Posts Tagged ‘Exmouth Game Fishing Club’

«
»

Fishing Report 30.5.2010

June 2nd, 2010 by Helen

The squid have been prevalent around the marina this last week with reports still coming in from anglers in small dinghies heading out of an afternoon.  Blue manner crabs have also shown up in the gulf with the cooler weather.  Mullet bait has been working well for the crab pots and frames from fish works well too.  The cooler weather should see the whiting anglers return to the town beach of an early morning on the high tide using prawn bait and small long-shank hooks.
Pictured this week is Brett Stevens from minigolf, who was beaming with smiles after catching this giant trevally in the Exmouth Gulf.  The fish had some old battle wounds on it that were healing well and after a few quick photos the fish was released.  These fish are very hardy and we’ve seen many caught with battle wounds like this one.

The Exmouth Game Fishing Club is hosting the Exmouth Classic in mid June, so if you’re keen to get out and target a few reef species, then grab an entry form from Betta Electrical or one of the local tackle or fuel shops.  

The opening of the eatery in the clubhouse is Friday the 4th of June! Nemo’s, as it will be known will be open for lunch Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10-2 and dinner on Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 6-9.  For bookings call 9949 4567.  Profits go towards the clubhouse and non-profit organisation of EGFC.
 

Brett from Minigolf with Giant Trevally

–

permalink | trackback

Posted by Helen Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Fishing Reports | No Comments »


Fishing Report – 15.05.2010

May 17th, 2010 by Helen

Familiar faces are starting to show up around the town as the weather cools down.  One such face is that of Owen Suckling who has been coming to Exmouth for many years and staying at the Lighthouse Caravan Park. Despite Owen now needing a walking stick with a back injury in his late 70′s, he is still managing to get down to the water for a fish or two. This week Owen went down to Huntress and caught a 65cm spangled emperor using his favourite rod and reel.  He also fed a few charlie court taking his fresh baits.
Golden trevally  have been hanging around the weed clusters inside the reef at Tantabiddi.  They have also been patrolling the areas near the passages with a few other trevally species in the mix.  Soft plastic lures and
poppers work well on these species.  If you prefer bait fishing, then anchoring up and berleying can bring in the trevally as they roam the shallows.

Tracey and Chris Speed from Golden Bay have been here for a two week fishing holiday.  The couple have been enjoying the sensational autumn weather in their 21ft seafarer.  Tracey has been showing Chris up by catching plenty of fish, although Chris tells us that his job is to drive the boat for his wife and for her to catch the fish….yes Chris, we know, your wife has had all the luck this trip! Pictured this week is Chris with one of his catches
during their stay.
The Exmouth Game Fishing Club is hosting the Exmouth Classic on June 11-13th.  This is a reef fishing competition for any anglers who simply enjoy getting out and catching a fish for dinner.  The competition has
generated some great interest from sponsors and there are 24 flash rods and reels up for grabs, along with loads of other prizes and cash.  The event will be run from the new clubhouse and if you want to enter, jump online to www.egfc.com.au or drop in to the local tackle stores or fuel outlets to grab an entry form.
Do you fish from a boat? Have you got your Recreational Fishing from a Boat License yet? It’s important to remember that from 2 March 2010, an RFBL is required to undertake any general fishing activity (including crabbing) conducted with the use of a powered boat anywhere in the State. If you don’t hold an RFBL, you can still go fishing provided you are in the company of someone who holds an RFBL and you stay within that person’s bag limit.  If you are unsure about who needs to have a license to do what, then drop in to
the local fisheries on Payne Street to ensure you are not caught out on the
water.

Chris's gold Band Snapper

permalink | trackback

Posted by Helen Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Fishing Reports | 1 Comment »


Fishing Report – Gamex Leadup

March 20th, 2010 by Helen

Wow, what a wild week it has been for fishing in Exmouth. There are numerous people reporting marlin literally crawling all over the water and one boat crew has reported getting 14 different species of fish in one day! Hopefully
that will continue through to Gamex. 

