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Montes Magic
Submitted by big john on Fri, 2022-05-13 18:05Finally managed to get an April, Montes trip back in this year. COVID and a cyclone saw the last two re-scheduled to late September. Great trips but the water was a bit cool for snorkelling and spearing.
This trip saw the new in-laws join the fray, with my eldest daughter getting married just before the trip.
Iffy weather at the beginning saw us delay our departure, but the froth caught up with us, and we still spent a day camped out on the Fortescue access road. Take a fly net would be my advise!
Eventually got across, and its always a big relief getting all that weight and fuel off the boat. Set up camp and then slipped out for a quick squid and swim, James breaking in his new speargun on a nice trout. Dinner was sorted. James is a deadset Master Chef, and we ate like kings every night. He spiced up the fresh seafood (fish, cray, squid) meals with some huge Esperance brown lip abalone and 3kg's of Shark Bay tiger prawns. How I avoided gout I'll never know.
I've never been one to fish deep and drop big leads so we pretty much stayed in less than 35 metres the whole trip. I always jig only (never bait) but James has often dappled in the dirty baito arts. This trip however he stuck with the jigs only and he was rewarded with some cracking fish, especially coral trout. I can't help think that not having the scent of bait in the water also helps with the shark situation.
Main emphasis for this trip was to test a range or two-toned Bucktail jigs (in both the Bucktail Banana and Hard Head Bucktail models), a new whiting worm Flig and a Saltwater Bucktail with a stinger hook arrangement.
Two Tone Bucktails - big tick.
Whiting Worm Flig - medium tick, worked but more refinement needed.
Saltwater Stinger Bucktail - worked but more hassle than its worth. Canned this idea, second hook made releasing fish a bit tricky and kept fouling the main hook after they'd been chewed on a bit.
Also did a heap of snorkelling, spearing and invested some fuel in some solid exploration for future trips.
I'll let the pics tell the main story but a few facts:
- 700l fuel burn
- 12 days at the islands
- Plenty of soft drink, H20 consumed
- Few night time Sambucas and Rums plus a two beer ration per night
- Managed to launch and retrieve the drone from the boat, which was a bit nerve wracking
- Big squid hunting in packs, great fun
- A few shark problems but only at a couple of spots
Roll on the next trip.
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Sunday Afternoon Inshore Pinkies
Submitted by Mick C on Mon, 2022-05-09 11:52Quick inshore trip from Hillarys yesterday. Out at 4.30pm, back at 7pm. Landed 4 and kept 1. Shore Catch premium mullet and mulies doing the damage.
Picked up a couple of nice KGs on Saturday as well.
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Healthy kingfish
Submitted by joelborg92 on Sat, 2022-05-07 19:47Set out last week for a look around on some old ground Ive seen a few bigger fish. Some good signs showing and a few casts and we got stuck into a trophy fish. 2 king's on topwater and I was pretty happy to head home.
REEFSEDGE Atoll 40g doing the damage.
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Sunday Morning Pinkies
Submitted by Mick C on Mon, 2022-05-02 22:28Headed out early Sunday from Hillarys for some Shore Catch product testing. We initially fished close to the marina, but the water was crystal clear and no bites except for “crap” fish.
Moved out onto the corals and schools of pinkies came through occasionally.
Fresh mulie floaters on Minn Kota spot lock, and whole local occy tentacle on 80g vexed botton meat that was Minn Kota "troll tracked" on "cruise control" at 0.3kn.
Checked by Fisheries on our return to the ramp. Inspected the boat and said "we don't need to measure those" .
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Finally my first size dhue on the new boat
Submitted by still trying on Sun, 2022-05-01 14:56After my sons and my own covid lock downs we finally got out this morning for a snapper bash. Got down to woodies just after 5 and headed out to an area on the 5 that I have had some recent luck. Lost 2 Riga early wasn't ontop of sand so was a little bit worried, got a couple of pike I hate them bastards. Things went abit quiet but then just as the sun was poking over the horizon I got a bite on my brand new saragosa 6000 fish was going pretty hard and jerking around so I called it for a snapper and asked my son to get the net. After 3 nice runs got him to the surface and was stoked to see a nice size dhue, handy in 13m fish went 68cm. Had another run 20mins later and my son ran over and grabbed the rod only to get bitten off straight away, not sure if it was a shark or just them bloody pike damaging the leader earlier. Came in to a pot off the back of Garden island and got 4 crays to add to the bag.
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Squiddy Fiddling
Submitted by big john on Thu, 2022-04-28 16:45Just returned from an epic 12 day product testing mission to the Montes.
