Homes accepting 3 nights or more – Coral, Turtle and Marlin

Homes accepting 4 nights or more – Amberjack, Frangipani, Driftwood, Oyster, Jurabi, Tusk.

Homes accepting 5 nights or more – Mandu Villa

Homes accepting 7 nights or more – Cobia and Seabird.

Please note that on the cheaper homes there is a loading for shorter night stays to cover the costs of the cleaning of the home (which is the same cost regardless of whether you stay 14 nights or 3 nights.) Remember these are houses the same size as a full home, they are not hotel rooms, so they take time to clean in between guests, hence the additional costs.

We cannot accept one or two night bookings due to the low tariffs we charge and the high costs to maintain a home.

A nice marlin caught off Exmouth

GAMEX dates- 10 March – 17 March

AIBT dates – 19 March – 25 March

Coral – sleeps 4 singles in two queen beds and two single beds. Tariff – $170 a night

Turtle – sleeps 2 singles in two queen beds. Tariff – $180 a night

Oyster – Sleeps 6 singles in two queen beds and 2×2 sets of bunks. Tariff – $180 a night

Tusk – only available from March 18 – 25. Sleeps up to 9 singles in one King bed, two queen beds, one single bed and 2×2 sets of bunks. Tariff – $230 – $320 a night

Mandu – ON THE CANALS and the closest holiday house to the Marina and the Exmouth Game Fishing Club. Why is this not booked!!?? Sleeps 6 singles in 3 King beds which unzip to make 6 King Singles. Tariff – $300 a night.

(Ningaloo Reef Holidays is a sponsor of GAMEX) See you all at the competition, make sure you introduce yourselves if I haven’t met you yet.

Marlin www.ningaloo.net/holiday-homes/marlin   has ALL dates still available. This three bedroom two bathroom home which sleeps 8 has had a cancellation and is not free for the entire month.

Marlin has new beds, a new Beefeater BBQ, all new linen, big Plasma TV, outdoor beer and bait fridge and has loads of parking for cars and boats.

Make the most of this opportunity and book now at a great rate of only $190 a night (based on a minimum 5 night stay) $200 a night for 3 or 4 night stays.

Ring Helen now on mob; 0400 933 338

Comfortable living at a great price

Ring me now for a last minute bargain…stay 7 nights and pay for 6 nights in all of the above homes.
Mobile: Helen 0400 933338

“Been so busy this week. Unfortunately when you come back from holidays there is so much work to catch up on. We caught queenies, spanglies, red throat, trevalies, spanish flags. Queenies were great fun…they jump all over the place. I could catch them all day, everyday. Dave hooked a marlin but lost it unfortunately….we did see it jump out the water a couple of times fairly close to the boat so that was awesome and made the trip worthwhile all on its own. We only trolled once briefly so didnt get any macks. We heard that a lot of people were losing nearly every mack to sharks. My mate who has been going up to exmouth every year for the last 15 years reckons he has never seen so many sharks. Still great tho….getting the fish away from the sharks would just be an extra challenge. Thank you so much and I will definately be in touch with you again within the next few months to book for next year. ”

Thankyou to you Stuart. See you in Exmouth next year.

Seth Nafte has moved here for a few months while remotely studying.  Seth usually visits with his friend and fishing partner, Neil Silver to fish the billfish tournaments.  Seth had a ripping start to his stay when he went out to the waters off Helby Bank and hooked three Yellowfin tuna, three wahoo , two sailfish and a marlin.  He was trolling pushers and said the action was so hot, he couldn’t believe it: Especially when there were no other boats around.  Seth has also been having fun off North-west reef with some amazing sessions with sharks that he could see swimming around in the crystal-clear waters.

Keen staff members Ben and Nick had some fun with mackerel on poppers with over forty hook ups, but none kept for the day out.  They also caught a small giant trevally (sounds contradicting, I know, but that’s their name!) and gold spot trevally. This action all happened in the waters surrounding the islands in the gulf, while on the way home they got in to some cobia late in the afternoon: not bad for a day off!