Meanwhile, from the shoreline there has been reports of queenfish, jacks, squid, and trevally in the marina, including the one caught on fly this week from young Braden Cooper. Robyn and Allan from Canberra once lived in Exmouth. In fact their daughter Beck was born here. Now Beck is a teenager and along with her brother Jordan the whole family have returned to Exmouth for a holiday. The family were down at Bundegi with others on the beach when a predatory fish chased a smaller bait fish about 50m from the shore. The predatory fish tossed the smaller fish in the air several times and put on a performance for the beach-goers.  The smaller fish was estimated to be about 40cm long and we
believe it may have been a small billfish feeding on the queenfish that have been roaming the inside of Bundegi Reef.

If you have been sleeping in lately, you have missed some sensational mornings. Nearly every morning this last week the dawn has been spectacular with glass conditions in the gulf and amazing colours reflecting off the clouds on the horizon.  The town beach has had schools of baitfish shimmering on the glass surface and on some mornings you could see the tail and dorsal fins of fish cruising in the shallows. On other mornings the predatory fish were smashing up the baitschools in all directions while pelicans also chased the bait: it really is a beautiful paradise here!

The Clubhouse for the EGFC at the marina is in full swing with Gamex crews in town. Anyone is welcome to get down to see the weigh-ins each evening between Sunday and Friday between 6-8pm.  Although 2/3 of the 64 boats are targeting the tag and release sections, we expect some fish will be brought in to be seen by all. Look out next week for a full report on results.

permalink | trackback

Posted by Helen Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Fishing Reports | No Comments »


Accommodation for GAMEX 2010

January 29th, 2010 by Helen

Gamex is the biggest fishing competition on the Exmouth Game Fishing Clubs calendar.  Running from 18th of March to 22nd of March 2010. For further information contact Josh email: info@egfc.com.au

With nearly 80 teams participating the event, it is important to book your accommodation quickly.

Ningaloo Reef Holidays still has quality homes available for these dates. Check out Frangipani, Turtle, Cobia, Sea Breeze, Tusk and Mandu Villa.      We are waiting for your booking!!        www.ningaloo.net

All have plenty of parking for boats and cars, some even with undercover boat parking. Fully equipped, all linen provided, all fully airconditioned.

These homes will book up quickly so get to it guys! Don’t leave it till the last minute and end up sleeping in a tent!

permalink | trackback

Posted by Helen Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in News | No Comments »


Fishing Report 1.11.09

November 4th, 2009 by Helen

 The Exmouth Game Fishing Club held its annual Billfish Bonanza last week-end.  The event was a great success with 20 boats, 65 anglers, over 150 billfish raised and 49 billfish tagged. The mornings were a little breezy, but the gulf glassed off each afternoon with some magical visions of silhouetted whales breeching as the sun set for boats returning to the
marina and Bundegi. 

 Most of the fish tagged were sailfish in the gulf averaging 30kg.  There were several black marlin on the west side of the
cape tagged including a 180kg black onboard James Roscic’s new boat Apocathery.  There was also a 90kg black tagged on 10kg line, which was a fantastic effort by female angler Debbie Snook. This took out the Champion
Angler Marlin Section.

The youngest angler in the event, 7yr old Hayden Michaels caught five sailfish and successfully tagged three of them.  He won the junior section and was runner up in the champion angler sailfish section too: another wonderful effort! 

 Simon Prins, a chef from the Novotel, had never caught a sailfish before the event. He ventured out onboard Saxon Raider and tagged eight sails to take out the Champion Angler Sailfish award.  Simon, along with Kurt and Jo Decker aboard Saxon Raider took out the Champion Boat for Tag and Release Billfish.  The crew on Fully Sic came runner-up followed by On-Strike. 

 During the event many people tagged their first ever billfish, including the three anglers from Jurien Bay aboard the boat Yogi.  There were only two boats that did not catch a fish, and both those teams won a  prize too! 

