Coral Bay land based report
Greetings FW! Long time reader, first time poster..
Really enjoy reading reports on this site and hearing/seeing whats happening in the WA fishing world.. so I figured after getting back from Coral Bay I thought I'd give a cheeky report on what happened.
I was only land based so spent the week casting plastics and metal slices around. Just to be spend a few hours every day strolling up and down the magnificent beaches while casting lures was awesome. Sure beats working! Coral Bay is paradise and so worth the drive.. and it's even better when you get some fish.
So basically over the week we managed to get into a lot of different types of fish..Was fishing on light gear so everything was fun. sightcasted into a few small schools of small queenies which brought some great action. Add in some smallish trevs, a stack of undersize macks, some small spanglies and a variety of stuff that you get on plastics when off the beaches up there and it equates for good times!
Bad times involved jagging a turtle in the wing with a jighead which thankfully was easily set free, as well as getting my thumb sliced by a longtom..not cool... anyway
I seem to pray a fair bit when spinning off the beach (particularly when not much is biting...) and one day I was repeatedly praying and asking God for a big trevally to come my way.. and when i say repeatedly i mean for the whole morning. Not sure why I was asking for a trev, prob just wanted a good fight! Managed to get onto a nice golden trev of about 2 or 3 kg which was a pb for the trip so far and i thought my prayers had been answered (and not for the first time while fishing!). Anyway, eventually started to get the feeling that the trev i'd got wasn't the one i was asking in prayer for.. so kept praying and asking (and casting) and eventually got onto something big! My prayers were answered! After a pretty decent fight with the help i my dad i landed this gold spot trev. measured 95cm and a pb for me landbased! great fun! Looking forward to getting back up there again, though sadly i know it will be a while before that happens.
Thanks lads!
Brett
deepwater
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Great report there brett and
Great report there brett and welcome aboard
it good to go on holidays in a great place like that,good work on the PB
jeff
Wazza79
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Wouldve given you a workout!
Awesome fish and report Brett! Heading up that way myself in a few weeks too! Can't wait!
bitten
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wow i didnt know praying
wow i didnt know praying worked maybe i should give that a go tonihgt
shorething
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depends who you are praying
depends who you are praying to and how well you know them!
meglodon
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so you think there might be something to this praying business
hmmm i might have give it a try next time i go for a fish
Zoggy84
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Also thinking i needa pray.
Also thinking i needa pray. Nice catch there and welcome
The name is Zoe.
If any1 but the wife asks im fishing, if she asks im at work.
Handi 1
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Nice fish from shore , where
Nice fish from shore , where were you ? Love to have a flick around for that as the result , what on plac ,lure or bait ? I,m up here at moment and looking for land based action .
Dhui on river to sea jig a few years back , 16 kg ! PB for me .
shorething
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fished the beach south of
fished the beach south of five finger reef all week and got stuff everyday. got this guy on chrome twisty. also got stuff on plastics.. got a spangly just the other side of the reef just north of five finger on plastic tho, worth a try. hope that helps. let me know how you go, wish i was still there