Friday, July 31, 2015

July 2015

  
 

                   
Good day out on charter early this month.
    Bruce holds his dhuie 
and a saddle-tail sea perch 
and young Calum fished well landing a baldchin groper
    
Mark got a baldie as well. 

Nathan got his snapper and a baldchin groper
 
Some YouTube stuff
If you have not seen all my fishing videos, here is a link to my YouTube Chanel where they all are
 
Out on a wet and windy day last week, we could not go too far due to the white capping seas, so I picked a spot just north of the Sand Patch.
A burly trail was set and a procession of fish came aboard but I am still gobsmacked by the size of Sheena’s baldchin groper.
    
First time in a boat fishing and first time using a rod and reel, she landed this fish without much fuss!
It went 6.2kg on my new digital scales!
One of the biggest baldies to grace the deck of my boat!
      

Dave Unstead had a blast on charter this month landing 2 big coral trout. 
They were absolute horses!


    Young Jeromi knew how to wield a rod and reel landing his biggest fish ever, a 65cm dhufish, sand snapper and a few other species

     
Wayne pulled a few good fish as well, landing baldchin groper, samsonfish, yellow-tail king fish and other stuff.

 Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Local Comp.
18th July 2015
Simon Tarasek fished Frustration the Friday night into Saturday landing the biggest mulloway for the year.
It went 18.1kgs, the other one at 10kgs looks small beside it!
   New member Peter landed this mulloway at Chinamans the same evening
and Robbie with
a mangrove jack that are still hanging around.
Bite of the Month


It was a hard choice this month between Dave Unstead’s big coral trout and this massive baldchin groper.
Weighing in at 6.2kg is one of the biggest baldies from my boat, and in trying conditions, Sheena gets
Bite of the Month. Well fished Sheena!
 Each month I award Bite of the Month to someone who catches the best fish
from one of my boats.
    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
Gnaraloo Station
Gnaraloo contacts for accommodation:
Barbara: 9315 4809
Website: Gnaraloo.com.au
Steep Point
Steep Point Ranger for booking campsites.  
Phone: Paul Dickson - Steep Point 9948 3993
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
You can now view all my past newsletters in my Blogs.

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!

 

Life’s too short to safely remove the USB!


Laurie

Saturday, July 4, 2015

June 2015

  

       

             
School holidays start today and already phone calls are coming in from anglers wanting a charter.
A relatively quiet month for June but July is well booked already. Looks like the mackerel and tuna have moved on with
no reports of any pelagics around, but the demersals continue with some of the best weather to come in the next couple of months.
Shark Bay turns it on
     Charlie Regnault took my 7.8m boat up to Shark Bay for an extended trip with three other mates. He did the same trip a
couple of years ago and did well on red emperor. This time the group only got one red but landed a lot of snapper, baldchin and cods. None of the fish
were XXX but quantity made up for the catch.
Very patriotic flying the flag on the boat outside their accommodation and 
Charlie with one of the many baldchin groper they caught.
               
Lots of snapper on the filleting table 
and a baitfish eye view of an estuary cod.
The spangled emperor were also plentiful.
Harry and Ryan from Fishing WA were up this month checking out my charter operation. They were doing a reconnaissance
and will be back to shoot a couple of shows from my boat.
I will keep you in the loop as to when it will show on TV.

              
 The cameraman in action filming the big rankin cod that Ryan jigged up.
 
Sheridan and Dave had a great time on a charter this week. A bit of rare rain was a worry first up but
It cleared early on and the day only got better.
              
Fishing was a bit slow to start and I had to search around but came up trumps with a great coral trout for Dave that would have gone 6kgs.
Then Sheridan hooked up to this nice dhuie before Dave even had his fish in the boat. 
       
Matt landed a nice baldchin as well as scarlet sea perch, while red-throat emperors, flathead, and other stuff made up the catch.
First fish went to Sheridan who put this nice spangled emperor in the esky

Some YouTube stuff
If you have not seen all my fishing videos, here is a link to my YouTube Chanel where they all are


A big mangrove jack for Jacob, 
and a dhuie for Pat during a charter.
Landed in 30m of water over a reef edge.

 
 Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Local Comp.
27th June 2015
The local comp was over the same weekend that the west coast was experiencing that massive swell.
I did not launch my boat, call me chicken, but it was really pounding!
I elected to try for a big tailor. I hooked a very good one at Chinaman's, but dropped it after a few minutes.
The following morning I fished Blue Holes for a tailor and got one about 2.5kgs and thought I was doing OK.
     At the weigh-in Daniel had two bigger than mine 
and Frank had 2 bigger than Daniel’s.
Frank’s biggest went 5.4kg, the biggest for the year so far.
A 1.14kg for Cheryl was the biggest for the year so far, but her combined bag of 4 bream were not good enough
to beat 4 other chunky bream.

Bite of the Month
Dave’s big coral trout wins Bite of the Month. Fishing a slow bite, this fish monstered his bait waking him up quickly.
Each month I award Bite of the Month to someone who catches the best fish
from one of my boats.
   
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
Gnaraloo Station
Gnaraloo contacts for accommodation:
Barbara: 9315 4809
Website: Gnaraloo.com.au
Steep Point
Steep Point Ranger for booking campsites.  
Phone: Paul Dickson - Steep Point 9948 3993
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
You can now view all my past newsletters in my Blogs.

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!

 

Life’s too short to safely remove the USB!

Laurie