The event was very challenging and exciting with baitballs in the gulf that had sailfish, trevally, long tail tuna and queenfish feeding on them.  The birds were a good sign for the anglers to find where the action was happening.

There were three sailfish tagged that had already been tagged previously. One of them had been caught in two consecutive days.  The EGFC promotes good fishing ethics and fish handling to ensure the sustainability of recreational fishing through catch and release.  It’s great to see these fish feeding one day, being caught and released, and back feeding again to be caught the next day.  

Congratulations goes to all the participants, while a big thanks goes to all the sponsors, volunteers and committee who
helped make it such a great success.

 

Bill Fish Bonanza

Bill Fish Bonanza

Pics are: Team In Deep getting ready to release a fish. Hayden Michaels with
his first sailfish. Hayden Michaels with his Dad Steve and the trophy for
Champion Junior.

Hayden Michaels

Hayden Michaels

permalink | trackback

Posted by Helen Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in News | No Comments »


Fishing Report – 17.10.09

October 26th, 2009 by Helen

Sorry for the missed report last week.  We were busy at the Mandurah Boat Show for the week-end (and few days it takes to get there and back!) It was a great show with some new and interesting ideas.  There was fish filleting demonstrations, the Engel Aquatank, cooking demonstrations and all sorts of great ideas for the EGFC for the AIBT(Australian International Billfish Tournament) and Gamex in 2011.

The Exmouth game Fishing Club has begun works on the building and the due date for completion is the week before Gamex 2010. (!)  Local contractor DLR have started works with vigour and all hands are on deck to get the project ready in time.  Meanwhile the Billfish Bonanza is on this week-end. Briefing is 6pm Thursday October 22nd at the rec centre.  If you are interested in seeing what this event is all about, you’re welcome to come down and join the club members and competitors  as they gear up for the tournament.  The bar will open each night and there will be nightly raffles and info on tagging billfish for this three-day event. 

Meanwhile, pictured this week is Karen Cook-Barron with her first sailfish.  Karen is a first-timer for the Billfish Bonanza and she is hoping to see many more of these fish this coming week-end.

The coral trout have been abundant in the gulf according to many locals who have had the time to get out in a boat on the glassy afternoons.  Soft plastic lures have been working best and one customer reported a 6kg bluebone caught on a Bozo soft plastic.  Blue lined emperor have also been caught in the gulf waters.  One was even caught on a bait jig, that just held up to the challenge of the feisty fish.

The shore based fishing has shown up even more spanglies on the west side as the weather warms up.  Better results for these species have shown to be in the early mornings.  A lightly weighted bait of squid or strip of mullet has been successful.  Berley in the water also improves your chances with these hungry fish.

A few times this year we have commented on having the correct safety equipment and knowing your size and bag limits.  I can’t say it enough.  Please make sure you do have the correct epirb and safety gear.  The fines are bad, we all know that, but your safety and those with you is important.  The fisheries and DEC rules are also important.  Once again, we know the fines are bad, but the future of the fishery is important for us to enjoy returning to the water each time.

Karens first Sailfish

Karens first Sailfish

permalink | trackback

Posted by Helen Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in News | No Comments »


Royalties for Regions Funding

July 31st, 2009 by Helen

Exmouth to me is as close to perfect as I would like it to be. But the new Royalty for Regions funding will just make it better by the looks of things.

More than 1 million dollars will be spent on a townscaping, a business plan to be drafted for a multi purpose community center, works on the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse Precinct and some well needed shade to be added to the pool complex. That’s just the start of it.

There’s plans for a new skate park and BMX park. The local Playgroup received some well deserved playground equiptment. But best of all, in my opinion, is the implimentation of the Sustainable Gardens Project at the Exmouth District High School.

Some would say that the new clubhouse for the Exmouth Game Fishing Club is the most vital expenditure…but Exmouth isnt just about fishing guys!! Did I say that?

permalink | trackback

Posted by Helen Tags: , , ,
Posted in News | No Comments »


«
»
« Previous Page