6lb handline unweighted with a Cole's chook use the stuffing as burley and bits of chicken as bait have been busted off a number of times was thinking they were soapies (baby mulloway) took my time on the 3rd go let it run for 40 plus metres then finally landed it came in just over 1 kg and 43.6cm, have been back 3 times since landing smaller sized ones. 

 Gday guys a couple of mates and I finally got a chance to go out wide off two rocks for a  demersal bash on Sunday.   After dodging cray pots that have been placed RIGHT ON!! and along the safe lead line (only a fukn moron would do that am i right?)  we headed out to spots we have in the 30 - 40m line WSW of two rocks where weve done well in the past. First drop as soon as sinker hit the bottom I hooked my pb baldchin went 66cm while other two mates were dealing with the usual undersize pinkie plague one after the other.  Got sick of the pinks so headed out to 88m line where i found some good coral in the past. Big breaksea cod and a few baldies in the 40 -50cm range started coming over the side followed by a just under size Dhuey (returned). Went bit quiet then 2 large queen snapper came up (put them back - taste crappy IMO). Pinkie plague started again so decided to move  in shallower and fish our way home. At that point we had kept 3 of the largest fish so just needed one more to bag out. Back in a different 30m area got some just size baldies and small pinks (all returned). Moving home slowly I happened upon a new lump that came up out of 41 to 33 that had fish showing. Dropped straight down and within a couple of minutes both mates hooked up big. First fish up was a 91cm dhuey (felt around say 15kg and was in really good solid condition) Second fish was still being fought (mate was only using 30pb braid) lots of big runs and headshakes got it off the bottom a few times but kept making its way back down then spat the hook!!  Turned out to be a great day with lots of fish on the bite. Anybody on here go out? how did you go?  cheers dave

 Last few outings have tried inside FFB for pinkies without luck. Trips have been saved by tailor around the inshore reefs and a modest but steady catch of reds from pots placed on reefy habitat in 12-15m. The tailor are getting ready to spawn, so maybe they'll head off soon

Got out a couple of times for some late arvo sessions last week north of Cotts and picked up a couple of feeds. First sesh we got a few tarwhine and herring plus a couple of tailor around the 450mm mark; Saturday night got a couple more tailor with the largest going to 600mm and fat as too. The young'uns were stoked pulling that one up.

All caught on mulies / gangs.

Just returned from a week at rotto. 18 of us in 3 houses at Geordie Bay

Fishing was epic. Weather variable.

Started the week with light winds - Day 1 headed south of the island to some reef at 55m that holds Kings. Caught a few and some Amberjack. Plenty of SBTs south of the island from 30-60m then more schools at the FADS. Tuna are very small at the moment, unlike last Autumn.

Day 2 headed to the FADS, Rec 5 and PGFC FADs held small schools of Dollies (10-12). Fish were 70 to 110cm. Caught and released a few on stick baits. Then jumped in. Mate Dave shot his first. I jumped in and got hassled out by an aggresssive 2.5m whaler shark. So hopped out to continue line fishing. Had plenty of fillets from the day before so only kept 2 fish.

Next few days were windy so pulled the pots and caught a few KGs around Thommos in the shelter of the fresh southerlies.

Last day was Saturday - end of demersal closure. Had a boat full of bikes, surfboards, bags and kids. With limitted space for fishing I set the kids with a fresh fillet of skippy each and gave them 15 mins max before we head home. Instant hook up was great to see 60 cm Snapper and Dhuie, and plump breaksea. High fives all round and back to Freo for a big wash down.

Heading to Dunsborough after Chrissy so will report on that and hopefully an offshore trip.

Pete

Day 1. Set up camp. I notice my room has an angry bat in it, that’s a first for me. Still better than the time I woke up with one squished under me in my sleeping bag. 

Tying leaders, comparing knots - organising and reorganising tackle trays whilst being careful not to reveal this years gimmicky impulse purchase that I’ve convinced myself will be the secret weapon the lads will be jealous they didn’t have. We all haggle over alarm time and settle for 03:30. 

03:30 rolls around “just five more minutes” you can hear in the silent air as nobody is getting up.  

