Email:
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The
season has started with a bang with lots of fish landed and some really nice
days this month despite it
being
the windy time of year! The mackerel and tuna are back in force and in big
numbers when
conditions
are right and there have been an extraordinary large numbers of coral trout
about.
Nearly
every trip is resulting in a least one coral trout, mixed with a dhuie or more.
Big Day Out
Michael Palmer and 4
mates had a good day out in the 7.8m boat landing good fish.
A short troll
resulted in nothing so they moved to a spot on the GPS just past Baldface which
is about 20km north of
the river mouth.
hook-up landing this
big coral trout
and then followed up with a good dhuie..
Snapper & trout
Ashley’s coral trout
Cod Day Out
catching cyclone
Christine just as it was crossing the coast near Karratha. It was windy to say
the least about the conditions
so he could not go
all that far from the river mouth. However,
a couple of big cod for Scott
and a
good estuary cod for Charles made the day.
Yellow-fin tuna day out
Bruce Henwood was up
for a practice run for the Kalbarri Sports Fishing Classic. Trolling 8kg line
hooking up on a couple of tuna in the
12-15kg range, was a
good intro as what to expect at the end of Feb. I was out the same day and shot
some gopro.
See the results here.
Diving gets results
Son Ben was up in Kalbarri
over the Christmas/New year break and is still here setting up a new business.
Diving on shallow
reef around the Blue Holes area, he pulled these two big crays among other
normal size crays.
Fun few days
Nigel Syvertsen hales from South
Australia and had the 6.1m boat out for a couple of days with his sons Ryan and
Colby
and mate Ben Trezise. They got
into a lot of fish and released everything. Anchoring over a spot near the Sand
Patch
They picked up fish like this
snapper for Ben,
Colby got a nice cobia
and a surprise hard fighting silver
drummer.
They had trouble with sharks
and Ryan got a gold-spot
trevally.
Big day out
she has been here for 6 month and
not done anything. Son Ben and Lisa invited her out so we went for a fish!
It was the first time she has been
in a boat and first time fishing! Well she did not get seasick and she caught
fish like this tuna and dhufish,
got savaged by sharks and lost big
fish that bust her off, bit, mangled and bent her hooks.
It was the best day of her life
she said on facebook.
as well as a few cobia
I made a video of the day out
which came out very well, one of my better ones!
Two days of big fish
Paul Garner with
mates Frank Maynard, son Shay Maynard and Noraset Ton Charnchayasuk had a
fantastic 2 days of good weather and big fish.
Selecting the 7.8m
boat, they trolled up big yellow-fin tuna the first day as well as landing 9
dhuies.
They returned 7 of the dhues as only 2 per boat can be kept.
and for Shay, this was his first day out in a boat and biggest fish ever!
Paul got one as well!
grounds towards the end of the
southern cliffs. They had 13 hook-ups, landed 9 and released 5 mackerel.
Ton
was pleased with his first mackerel
having caught his first tuna the
day before.
Shay landed his first mackerel and
this one was landed on his bream gear when an unweighted mulie was cast out
during a mackerel hook-up.
Each month I award Bite of the
Month to someone who catches the best fish from one of my boats.
Bite of the month
goes to Shay Maynard. First serious trip out in a boat and landing a fish like
this.
Great effort for Shay
who fought this yellow-fin tuna to the boat by himself.
The following day he landed
his first mackerel and also one with his bream rod and reel using a unweighted
mulie
cast out the back of
the boat during another mackerel hook up.
Kalbarri
Offshore & Angling Club Local Comp.
18th Jan
2014
Ron Neumann landed
a nice estuary cod during the last comp
and Steve Wiseman got a mackerel on 3kg
line
I got an unusual for Kalbarri. This bat fish was hanging around the boat so I dropped
it an unweighted squid head.
It was quite
fussy, but took it in the end!
Up Coming Events in Kalbarri
Kalbarri Sports Fishing Classic
28th Feb, 1st and
2nd March 2014.
Sponsors are coming
on board with enthusiasm again this year ensuring a big prize pool.
The entry form will
be completed before Christmas, and information is being uploaded to numerous
websites.
If you want to
compete and need a boat, just ring or email me.
(I have only got the
5.3m left for that weekend)
LeisureCat Ultralight
A line class
gamefishing event in its second year.
Riding on top of last
year’s success, this will be another comp not to miss for the serious game fisher
or a first timer to
learn a lot about the sport.
Need a boat for up north?
Remember I will
deliver a boat out to the turn-off for free for those heading north.
Just pre arrange
and ring me from Geraldton and I will meet you there.
Popular Northern Destinations
Thevenard
Island
Island Manager: Art
and partner Jade, 9184 6444.
There are a few cabins available, just ask and see if you
can get one. However Direction Island is
always open and
still a good option and bookings can be made.
Check out the website: www.mackerelislands.com.au
Ashburton
Resort
Ashburton Resort.
Phone 9184 6586 email: admin@ashburtonresortonslow.com.au
Website: www.ashburtonresortonslow.com.au
Gnaraloo
Station
Gnaraloo contacts for accommodation:
Barbara: 9315 4809
Email: bookings@gnaraloo.com.au
Website: Gnaraloo.com.au
Steep Point
Steep Point Ranger for booking campsites.
Phone: Paul Dickson -
Steep Point 9948 3993
Email: Ranger@steeppoint.com.au
Dirk Hartog Island
Kieran
Wardle: 08
99481 211 Mob: 0407 383 449
Game, Bottom
and Beach Fishing Action
These links will take
you to Youtube showing some great action video clips taken from
my boats and also a
very good mulloway from the beach.
Archived
Newsletters
After a lot of
effort on my part, you can now view all my past newsletters in my Blogs.
I have made six
blogs; you can view all of my 2005 newsletters with photos @
And from January
2006 to December 2006 with photos @
And from January
2007 to December 2007 with photos @
And from January
2008 to December 2008 with photos @
And from January
2009 to December 2009 with photos @
And from January
2010 to December 2010 with photos @
And from January
2011 to December 2011 with photos @
And from January
2012 onwards with photos @
And from January
2013 onwards with photos@
And from January 2014 onwards with photos@
They are quite long
URL’s so add them to your favourites.
Remember
if you rent our accommodation in Kalbarri
you get big discounts on our boats.
Have
a look on my website for the
details, and check out the savings.
5-day
weather forecasts, www.buoyweather.com go to virtual
buoys, pick the location you want.
This is the one I go by!
