Fishing Report Exmouth 12-01-2006 - Courtesy of Scott Forbes

The plummeting barometer certainly turned the fish off as Cyclone Clare approached, however, it didn’t stop the anglers getting out and having a great time over the Exmouth Game Fishing Club Tantabiddi Camp out week-end, which was thanks to the Exmouth Dive Centre. Several boats took to the water and many anglers and locals from town joined in the BBQ and camp out on the Saturday night.

The heaviest red emperor section was left vacant, while the heaviest mackerel or wahoo section was taken out by Scott Forbes aboard Jig-a-Jig with a12kg Spanish mackerel.  Runner up was Col Anderson also aboard Jig-a-Jig with a 10.5 kg Wahoo.  Third place was Mark Damien aboard Awesum with a 9.25kg Wahoo.  The wahoo was delicious on the bbq that night-thanks guys!

The tagged marlin section was taken out by teamSwitched On (2 tags), with skipper Ben Knight tagging a 35kg black on 37kg line, and angler Shaun Brandenburg tagging a 30kg black on 15kg line.  Runner up was team In Deep (1 tag), with angler Kurt Decker tagging a 110kg Striped on 60kg line.  Third place went to team Jig-a-Jig (1 tag), by Col Anderson with an 18kg black on 24kg line.  Earlier in the week there were many more marlin raised and hooked, but unfortunately the drop in barometric pressure kept the numbers low for the week-end.

The tagged sailfish section was won by Mike Smith aboard Awesum with a 40kg sailfish on 37kg line.  Runner up was Cameron Trowbridge with a 35kg sailfish on 37kg line onboard the smallest boat in the fleet, but the boat with the most tagged billfish: Switched On.

One of the best catches was a massive 72cm 6kg spangled emperor caught on hand line by Jake Usher, who took out the Spangled Emperor section-well done to 14yr old Jake!

A big thanks goes to Dave Hall at the Exmouth Dive Centre as the major sponsor for the week-end comp.  We’re sure this week-end event will be another huge success next year.