Thursday, August 27, 2015

August

  

          
        
Just had a mate, Paul Youngman, up from Perth with his mate, David, from New Zealand.
Wanting a fish and not having much time I took them for a recreational fish just out the river mouth to a lump I know.
It is a bit of a hit and miss spot but after consulting the "Anglers Almanac" told them that the bite time was
10.30 am and that we should leave the boat ramp at 9.00am and will be back at 12.00 noon. Not a bite until
10.25am then 7 mulloway and an estuary cod! At 10.50.am it was all over and not another bite after that.
It pays to take note of the Almanac! We released all but 2 mulloway.
Here is the video I took of Dave landing his mulloway.
 

First time in a boat

Kerry Savas has his own boat but far too big to tow so hired one of my 6.5m boats and only went as far as the Sand Patch.
The girls aboard, Kerry’s fiancé Suki and her sister Alice visiting from Hong Kong, had never fished before and likely first time in a boat, but that did not stop them.
 Landing a samson fish 
and big coral trout between them until the dreaded sea sickness took hold!
Well done Suki and Alice!


Hi Laurie,
Thanks for everything... It was again a huge pleasure to support you (Murchison Boat Hire)!
I'm really looking forward to my next trip up there. It seems I'm learning more and more every time I go out.
Chris and Jacob’s catch Thursday, their first day.
It was really hard work starting out on Friday morning. With that crazy wind in the morning it was really hard to anchor accurately and we did not have much luck all morning. We managed to anchor okay over one spot & had a few good bites but, then those horrible blowies moved in taking rig after rig!!!! We pulled the anchor and  moved to “Andre” (old faithful) again. Anchoring was no drama and we were perfectly positioned over some promising looking ground.
As soon as my bait hit the bottom it was smashed. When I got to see some colour on my fish Jacob's bait got swallowed!
Ended up being a double header of Mulloway!! Weighing in at 4kg and 6kg.
Both Jacob and I had some real hard takes from fish we simple could not get over/out of the reef.
I have this idea that it could have been some larger Mulloway?? Jacob did manage to pull another 3kg one out there shortly after.
 I also caught three undersized baldies and then a real nice one of 3kg. Shortly after that I hooked into something that gave me fair fight.
Was so excited to see the Red! Unfortunately no record breaker but at lease it was a keeper red emperor. We continued to catch a few fish
including some nice sized skippy and a number of smaller size cod, we also had a few sand snapper give us a bit of a work out.
Regards,      Chris.
      
     
John Dobson has tried to get the 7.8m a couple of times and it has always been booked out, but this trip was different.
Taking a charter the first day to see how it was all done and two days self-drive hire afterwards made all the difference.
On the charter they all bagged out on category 1 fish but alas the bigger fish eluded us.
      
Much better sized fish made an appearance over the next two days with John landing a very nice dhuie 
and Phil landing good baldchin and dhuie.


 
Lisa landed an unusual catch out on charter this month. A blue-banded parrot fish.
This is the female, 90% of these fish caught are females. The males are iridescent
blue all over and very rarely caught.
 

 Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Local Comp.
23rd August 2015
Biggest bream for the year so far was this 1.3kg fish among his 4 fish bag for James.
Kept alive and released.
 
Still a few mangrove jacks in the river 

and Daniel’s landbased catch, mulloway and spangled emperor.

Bite of the Month
Lisa wins Bite of the Month for this pretty blue-barred parrot fish.
An uncommon catch and landed while out on charter, it made her day.
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

   



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