Scored some epic weather back in late April for our annual Abrolhos trip. We normally launch at Gregory and stay at Wallabi group but this trip left from Gero with the plan of exploring/ fishing Palsaert, Easter and hopefully getting back up to Wallabi weather permitting. With the weather being so good it wasnt a problem and we ended up going around the Western side of Palsaert up through Easter before doing a full lap of Wallabi and heading back to Gero. Spent two nights on the pick at Morley Island anchorage which is awesome and were offered a mooring in the lagoon at Pigeon for our night up at Wallabi. We carry 670L under the floor and had 93L left when we arrived back at the ramp at Gero. Travelled 218nm in total averaging about 2.65L/nm for the trip. 

Fishing was good without being unbeleivable and we almost managed our 10kg each of Dhufish, Trout, Spangles and Baldies. Besides one small Tuna couldnt get amongst the pelagics despite coming across heaps of bait and birds. Lost a lot of good fish to sharks too, especially at Palsaert group. 

I installed a new 300AH House Battery system with 150w Solar panel and a 40A DCDC charger to look after the fridge and freezer before we left and the setup worked sweet. Cleaned and Vac-Sealed our fillets down each arvo with the inverter and straight into the feeezer. 

Had the standard visit from Fisheries with an officer jumping on board one day and having a good look through the fridge. He was happy and just reminded us of the 300mm minimum fillet size which he reckons is where most blokes are getting caught out. 

Cheers to Rob H for the anchorage advice around the southern groups!

 Quick run to the Abrolhos & tdove then home via dongara few trout and few baldies boys got their 10kg each and off we went. Back down south for a few puka with the good weather coming tomorrow

Went out early this morning on a mates boat and as he lives in Port Kennedy we decided to launch from that ramp. Really surgey with a 3 metre swell running, went past the sisters whilst still dark and headed out wide, well we had little choice as it is just flat sand for miles and miles after crossing FFB .....around 18nm out in a little over 40 metres we got hammered with large skippy, moving out another couple of miles we still struggled to find decent ground eventually finding some rubble strewn bottom.  First drift four under sized snapper all around 48cm, moving slightly further offshore these two hit within minutes, nothing more indeed bites were hard to come by still with a brace of good snapper we had nothing really to complain about. 

 Guys who have been on the forum for more than 4 years will remember Daz (DazSamFishing). He left to Brizvegas 4 years ago, but he is back and came out for a few beers and a pinckie fish. Had a great time last night and got into some fish. Only got one photo and it was shiiit......anyhoo.

Welcome back mate!

 Hey fellas,

Caught 4 consecutive double headers and countless singles. About 12m of water not far from hillarys. I know theyre not uncommon and are often found in the marina. They were harder to avoid than wrasse.

Obviously I put them all back, where do all the big ones go? And whats the growth rate on these?

Cheers

 Managed a morning trip yesterday with Mick. Hit the greys early and we got 8. Lost almost 30. Amazing stuff and frustrating. Many lost plus the sharks smashed us. Some pretty cool takes with Macks skimming across the surface trying the get them in as quick as possible only to see a big shark smash them. Kind of like supercharged GT fishing. We then punted out to get a Nanny. Got 23 in the first 20 minutes. Mick made us stop and leave them biting to go elsewhere. Ended up with more and a total of 49 fish by midday.

Headed out from Woodies this morning at sparrows avoiding two boats with no running or Nav lights .....come on fellas you are invisible particularly with bright coastal lighting killing night vision.  Took out a mate recently diagnosed with the big C who is undertaking chemo and his wife to try and put them onto a dhuie.  Despite a gentle easterly breeze the boat was drifting pretty much north /south making plotting the drift a nightmare.  Add to that the fact that the lines were all running toward the bow and UNDER the hull.....odd to say the least. The good thing was ex fish were feeding hard when I correctly plotted the drift line.   Both got good dhuies to take home and I got a good baldie and blackarse.  Nice to see a smile on their faces even if they both looked tired out by lunchtime  

Hi Guys

Thought I would post up a quick report which is a couple of months old now!

I did my first trip to the montes end of March, start of April for 10 days. What can I say, what a place! And we were so lucky with the weather as well, fishing every day. Did it with a mate who has done it before, which was comforting as it is so remote.

