Exmouth Report 2/1/09 - 10/1/09

After Coral Bay we headed to Exmouth, it was windy and hot there but we still managed to get the boat out 5 times. Went in the gulf once, back of the islands twice and Tantas twice.

I managed to get my first Mangrove Jack in 65m and got my first GT trolling in the Gulf. The 8/1/09 out at tantas was the best day with the fish really firing. I got a 12kg Mackie on my drift bait it did a wicked leap out of the water. We also got a heap of Rankins, chucked most back only kept 2 big ones that wouldnt go down, I also got my first Coronation Trout, Amanda got a nice Tomato cod also. From the looks of Adams pics on that day I should have trolled the skirts, maybe next time.

It was a different experience being in Exy in Jan, it was like a ghost town compared to April/May. It was also a laugh seeing the Emu's everywhere. Can't wait to get back there in April/May for 4 weeks, counting the days...

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great assortment of fish

Fri, 2009-01-16 20:06

great assortment of fish there Simo

you cant realy complain with that lot

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sorry to burst ya bubble but

Fri, 2009-01-16 20:34

sorry to burst ya bubble but I dont think thats a mangrove jack. maybe a dark tailed sea perch. stonkin rankins though

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The fisheries inspector

Fri, 2009-01-16 22:00

The fisheries inspector idenitified it as a Mangrove Jack, I'll stick with that. For some reason it looks alot whiter in the pic.

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Fangs

Fri, 2009-01-16 22:04

Agree with dumper there Simo, cant see to many fangs and its got a pretty slender head.

Nice assortment of fish.

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yep

Sat, 2009-01-17 00:44

Sorry mate, but the fisheries is wrong, this fisheries says its a dark tailed sea perch. :) Long slender snout = sea perch also white line inside the fork of tail.  Solid rankin's though, hope to find me some of those soon!!  You seem to have Exxy pretty sussed mate, nice work.

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Monster Rankins

Sat, 2009-01-17 05:55

Great work Simo, they are acouple of monster rankins there mate. Only ever caught 3 rankins and together still wouldn't of weighted more than one of yours.

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HUUUGGGEEEEEEE! rankins!

Sat, 2009-01-17 06:03

HUUUGGGEEEEEEE!

rankins!

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Fish I.D.

Sat, 2009-01-17 06:22

Adam your right, fisheries person got it wrong, this is a dark tail sea perch, still good eating though. Nice rankin too.

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congrats

Sat, 2009-01-17 08:00

quality fish esp the rankins.....

 

 

 

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Dont feel bad simo.  I was

Sat, 2009-01-17 08:53

Dont feel bad simo.  I was calling them jacks as well until adam set me straight.  When they come up really dark they are hard to tell apart.

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Great report matey

Sat, 2009-01-17 09:37

Great pics simo.
I will be there in 10 weeks
I hope to get my first rankin and red.Fingers crossed
Nice mackie well done


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Here's a darker dark tail for comparison vs jack and jack closeu

Sat, 2009-01-17 10:17

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Jack looks like it has more

Sat, 2009-01-17 12:26

Jack looks like it has more teeth too.

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Wow top stuff Simo

Sat, 2009-01-17 13:01

There are some fantastic fish there, especially the big trevally and the mackeral
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Fantastic fishing

Sat, 2009-01-17 15:57

Awesome fishing Simo considering the winds and the heat.Those Rankines are rippers. Go easy on the fisheries fella...he's only new in town. I've seen some very experienced fisherman mistake Red bass for Mangrove jacks. I love that Macki also Simo. Great photo.
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Thanks for the comments

Sat, 2009-01-17 16:13

Thanks for the comments guys.

Rosco you will have to show me how to catch a big Coral Trout, when are you going up there again?

 

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Nice work on the Rankines

Sat, 2009-01-17 18:31

Nice work on the Rankines mate, they're amongst my top 2 for eating.
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Oh yeah the other one is

Sat, 2009-01-17 19:06

Oh yeah the other one is Rankines Cod :-D
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cant wait

Sun, 2009-01-18 09:27

Cant wait to get up there again Simo. Hoping to sneak a trip up in July and will definately be beack up next January. What sort of boat have you got? We left Exmouth on the 10th so I would have been up at the same time as you. We fished out from Bundegi on the 8th. Had a cracker day.
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I have a 5.4m trailcraft

Sun, 2009-01-18 10:34

I have a 5.4m trailcraft trailblazer, what you got?

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Mate some beaut fish. Try

Sun, 2009-01-18 11:17

Mate some beaut fish. Try fishing the gulf a bit more next time too. We  went  up  there last year and caught 138 species in 10 days (on fly). We stayed at a camp on the east side of the gulf called "wilderness Island". Used our own boat and payed jim accomodation rate. He runs charters but its ok to bring your own boat too and do your own thing. we're heading back there again this year, awsome fishing over that side of the gulf, creeks, flats, headlands, offshore reefs and bombies

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I wanted to head right down

Sun, 2009-01-18 11:29

I wanted to head right down into the gulf but never got around to it. I will have to put it on my list of things to do for next time.

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Looks like you did well in

Sun, 2009-01-18 12:26

Looks like you did well in Exy mate. Killa Rankins there

So many fishing spots. Not enough sickies!!!!!!!