Two days in jurien bay
Ok firstly computer is on the blink so I can't upload pics to I pad. so report only.
Left home on Thursday morning 4 o'clock. a nice two hour drive and we were sitting outside our unit looking at a flat calm bay. Unload all the no fishing things and off to the marina. After a quick launch and log into sea rescue we were on our way. Out to the 50m mark where we were given a few marks. None of which were showing fish so we went to look a little further, a small rise and flair on the sounder and we were onto our first fish, nice baldie then a dhuie. only small ,tagged and released.
Moved around a bit early on getting feel for the area. lots of ground but not all holding fish. Next spot a small lump which gave up a couple more dhuies and half dozen snapper. We then headed out a little deeper 90m and picked up a nice lump holding a good school, well ,snapper city. got sick of pulling them up. Some up to 5kg but nothing big.
We then headed into the reef for a spot of trolling and things just got better with five macs in 20minutes with the biggest lost at boat side . Only one kept as they were all just under size. Day two and out to the 300m line great conditions and fish all over the sounder but after three hours and no fish gave it away. We hit the 80m line and found some ground and more bloody snapper some good size up to 6kg and maybe bigger. We tried some more ground heading back to the reef for another troll which was a no go, must have caught all the macs the day before.
In all two days of good fishing with around 50+ fish released and 15 kg of fillets. 5 dhuies tagged. Was a little surprised at the size of the fish but I'm sure there is some big dhuies hiding waiting my return.
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uncle
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still you caught some good ones
I thought the macks would have been a good size up that way,used to get some hooters up that way, any trips a good trip Paul
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Paul G
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The one we kept was just over
The one we kept was just over 900mm and the others around 800mm the biggest we lost would have been 1200mm still good fun .marmion state boat is up there this year so we have so ground to check out.
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gazzman
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nice couple of days out on
nice couple of days out on the briney by the sounds of it, well done
kamo king
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Glad you found the fish mate,
Glad you found the fish mate,
we found the same few small mackys behind the reef found the bigger ones on the bank
how did you guys find the weather yesterday wasn’t exactly to the forecast
Paul G
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Yer bit crappy wasn't bad up
Yer bit crappy wasn't bad up to about ten o'clock.
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Paul_86
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Good stuff Paul, good to see
Good stuff Paul, good to see you found plenty of fish on your first trip up there, im sure you guys will nail some bigger dhuies next time. Bait or artificials?
Paul G
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Mostly bait did christen the
Mostly bait did christen the new rod with a dhuie on plastic in 50m.most fish were70m+ and the tide made it hard to get the plastic down.
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kouta123
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Good work Paul Can anyone
Good work Paul
Can anyone tell me what the landbased fishing is like in April at Jurien Bay, Willl also do a charter while I am there for the week.
Cheers
sir walter
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Good work ... How far out did
Good work ... How far out did you need to go for the Mackies?
tangles
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marlin
got asked by my cousin if i can get up there w a boat his boss will take us out and has guaranteed marlin! the guy just attracts them! only caught two on the weekend over 100kgs! seems the bills are getting thick out there atm! long way to go for em but the guy hasw the midas touch when it comes to crays deer and fish!
Faulkner Family
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sounds like a couple of
sounds like a couple of great days. not bad for first timers up there at all. just goes to show, if you read your sounder right you can find the fish
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