It’s really lovely to get feedback from people who have had a great experience in Exmouth.  However, it’s also good to get any feedback regarding service, fishing or experiences in general.  If you have any comments to give us at anytime, we welcome it and encourage it to improve our service and your experience. 

Exmouth Marlin

One customer, Charlie Saykao sent us this weeks pic and these comments. “Hi Bluewater Staff. Just wanted to say thanks for putting us on the right spot. My brother (from Melbourne), two cousins (from Brisbane and Sydney) and I (from Albany) came into the store last Saturday to ask for some info and stock up on some lures and gardies. We had an awesome time. It was unbelievable as we managed not to land 1 but 2 marlin in the 5 days fishing. Along with dozens of Spanish mackerel and tunas.  It was all our first time chasing big game on my trusty 5.8m Pacemaker. Our magic skirt was a purple richter glassy. Attached a photo that I am hoping you can use as part of your monthly update. Once again thanks. Regards Charlie“

boy with squid

The reports this week from customers tell us that there are Chinamon fish in
big schools around the grounds west of the Muiron Islands. Red emperor have
been hard to find this week, but thankfully the sharks haven’t been so bad.
The running sinker rig in depths up to 40m has been working well when the
current and wind is not too strong. Squid has been the preferred bait.

The whales are showing up all over the place and the odd Mata Ray has been
sited by anglers in boats as well.

The queenfish have been found at the Muiron Islands and we strongly suggest
using barbless hooks on lures forthese fish…..just ask young Aiden Lerch…
he found out the hard way and ended up with a hook in his leg, with the other
hook on the lure in the fish! These fish can jump wildly and when there are
plenty in schools, you can catch them easily. They are not the best of
eating, so if you are to let them go, try and release them in the water with
pliers, rather than taking them out of the water to flip around on the deck.
Their gill plates come right up to their lower jaw, so using a single barbless
hook on the back of a chrome twisty gives you a good hook up, with minimal
damage to the fish. It also makes it easy to release them.

Love Fishing!

Fishing Reports from Bluewater Tackle

Well despite the cloudy conditions and rain we have experienced over the
last week or more, the fishing has been rather good. We’ve had reports of
everything from massive squid to pink snapper to big marlin.

The school holidays will be in full swing by the time this goes to print, so we’d like
to let you know that there are plenty of options for kids to get out and wet
a line. The forecast is looking good for the first week and there has been
plenty of action in the marina. Some of the best results come from kids
using soft plastics on light gear. Others have been using baits along the
beaches and berley to attract whiting and small trevally. Check your tide
times to ensure optimum time for fishing and remember that like most places,
dawn, dusk and change of tides work well.

We have a new staff member at Bluewater Tackle World Exmouth this week: Nick
Bailey from the Melville store has moved north to experience living out of
the city and in the remote northwest. Nick began his stay with a few days
off to taste the shore fishing. He was casting and retrieving a Halco 105
Roosta popper south of Mauritius beach when he caught two humungous squid!
I’ve never heard of anyone catching squid on poppers before? These two had
a body length each of almost 30cm!… Welcome to Exmouth Nick!

Alex Dandie and his family went out fishing off the Muirons last week using
his new Saltist reel that his parents bought for him. He caught a pink
snapper that weighed over 6kilos! That’s a great effort and fish from these
northern waters. We do get the pink snapper here through winter and this is
one of the biggest I’ve seen. We’ve had reports of plenty of rankin cod and
emperor from reef fishing anglers, while the seem to be fewer sharks.

Christine Gates from Bunbury caught and landed her first ever fish in
Exmouth on a recent holiday. She was so impressed with the day out that she
didn’t want to go back to the ramp! We don’t blame her, by the look of the
weather that day. It was absolutely glass conditions in the gulf and she
spent the day casting at trevally, queenfish, and other small species using
lures on a small rod and spinning reel with light braid. Christine is
pictured this week with her husband Peter and Grandog Rubi Gates.