We launched at fortescue river, and camped at home lagoon. With the good weather, we even did a trip out to rankin bank, which we renamed coronation bank as thats pretty much all we caught on the bottom, plus a few wahoo, marlin and others. We even did a trip back to fortescue to get more fuel, to take advantage of the weather! Couldnt get the boats up on the plane the first trip over, had too much gear! Lesson learned though.

Fishing was unreal, casting lures in the shallows for trout, spangoes. Soft plastics in 15m for rankin and coral trout, to deep dropping for reds! Oysters for dinner one night, mud crabs the next.

My boat, 6.2 coraline with 150 yammy - we used 692 litres, 919 kms travelled, 60 hours added. Trip over used 100 litres, trip back 75 litres.

Anyway I will let the pictures do the talking.

Hopefully the below link works! Lot more photos here.

www.facebook.com/david.lanigan.1/media_set

 Took the misses and kids out around Garden Island on Sunday was hoping to get a little behind it but when i was out there the swell was pretty big so didn't feel confident to stay so just tucked in behind the reef. Setup abit of a burley trail and got the misses and kids baited up there were hundreds of large gardies in the trail and they were onto them straight away, they were upset when i told them that we weren't allowed to keep them some were huge getting hooked on whole mulies and gang hooks. We caught a feed of herring and i got afew flounder which i thought looked like there wasn't enough meat to bother keeping they were over the 25cm limit though. The highlight of the day was watching a seal come into the trail and just started eating flounder after flounder out of our trail my son got a small video of it on my phone which was good. Great day in lovely sunny winter weather 

Headed up to Donagara for the first time this long weekend.

I'll be honest, I found it extremely hard to find decent ground holding fish. We did manage to find one nice little lump though that produced the goods. 

The missus managed to get her first red emperor which was a nice surprise as well as her PB dhu.

If anyones got any advice on finding ground up there I'm all ears.

Launched at Mindarie and were on our way just before sunup. Headed out to the 40-50m grounds with a nice E helping. Beautiful day.

The fishing was a bit slow all day and a lot of moving around was required. I have heard a few reports of Baldies being on the chew so we targeted mainly our baldie grounds, flat coral areas, but they were nowhere to be seen.

By lunch time we had 2 Snapper on board with a few little models released and we changed targets and headed to some previous Dhu marks. Bluey, tattooed bloke in the photo's, has been out with us a few times but is not overly experienced. He made the comment when out there that he really likes the way things get sorted quickly when a nice fish comes alongside. Fish netted, unhooked, dispached and bleed, in esky. He couldnt understand why we ignored his cry for help when he pulled up a bloody big eel. Thing was jagged in the back of the head and had done the typical 3000 twists wrapping itself around, in and through his patanoster rig to the point where sinker to braid was 15cm long.. Lol     You caught it you fix it.

Called it a day when we realized we would only have enough beer left to get us back to the ramp (bad planning there). Ended up with 3 snapper and a whiskery shark for the esky. Good winds and a bloody nice day out with a few mates.

Had a drop in difficult conditions on Friday, Strong current, big swell and wind all going in different directions. Pulled only Knfejaw and something else, green eye's were not the keen either. I had some dolphins come over for a look see also. Sounder pics attached. I should have taken a picture of the sounder once of the fish as the bottom definition is very good and flat lines. Combination of wind current and swell gave a 030deg drift lining me up with 2 areas holding fish but nothing biting.

Other info is travel time from woodmans is 2 hours @15knt avge and fuel burn 25 to 28 ltr diesel P/hour depending on sea state, boat weight 3 ton.

Hey Fellas

I have read every report in the search function! but now chasing some info on anyone that has been to Tamala station lately.
We are taking are 4M tinny and a 5M center console but also would like to get the kids into a bit of beach fishing. Im just chasing some tips and a general report of the area tracks in etc, I have never been but am a regular steep point fisho.

Cheers in advance fellas

Feather

Just returned from two weeks of absolute fishing bliss within shark bay and surrounds, It was my first time heading up there for a dedicated fishing trip so was all new to me.

This is my first write-up so please excuse the layout and phrasing haha

The trip was planned around the Shark bay fishing fiesta, with the first week being dedicated to scoping new ground and working out the best places to be to suit the conditions at the time.


Our first day on the water, we headed straight out to steep point from Denham to scope out ground and do some trolling along the cliffs.
There were plenty of birds and big bust ups on the surface, although mainly being stripped tuna - which we picked up a few for fresh bait.
We saw some 10-20Kg YFT free swimming under some birds which we bombarded with Slugs and poppers but couldn’t get past the stripeys.
After some sounding we stopped on some decent looking ground and picked up a feed of respectable Red-throat - Delicious.
That evening we did a land based squid bash and got a decent feed of squid despite it being very windy.

