Geraldton offshore Thursday 13th October 2016
G'day fellow Fishwrecked forumites :).
Now that the footy is over for another season and I can't annoy the crap out of the Frocker faithful and the cold pie toothless brigade, I guess I should post up a fishing report for a change!
Today was certainly a great day to be on the water up here in Gero, although the fish weren't really on the chew, there was a lot of baitfish in the water and a lot of whales - some of which were very inquisitive indeed as you will see below.
We left the marina around 06:00 this morning and headed south to try a few marks. Skipper Anthony was mainly fishing bait and caught a procession of red throats over the course of the day, plus 2 small Dhuis (both released) and 1 undersized Baldie (also released).
I only caught 1 fish at around 07:00am, but it was a nice one in the form of a Cobia that smashed my Zerek live shrimp on the retrieve half way up and headed straight back down giving me a torrid fight on the Stradic 6000FI matched to the T-Curve Lucanus Jig stick. I eventually managed to wear the Cobe down and decided to keep it for some fillets (haven't tried Cobia yet, but I believe they are ok on the chew). It later measured approx 1.10 metres on the brag mat and I would estimate a weight of around 12 or so kg.
Things were pretty quiet after that for me for the rest of the day. I tried my new Smash Crab on a paternoster rig to see what that might tempt, but only scored a scorpionfish.
The highlight of the day was when a whale and her calf decided to come and check out the boat, swimming directly under us about three times and surfacing very close to us.
As always, it's hard to get the best possible shots, but I managed these few to give you an idea of how close they were to us. A great thing to experience when they get that close and personal.
Dale
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They are bloody nice on the chew gadsy.
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big john
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Cobia or the Whale?
Nice fish gadsy.
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Gadsy
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Cheers Dale
Kept a bag of fillets in the fridge and will fry them up tomorrow
meglodon
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Whale and calf
Feel privileged by the up close and personal experience.
sea-kem
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Nice work Gadsy, we had the
Nice work Gadsy, we had the whales coming past us on Wednesday while out on their way back down the coast, awesome sight to see!
Love the cap btw
Love the West!
Gadsy
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I always wear my lucky Eagles cap Seakem
It hasn't failed me yet, unlike the boys did in the finals lol.
Rob H
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Cobia is excellent eating,
Cobia is excellent eating, way better than you think it will be.
Freezes well also!
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Everyone's just winging it.
Gadsy
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Just fried some for dinner
And it was delicious! Nice firm flesh and very tasty
Rob H
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you in Gero Gads?Might have
you in Gero Gads?
Might have a go at a get together next time I get home if your interested?
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Gadsy
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Hi Rob
Yes, I live here in good ol Gero.
A get together sounds great :).
Let me know when you're here next.