3 days in the Cambridge Gulf
A great set of neap tides, coupled with a long weekend was the perfect opportunity to have a crack at a decent black jew and some good fingermark.
A soggy departure due to a 3.00am deluge saw the 'Further North' and a mates boat depart Wyndham at 7.00am on Saturday morning. An hour and half glassy ride later we decided to have a crack in the Lyne River for a barra. Trolling and casting lures resulted in some rat fingermark and a small queenie. We then left the Lyne and arrived at the very top of the gulf 35 minutes later.
Started sounding around for fish and then the normally smooth as silk Yamaha started running slightly off. Mmm, after trying to get up on the plane to hopefully clear the crap out, she stalled. Fark, 50 nm from the ramp, not good. The culprit turned out to be a blocked water separating filter, courtesy of some water and sludge. After a few anxious minutes trying to get off a jammed filter, we eventually sorted the problem, replaced, primed, dumped, refitted and primed the spare filter and back under way inside half an hour. Glassy conditions were a god send, could have been a lot worse.
Finally started fishing and picked up a couple of good fingermark among a heap of 300-450mm models.
That arvo saw us head to the other side of the gulf to have a look for some jew. A good sized school of large arches on the 585 had us pretty keen. Took half an hour for the first decent fish, but at 1.13m it was a nice Pb. Half an hour later Jamie and I picked up a double of identical fish, 1.22m and full of milt. We had to vent these to release them and not wanting to kill breeding fish, we headed in to drop the plough anchor and try and get some sleep.
Sunday morning had us heading for another new location about 10nm away. Great spot and great day, several good fingermark and about 20 black jew up to 1.05m caught and released in 8-17m. Good fishing. That arvo we relocated to the other side of the gulf again, with the aim of getting a few more fingermark up until the 10.00am low tide, with us planning to ride the rising tide on the 50nm trip back to the ramp.
Plan worked a treat and being able to leave 60-70cm fingermark on the chew at 10.00am was a real buzz. Trip home was on a glass bed, awesome.
Here's a few pics.
Big John
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Redemperor000
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Would have been a heart in
Would have been a heart in mouth moment when it stalled but overall some brilliant fish there,
Turned out for the best,
mullows
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Some solid fish there BJ,
Some solid fish there BJ, looks like you made the most of the long weekend. How good are the colours on those snapper!!!
Cheers
Mullows
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Jody
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Hard to beat
Awsome country up there John.
Definately envious - plus the quality fish
TWiZTED
sea-kem
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Some top pics there BJ. What
Some top pics there BJ. What are the Finger mark like eating wise?
Love the West!
big john
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Top
Top shelf mate, up with or just a smidgin under red emperor.
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sea-kem
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Excellent it's on the bucket
Excellent it's on the bucket list.
Love the West!
dumper
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Living the dream big fella
Living the dream big fella
ealzee
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mate sensational! I'm a big
mate sensational! I'm a big fan of jacks and that is a ripper, solid jews too
kill it??? eat it!!!!
ca11um
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I like Fingermarks on my rod-Dad joke.
Great stuff guys!!
Faulkner Family
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what a way to spend the
what a way to spend the weekend. very envious. some great fish there and those conditions, how could you possibly put up with it.
your lucky you know what to look for with the breakdown.would have been a long paddle back
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scotto
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Awse!
Quality all round BJ. Nice work!
till
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Thats a good couple of days
Thats a good couple of days BJ!
Wazza79
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Awesome trip and pics!
Only been out there once myself, but def a trip to remember. Looks like a great trip! Well done, and nice report.
abeldog
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Great photos John
Hope to head into that country soon.
Just need to expand my territory.
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uncle
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another great trip
looks like a great trip with plenty of fish,love those speedway conditions
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Marky
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That looks terrible out
That looks terrible out there.... :) Great report and photos there. Looks like you had a blast. Any drama's with sharks out there?
Cheers for posting.
big john
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Small
Small black tips and similar up to about 3 feet. Not to bad.
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crasny1
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Fingermark
Just awesome fish, and still to be ticked off the wish list. In K city, any will do, but quality ones like that - Dreaming.
I would get seasick in those conditions!!!!!
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dkonig82
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Wow - that looks
Wow - that looks awesome!
Very jealous
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Joodles
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Nice Goldies man!!
Nice Goldies man!!
sherbert
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Looks all the goods up there
Some trip that would be, And some great fish too Is that a new boat big john
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big john
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Rig
No mate, same rig I had in Onslow.
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kane
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Looks like an amazing trip!
Well done on some great fish too :-)
Gooooone Fishin!