Quick Trip to Kalbarri

Headed up to Kalbarri for a couple days with Callum on a boys trip. Conditions weren't too bad but different to what was forecast with the swell staying up resulting in weed being a major nuisance.

Fishing was slow and we delayed coming home by a day, allowing for a last ditch trip up the coast with Tangles (a big thanks to him for everything) in hope of a big mulloway. I managed a small one before first light and then a nice shovel which put me through my paces. Callum dropped a good fish which would without doubt have been mulloway of the trip with only a few schoolies hitting the beach.

The tailor were on the chew with Callum and I landing 5 between us (4 on lures) over the few days with the biggest going to Cal at a cool 78cm (20mm short of the mark that's been haunting him for a while) and the smallest coming in around 65cm. A bigeye trevally was a first for me on spin, not such a common catch that far down the coast apparently.

A great trip with plenty of laughs, you'll land that Spaniard you lost at Red Bluff next time Cal!

Hutch

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Tue, 2017-10-24 17:50

 Some cracker tailor there guys, well done.

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Great catch for only a couple

Tue, 2017-10-24 17:55

Great catch for only a couple of days.

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 Planning on going up to

Tue, 2017-10-24 17:58

 Planning on going up to Kalbarri in a couple months any tips of the best places to go

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Nice work boys

Tue, 2017-10-24 18:05

 Those Shiversticks are wicked lures, had heaps of success with them up and down the coast

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Baits used were mainly mullet

Tue, 2017-10-24 18:06

Baits used were mainly mullet from Shore Catch, best quality around.

Reel_Fishin' come into the shop (7/65 Buckingham Drive, Wangara) and we'll give you some tips for fishing 'Barri. Grab some of the best bait you'll be able to get your hands on while you're at it

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 Awesome fish there guysGotta

Tue, 2017-10-24 18:36

 Awesome fish there guys

Gotta be stoked with them

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 sounds like a great trip

Tue, 2017-10-24 18:44

 sounds like a great trip away. some nice fish there well done

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Well done on some great captures

Tue, 2017-10-24 19:00

You have all done well with some really good fish landed on the beach.

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Nice work

Tue, 2017-10-24 19:23

Nice work boys!

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Burner!

Tue, 2017-10-24 19:37

 Good little burner for you and cal ! 

Good job mate !

cheers pirate..

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Smoking hot trip

Tue, 2017-10-24 19:41

well done to all involved. Easy to love Barri  

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Kalbarri always worth the trip

Tue, 2017-10-24 20:28

One of my favorite destinations.

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 How good are those Shiver

Tue, 2017-10-24 20:32

 How good are those Shiver sticks! Well done lads.

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 Well done!l thats a cracker

Wed, 2017-10-25 09:25

 Well done!l thats a cracker of a shovel, but good fish all round.

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Cheers guys, happy to get a

Wed, 2017-10-25 15:24

Cheers guys, happy to get a few decent fish but fishing was very tough for most of the trip. Hanging for the next time I'm up there

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Fuck yeah

Wed, 2017-10-25 17:19

 Well done, some killer fush and good times I bet. Shovelly is great size, and the Tailor would have been a good kick too. 

Were you using anchored baits for the mullo or running setups ? 

\m/ Keep on killin' it. 

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The swell was up and so was

Wed, 2017-10-25 19:08

The swell was up and so was the current so big grapple sinkers to hold mate.
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whats that silver lure

Wed, 2017-10-25 20:55

whats that silver lure inhaled by and jammed halfway down the throat of the Tailor in the 5th picture down?

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 CID shiver stick 45g model.

Wed, 2017-10-25 21:15

 CID shiver stick 45g model. Same lure as the orange one in the other pics just different colour