The Epic Jurien Trip Report
The date was set for a trip to Jurien. Weeks of checking the weather forecast every day made the wait even longer, leaving it right down to the night before to make the decision whether we'd actually go or not. The decision was made to head up Thursday night to fish Friday on Seasport Charters with the legendary Whitey. Up we trecked to a dark cold Jurien with great anticipation of the next days fishing, staying the night at a local youth camp in a dorm so we could at least get a few hours rest before the exhausting day of pulling in fish.
The next morning we were on the water by 6:30 ready to fish. Onboard we had Chrisp, Shecky, Daz and his brother Andy, and myself (Goodz).
As to be expected the boys brought all their bling, rods out numbering fisho's 10-1.
Below is a soon to be less healthy looking stella.
We were fishing within about 30 mins from depature, everyone using jigs or plastics to start. First drop was an instant hookup for shecky on a McArthy plastic, giving his Crony Duel rod a good work out. Before he could land his fish myself and Daz were hooked up as well.
Meanwhile shecky landed the first fish of the trip.
Meanwhile chrisp had also hooked up.
The results of those hookup -
More double and triple hook ups next drop.
Up came this PB snapper for myself on a Caprice after hooking up on the drop before even hitting the bottom. Nicely breaking in the new Xzoga jig rod - Thanks Oceanside, especially Shaun for talking me into it :P
Followed by a nice sambo for shecky on his Croney Prodigy Jig rod. (Notice me hooked up instantly again)
Andy got his first Sambo on a Mcarthy plastic, usually preferring to use bait he was slightly swayed to the artificial side during the day.
Shecky gave his rods a good work out on the trip.
Meanwhile Daz and Chrisp landed more sambos.
Shecky usually took his time in getting fish in :P
More sambos for Goodz.
During the trip the decky also caught a few fish, his best being this fat sambo.
After catching plenty of sambos we moved on to look for some demersals and whitey put us right on the money with a multiple hook up on Dhu's on the first drop. Jigs, plastics and live bait all did the damage.
After being busted off on a big dhu first drop I re rigged and was straight on next drop, landing my PB dhuie on plastic at about 10kg.
Meanwhile Daz pulled in this nice baldie on jig, only to find there was no jig left.
Next drop chrisp hooked up to a good fish.
Meanwhile I hooked and landed another nice dhu.
Chrisp was taking his time to land his fish.
Another nice Dhu around 10kg.
We moved on to leave the dhu's alone and found a few more sambos before lunch.
We had a little troll between spots and picked up a couple little tuna.
We found more sambos at the next spot with everyone getting into them.
Shecky decided it would be a good idea to make a hooked sambo angry and paid the price, getting spooled on a borrowed stella (make him pay Sam).
For the last hour we had great fun jigging up sambos of all sizes, having all of us hooked up at a time.
We left them still hungry and ended the day with some fresh tuna on the way in. Masterchef Daz!
It was an epic day with everyone catching plenty of fish and never a dull moment with someone nearly being hooked up at anytime when we were fishing. There were plenty of bust offs on unstoppables, the weather was great, there was plenty of whales saying hello and the boys were all great to fish with. Can't wait to get back out there!
Hope you enjoy this, it took me FOREVER to put together :P
Goodz
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You other boys can feel free
You other boys can feel free to add anything I missed. I got a bit lost in the story after adding so many photos :)
till
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Looks like a great trip for
Looks like a great trip for everyone but SamC!
Paul G
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What a top looking fishing
What a top looking fishing trip ,some realy nice pics too.good to see so many fish as a lot of charters don't have a good hook up rate .Well done to all .
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damo6230
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nice work Ben
good to see no bait
some mint conditions there also.
great photos as well
ish_lovesfishing
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thas awsome!
thats awsome ...i think im in a need for one of those epic days lol...well dont to all
big john
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Quality
Top day and pics! Well done guys.
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callum
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great
great report
typical reubs
happy fishing
schecky
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Hats off to Whitey, one of
Hats off to Whitey, one of the best charter skippers out! Was a great day
carnarvonite
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Great report
Thanks for a great report where it looks like everyone had an absolute ball catching some real good fish.
Its a great advert for the charter boat and crew. Well done.
alfred
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Looks like it's really hard
Looks like it's really hard to get away from the Sambos. Great Pinks though.
brenz
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great report guys and awesum
great report guys and awesum fish to go with it
beau
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Wow amazing. I would kill
Wow amazing. I would kill for a day like that! Even to catch just a tuna. I wish I wasn't dreaded with sea sickness :(
makai
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Great report
Glad you took the time to put up so many photos! Great read.
Ashram
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Top report
Goodz what a fantastic report. The pictures tell an even bigger story. Congrats on a great trip.
Cheers Rhyss
Adam Gallash
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Epic
Epic alright, well done fellas and koudos to the skipper, thats exactly what you pay good money for. Top report too Bennos, well worth the effort. :)
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till
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What jig was it that the
What jig was it that the baldie crushed?
If you guys have any more good snaps of fish on the McArthy Baits, mind passing them on to me?
DazSamFishing
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lighten
lighten
till
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Nice work getting a baldie
Nice work getting a baldie on jig, sorry to hear it cost you a lighten though =0
DazSamFishing
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so do I get the McCarthy
so do I get the McCarthy deal? Note, no snapbacks?
till
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Bwahaha, I'll have to ask
Bwahaha, I'll have to ask Rob next time I see him!
schecky
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Ill email the pics to Rob
Ill email the pics to Rob
SamC
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Yeh Yeh fair game, wicked
Yeh Yeh fair game, wicked day by the looks lads!
