Carnarvan Charter to Bernier and Dorre islands
Submitted by dowders on Sun, 2015-06-21 09:01
Hey guys looking at a charter out of Carnarvan to Bernier and Dorre Islands around July/August, just wondering what sort of species you could expect to catch out there as i have never fished there, Cheers
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carnarvonite
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Indian Chief
There are some good reports of their catches of late with all anglers getting their bag limits from Indian Chief charters doing day trips'
For longer trips its Top Gun 2, they leave Sunday mornings and return on Thursday afternoon, their reports are top notch as well
dowders
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Yep was looking at Top Gun.
Yep was looking at Top Gun. Just don't want to go there and catch pinkies and get sharked. I presume you get baldies, trout, reds?
carnarvonite
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Top fish
Doesn't matter where you go for the next 6 weeks because you are going to get pinkies while they are spawning. Both boats get out deep after red and in close for baldies and trout plus chase mackies and whahoo for those who like catching them.
Would recommend either charter to anyone wanting to catch decent fish.
walloped
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Indian Chief Charters have a good reputation. Check out their website.
choorles
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went with Top Gun couple of
went with Top Gun couple of years ago - got baldies, rankin, spangos, red emps, macks, mulloway, trout
Doooma
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The flesh on the pinkies has
The flesh on the pinkies has been mushy lately, which had me thinking they were spawning!
mallesh
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Had same problem with couple of pinks caught last trip.
I never had this problem with metro snapper when spawning.
Please experts clarify.
Thanks
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
Bryce Day
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Yep im also interested as to
Yep im also interested as to why this happens, Ive had a few mushy ones as well!
carnarvonite
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Energy
They burn up that much energy when spawning that what fat they have put on burns off and the flesh goes all mushy.
The same would happen down there if you still could fish Cockburn sound when spawning occurs there.
Up here off Koks Island there are literally thousands of them congregating on all the reefs in the area all over a four week period
crasny1
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So hard to get passed them
to get anything else. But in most peoples opinions that would not be a bad thing. Just go lighter on the gear and have a ball.
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carnarvonite
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Lady Joyce
Took a run out to the Lady Joyce wreck today and brought home our 4 pinkies between the 2 of us, flesh was nice and firm so would guess they haven't started spawning inside yet
burnz
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The boat i work on will also
The boat i work on will also be doing charters soon out of Carnarvon.
Terumi J, Blue Label Fishing & Charters. Think we are doing max 8 people and 3 or 5 day live aboard.
Brody
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Is this the same
Is this the same boat? fishwrecked.com/forum/high-and-dry-0
burnz
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Haha yes it is, before I
Haha yes it is, before I worked on it though.
Brody
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Yeah fair enough, just
Yeah fair enough, just interested as to what actually happened. I spent a week on it a few years ago, nice boat but rolled around a fair bit in any sea or swell from memory.
burnz
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I dont know the story to what
I dont know the story to what happened, but the boat held up ok. Only broke the sonar which was around $100k worth. Yeah its a very nice boat, alot of boat to clean haha. I like the rock of it as its very long and slow compared to other boats, easier to work in.