We get to the spot and climb down. We’re the only ones there - rare for this time of year. Usually you’re half way down and notice headlights only 10 minutes further down the track. The early bird 03:15 crew 

First light is trickling through, everyone’s asking eachother what they’re gonna be using. I opted for a large mullet soft plastic - the target is Cobia. We’re all after Cobia as the sun comes up. 

First cast - a tester. Get a feel for the sink time and the tail thuds on the paddle tail. 

Second cast - the telltail tap-tap-thud of a big brown gob. “Yessss I’m on!!” 

“Fuck off… already?” - jealous bystander 

“What’s he using again?” - another jealous bystander 

A solid fight and a clean gaff shot by the designated gaff-man. A good gaff man is like the spiritual guru of the group, a respected shaman. 

Up over the rocks and the first fish of the trip, a solid Cobia and on the second cast. The monkey’s off my back and it’s not even 5am. Hand shakes, fist bumps, fuck-off-don’t-talk-to-me(s). 

“Yep, yep” - Kev’s on with the trusted unweighted scalie. 

“Yep cobe for sure.” 

A good fight and not a shark in sight. We land the fish and we’re two on deck within the first 20 minutes. 

I decide to switch to a Mack bait rigged with singles. First cast and it was pandemonium. Hit after hit and until finally getting the hook home. A short tussle and an average size shark mackerel comes over the top. If the fish are under 10kg I usually just lift them out by having the leader long enough to reach the rocks and someone just pulls it by hand. Second cast, another shark Mack. Ok this is going to be a good trip. When the shark Mack are on; they’re on. 

Adam’s on now with another Cobia. Our shaman has appointed me with the skill stick and I drive it home. 

3 Cobia, two shark Mack. I check my phone and it’s not even 6am. Over the next 3 hours we landed an awesome amount of shark mackerel, I stopped counting after 21. We stopped using hooks on the lures and a wound down the morning just pissing sharkies off with Invincible shiny baitfish. The awkward silence before we have to head up the cliff considerably heavier than we were heading down. 

I’m telling you, nothing beats a half frozen Maximus waiting for you in the Ute. Success. 

The rest of the day was filleting, bagging and napping with a pissed off bat flying around in circles, but I didn’t care. One of the boys ask what time we’re fishing tonight. Oh wait, he’s serious. Ok I guess we can go for a sunset fish but buckleys chance I’m going down that cliff twice in a day. 

Kev hooks a decent Spaniard that gets the tail snipped right at the last second. Still a decent fish, just not the crumb shot (bakers slang). 

Possibly the best sleep I’ve ever had since having a newborn. A solid 5 hours. 

Day 2.

3:30. Everyone’s eyes were wide open and I do a triple backflip in excitement, land squarely in my shoes and we’re off. It doesn’t even matter if we get anything today.. the monkeys off our back, fillets are in the freezer and the bat and I have come to an understanding. 

Kev’s on again - he’s a Gun Fisho. A Cobia. The well rehearsed tango but it’s not a fish until it’s on the bank. Good work gaff-man. 

By this point I’ve decided to spin lures for some shark Mack’s to see if they’re still around and I land two within 5 casts - I can tick that box and I hope to never catch one again this trip. 

Kev’s on again - wow Kev I’m so happy for you. Another Cobia landed. 

Glenn’s on - nice finally someone other than Kev. A short tussle and that’s 3. A solid day by anyone’s standards. 

I come up tight. a GOOD fish. Fighting for several minutes, I can tell this is going to be a good one, the shaman is already there with the lightning stick. Disaster. The one that got away. I wind in to find my jig head is completely bent open. Hmmmmm. Not impressed, but often it is just the way the hook sits in the mouth. It’s still a solid gauge hook. I’ll give the benefit of a doubt. 

Hatchies on.. Mack after Mack. Heavy gear, light gear. By this point I can tell by the sound of the drag who’s hooked a fish. 

Kev’s on again and he’s not even chasing Cobia anymore - C*nt 

I decide to copy “Kev the Cobia king” and I get a shark Mack AGAIN.

I cast out again and I hook a shark.

I cast out again and I get snagged. 

KEV IS ON AGAIN. I hope he can gaff his own fish and still have energy to walk home because this is insane. How can one man be so fishy; is he part Cobia?

At this point I’ve just given up and I’m just sitting an unweighted scalie at the bottom. 