Schecky, my stella best be freshly spooled with sea bass next time i see you.
i do recall you calling yourself a "rookie" in a recent thread. Your colours truely came out on this day
Cheers,
Sam
schecky
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freshly spooled with penn
freshly spooled with penn mariner mono in 80lb!
jono.s
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Looks like it was an awsome
Looks like it was an awsome trip
STEVE231
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Great effort!!
Looks like you boys were kept pretty busy with plenty of quality fish, well done!!
TonyT
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cracking trip lqads, might
cracking trip lqads, might have to make a trip up that way myself, you've shown me the light.... cheers, keep it up
Dale
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Excellent stuff there guys,
Excellent stuff there guys, wouldn't mind tagging along if you do it again. :)
Cheers
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now that would be a trip to
now that would be a trip to remember. looks like your trip to jurien was well worth the drive up.plenty of good fish taken and lost by the sounds of it.well done to all that made the trip and great effort for putting this together with great pics
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Goodz
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We can thank Whitey for most
We can thank Whitey for most of the photos as he was always quick to grab the camera after netting our fish and get a few good shots. I managed a few with my own camera when I wasn't busy pulling in fish too :)
Cammos
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Nice job guys. Great photos
Nice job guys. Great photos and fish.
Been toying with the idea of dragging the boat up there for a weekend, but I expect I need a weekend just to find the some spots, but looking at this it seems you drop a jig and up comes a Sambo.
grayzeee
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top report guys an excellent
top report guys
an excellent day
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Andy Mac
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Great pics and a top report
mouth watering trip for sure.
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Gully
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Far out - real action packed
Far out - real action packed day.
Top effort by the skipper to keep you on the fish all day.
What depths were you fishing?
Gully
Goodz
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40-60m I believe.. those
40-60m I believe.. those bigger sambos sure went for a run in that depth.
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I bet - sounds like one hell
I bet - sounds like one hell of a day thats for sure.
mitch
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great day and a great read
great day and a great read .well done ...whitey sounds like the man to fish with in jurien.....
Goodz
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Highly recommend him, he's
Highly recommend him, he's a great guy and really puts you onto the fish. Easily the best charter I've been on.
Georgejungle
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Great day out Jurien sure
Great day out Jurien sure has a lot too offer compared to the waters down here .Doesnt get half as fished as the metro waters
Pete D
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Epic!
Great report and kudos to Whitey for some awesome pics.
Congrats on ya PB Caprice Snapper Goodz - top pic that one.
Cheers Pete
Webby
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thats awsom guys, great
thats awsom guys, great fish. couple of questions, is that a stradic in pic# 37 and 39? if so what size and what line did you have it spooled with? also what rod is that in pic#44 and 45? also what size jig head works well with the sp's at that depth? well done again guys Cheers
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Goodz
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Yep Stradic 4000FI spooled
Yep Stradic 4000FI spooled with 30lb Whiplash. Certainly got a whipping that trip!
The rod is a Monster Mesh PE6-8 with a Saragosa 18000. Used that to put some hurt on a few sambos. I think most of us were using 40gram jig heads.
Colin Hay
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Top report and pics Goodz
It looks like you guys had a real trip to remember.
You had some nice bling with you too.
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Lamby
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Awesome reports fella's well
Awesome reports fella's well done
schecky
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Daz and his brother went
Daz and his brother went back today! And also took James and Honsu with them, from what they tell me they absolutely chopped!
Another epic report coming...
Goodz
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Yes can't wait to see the
Yes can't wait to see the report!
Lucky Tim
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a bit late fellas but a well
a bit late fellas but a well and truely a top notch report. Been doing a fair bit of demersal jigging and sp work myself and loving it, but not getting amongst numbers like that.
Might have to head up to Jurien sometime real soon....
beau
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Hey Goodz, awesome report
Hey Goodz, awesome report mate. Just wondering, if all the gear you guys used is specifically jigging gear? I've always been a landbased fisho, but ever since i bought the jetski ive wanted to get some more appropriate gear to fish with off it rather than using a 9' shore spin rod! Looking for something i can drift mulies and use SP's around in the sound for pinkies, troll lures for salmon and maybe tuna out at 3 mile, and maybe even to lure cast for salmon and tailor around inshore reefs. Any help from any of the members would be great! Your fishing gear looks like something i would like to get but wasnt sure if theyre just for jigging. Thanks guys
Goodz
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Well there was a big range
Well there was a big range of gear we had, all to be used primarily for jigging and soft plastics but really you could some of them outfits for anything. I guess most of the rods were what was more specific to jigging but you could still troll or dift bait with most of them. We had a few plastic outfits too which could be used to cast for salmon or tailor easily. The outfit I used mostly, the xzoga pe3 rod and stradic 4000 reel, I used sp's and jigged with. I could also cast with it tho it's only 6 foot so not the perfect casting rod but it'd work. If you were trolling tho you'd wan't to go a rod that didn't have the exposed blank in the middle of the butt section, it looks nice it's not practical in a rod holder! I'd suggest going into one of the sponsor tackle stores and getting them to show you some gear to see what you'd like.