the beaches along the gulf side to target these species
using prawn segments on small long shank hooks that are lightly weighted.
The red beads at the top of the hook tend to attract the whiting even more
and make sure you have some polarised sunglasses to see the schools as they
cruise along the coastline.
The minister for transport, Simon O’Brien was here today and had a brief
meeting with the President of the Exmouth Game Fishing Club to discuss the
final details of the proposed lease for the new clubhouse. After seeing the
actual area and talking with the some club members, the minister is prepared
to speed the process up, which we all know has been taking so long. The
lease is planned to be finalised in the next week, so that the club can
begin construction before the deadline of August 31st for the Royalties for
Region funding. We will keep you updated with the progress.
the gulf while crabbing, a northern salmon.