One of the guys from another group down there hooks up to something solid which comes over my line. I decide to wind up my line only to find my line is actually far out to the left.. oh great. A shark. Kev would have got a Cobia but I only get sharks, or snags.. or shark mack’s. 

I fight the shark for a couple of minutes until I start getting line back. I start getting hope. Maybe this is just a good fish. Yes, this is a good fish. Oooh’s and gasps from the spectators as the riskiest part of the operation is underway. Yes. A good fish is on the bank. Yes Kev I’ll teach you my secrets if you buy my book. 

I’m telling you, nothing beats a half frozen Maximus waiting for you in the Ute. Unfortunately I'm flying out on Tuesday and I need to get home. A short and sweet two-day trip. I'm just uploading a few snaps, got many more but I they don't add to anything. Cheers for taking the time to read the long saga   

Its been a while for me to get out and spend some time on the water, but with some luck I managed to escape work for a week and decided to pull the boat up to Exmouth. Taking the gamble with the weather forecast looking fairly average for the start of the trip. 

Used the first day to drink beer and eat a few pizzas, knowing that I might have made a mistake, 3+m swells and ~20 knt southerlies, what a place exmouth can be this time of the year. Second day was a trip down to the Bay of Rest and a few hours bashing throught the mangroves and working every hole we could find we managed to get 6 decent size muddies and enough for some crab tacos. Day 3 of 6 was about similar to day one, beers and lots to eat with a promising forecast for the next few days, all smilesand prepping the boat and a few last minute rigs. 

Day 4

Started of with low wind but still a 3 m swell, decided to troll in shallow behind the reef to find some macks. Launched at Tantabiddi and exit through the north passage. On our way down to the south passage we came across a 3.5m tiny caught up right in the breakers next to the reef, next minute still trying to figure out what they are doing so close to the reef, we saw the boat got picked up and abslutely destroyed in a massive wave, with the boat capsizing and tumbling over the reef. A quick call to marine rescue to send someone ouwe knew it was going o take a long time for them to come across. With that in mind we decided to brave entering the south passage and see if we can be of any assistance. After waiting for the right set and riding a big wave in it was good and we managed to get through with no issues at all. From the inside it took only a few minutes to locate the area we saw the tiny go over and we approached as close as possible, anchoring and sending two guys overboard by foot to walk to the capsized tiny with some water and a medic kit, quite scared with life jackets, fuel tanks and an esky floating past us. 

Nobody found at the tiny, and luckily once marine rescue arrived and identifeid the boat it was a vessel that broke anchor a few days early and nobody was on board. Feeling very relieve and thankful for marine rescue with there quick response to the situation and clear guidance we were off again for another fish. 

Day ended with a mack tuna and one decenet spanish mack. Went back still feeling relieved that it was not a serious situation that day. 

Day 5

With prefect weather and low swells forecasted we went over the long island for the day, a bit of diving and fishing ended up very prductive with 2 macks and 4 tuskies. Tuskes all on spear in approximately 5m of water. A good swim with lots of whales to keep us busy all day. I also found my first ever red cray in exmouth, a nice addition for tonight. 

Day 6

Now I came to exmouth to hopefully catch something nice like everyone else. We launched at 7:00 at tantabiddi heading through the south passage. As soon as we went through the passage the water colour was the perfect blue at 23.7 degrees and we could see bottom at 20m. Feeling thankfull for a good day coming. Started with lures running south and picked up a 14kg mack almost immediately. With dinner sorted we decided to go in deeper to stand our chances with the deeper blue. The next few hours turned out to be gold with dollies everywhere, double hookups and fish following every catch. Back in the water and a stonker Wahoo took the Richter Oscar black/purple and went 22kg. 

A bit more trolling and my first billfish on my boat, a nice sailfish that put up a brilliant display of aerial acrobatics from the get go, caught on a Richter soft grassy pink/white between 40 -80 m. A few quick photos and a nice video of it swimming away strongly, what more can a fisher want than to see a beauiful fish swim of for another day. 

The day delivered a few more dollies and we had plenty to go about. After what I though to be a great day we returned to camp to start the long road back, full of good memories I spend the whole trip back to Perth planning my next trip up north. A few photos to show for what was definitely worth the gamble. 

