exmouth, nearly there!

holiday booked 6 months ago and is now only a few days away. first trip to exmouth for a week leaving saturday!

been hammering the search function and found loads of great info on the whens and wheres to fish and just the general look at things to do. got myself a new 9ft catana and solstice combo not top end gear but itll throw 40gram lures around with 20lb braid, plus my heavy and light combos. got a few poppers and metal slices for queenfish and trevally an even some small stuff to have a go at the whiting in the gulf on poppers and small walker lures. will be solely landbased (although id love to get on the charters ppl have spoken about). generally prefer to use bait but it sounds like if im going to have a go at lure fishing exmouth is the place to start. weather reports look like there be some good weather altho a bit of wind so i figure just stay on the gulf side when its blowing and get onto the west on the calmer days.

ive been reading up heaps and know a few good spots to try and keen to just have a crack wherever i end up, as it is a family trip with the gfs side i wont be able to fish 24/7 but will get out as often as i can even if its the local marina or beach. seeing as it is my first time up and i want to make the most of it if theres any recomendations from the guys whove been up a bit, fishing/sights or reports on the fishing or weather from anyone on the way back or been up recently id love to hear them.

few questions though if anyone can help, keen to get a few spangled emperor for the table, can you get them on the gulf side or is the west side more productive? also baitwise are they particularly different to bluelined emps (black snapper) we caught a heap in shark bay on mulies on gangs or cubes on single hooks so i was just going to give this ago. or just any other tips/tricks to help me get 1 or 2 would obviously be appreciated.

hopefully im on the right track and cheers to anyone who takes the time to help out and i get into a few fish. im not taking a vac sealer or portable freezers so everything caught will be released if it cant be eaten that day/week, just keen to tackle some of the fast sportfish up there.

cheers FW

Niko


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Hi there Niko ,i will give

Wed, 2014-09-24 05:40

Hi there Niko ,i will give you PM soon on how the fishing has been lately mate

 

      jeff

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 Cheers mate appreciate it!

Wed, 2014-09-24 08:51

 Cheers mate appreciate it!

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I was up there a couple of

Wed, 2014-09-24 08:02

I was up there a couple of months ago and fishing from the shore was generally pretty tough. We ended up hiring a 4m dingy for $100 a day and that improved our results dramatically. The spanglies like the reef so the west side seems the most productive though we did catch a few between the two sanctuary zones at the cape, for us soft plastics produced better fish than bait.

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 Thats not a bad option, u

Wed, 2014-09-24 08:55

 Thats not a bad option, u need a skippers ticket for anything with a motor tho dont u? Did u have to go far offshore? Yeh thort the west side would be better, will definatly be giving it a go

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We had a skippers ticket so

Wed, 2014-09-24 10:17

We had a skippers ticket so had a 25hp motor on the back, he does have 6hp motors though which you can use without a skippers ticket. Most of the time we wouldnt have even been 1km from shore and landed plenty of Mackerel, Emperors and even Giant Herring.

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that sound pretty cool, i

Wed, 2014-09-24 19:41

that sound pretty cool, i have done my skipers ticket but it was so long ago ive completely lost the ticket itself and havent got time to get a new one sent out before i go. up until this year i was under the impression they expired so figured id lost it lol. wht was the place called u rented from?

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Just returned from 2 weeks in Exmouth

Wed, 2014-09-24 21:35

All I got to say is

I hate sharks!!!!!!!!

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We hired the boat from

Thu, 2014-09-25 07:41

We hired the boat from Exmouth Boat & Kayak hire, there on the left as you come into town.

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cheers mate, kayak might not

Thu, 2014-09-25 21:26

cheers mate, kayak might not be a bad idea either for the gulf side

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Hello From Exmouth

Fri, 2014-09-26 18:46

Hello Niko,

I am in Exmouth for another 4 weeks, willing to share hire boat sometimes if you interested.

Shore fishing not much fun and hard on gear.

Give me a ring for a chat if you want.

 

Rob 0419839631

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hey Mate, was looking at some

Fri, 2014-09-26 21:57

hey Mate, was looking at some of the boats for rent some dont look to bad so i might take u up on that.

we hit town sunday arvo so might text or give ya a ring during the week.

Niko

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re fishing exmouth

Sun, 2014-09-28 06:43

Hey mate,

SSW winds forecast for monday, so Bundegi or near the wreck might be best.

Forecast good for tues wed thur at the moment.

Rob