Fun in the Exmouth Sun
Yesterday produced one of the best days I've seen in Exmouth yet. After finishing tidying up our old place we decided a day out on the water was required to chill out and I'd promised Jay that she'd see some whales. Anyway, 5 minutes after leaving the marina we found our first pod. Next thing we know they were swimming under the boat, slapping tails, jumping, singing - the whole works.
After hanging with them for a good 20 minutes it was time to get the lines wet. With a spread of 4 skirts out we were hoping for a lost sailfish to jump on and provide some entertainment, which wasn't forth coming. After a good hour and a half of trolling we gave up and thought we'd try something else.
Seeing as we didn't have any bait I thought we'd try some soft plastics. After the first 7 charlie courts I thought I'd put a strip on some gangs and see if we couldn't float it past a coral trout. No more than 5 minutes later the line started peeling and a spinner shark of 7 foot launches 5 meters from the boat scaring the living beejeebus out of us and busting off on re-entry. We decided to give up on the bait option and stuck with the plastics in 20m of water. Finally we got through the charlie courts and got into something a bit more solid. First fish was a 40cm Bluelined Emperor, second fish a 47cm Spangled Emperor, then an identical spangled came up 10 minutes later. After a couple of heavy bustoffs (we were fishing with 3kg mono) we landed a 57cm Spanglie that took a good 10 minutes to get up and peeled line like there was no tomorrow. We were fishing in 22m of water with only a light lead head jig which worked a treat. We also threw back a dozen more charlies and a heap of variagated emperor and small blue lines. After a hot two hour session we threw out a spread of divers on the way back in with little interest.
All up we saw nearly 50 whales, had a hammerhead hit the side of the boat on the way back in at 25 knots, sea snakes everywhere, dolphins, tuna schools every 500m, a nice swag of fish onboard, some cold beers for the ride back in and absolute glass conditions for the whole time we were out there. Yes, yes it was good day. :)) Unfortunately the camera batteries died after the first bluelined so we didn't get any of the spangleds, which was the only downer of the day.
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nickyau2
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awesome report adam...
awesome report adam... you're making me jealous... makes me wanta come up again... hold on.. i am!!! can't wait!
Here fishy fishy....
original teenage
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nice trip guysssssss the
nice trip guysssssss
the more u fish..the less stress u get....
ROCKPOM
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whales
There were 2 whales inside the reef line north of Tandabiddie on Wednesday!
Looked like just enought water 4 them as we passed over them in the chopper.
The water was a mirror 4 a good 30 miles with big schools of tuna amoungst the
whales.
What a place to live Adam!!!Enjoy!!
Gully
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Awesome work mate - Jay
Awesome work mate - Jay would have been pretty happy with that although I noticed there were no rankins or bluebone in there ;)
Good conditions and good fish what else could you ask for
Big Frank
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Great in Dampier too (and a query)
Sounds like you had a great day Adam - I was out amongst the islands in the Dampier Archepelago the same day and it was brilliant. Plenty of wildlife - dolphins, whales, turtles, dugongs and a feed to go with it. Made it hard coming back to Perth to go back to work.
On a different topic, and not trying to go too far off the thread of your post, I got busted off 3 times while trolling using 60pound braid staight onto a wire trace. Someone said I should have had 10m of mono between the braid and the trace to act as a shock absorber - true, not true or depends?
Gully
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braid
Busted off hey - yeah I always run a mono wind on leader of at least 5-10m in length when using braid. That should alleviate (at least help) with the problem.
However I have gone back to trolling only with mono now and have had very good hookup rates.
Braid for bottom and mono for trolling for me.
Cheers
Gully
deepwater
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good report mate i got
good report mate i got untill friday night off and we are planing some fishing around the cape ,hope them reds are still there ,well done mate
jeff
rickets
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very good report... gotta be
very good report... gotta be happy with memories like that
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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No stretch
Frank,
The problem is braid having basically no stretch. Couple that with a tight drag you will ping off or rip the lure out of the fishes mouth. A wind on leader will help a bit but you really need to do more ie backing off your drag pressure to a medium set drag and you can always increase the drag after the initial run where most fish are lost on braid.
Gully's on the money, mono for trolling and braid for bottom, my favourite repetative comment in my shop!
I'll be in Exmouth tomorrow and getting some of this nice weather Adam, 2 weeks of it....mmhhhh nice
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rickets
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i hate you ryan :P wish i
i hate you ryan :P
wish i was in exmouth lol
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Looking forward to it
Looking forward to it Rickets, shorts, sunnys, warm climate and plenty of drinking-n-fishing (inc diving also), gotta love leaving Perth winter.....BBRRRRRR
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Adam Gallash
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i get back from
I get back from Coral Bay Wed/Thurs Ryan, so we will find some fish on the Friday.
Late arvo glass off's are the story at the moment, still haven't found the manta's in the gulf, but they can't be far away. My next door neighbour got a sailfish 3km from the marina last Friday arvo on a skipping gar.
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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cool!
Sounds good Adam, Friday it is.......c u then!
Okay, off to pack my fishing gear and that's always a challenge as i've got a bit
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Pete D
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Just a little bit of gear!!!!
He is not joking either... Ryan dropped his gear off last night...gees, I'm going to need another trailer......or I could sell it or on ebay and not work the rest of the year
bibs
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the mantas are on the east
the mantas are on the east side of the south muiron at the moment
got a few longtail around them but alas couldnt get the cobes
Salmo
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Navy Jetty
Whats the go Adam.....someone just back said it was totally off limits now????
Or is it just rumour to keep the holiday makers away????
Adam Gallash
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Rumour
Haven't been up there in a while. But last I knew they changed it from 50m to 100m. Apparently the reason for that was one well known angler and his gang getting caught too close to the navy pier so many nights/days in a row..... :)
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