The next few days we spent inside looking for Blackies and Estuary cod, but only managed a few of-size blackies and a few small whaler sharks.
Between spots we did more squiding on the weed banks and bagged out most days with squid.

Saturday, Day one of the fishing comp we headed out early to behind Dirk hartog and Steep point to do some bottom bashing on some marks we sounded on day one.
It was a slow start up until around high tide, when the bites came through thick and fast, Within a few hours we had a good mixed bag of Rankin, Reds, red-throat, cobia, and Baldchin.

The next day we left a bit later to fish the high tide, with the wind and swell being up from the previous day, we moved to heavier lead and the electrics and upon finding a little honey hole were rewarded with Big rankin, Red-throat, and decent cobia. It would have been great that afternoon as when we were heading back in to Denham, it was like a millpond! Oh well

The Monday was a write off due to engine issues warranting us to return to the ramp.

Tuesday we ran sea trials and confidence checks on the outboard in close, We had no luck with the blackies but bagged out again on the squid - Of note, How aggro are these northern squid haha

Wednesday, The best day weather wise of the whole trip, and with confidence back in the motor we gunned straight out for a final hurrah behind DH, with the wind down we could fish the lighter tackle, so I switched to plastics and jigs to test my new outfit. Sp's produced the goods with Red-throat and Snapper coming in thick and it didn’t take long until we had our Bag, During this Mal the skipper stuck with his electrics and hooked some absolute Unstoppables, which simply refused to leave the bottom. Massive estuary's perhaps? Today was the only day we had any real issues with sharks, only losing about 3 fish towards the end of the session, with us moving spots everytime we lost a fish to one.

The remainder of the week was too windy to head out due to the cold front that had moved in so we cleaned the boat and attended the Festivities of the fishing comp.

All in all it was an excellent trip with a heap of fish nailed off my Bucket list and a bonus freezer full of fillets. A massive thank-you to the shark bay fishing club and all involved who hosted an awesome comp.

We will be back next year for sure!

 Headed out just after 5pm from woodmans point. Caught fresh yellowtail earlier that morning at hillary's boat harbour. 

Burley consisted of mulies, australian salmon. 

Pinky caught on a yellowtail, lightley weighted snell. 7/0 mustard needle point hook with 40lb fluro. 20gram bean sinker. 

Gummy shark on the same rig on a fresh bloody herring fillet. 

2nd gummy caught on a whole live squid. 

bycatch 3 herring, occy , port jackson, gurnad, 2 squid

Had a week up in Coral Bay 12th - 19th May. Weather forecast was wasn't the best, but it dropped off every afternoon. New deckie Andrew scored a nice 9kg Red, not bad for his second ever Red. We also got some nice Rankins and Cobia.

The sharks were out of control this year, they seemed to be bigger as we couldnt get any to the boat. Very frustrating as we would get one good fish then next drift fish would get sharked or the shark would take bait. As soon as sharks showed up we moved, but didnt seem to matter as they seemed to be everywhere.

All up it was a good trip, we fished 6 days straight. Was a bit over it by the end... Bloody Sharks!!!!

It has been a great months at IT Lake Monster in Thailand. (Bangkok Fishing)

Many species of predators fishes landed with us.

We always take good care of our coming anglers , be it 1 day day trip or a few days fishing vacation in Thailand.

You never leave thailand without landing your dream fish. That's the promise.

They say:" A picture tells a thousand words- A video bring out the fishing trip 'alive'. Greatness & awesomeness !!!!

Here the youtube actions and photos highlights for the trips.

Hope you all enjoys my works and video clips.

American couple fishing us.

George my long time regular client from SG.- 4 days trip with us.

3 good fishing buddies fishing with us.

2 good friends from SG engaged us for the trip. Awesome !!!

 heading into perth tonight and want to get my hand in AS MANY 2nd hand thrownets as i can as i go through them to quickly up here in broome.

also after any baitcaster and rods.

Went out on Sunday off Rocko to look for some new ground.

Found a nice lump out wide and a few drifts later managed to bag out with a great variety of fish. Nothing massive, but tasty all the same.

The juvenile snapper were in plague proportions out there.

Philip and I completed a session at the West end of Rotto with Philip coming away with a great 135cm Mackie.  He caught the fish on his third cast on a red-head Rapala.  

