Exmouth Sunday Report
Went out chasing billfish this morning in less than perfect conditions, with 5-8 knots forecast it was more like 15-18 south - south west and rather uncomfortable slop. We were hoping to go deep but the conditions just didn't allow it so we sat in close and hunted around, we were fishing with two tiagra 80's with 37kg and a 50 with 24kg and were looking for some of the monsters that had been reported over the last week. We managed to pick up a few dolphinfish which hardly even took line and were released. Shortly after we found a couple of fiesty marlin that the hooks just wouldn't stay in. One fish would have gone 12-15kg and the second one going 60kg'ish, which looked like a baby blue, went nuts tail walking over the surface giving us not much chance to get line back.
It didn't take long for the next fish to come up and chew on the lures, finally this one stayed connected and I got my first sailfish for the season, a nice 25kg fish. Whilst it didn't take much line on 37kg, still did a few nice jumps and gave a show of itself. (I will get the capture pics soon and post them up) After that we raised and hooked another 2 marlin but just couldn't get the hooks to stick, one was an estimated 40kg and the other was sight unseen, but what seemed like a solid fish. On the cruise in we picked up another dolly and dropped an octojig down in 40m to have it smashed almost instantaneously, but, as seemed to happen today - the hook pulled just under the boat and there was another story of the one that got away.
All in all is was quite a good day, if the hooks had stuck it would have been magic, but still not bad all the same. Gribbo also managed to get a nice sailfish and marlin and met us back at the ramp at 2, lots of little rat billfish out there, just couldn't get wide enough for the monsters. :( Sorry if the reports a little all over the shop, was bloody hot out there and am cactus as. Couple of photo's to come soon.
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wrassinator
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Nice works Ads. So long as u
Nice works Ads. So long as u didn;t power chuck like me u did well ;-)
Adam Gallash
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Close
Close mate, there were a few green occassions but managed to hold it. Especially after a big night last night, Exmouth vs the RAAF in the cricket. Lets just hope the RAAF can defend our country better than they can play cricket!!
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hlokk
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Not good to hear about the
Not good to hear about the pulled hooks, but at least you raised a few billies. Think of the guys who dont even see any (......like us southerners
). Hmmm, whens the next flight to learmonth.
On the larger trolling skirts I have they have those big thick gauge hooks with the massive barb. Have you ever experimented with using say a japanese style hook (obviously reasonably large so its strong enough)? Seems to me a lot of western tackle uses those style hooks, while the japanese ones use the japanese style hooks (thinner, sharper, smaller barb). I havent seen any japanese trolling skirts so it makes me wonder if the hook choice is a 'cultural' one (for lack of better word), rather than one based on effectiveness? I'm guessing the angler not trusting the barb size enough might be the main factor here :p (but then smaller barbs penetrate easier)
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marty9
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exmouth rocks
man i swear me and the boys cant wait to get to exmouth! been out fishing this morning and nothing ,cant wait to smash some decend size fish! just 2 1/2 wks to go and after seein simos fish report and pics, and urs adam,I CANT WAIT!!
hope the pub is well stocked.
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Nice work Adam
Great to crack the first billfish of the year and that's a very nice dolly.
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SamC
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Good stuff Adam, spewin'
Good stuff Adam, spewin' about the pulled hooks...
Cheers,
Sam
Cheers,
Sam
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well done Adam looking
well done Adam
looking forward to seeing the pics
but as always will be jealous
RUSS & SANDY
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RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Adam Gallash
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oh yeh
Also forgot about the shark we saw, would have been 13-14ft of hammerhead cruising the waves, lets just say it would have cleared the beaches pretty fast!! Its dorsal looked to be a good 80cm out of the water, would have made great footage for the jaws theme!!
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marty9
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it never ends
it never ends up there does it!
micktree
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well done
hey good day out there ads
hopefully when i get up there there still around would love to land a sail on a pitch bait
ill give ya a buzz when it comes closer to time and maybe you could show us a marlin and sailfish or 2
tight lines
Simon C
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CYA next week Ads, glad to
CYA next week Ads, glad to hear you left a few around for us, if you can just put a word in to the wind gods for us.
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Nice work Ads
Great report!
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Adam Gallash
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cheers
Cheers fellas, yeh certainly need to whisper to the man upstairs, she's been fairly blowing recently. Hopefully should start getting some more good days as the season rolls on.
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