Exmouth report - July 2016
Quick report from me, not a whole lot to brag about on our recent trip up with the wind blowing relentlessly limiting us getting the kayaks out and the fish just not biting landbased despite hours upon hours flinging casts out with almost every lure in my tackle box getting a good run.
Stand out lure was without a doubt Big John's white bucktail in 3/4 and 1oz sizes.
Managed to troll up a couple small rankins in the yak in just a couple metres of water not far from shore (one of them came in a double hookup with a little school mack, can't complain about that).
Charlie courts were about in plague proportions as were small bluebone but nothing of any size.
Got taught a few hard lessons using my 10lb outfit as my main one for the yak - might have to put another order in for some more of BJ's bucktails after getting stitched up 5 or 6 times in a session by what I suspect were decent spangoes and also losing a few jigs to bite-offs. Will probably step my main outfit up to 15 or 20lb for the next trip.
I did manage to find a couple little queenies around 70cm in the marina on plastics which were great fun on the light gear.
sea-kem
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Thanks for sharing Hutch,
Thanks for sharing Hutch, some nice pics there
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Awesome
Great work Hutch, glad the jigs worked well for you.
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Octopus
That octopus knows you're up to something!
Great read and well done in trying conditions.
Yewiefish85
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Some great pics there, Nasty
Some great pics there, Nasty set of chommpers on that spaniard even at that size!
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Some good sharkies there Hutch. Bad luck about the weather.
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uncle
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Well done hutch
Used to fish light yonks ago.just happy to catch and land most now.big John will be happy you lost a few ha ha
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Hutch
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Cheers guys, thinking of
Cheers guys, thinking of staying a bit longer next time to hopefully give us a bigger weather window
sea-kem
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It's been a pretty average
It's been a pretty average year all up the coast weatherwise Hutch. let's hope it's just one of those odd years where it's all up the shit. hardly even saw the sun the whole time we were away.
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randall df223
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Thanks for sharing hutch.
Thanks for sharing hutch. We're up there in 27 days time!
Love the colour of those smaller rankins, even if they have to go back, theyre a beautiful looking fish.
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Hutch
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Rankin size limit?
Larger one went mid 40's and was kept, smaller one went back feeling certain the size limit was 42cm but when I looked it up later I couldn't find anything about a legal size for rankins?
sea-kem
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There is no minimum size for
There is no minimum size for them.
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Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
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Im probably wrong but I
Im probably wrong but I thought keepers were between 500mm to 1000mm, either way good report and those fish would have been fun from the yak...
Ok I stand corrected, just had a look and doesn't seem to be a min or max size... I've been throwing back shit loads of 450mm models.
big john
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All head
Not a lot of flesh on a 450mm Rankin.
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Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
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Very true, heading up to
Very true, heading up to kalbarri in april so the ones I threw back should be 600+ haha...
Hutch
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Yeah I realised afterwards
Yeah I realised afterwards haha
sea-kem
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Nope, I asked the two
Nope, I asked the two fisheries guys on the beach up there last week, no minimum and maximum size for Rankins
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dano83
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Nah your right, I remember
Nah your right, I remember seeing a max size of a metre on one of those blue fish measuring tapes a few years ago.
I'm not sure about now tho
Paw
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28 days for me Randall. Lets
28 days for me Randall. Lets hope the weather is good.
Phil
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We probably get there the
We probably get there the same day??? we arrive sunday 14th. Staying at yardie homestead if you are in the area, say hi.
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Paw
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Will also arrive the 14th.
Will also arrive the 14th. Will be staying at Lighthouse. Will have my grey Surtees Game Fisher there (Grey Prado pulling it) and also the rubber duck with a 10hp on the back for fishing the lagoon on the west side. Will keep an eye out for you.
Phil
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Minimum size for all cods
Minimum size for all cods except charlie courts is 400 i believe. Maximum is 1000 (for estuary cod anyway). Not sure if rankin is specifically mentioned in the rule book but the cods that are are 400. I just work on that rankin is the same.
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randall df223
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Well fuck me. Recfishwest
Well fuck me. Recfishwest app says no min size. My bad. I threw one back at monkey mia in april. Bugger!
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timmy k (not verified)
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Awesome
Those Rankin pics are cool, white spots really stand out
uncle
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Set your own size
Let them grow
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randall df223
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Yep the previous post was
Yep the previous post was right. There isnt a great lot of meat on a 400mm cod.
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mallesh
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Some great photos Hutch
Thanks for sharing.
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avatinni
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Yep the wind and rain was
Yep the wind and rain was insane on the whole 2 weeks we was up there.