Its always worth taking the boat.

 Hi All

Was I the only one that didn't realise the new lifejacket rule has startred. We were out the other day and fisheries stopped us to check our catch and told us it had started.

Plenty of big pinks around though.

Choc.

 Very nice conditions out of Bunbury yesterday, picked up 2 pinks and 2 dhues and cruised home at 20kn with a couple of beers.

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 Good baldies still around, got this one as a double rod hookup, 1 metre Sambo and this 570mm golden coloured specimen 

 Hi guys.

Noticed it's been very quiet with reports lately.

With good weather approaching wanted to share that its thick with SBTs south of rotto. 32 m depth west of Carnac right through to Parker point.

Get out there and hit them while the bait schools are hanging around.

Stick baits and shallow diving lures did better than skirts last few trips.

Pete

Been a while since I've posted so figured I should contribute something! Have been really getting into beach drone fishing over last few years and found it insanely effective at targeting snapper. Had a PB day yesterday in south west with a group of mates getting 6 keepers in 2 hour with a few more pulling hooks. No need for the gym when you're dragging fish in from 300m+. Had some random young guys come check out the action so then put them onto another 3 fish, biggest of which went 87cm. Almost pulled the bloke over with a pretty tight drag haha.! They were stoked and took their fish home.

Probably one of the best things I've found with drone fishing is how easy it is to bring people with you and put them into good fish, especially those who aren't into fishing. No sea sickness and good times chatting until a rod goes off then bang they're catching their first ever snapper. How good!

cheers 

After 35 years of driving past, i finally turned left at the Overlander.

Recon landbased trip to test out some of my larger Fligs on the local black snapper population. Found a few fish and did some recon for future endaevours. It won't take me 35 years to go back.

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Another year has come and gone and yes, all a very distant memory again! 

After last years record 3 tyre blowout trip up, both boats arrived safe and sound in just under 13 hours.

Night 1 proved interesting and resulted in two deckies not being very well for a cracking days of fishing on day 1. To the extent a few prayers were even said at the ramp to ask the fishing gods to be kind to us? It worked and we were rewarded with a good haul of decent goldbang, sharpies and rosie's from some old spots from many years back. 

Day 2 the weather did not plan out as proposed and myself being as crook as I have ever been on a boat. (Hang on, could it have been the Latin party at Bill's the night before?!) with a few sneakers (heavy easterley chop) literally landing in the boat. It did clear a little for the trip home. 

Day 3 the weather looked good again so we hit some more recent goldine shows for a great reult again.

Day 4 the weather looked all time so the call was to head way south for reds. Unfortunately despite goood shows, the fish didnt bite so we came back to the regular spots for a great mix of red, pearlies, red throat and a coral trout that blew everyone away. This all happened between 3-4 pm so we had worked hard for them. The red was 79cm and I'll pay just on 10kg. The trout was 82cm and as heavy as the red!! (the big fella is 6'4 to put in perspective). All caught on the sounder shot spot shown, an old spot that has produced big and consistent reds but nver a trout in that depth. The Seaforce crew said they had never seen anything like it pulled from CB.

The rest of the days were spent squidding with regular bag outs and some thumpers caught.

So in summary excellent weather, good times (we had 3 crews up there) cold drinks, sore heads at times but now the preparation starts for 2024!! A photo of the old pub for nostalgia reasons given it wont exist for much longer!!

 Gday fishos just thought i'd put up a quick report of saturdays trip out of two rocks. Launched 8am went out WNW direction to spots I have in 80 - 90m. Easterly wind was pumping out there ,not as light as predicted by BOM meteye which made fishing a bit harder . Got onto a few nice big breaksea cod and a couple of nice fat baldies in amongst the usual undersize pinky plague. Usually pick up dhueys in those spots but didnt even see an undersize dhuey all day bit wierd. Mate got a big queen snapper that fought like a train all the way to the top,  that was his first one and he was stoked ( i didnt mention that they not great  eating,  I didnt want to see the big smile suddenly drop off his face). The leeuwin current was really pumping out there and sounder was showing 23.5 degree water. Around midday I saw a large splash a long way off back of boat  about  300m away. Kept looking in that direction and we saw a big big marlin free jumping high out of the water. It was a big boy, even at that long distance away it looked BIG. Was surprising to see it in 90m, i thought they didnt come in that shallow, so you never know,  you could pick one up even in close  cheers

