Some
great fish again this month. It does help when the weather is good!
Easy
to get right onto the spot over the fish, the anchor will hold and the fish
usually co operate.
The
business is changing and growing, getting busier and thoughts are turning to
another boat, but I am
trying
to resist that but I might just have to bite the bullet.
7.8m Boat now in Charter Survey
Due to the change in the governing body regarding boat
licencing from a State Agency to AMSA which is Federal.
I can now use my boats in any way I want as long as they are
surveyed for that use and registered on their data base as such.
This now means that I can use my 7.8m boat as a Charter Fishing
Vessel, Work Boat, Hire & Drive and for Recreational.
I have bought a West Coast Charter Fishing Licence so we
will be able to take small groups out fishing.
The skipper has to have a full Coxswain’s Ticket, which my
son has so he will be doing the skippering.
I will be giving him the heads up on my best spots and
methods, (which he already knows)
and we should be operating about mid-July.
Extended Weekend
Paul Youngman has
fished from my boats a lot and brought a couple of mates up for a fish.
Tony Wheeler and son,
Graham Wheeler had not caught many fish and not very big ones either and were
thrown into the deep end
during the 3 days out
in the 7.8m boat.
It
started with a few big snapper for Tony;
Graham got a big sand snapper
and
trolled up a surprise wahoo
on
the way back. The water was green so was only expecting a
lucky tuna, but the sight of this 9kg wahoo cutting
through
the water at the boat was a sight for sore eyes!
The
cobia were prolific. They landed 5 one day as well as a good estuary cod for
Paul among all the big and small shark bust offs.
During
the hot bite, Tony bust off on a fish right at the rod tip leaving 50 or so
metres of line out there. 15 minutes later a
floating
line was spotted next to the boat. It was gaffed and a fish was felt on the end.
Quickly cutting his rig off, Paul tied
the
loose end to his line and took up the
weight. It turned out to be the cobia in this photo!
A
big baldchin groper made the day for Graham,
Paul got his coral trout after if
got off at the boat
&
started to swim back down, but a quick gaff shot brought it back!
Two
dhuies were released waiting for the big one, which was either lost or did not
bite.
There
were a lot of sharks around and all had their arms lengthened a few times,
fish
bitten in half and line lost over the weekend.
Extreme Rock Fishing
Check out this video
of some adventurous rock anglers!
Kalbarri Regulars
Hi Laurie.
Attached photos
of John Slattery (in the boat) and his brother Robin with the cobia that Robin
caught.
For the record
we caught 30 plus mackerel and the cobia which is actually a lot better than
recent years.
We are looking
at a booking from 19 April to 1 May 2015 for “Bulawayo Buoy”.
Please pencil those
dates.
Ningaloo Reef at its Best
Kevin Steel had the
7.8m boat for 14 days up Coral Bay/Exmouth way and landed some extraordinary
fish.
A bit vague on the
destination, but that is all I can tell you other than it was not at Ningaloo
Station.
I don’t allow my
boats to go to Ningaloo because there is no boat ramp and the road is too bad.
Most fish fell to
soft plastics and they told me they had to move away from the golden trevally
in the end
so that they could
catch other fish!
These are quite big
goldens! What a blast on soft plastics!
The bottom fish were
good as well, big spangled emperor, big rankin cods
& a couple of chinaman
cods made up the better bottom fish
GTs were caught using
surface poppers at the back of the reef. Nice fish guys!
Mackerel and a
coronation trout made up the variety of species they caught.
Bite of the Month
Graham Wheeler hooked
up on this uncommon wahoo while trolling back from the days fishing.
Not expecting much in
the green dirty water, this 9kg wahoo was very unexpected and much appreciated!
Each month I award Bite of the
Month to someone who catches the best fish from one of my boats.
31st May 2014
Club member Ben
Guest got a nice 5.3kg dhuie during the last comp
and Lui Palamara had one bite
all day on the
beach landing this 12.6kg mulloway.
Ryley Storor fished with Ben above landing
this very chunky baldchin groper of 6.3kgs.
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: 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!