The fishing (all jig or lure) was awesome, but the squidding was something else.
Big hungry tiger squid, including an epic session all captured on drone. I was catching them with 80lb leader on my jig rod, just tied on the jig that was handy.
Sight casting squid, good fun. Tasted pretty good too, especially the satay squid. :)
Here's a couple of pics to wet the squidders appetites out there.
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Insane Top water Barramundi and Big Catfish Big Carp Fishing Thailand 2022- BKKGUY
Submitted by bkkguy on Wed, 2022-04-27 06:58
15KG Giant Snakehead Chado Toman Fishing Adventure Thailand - BKKGUY
Submitted by bkkguy on Sun, 2022-04-24 19:34Hi Guys !
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Tuesdays fish
Submitted by Sea goat on Thu, 2022-04-21 18:44Snuck out on Tuesday for a quick fish. Lot of haze in the morning which made for sn epic sunrise. Conditions were ok, but seemed to be a tipping current. Struggled to hold ground even with the sea anchor out and a lot of weight! Fisher in the 40s for a baldy at 49cm, and a breaksea at 38. Nothing special but still a bag and counted myself lucky to even manage that! Was pretty hard work dealing with the sea anchor and reeling those weights from deep got a bit tiresome, but still a relaxing day! I can feel that big dhu getting closer!!!
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Kalbarri mulloway
Submitted by choc on Mon, 2022-04-18 12:12Just got back from Kalbarri where the river was firing for mulloway.
My son got his first ever and then the next day his second. Both good fish. Lots of big bream and estuary cod also.
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Quick Shark Bay run
Submitted by kirky79 on Fri, 2022-04-15 16:02Hey Legends,
Haven't posted much lately as haven't been getting out very often and been crazy busy at work. But made plans about a month ago to do a boy's trip up to Peron National Park Shark Bay before the school holidays. So worked till 5 pm on the Monday before school broke up. My Brother in Law and his Son in Law rocked up and we were on the road at around 6 pm. We drove through till 3am and pulled over for a quick sleep only about an hour short of Denham.
Cruised in for a pie breakfast at the bakery then out to Peron. Had a basic camp with a gazebo, three swags and a couple of Engels to keep beers cold and fish frozen. We got out for an arvo sesh and got straight into some nice Black Snapper and a couple of just sized Pinkies. So a pretty good start. A few beers while collecting a few black rock crabs for the goal of some Tuskies the next day and an early night.
The bones were on the next day and everyone managed a couple of good sized ones for the day. The young fella Josh got the best for the day, showing the older more experienced two how it was done.
Was pretty well a carbon copy the next day but I got the chocolates with the best Tusky & Doug getting a nice Blacky on the last bait.
Thursday was our last fishing day and it was a bit quieter but still nothing to complain about. We tossed up going for an arvo fish but in the ended up drinking beer and talking shit.
All in all was a great little trip and will definitely have to do it again. Didn't get too many pics but will chuck a few up.
Cheers for reading.
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Lady's Power - Fighting a monster Catfish in Thailand 2022
Submitted by bkkguy on Sun, 2022-03-27 16:11Good to Be Back ! Fishing In Thailand 2022- BKKGUY
Submitted by bkkguy on Sun, 2022-03-27 16:05 Hi Guys !
Hope everyone is fine and safe !
Thailand has started to reopening its airports and borders in 2022.
The covid measure has since been lowered to just one PCR test on arrival airport.
There will be no more quarantine for those vaccinated travelers but must wait for PCR test result to be negative before leaving your hotel.
After which, you need to do another one last ATK test on the 5th day at your bkk hotel.
To spike thing up. Here are some of my most recent fishing trips.
Hope you guys like my youtube video and supports my service.
If you are looking for short or long fishing vacation in Thailand, drop me an email or msg for enquiry.
Wild Snakehead fishing in Thailand 2022
Few seriolas of late
Submitted by joelborg92 on Sun, 2022-03-20 09:39Been into a few shallow water sambos and king's of late. Here's a few of the better ones. Mostly have been taken on stickbaits.
Good to get a mate into the action aswel
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GI- another good morning
Submitted by paulbazza on Fri, 2022-03-11 12:49Caught this lot in about 45 min :)
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White Hills for a few days
Submitted by Wes F on Sat, 2022-02-26 19:41It's been awhile since my last fishing report but here's a quick one.
Headed down to White Hills to find access "closed" due to errosion. Well a quick assessment and evaluation of my 4WD abilities and down the edge I went and off down southwards.