 Hey Fishwreckers,

Haven't posted for ages, works been hectic and to be honest lost the fishing bug for a bit. Anyway long story short finally got out a couple of weeks ago and managed a feed of Black arse and a Harlequin and got smoked by what a reckon was a good Dhu. 
Fast forward to this Wednesday got the Tinny in the water at 6am and anchored and burley in the water by 6:30am. Not much happening at the first spot, got 2 stonker Flounder so moved onto a bit more reefy area. Start the burley trail up again and before long the Skippy are eating everything. Get my eight in no time and take a couple of strips off one for some fresh strip baits. That worked wonders as I had a run on the baitrunner within 5 minutes. Nothing huge but a healthy 56cm Pink in the boat. Went a little quiet but had fun catching and releasing more Skippy. About half an hour later the reel screams again. This fish put up a good fight and after a few good runs a slightly bigger Pink is in the net boat side, going 60 cm. Done and dusted by 9:30. 
Definately reignited my fishing bug, already planning the next outing. 

 

 Meaning to do this for a while but here we go

7 day trip (total)

Day 0: Towed up to near denham

Day 1: Launched at 8am after some trouble loading the boat up (overloading), took 2 hours to get across because wanting to conserve fuel, took 3 fridges, swags gazebo, camping, fishing, and diving gear, 200l in jerrys, water etc.

Arrived at the beach roughly 10:30ish in the morning and having some technical difficulties (reverse not working) finally got unloaded and set up by 3. 

Took to ther cliffs for some bottom fishing, landed 1 small small (legal) pinkie that was quickly destined for dinner before the sharks moved in in force.

Day 2: swell was pumping, still windy but decided would punch out along to some ground that we had found in 80m, fishing in high wind high swell and high current without reverse was a seriuos problem but not to worry.

Found some good fish out deep and somewhat managed to outdo the drift.

Landed 2 decent pinkies (60ish) and 1 pearlie and 2 cod.

Not bad for day 1 of out wide fishing.

Day 3:

Mate Glen and I have had a few keepers during recent metro outings - links to YouTube vids below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9wePGnp-uM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj-pIHkZJJY

 Well...here comes my annual report for my fav 2 weeks of the year.Coral Bay 2023!!!!....this year was the family trip-4 x adults, 3 kids- so here goes...same story, i never take enough photos, but a cpl below...

Notes- my advice for CB every  FW post....listen to the chat at the fish cleaning ASAP- u learn soooo much. Nth or sth, deep of shallow.  We find every year is differnet and we like to find the best fishing for that particular 2 weeks we are there....chatter was sharks horendous Nth, pretty good Sth. Current roaring out widish. - off we go with a little knowledge that ended up running true...Also, my advice for the tables is don't expect full disclosure on info..we had a lot of people ask us too many direct questions...you can imagine the answers. Also remember we have been going for 15 years..took us 3-4 years of  just listening and not been nosey too much at the tables..just saying....also get out and try- if ur catching nothing, maybe look at your methods/bait/rigs. i understand people 'just want to know' but do the hard yards people...the best spots  you will ever have are you own...to the guys who repatedley asked us for a spot- THEN decided to follow us..shame on you u mob of flogs !!! [ OK, rant and whinging over, back to the good stuff ] .

Day 1- Set off 530am from Albany..highest priority is get a coffee into the Leader of the Opposition before we go too far- job done by 535am [ phew]. Meet up with the other family sth or Perth, roll into Nth Gero by 4pm-uneventful, just how i like it

Day 2- Weather looking good in CB sat arvo...made sure i had an iced coffee warmed up before i woke the boss this am..., on the rd early by 530am...non towing car went ahead, quick fresh supplies from Carnavon, we both roll into CB by 2pm..quickest unload u have ever seen at the house...out sth passgae by 330pm, fishing by 430pm- fish close spots 15k out. filter through the shit, 5 nice fish in an hr..take that...cleaned and done eating dinner at the pub by 7pm

Day 3- weather hollywood. Head to 80m's out sth passage...quite fussy with what we take home, so filter through all the Tom Cods, red throats, grassies etc...end up with 4 good reds, 5 big spangos and a big rankin..good start

Day 4,5,6,7- weather very average but looking mint on the long range..so keep it simple- snorkling, 4WDing, all round kids suff and chillaxing....loving the Bay lifestyle..Great to see a small town still do a great tribute on ANZAC Day. we like many got up for the dawn service to pay our respects to those who gave everything for us to enjoy this fab country we live in..

