Report from Gnarloo

Well we headed of to Gnarloo last friday Afternoon..

2 boats in tow from Perth picking up another in Gero and a hire boat from the Kalbari turnoff..

Must say the new coast road claimed all three cars thru there after dark all colection a roo..  Only minor damage but still anoying.  Those roos thru there are still Kamakazi.  They take three jumps into the bush and you think your safe and then they do an 180 and whan into the side of the ute..

Arrived at the overlander roadhouse to find its no longer 24hrs..  Had to syphon some fuel from the boat. 

Made Carnarvon early Sat morning and the blowholes for an amazing sunrise.

 

The track into Gnarloo was the best i have seen in 6years.  Managed a steady 60kph most way and managed to be at the staion unloaded and on the water by 11 am..

The Beach.  The worst I have seen in 6 years very soft and almost quicksandish in places...

With all 4 boats over 2.5 ton and 7 meters in length made for some interesting double snatch moments..

 

Fishing for this trip was very average.

day 1 and net result was not a fish landed.  Nothing trolling nothing from the depths.  We tried 30 thru to 120 meters all on good groung and plenty of fish showing on the sounder.  just not on the bite..  Water temp was also a very warm 28.8 degrees.  Also their was zero bird activity also..

 

DAy 2 and a couple of boats manged to find a couple of decent fish. 2 Reds and a couple of rankin and baldies..  2 boats also manged a Marlin each.  one being in the 30 - 50 kg range about 2.5 meters long. The other up around 80kgs and a little over 3 meters in length.

 

Over the next 3 days we managed to locate the odd red but if it wasn't for the red throats and a solid 37lb spanish mackeral caught on a red throat fillet floater then my freezer would have been very empty..

 

By the time thursday came around the low had pushed seas up to 4 meters and 30 knot winds so we packed up and headed home lunch time Thursday..

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Still a few quality fish, but

Mon, 2011-04-11 22:40

Still a few quality fish, but anytime you go away with mates fishing, it is always great, even if your not catching a lot.

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Yeah

Mon, 2011-04-11 22:43

 I think the best times were those back at camp with a beer in hand and a plate of food on the table telling yarns of the ones that got away...

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Unlucky on the fishing.

Mon, 2011-04-11 22:48

Unlucky on the fishing. Conditions look tip-top though!

Ripper mackie too.

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 the main thing isyou got

Mon, 2011-04-11 23:40

 the main thing isyou got away and had a good time. a couple of nice fish there. at least you goit a couple of fillets to bring home and there is nothing wrong with a feed of redthroat

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Fish #1

Tue, 2011-04-12 16:04

Sounds like a good trip away. What type of fish is that in pic #2?

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Good to hear

Tue, 2011-04-12 16:06

the tracks in good nick. In time for Autumn/Winter swell runs

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Good report Chookc been

Tue, 2011-04-12 16:59

Good report Chookc been looking forward to that. The ocean looks too friendly (flat). Those Redthroat are awesome in beerbatter. At least you did manage a few good fish. Roll on June ;)

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Yeah

Tue, 2011-04-12 17:52

The red throat are just as good as the others.  just got to whatch for the worms and yellow flesh...

 

Was an awsome trip just a shame that the prize fish were not on the bite...

 

And did not manage a single fish on plastic or jig..  caught all the fish on my boat on bait..

 

The only thing that took a liking to my Mcarthys were the bolt cutters....

 

Must say they were in plauge proportions this year... And in fine form for dehooking every rig in the water..

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Ah  the memory of those

Tue, 2011-04-12 19:39

Ah  the memory of those shitting things probably the only downside up there. Yeah was warned about the yellow flesh.

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Its been 9 years since I was

Thu, 2011-04-14 23:45

Its been 9 years since I was last there.  Great photos.  Does the manager allow people to open the gate at the northern most part of the boundary (from memory you turn right after the airstrip).  The year we were there he gave us the key each day.  Plenty of oysters to be got when very low tide in the arvo.

 

Its most likely been modernised a fair bit I suppose.

 

Any chance of posting more photos of the area if you have any.

 

 

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