I knew the weather was going to be great when I woke up to find Karratha covered in a dense fog. We were a little late, but still managaged to be on the water by about 8.30. We headed out between Hamersley Shoal and Legendre in about 20-25 meters of water.

Glenn and Mum had baits on and I opted for my fave jig, a 150g Sea Rock in Pink/silver/blue colour. Glenn hooked up first, on an unweighted mulie. The fish screamed off and headed straight for the surface so we suspected mackie. Shortly after it busted off. Mum hooked a Gold Spotted trevally which she handed over to me because it wasn't anything worth keeping. It gave a pretty good account of itself on 30lb and a modest drag. The next fish was a barely legal blue-lined snapper caught by Glenn. Things were a bit quiet so we decided to keep it. Shortly after, Mum caught one similar size to the first.

Things got even quieter so we moved in closer to Cape Legendre. First drop I nailed something fairly weighty. I saw what I thought was a shark nearby and my suspicions were confirmed when I pulled in a remora.

We moved back closer to Hamersley and I had a massive Blue-Lined emperor follow my jig all the way to the surface. Unfortunately, he didn't take any of the baits. Shortly after I had a monster Gold-Spot miss the jig a couple of times. On the next drop of the jig the line started ripping off the spool at a rate of knots so I flicked the bail arm over only to be busted off by a mackie instantaneously. Damn, my last two sea rocks had the same fate. Mental note.. must start jigging with wire.

We headed off from Hamersly in a southerley direction and stopped in about 6 metres of water not far off Angel Island. We anchored and got a mulie trail going. The water was so clear we could clearly see the bottom.. it helps when it's glassy calm too! It wasn't long before some spotted macks moved in. They took a liking to our mulie baits we were floating for Snapper. They were extremely timid though and it was awesome watching them circle your bait half a dozen times in the crystal clear water, then slowly taking the bait. We nailed a couple then they got cluey and shyed off. Some bigger macks, easily identified as Spanish Mackerel moved in but they showed no interest in the mulies. I grabbed my GT gear which was rigged with a Shimano Ocea Stick bait. On the second cast the biggest of the three made a bee line and inhaled the stick bait on the surface. I was conected for a couple of seconds before it managed to throw the hooks... then, he was gone.

We moved further south and fished near some rocks close to Angel. Didn't get much apart from some small cod and spanish flag. The rocks looked like a good spot for GT's but we were anchored just outside casting range.

All in all it was a pretty quiet day fishing wise but who's complaining with such beautiful scenery on such a fantastic day (no wind.. wooohoo!). The highlights were sight casting stick baits to the big Spaniard and seeing a couple of huge manta rays... no cobia though, I tried.

Here's a couple of pics.


Cohen Island, near the western side of Legendre. Looks like good flats fishing on the eastern side, on the western side, hamersley shoal