Hi all, I have been a member of the site for quite a while now and though it was about time I posted a report from one of my recent trips up north with a mate.

We left Perth in the early hours of Monday Morning with hope to get up to Quobba in the early afternoon for an afternoon fish. We arrived at around 2:30 and were greated with a high swell which wasnt ideal as we had hoped to spin for a few days before heading further north.

We headed straight to Camp Rock and after about 20min of collecting crabs for bait we were fishing with the hope of a nice Baldie for the table. After being busted off by something large I managed to land a nice Baldie which was quickly dispatched to the fridge. 

We continued to fish up to sunset being busted off a number of times by some larger models.

We woke the next morning to a 5m swell which made fishing almost impossible so we made a decision to head further north. We headed towards Coral Bay and ended up going into Waroora Station to stay the night and have a fish in the morning. We managed a decent Spangled Emperor a few small Trevally and a massive Buff bream which my freind foul hooked in the side, it was fair to say we were just slightly dissapointed when he landed it as we had hoped for a more prized fish!

That afternoon we headed up to Coral Bay where we were able to get a spot on a freinds boat which was great. we headed out the north passage and had a troll for a while and had no luck so we decided to go inside the reef to about 4m of water and have a go with the light rods and the plastics. 

We managed a few small Spangos in the first half hour and then something larger took my 3 inch paddeltail plastic and went for a serious run which had us all calling it to be a turtle. After about a 20 minute fight a massive Chinaman Fish revealed itself. After 20 minutes of tense times with the net we managed to land it. I didnt get a measurement but it would have been upwards of 15kg and on 15lb braid I was pretty exited to say the least.

That night we headed up to Exmouth and spend the next 5 days there. With the lack of baitfish close to shore the fishing was tough and we struggled with the Queenies ect but we had some good luck each night at Mildura Wreck on the Spangled Emperor and Yellow tailed Emperor on the low tide in the evening.

 One morning we waked across the road from the caravan park and fished Hunters and I managed to land this nice Spangled Emperor which pulled some string!

After the 5 days that we spent in Exmouth we decided to head out on a charter down in Coral Bay so we packed up and spent a couple of nights at the carvan park dopwn there. The day before the charter we again went out in the boat and ended up with 18 Squid in about an hour which made for some great times.

Our last day in coral bay ws spent on the Mahi Mahi 3, we headed out of the south passage into 100m of water and as soon as we got out there everyone was hooking up. Plenty of Reds and Goldband were landed at that spot leaving everyone with smiles from ear to ear. We then headed out to 150m in search of some Bigger Goldband and the spot didnt dissapoint! The sounder lit up and I couldnt get the bait in the water quick enough.

Both me and my freind got out limit of goldband and other tasty fish which was awesome and someone even managed to land a Marlin on the way back in! 

Couple of Nice Goldies.

Marlin Shot.

Another shot of the Marlin Boat Side.

All in All fantastic trip and we headed back to Perth and the cold gloomy weather that day.

Thanks for reading!

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