Jurien Bay
Recently on the last long weekend i went with family and friends to jurien bay. I dragged the boat up and was only able to launch once. I went out 20km. and looked around and around and around and around and was unable to find much reef out deep. after much frustration and telling all my crew not to worry we find some ground soon, i gave up and went in. we boated some nice table fish but i was after the famous Jurien Bay Dhu fish. On the way in i noticed some likely looking ground holding some very large fish. first drift Dhuie, second drift Dhuie, third drift Dhuie and fourth Dhuie. Not bad for 30mins work and all in 12mtrs of water. There was four in the boat and i couldnt of scripted it any better all landing a dhuie. in shallow water these things pull hard and and the one i had ran about 6 times. Also managed a 53cm KG
but the whole annoying thing is i spent about 5 hours looking in 40-50mtrs and could not find much. Is there any reef ??? Can anyone tell me...when all along the spot i fished was only 15min from the boat ramp.
Faulkner Family
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you might want to resize the
you might want to resize the pics, 512x386 are a good size, the huge ones are a bit hard to see
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Colin Hay
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Well done
That's a great KG and a couple of very nice Dhuies. Jurien is a bit of an overlooked fishing destination.
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Adam Gallash
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quality
Looks like a quality feed, gotta love the shallow water fishing. Makes it that much more fun.
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Walker
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it was the best bottom
it was the best bottom action ive ever had...
we also nailed 2 baldchin and 2 serenas (black ass). I was a chef in my past life and i absolutely grilled the best bbq fish ever....perfect texture...perfect seasoning .....and perfect grill marks to seal in tha flavour.
Walker
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it was the best bottom
it was the best bottom action ive ever had...
we also nailed 2 baldchin and 2 serenas (black ass). I was a chef in my past life and i absolutely grilled the best bbq fish ever....perfect texture...perfect seasoning .....and perfect grill marks to seal in tha flavour.
flagpole
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nice story mate sounds like
nice story mate sounds like you hit the spot
Lucky Tim
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great stuff mate, gotta love
great stuff mate, gotta love the shallow water dhuie fishing posted on here lately.
scottnofish
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just past the 50
it comes back up to40 its the continuation of direction bank there are plenty of good flat coral spots all the way out but u just have to find them i have fished a good lump a little south of there that was in 40m came up to 30m
might be a good idea to invest in a good chart plotter they are worth there wieght in gold when your going somewhere new
Walker
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i honestly drove around for
i honestly drove around for 5 hours and was only able to locate one lump which was pretty clear 40-35. i have a pretty good chart plotter and i did work 50-40 but mabe i was too picky in the ground to fish. You get a boat full of freinds and i guess you get the pressure of putting the boys on a good spot. but i dont give up easy and ill look more ...mabe i drove in between all the reefs and was unlucky.. but anyway why drive 20km when i pulled most of the fish 2km out..must of been lucky i bet. My deccies had never caught dhuie and i couldnt wipe the smiles.
Bodie
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i was out there on the
i was out there on the weekend.
We went south west about 10 miole out to some good ground, didnt get too much to start with except some thumper sambos, which were eating anything we dropped.
Also some badlies came up and small dhus.
Moved out to 20 mile southwest into the 40-50m range, flat coral, snapper, black ass, badlies.
Then moved into the 70;s (i found a wicked spot, which is going to remoain very secret) :) for the next trip, but lets just say 2 of us fishing, fish every drop.
But Sambo everywhere in the 20-50 m ranges, lost count howmany.
synthos
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20 mile
20mile to 40-50m cant go wrong with that its a lot further in perth :) hows jurian in december to windy ? to swelly ?
Rich
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Going to Jurian early Jan
Hello,
If you have any GPS locations for Jurian, don't hesitate to pass them on as I will be trying my luck in early Jan. :)
Incidentally, fishing out of Hillarys today, kept being smashed by Sambos, 60lb trace, 80lb braid. Any suggestions? Other than learn to fish! In mitigationthey they kept running to the reef, but couldn't hold them.
Rich
Rich