Exmouth Fishing Report - Courtesy of Exmouth Game Fishing Club and Bluewater Tackleworld Exmouth

Stewart Newnham from Isle of Wight England is here with his wife on holiday for a few weeks. Stewart is an extremely keen fisherman who has travelled the globe fishing in all different locations but rates his day out he had with local charter boat Aqua C as one of his best days fishing he has experienced. With a perfect day, weather wise, Stewart got to experience the huge variety of species on offer in Exmouth waters. From cobia, longtail tuna, three different forms of trevally right thru to host of bottom fish Stewart caught them all, however it was the 30kg spanish mackerel which is pictured this week which put up the best fight of the day, doing a series of scorching runs across the surface and certainly made the drag on his spinning reel work overtime.

Robert Bosnjak and his partner Sofia Castillo from Perth have been a having a great time fishing down in the local Marina. Using nothing more than there usual bream outfits from back home, all sorts of northern species from bonito , mangrove jacks and a heap of trevally have all fallen victim to the small soft plastics they have been throwing around. Among all the different varieties of trevally they have been encountering, it was a good size diamond trevally that provided the biggest thrill, putting up a 10minute struggle on the light gear before finally being subdued. All fish that Robert and Sofia have been catching in the Marina have been released which is great to see as the Marina really is a sanctuary for all manners of juvenile species.

Tim Woodland and his Father towed their boat up all the way from Perth to chase Sailfish in the Gulf. Whilst it is definitely getting late in the season for the Gulf sailfish run they still encountered a few sailfish as well longtail tuna and spanish mackerel all within close proximity of the Exmouth reef region. Tim was ecstatic to finally catch his first sailfish which fell to a live bait fished on 6kg line.

Earlier in the week huge schools of hardyhead baitfish were schooled up along the shoreline of Town beach in the run out tide in the morning. All manner of pelagic species were seen feeding on the schools of the hapless baitfish with the diving birds also getting amongst the action cleaning up all the scraps.

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