action
combined with freakishly good weather. Those who bottom fished had equally as
much luck with
plenty
of dhuies, snapper and the likes.
A short flick rod tuna video
It has been like this
all month.
Just cruise out to
the tuna schools that have been erupting all month, (Look for the birds)
Troll or better still
cast a small chrome slice through the commotion on a light flick rod
and hold on. Ben
nearly got spooled on 20lb braid but we chased and got the line back.
Here is a short video
of the landing.
Remarkable Jigs
Daniel Kwek has been
hiring my boats for the last 10-12 years. A short break when he had his own
boat and
Now, after selling it
was back again hiring with some mates from Singapore. Almost exclusively
using jigs they had
some remarkable catches over the 5 day hire.
3 of the days were
kind of blown out, but on the last 2 days they got to the spots they
wanted and this is
what they got!
Big estuary cod and
dhuie for Daniel
Jay, Desmonte and
Daniel with jigged up cobia and
Dave with one of the many dhuies kept and released.
A first for Kalbarri,
a yellow emperor, for Dave and a snapper
And Roger with a big breaksea cod all on jigs.
Desmonte shows off his dhuie as
well.
The sounder was red from seafloor to top water so they tried jigging
mid water
which resulted
in tuna jigged up mid water for Roger.
in tuna jigged up mid water for Roger.
Jay got into a few
sambos and
even a red emperor for Dave.
Roger shows his dhuie
and estuary cod both caught on slow fluttering jigs.
I have since bought a
couple and will be trialing them soon!
Kalbarri Sports Fishing Classic
The Kalbarri Sports
Fishing Classic held at the beginning of the month was a great success
especially as the weather was so good
and that there were
an extraordinary amount of big tuna, small tuna, mackerel, cobia and even
marlin and dolphin fish caught.
All 5 of my boats
were entered in the comp, with Glen Dicarlo from Getaway Outdoors Bentley
hiring one 6.5m boat
with Paul Youngman
and my son Ben Malton aboard. They did well coming 3rd in their boat
section and 4th overall.
They got into a lot of
mackerel the last day and the tuna gave them a lot of curry.
The tuna ranged from
2kg footballs to 16kg heartbreakers.
Glen spent 2 plus hours on a tuna while
Glen spent 2 plus hours on a tuna while
Paul was hooked up
for 4 plus hours on 3kg line. They learnt a lot and that won’t happen again.
(They say)
The other 6.5m and
the 6.1m were out with a mixed group of mates
Colin Strydom, Bruce
Henwood, Sean Lornie and Brendan Long were on the 6.5m boat and did well.
Colin got a big tuna
and
Bruce had trouble with sharks but they all caught lots of fish ending up 5th
in their boat section.
The 6.1m boat was
crewed by George Campbell,
Tim Henwood, Chris Dodsley and Tony Morgan. For some
it was their first time
light line fishing so had a steep learning curve but all had fish.
The 5.3m boat was
hired at the last minute by Lance and Tanya Christie together with sons Lee and Des Christie.
They caught lots of
fish, had a ball and ended up second knocking off a couple of local boats to
boot!
We had a great comp
on the 7.8m boat, Wife, Sue and John Hoye and myself started the first day
trying to take out the
Highest Point Scoring
Snapper. We each got a snapper and then went for mackerel and tuna.
John had the best snapper
and won the prize and trophy for the HPS Snapper.
We got pulled piller
to post with big tuna on 4kg and 3kg line eventually conceding to 6kg line an
the last day as we were so
tired of long fights
with tuna.
Sue had a great comp ending up 4th Champion Angler Game
overall.
We also won our boat
section and came 2nd overall.
Heaviest Dhuie was
David Feragalli with a 9.02kg fish
while Heaviest Groper went to Wayne Salmeri at 5.67kg
while Heaviest Groper went to Wayne Salmeri at 5.67kg
The Highest Point
Scoring Tuna was 11.88kg on 3kg line caught by Steve Wiseman.
Heaviest Snapper was Nik
Bramwells 8.08kg specimen,
while Lui Palamara took out the river champion.
while Lui Palamara took out the river champion.
Murchison Boat Hire
is a sponsor of the Classic as well as sponsoring the Top Gun Award each day.
I give away a 7.8m
boat hire to the best game, bottom and river angler each day.
Brett Kielman and
Kane De Grauw got theirs for game and river while Terry Ash won the bottom Top
Gun
LeisureCat Ultralight Kalbarri
The next major club
event. A game fishing only event with a maximum of 6kg line.
A great comp to learn
more about light line game fishing when the weather is at its best and lots of
fish around.
There are no secrets
in this event, you ask and all is revealed, we are trying to encourage you to
learn and compete.
There are special and additional lure packs for junior entrants.
All boats are booked
already for the comp.
A
line class gamefishing event in its second year.
Entry forms and more
info:
Bite of the
Month
Each month I award Bite of the
Month to someone who catches the best fish from one of my boats.
A rankin cod this size is very unusual in Kalbarri and
getting it on a jig is a meritorious catch.
So well done to Roger who was over from Singapore fishing
from my 7.8m boat this month.
22nd March
2014
Harry Waite
landed a pending Junior Game Fishing record with this 6.52kg yellow-fin tuna
landed on 3kg
line during the local monthly comp this month.
so was unable to
claim that as a record.
Big red emperor
and dhufish made up the catch for Ron Neumann and Daniel Tarasek.
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 to December 2012 with photos @
And from January
2013 to December 2013 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!