This makes it three Mackies for crew to my zero.  The missus caught a 134cm in the same area in July last year.   

YouTube video - https://youtu.be/jHfNCuchBkU

Tried fishing in the 50m and 100m today, completley mauled by juvenile snapper each drop. Headed out to 300m as the wind was dropping and found a nice hill to fish and pulled a nice double header. Pics are not that good.

Went out yesterday arvo in the tinny chasing snapper. Fishing in 5 mts of water with unweighted whole herring and fresh slabs of Pike/snook I had 8 runs for a total of 5 fish landed in an hour and a half session.

Fish were from 70 to 85 cms.

I kept my first 2 fish which were both 70 cms

Was my firt successful snapper run for the year

Quick run to Rotto for an overnighter with my youngest bloke and his mate and Dad.

Great weekend, and got the young lads on a few fish.

Fishing in 60m yesterday off Mandurah caught a 50cm Red Throat that was released. A first for me, did think it was a bit far south.

went for an early morn cast on the northern beaches with Pirate and cuz bro. 4 ish am start with the hope of a pink but to no avail. Had some fun with these guys though, a few more solid runs over the morn though not landed. Cold though spectacular morn on the sand!

 gave the new tub it's first really leg stretching run today. Fresh NE forecast, so we stayed insde and didn't stop until we were past where I would normally stop. I haven't been up here since I finished crayfishing. Trolled for  about 20 minutes before getting sliced up on a brand-new X-Rap 30--looked like a gang attack and one got the leader above the trace. So went around again and got the nice broadbar and dropped another. Went arond again, and got the Spaniard and dropped another. A few more missed strikes so we wandered off, scored the big gold spot a bit further north. I intended to go out wide up there when the wind dropped off--it didn't look like really dropping until just before midday, but we headed out wide anyway--mistake. Nothing but blue lines. Fished about 10 miles of ground out where most people never go, and couldn't raise anything worthwhile. To cap it off, we were cleaned up by bolt cutters on our last drop, so a good enough reason to head in. But a good day regardless 

 So the annual pilgramige north is unfortunately over for another year... As always, the trip had its challenges and the fishing was different than the year proceding. 

The wind was shocking this year, and the normal pattern of a few days of wind and a few light wind days didnt eventuate. It was a case of strong or stronger wind! We only had a few hours on a couple of days when the wind was below 15 knots, so bottom fishing was a challenge.

The sharks were bad particularly around the new and full moons. In between they were average and we found that sounding fresh ground that hadnt been hit much was the trick. Once a mark had been hit a few days it was unfishable.

The water temp was really high for April, with 27.7 degrees being the norm. We found this pushed many of the fish in closer to the reef and most of our bills were raised in 20-40m of water which I have never seen before. Dollies were thick this year, with us only landing one in the previous five years, it was a nice change. We regularly got them on the troll, or had them school on the boat drifting and very receptive to stick baits which made for great fun!

Macks and wahoo were quiet this year by comparison but this was made up for by the bills. We regularly raised a few a day and this was a learning experice for all of us as we have never targeted them actively. We lost a LOT of fish through pulled hooks and stupid mistakes but landed a few Blacks and Sails, and missed out on a nice blue that was free swimming under the boat when drifting!

Overall it was a fantastic trip in what I consider the best part of OZ! Already looking forward to next year!

Arapaima gigas was originally regarded as the only species in the genus Arapaima, The species is among the largest known freshwater fish, commonly measuring 200 cm and exceptionally reaching lengths of up to 450 cm. Adults may weigh up to 200 kg.[4] A. gigas has a streamlined body with dorsal and anal fins set well back towards the tail. While the body is mainly gray to gray-green, its Brazilian local name "pirarucu" derives from an indigenous word for "red fish", thought to refer to either the red flecks on the scales towards the tail, or the reddish-orange colour of the filleted meat.

You don't have to fly to brazil amazon rainforest to target your dream arapaima fish anymore.
Over here in the tropical climate of Thailand , we have plentiful of arapaima fishing places to fish.
One particular and rather unique place is this New Arapaima Fishing Park, strictly only for luring & fly fishing enthusiastic fisherman.

I just want to share the wonderful fishing experience my clients had while fishing at the said fishing park.

Fisherman from SG and China BKK.

Enjoys the photos and our youtube channel.

Highlights catches of the day.

 New ground we found at 30 knots. Produced!