Day 8- go against my own advice [ what an idiot].. but i want to try our proven big red ground way nth..will ther be sharks?   YES...every big red hooked, taken in 5 seconds...moved around and perservered and ended up with an awesome bag incl one red @ 12.2kg, 1 x 10.4kg. plus 4 more 5-6 kg reds, 3 x rankins, 1 x nice robbo - . 10 x nice fish, but hard work... i think lets stay sth..weather looks as good as it gets for next  6 days...time for the family to come out.

Day 9/10/11- back sth. Fishing wasn't firing, but steady enough to pull in nice fish and get our limits each day. Kids came out. we stuck to our methods for  tageting Reds mainly with good sucess. Went deepish for a while to chase a few Goldband.

Days 12/13- time to stay shallow and target purely reds as out quoto's where pretty close  for all...filter through the rubbish, be patient and boy did it work...fishing all new ground, we easily found really good fish- A LOT closer than you would think to Sth Passage..not saying how close, but close enough. Got some great reds, a few massive cods, nice trout etc. etc.good quality with some big reds in amonst it...

Day 14- NO FISHING although weather is mint..one last snorkel with everybody at the top of nth passage, back to the house, pack up for an easy arvo at the pub.

Day 15- The customary 6am departure to swing past the Bakery..roll into Dongar mid arvo..raining cats and dogs from Kalbarri..Washing the boat beautifully.

Day 16- last early departure- roll into Albany mid arvo...Last 2 days pretty event free other than nursing home one of the boat tyres that was starting to poke out a few strands of wire...home safely.

Highlights- 100% the amount of big reds. 12.2kg was the best for not only this trip, but  C/Bay full stop across all my years. 4 more over 10kg [ FYI -all weighed to eliminate the extra 3 kgs for holiday mode lol ] . Plus all other ones largish too..Best  size in general  for a trip duration i've ever had. The Blitz Jigs from Rapid Fire Fishing  absolutley  killed the red emperors...especially the larger models.  Yes, u will lose a cpl to sharks- but i value good big reds over $100 worth of jigs   any day of the week :)  Weather was great. Coral Bay was back baby...my post last year stated the town seemed to be still reeling from staff etc with no backpackers Covid etc.. This year it felt 100% back to the normal Coral Bay of Old..well done to all the locals who did it tough and pushed through to this point...

Lowlights- same as every year and the same I post every year...the same people every day at the fish cleaning tables saying they got sharked at the same spot as the day before and there is no fish...???....Sharks where present, but not terrible...other than one day nth that was bad, we maybe lost 1-2 fish/day. One or 2 drops max on each spot tends to work good too. FYI- as always my adivce is how can you find new spots if you dont look for new spots..?  So many of our good fish came off new ground this year-especailly the in close stuff. Find a cpl of fish shows, drop., move, catch etc, repeat.  Work hard and you will get the rewards. 

Countdown is on to 2024 already..boys trip next year with a cpl of 'special' birthdays. to all the FW legends out there heading up to CB/EXY- have fun, be good and love life..how lucky are we to be able to visit this amazing place !

 Went out this morning got up at 4 and headed out to the 5 got anchored in 13m of water on a bit of broken ground. Had a curry chicken dinner that didn't get eaten as my burley took about 20 mins and I could just hear the rod knocking in the rod holder it was still abit dark to see the rod tips, was a nice healthy snapper at 44cm. Caught another 2 getting closer and closer to size was just unhooking a 48cm fish when one of the rods took off was going alot harder than the others so far was pretty stoked to see it in the water took a couple of goes to net was pretty stoked and the sun still wasn't up yet. Caught another 2 undersized fish and dropped a good run don't think I ever really had him hooked just took off like a steam train then nothing,  was about 7 oclock now started to think it might be over then my new rod started peeling off line fish went from one side of the boat to the other ended up seeing him at the back of the boat nice size snapper shaking his head and changing directions ended up netting him on the side of the boat that I started on. Put him on the brag mat went 77cm. Started to clean the boat down while I bled the fish cubed up afew more mulies as I was cleaning and bang another big run grabbed the rod but dropped the fish threw another bait on as I was still cleaning up ended up getting another 2 big runs that felt like big fish but they both got me in the reef. Boat was all cleaned up now and I wasn't going to tie anymore rigs so headed home was just after 7:30 what a great morning. 