Found a likely spot to spend a couple of nights and camp was set.
A walk flicking lures but came up with nothing so sit back with a beer and a light feed. Avro-night fish was on the cards.
Managed a few tailor ranging from 350 odd mm to about 500mms.
Sat back for a night cap or two and hit the hay.
Morning sunshine rises with a very charm looking day ahead.
Few herring caught for bait but nothing but pickers smashing baits for the rest of the day.
Ah well relax time few more beers and wait till later.
Well later wind picks up tried to keep baits in the water but not much luck besides one small tailor. Even the sauages were getting blown out of the fry pan.
Good nights sleep, packup camp and see if I can get back out through White Hills, after a walk a challenge was set and up the bank I charged.
Wasn't to hard but a good line was required so no rolling over and a shit situation could of been had.
Crusied up the beach and out through Tims Thicket, beach was soft but very wide.
Home and in the smoker as per pictures, one for the Boss to fry.
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Herring and extras - GI
Submitted by paulbazza on Tue, 2022-02-22 13:12Nice morning behind GI - some fun on the light gear and a swim :)
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2022 MAAC Bluewater Classic Results
Submitted by Mick C on Sun, 2022-02-20 10:56
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Puerto Vallarta fishing report February
Submitted by Capt.PeterVines on Fri, 2022-02-11 02:12
People love fishing in Puerto Vallarta in February month. February is the month here lovers and for people that love to fish Vallarta. With the simple fact, we have hundreds of miles of coastline and five of the top places in the world to fish you can obviously see why Anglers want to be in Puerto Vallarta for the month of February.
Just a few of the reasons is we have excellent weather with the water temperature hanging around the mid-70s the ambient water temperature in the mid-70s as well. This is perfect for beachgoers and the folks that love to fish in perfect weather. This produces all kinds of good fishing inside the bay and offshore so let's explore fishing options we have for February.
If you're going to be fishing short amount of time here in Puerto Vallarta in February the bay fishing is fantastic. Over the last couple of weeks, we have been catching California Bonita, yellowtail, Mahi Mahi , some sailfish,h and even some striped Marlin inside the bay. Some of the best action has been over on the North Shore is known to produce a lot of fish and it's called Palo Verde . This is a good spot almost every day in the winter fishing. There are a few shallow spots there for bottom fishing and excellent for trolling. Often we were able to catch the fish schooling on the surface and having incredible action. On most days trolling along with some Pitch, baits have been sufficient to catch limits the four to six fishing trips. It's also a great opportunity to use some pitch baits and topwater action along this shoreline on the north side of the bay. . The month of February here in Puerto Vallarta is just about perfect for Fishing the shorter trips in the bay.
If you're wanting to come down and go for sailfish and Marlin I recommend 8 hours plus trips for offshore fishing. What can you expect in fishing these waters during the month of February ?? First striped Marlin, blue and black marlin, dorados, wahoo and some tuna . There are some places that we use called the Corbetens and El Banco these are 10 and 12 hour trips. These fishing trips offshore are for going for the Big Tuna, the big marlin, and other pelagic fish. Anglers always ask me what its likes to catch one of these hugs fish. Well, just imagine holding on to the back bumper of your car for four hrs and not letting go. You will experience this feeling on out fishing trips. We also have some incredible bottom fishing on our 8 Hour trips like the El Morro and some of the reefs out by Punta Mita one of my favorite places to bottom fish is called the Corbetena changing and produces another huge red snapper we catch this time of the year we're still seeing extraordinary warm waters for this time of the month. The water temperature is hovering around 80 degrees in most places. Where you see these big temperature jumps from 70 to 80 this is where you'll see the thermoclines and tuna. We have been seeing excellent action for the pelagic fish.
The one advantage that we have over a lot of these other companies as we fish every day so we have multiple Captains with crews on the water at all the different fishing spots. We also use Terrafin it gives us an exact idea of where the blue water fishing places are, water temps, water clarity and the thermocline breaks.
If you're looking for a fantastic place to fish in this winter Puerto Vallarta has a lot to offer incredible hotels five-star restaurants, excellent nightlife, beautiful beaches some of the world's best fishing, and the friendliest in people in the world. Hoping to see everyone out there on the water please give us a call if there's any way that we can help you plan your trip are in beautiful Puerto Vallarta. We have a toll-free number for people that might have questions before they come down or help them book their perfect vacation.
https://www.travelvallarta.com
Captain Pete and crew.
