Exmouth Trip
Just a short report on my Exmouth trip last week with a mate.
Weather was pretty good, hot obviously, and we seem to catch more fish on the days with a bit of wind/swell.
We trolled off Tantabiddi early most mornings for some big Spaniards, caught 5 and released 3. We lost another one right on the strike to a shark. We lost 2 fish to sharks for the whole trip, but they were never far away.
Had a Trevally session inside the reef one afternoon which was great fun. Caught some big Gold Spot Trevally and heaps of Queenies and Bludger Trevally. One Gold Spot turned into a large whaler shark which I got boatside before it had one last dive under the boat, snapping my jigging rod. (not cheap a PE8 Seed Shiren!)
Fished the beaches most nights for some Spanglies, Queenies and Baldchin, also a couple of sharks landed and released and a Coral Trout caught from the beach.
Here's some of the better fish.
Cheers, Pondy
sammy85
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Good work mate solid trout
Good work mate solid trout off the sand!
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big john
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Nice work
Nice work Pondy!
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southcity104
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Gotta be happy with..
a trout from the beach!!
Solid goldy to!!
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crasny1
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That trout off the beach/shore
would be on my bucket list. Not easy to achieve. Well done.
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Notorious
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Cracker beach trout!
Cracker beach trout!
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meglodon
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Thats a big shark
That shark would have given you one hell of a fight from the beach. How did you get it back into the water (I presume it was released)if not it would have filled the esky pretty much.
Pondy
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Thanks lads
Hi Meglodon, the shark was landed in about 10 minutes with heavy spin gear. They slide back into the water pretty easily with a good push from the tail, then you can walk it out a bit or just make sure they swim off.
Landing them quickly can mean they're a bit lively on the beach.. but they release well.
If anyone's interested, the link to the video is below. I've edited it to just over a minute.
http://youtu.be/DAbUAEj1EzA
And the coral trout from the beach video
http://youtu.be/n7lgSYhON4o
kirky79
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That is an awesome trout
That is an awesome trout anywhere let alone the beach.
Diesel80
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Trout location
I know it, others can work it out for themselves. Bluebone and BIG Squid also on offer there at the right time of the year :P
Nice pics! Shark is a hooter.
Cheers,
D80
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