Some good tunas around atm

Whent solo first day couldn't find a friend that was free to get out started trolling on my way out to find a dhu and my rod started screaming , any way 1 hour later I managed to land this thing whent 33.5kg absoloute barrel of a yellowfin had a friend come out and took a photo was to big to for a selfie,

Day 2 whent out first thing and both landed a 29.5 and a 27kg fish back home for breakfast 

Day 3 took 2 mates out and same thing double hook up within 2 minuets of trawling 20kg and a 26.5kg 

Managed 1 more about an hour later at 24kg then back home 

Lots of laughs and sore arms and backs , not at fads either if your wondering 

 Gday guys, im planning on being in shelter bay from this sunday to the following thursday taking 4WD in camping with boat moored out front. Just wondering if anybody been there recently and could maybe give a bit of a fishing report on how you went..Also how was the track in?  cheers for any report!

 Caught a couple nice dhus,baldie and a breaksea yesterday. Biggest dhu on the new tub so far. Metro waters in the 30s made it even sweeter

Hey guys , with the new demersal bans in place been hitting the beach regularly to try get some larger fish action.  if anyone does any land based fishing this way and has had success in getting some mulloway id be happy to trade you some offshore spots for some landbased mulloway spots, obviously the common ares i know already but im looking for more specifics on best gutters etc along the coast. send me a message or comment if youre interested.  

Unfortunately due to medical reason I am selling my business.

includes Fishing license valued at 60k

80 series beach launcher valued at 7-12k

2 employees

2 month hand over if needed.

2k worth of fishing

500* marks

lease agreement with Shinju boat hire 

5.80m maurtech centre console

offers from 67k

any more info email Joshmeeuwissen@gmail.com

or 0425659765

would like a quick sale can seperate the license if needed 

We had a great 2 weeks camping at Monkey Mia
Winds were favourable and we got out most days
6-8 keepers most days which is more than enough
Mostly Black snapper, biggest went 58 cm
Estuary cods most days which taste delicious
Got onto a spot with huge Gold spots
Both of these were over 1 m long - released them all, but Geez they pull some string at that size
The wife almost got spooled, I called it for a shark but was pleasantly surprised
My eldest son is 6 ft 4 and the shovel nose was close to 7 foot - he wanted a sark bigger then him

Great trip, family holiday

 Still have 2 pots out 1 in close 1 out abit deeper hadn't checked them for 11 days been abit lazy.  Went out today about 9 when wind dropped  nothing in pot in close but bait was demolished but got a good feed out of the deeper pot with my biggest cray so far aswell.

 Gday guys.

Figured i would throw up a little report on the last couple of weeks.

We managed another good year on the white run out from woodies. Easily getting our limits each day. The gentlemans hours launches were the go, with a nice couple of hours each day before lunch.

Definitely makes things alot more enjoyable.

Over christmas we spent a few days down in mandurah and figured i might aswell drop a pot in down there at the same time. Ended up with a nice feed of crays each morning, and a couple of handfuls of crabs to top it off.

A few sneaky feeds of King george inbetween have been welcome too. And make for a nice easy relaxed morning in the sound.

Also since the demersal ban finished we have got a couple of decent days out off perth.

The fishing has been good. Plenty of dhuies and baldies around. The only downside is that over the last few years we have started losing a few fish here and there to sharks. But the last few weeks we are averaging a couple sharked each trip which is frustrating. 

Overall its been a great way to finish the year though.

 Yesterday was my first day of holidays went out early with my son and checked the craypots only got 5 so moved pots around abit. Had grilled crays for dinner was lovely . Then went out this morning for a fish and got a nice dhue and a baldy nothing big but great for the plate.