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Who fished two rocks last weekend?
Submitted by Meeuwissen on Wed, 2022-02-09 01:26Last Friday seemed like the day to go so many dhuies got caught.
We went out on Saturday out of Two rocks with another 100 boats!
Small Dhuie 52cm released hoping for a upgrade.
Released 3 undersize pinkies.
Released a 48cm Baldie by accident should of netted it!
Released 1 black arse
Glad my mate told me to by a release weight lol
Kept
1 queen snapper
2 big black arse
1 monster Harlequin
1 big pinkie
How did you go?
This Friday looks good!
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Few recent fish
Submitted by joelborg92 on Sun, 2022-01-23 20:31Hey guys, just thought I'd share a few recent fish.
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FAD's The ship you see!
Submitted by Jenkos on Thu, 2022-01-20 12:50Hello
Went to the Northern cluster FADS yesterday, we were the 1st Vessel at them pre sunrise but it was of interest that a HUGE inbound International container ship was anchored easy 30m's up right next to the closest FAD , the ship's crew were fishing the FAD, once we arrived the huge container ship fired up, pulled anchor and steamed off to Freo, rendering the FAD totally spooked due to the noise of Ship. I've never seen anything like it before, has anyone else, just curious.?
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First Victim to the New Minn Kota’s Troll Track
Submitted by Mick C on Wed, 2022-01-19 16:12I have posted many times in the past about the effectiveness of the Minn Kota, particularly the spot lock feature. Unfortunately I wore my old one out (must have done a thousand hours +) and have had to use conventional anchors for far too long. Happily, a mate had a near new Minn that didn’t work on his boat that I could purchase for a reasonable price.
The model is the Riptide Terrova 12v 55lb with a 60” shaft and lift assist. This model is Minn Kota’s “ocean” version and includes spot lock, iTrack, cruise control and advanced auto pilot. A much more robust model that the pre-2017 ones, and it has been good to test it properly and try out the upgraded functions in preparation for Autumn.
Headed out recently with Steve and Johno for one of those quick smash and grabs as the wind changes between strong easterly to strong south westerly. It was a good chance to try the troll track in deeper water by using a controlled drift at a pre-selected speed. It worked well, and nice to be able to “drift” with a 4oz sinker.
We got fish, with the highlight being Steve’s dhu on the Bottom Meat with a squid mulie combo. A good quality nearshore fish in excellent condition.
When I had a look at the photo, the plotter trails showed how closely the actual troll track followed the recorded one. Don’t need much more evidence than this to see how well it works.
Looking forward to the next trip when time and weather allow.
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ningaloo reef
Submitted by hellas on Wed, 2022-01-12 17:12going to ningaloo reef Feb can,t seem to find any reports beach fishing
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Drone fishing pinks
Submitted by shorething on Sun, 2022-01-09 13:21Anyone on here into drone fishing? Been out 10 times this year and finally had a great session after many rays / sharks and those hybrid things in between haha.
We got 5 pinks with only 1 undersize and left them biting. All caught about 400m out. Long wind in but well worth it. Awesome fun!
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Beautiful day out of Port Kennedy
Submitted by sunshine on Tue, 2021-12-28 15:20 Great day out on a mates boat, no sea anchor needed as a constant drift of 0.3 of a knot in the light easterly. Bagged out with mates 4 yo getting good breakse, the biggest went 48cm and thick as. Guess what I am having for dinner
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crays
Submitted by piscetor on Mon, 2021-12-06 19:28Well the pouchers are at it. had my pots out the back of passage rock, pulled them on Saturday and bagged out throwing about 9 back. took amate out Sunday as he no longer has a boat due to health reasons and thought he would like a feed.the pots were blanks, no way you get a bag out one day and zip the next. batars, i loved to catch them at it and ram the pricks.
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Cocos Bones on Spin Tackle
Submitted by big john on Mon, 2021-11-29 11:17Re-visited the Cocos Keeling Islands for a second round of bonefish on spin tackle.
Another great trip but it was one that succeeded mainly because of stubborn persistance. The weather did us absolutely no favours with persisent 15-20 knot winds, cloud and at times rain. Tough conditions to actually spot such a well camouflaged flats predator, where you more often than not are looking for their shadow. As such, a fair bit of blind casting also took place.
The earlier visit this year was to test out my prototype 'shrimp' fligs, this second trip the goal was more fish on the shrimp fligs and product test a new 'crab' flig.
I'll let the pics do the talking, if you're interested in chasing your own bonefish on spin tackle, send me a PM.
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