Email: lasue@wn.com.au www.murchisonboathire.com.au
A
lot of fish this month despite it being the end of the season when the
southerlies start to blow. But when the weather allows,
getting
into fish like shown below is an easy proposition this time of year.
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Facebook page for Murchison Boat Hire, have a look and like me. I'll be
posting trip pics regularly.
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7.8m boat trip
They
had a great day out and the wind held off all day.
Bernard
Yehuda, holds his dhuie
Dan got a snapper while Franz Werner was pleased with his snub-nosed trevally.
Dan got a snapper while Franz Werner was pleased with his snub-nosed trevally.
Surprise
catch was this small grey nurse shark landed by Bernard Yehuda.
slimy
mackerel did not come back I tried jigging it on the bottom and immediately
hooked up to this big pennant fish.
This
tailor was the result of 2 casts.
Pre School Hols Trip
Eldest
son Ben was up for a week, between jobs and had to wait a week for the weather
to be good enough to get to
the
spot we wanted to go. We went a long way
and the weather was not that good either but it was fish
after
fish, after fish as soon as the anchor was down.
We
were releasing 50-55cm snapper waiting for a better fish, which did turn up in
the end!
and my unusual spangled emperor was a welcome change.
This is what we are up
against!
The US-based anti-fishing organisation Pew has
admitted it pressured the Australian Government to lock anglers out of vast
areas of the Coral Sea
but would not take the same action in American waters
because it would harm the US economy and disadvantage local fishermen.
The
Pew comments have outraged Australian anglers, who stand to be seriously
disadvantaged by federal Environment Minister Tony Burke's
decision
to support the American organisation's sustained anti-fishing campaign.
In a
letter published in the August edition of the US-based Sport Fishing magazine,
Pew director of federal fisheries policy Lee Crockett
said
closing American waters to fishing "wouldn't make sense – for fishing
enthusiasts or the environment".
Crockett
was responding to an editorial by Sport Fishing editor-in-chief Doug Olander
predicting that Pew's no-fishing campaign in
Australia's
Coral Sea would result in similar moves to lock American anglers out of the
Gulf of Mexico.
Crockett
said Olander's assertion was "misleading and incorrect". He claimed the push to close the Coral Sea
to all angling was supported
by "hundreds of thousands of people throughout
Australia and around the world – including recreational anglers". Crockett
went on to say
that closing
the Gulf of Mexico to fishing wouldn't make sense because these waters are a
"major US economic driver".
"The Gulf offers excellent angling opportunities,
and sport and commercial fishing generates billions of dollars and fresh
seafood to much of the (American) nation,"
Crockett said.
The
Pew campaign to lock-up the Coral Sea has resulted in Minister Burke proposing
to ban all fishing in about 1.3 million square kilometres
of
water. Other closures proposed by Mr Burke include large areas off the
southwest of WA and in South
Australia.
The admission from Pew
that it preferred to focus its lockout campaigns in
non-American waters has confirmed suspicions held by local angling organisations
that extremist
environment groups like Pew sees Australia as an
"easy target".
At last Recreational anglers
might now get their allocated 5% of the total catch
Recreational
fishers will benefit from dramatic changes to western rock lobster rules which
will come into effect before the start of this year's season.
The new rules, which include an increase of the daily bag limit of
rock lobster from six to eight are
the result of successful negotiations
between
Recfishwest and the Department of Fisheries.
This
means that when three or more licence holders are on board, six pots can be pulled each trip and
the boat limit increases to 24.
The
escape gap sizes on pots will decrease
to 54mm and the ban on diving for rock lobster at the Abrolhos Islands will
be lifted.
Recfishwest
chief executive officer Andrew Rowland commended the Department for listening
to the community and in doing so ensuring fishing recreationally for
western
rock lobster can continue to be an enjoyable and rewarding activity.
This
decision highlights the importance of the consultative arrangements between the
Department of Fisheries and Refishwest.
Dr
Rowland said these changes were in part due to the fact that during past
seasons, recreational fishers have caught less
than
half of their allocated 5 per cent share of the rock lobster resource.
“While
this revised set of rules will make it easier for recreational fishers to catch
a feed of western rock lobster,
it
will also ensure we come closer to catching our share of the resource,” Dr
Rowland said.
Dan's Big Day Out
Dan Brandenburg has been out a few times in
Kalbarri and again landed some nice fish this week
Local KOAC Fishing Comp Day
Due
to bad weather last Saturday and the grand final this Saturday, we had to
postpone the comp until Sunday 30th.
We
have been catching a lot of these club-nosed trevally from a spot north of the
river mouth, quite close in and felt that they may be
achievable
as a game fish on light line.
So
we brought out our 2kg mono outfits to have a go.
Yes, after a few dropped fish, bust offs and the like, Frank Rystenburg got one going 2.3kgs
and mine went 2.48kgs
all
on 2kg line.
I had a hell of a time trying to get this dhuie in on 2kg line as
well.
Doesn't
count as a game fish, but I'll claim it as a meritorious catch.
Shark Bay Adventure
Shane
Boyd's long awaited trip to Shark Bay was an adventure for the group. They took
the 7.8m boat and moored it in
They
unfortunately had a GPS cable melt down that shorted out the GPS on the second
day that limited there ability to
go
back to the good spots that they found, but they still found fish!
Here
is Shane's story
The first day we spent on the
water was mirror calm, and we weren’t to know we would get similar conditions
again.
We spent the day trolling but
only picked up one size snapper, which was a surprise on a 9m deep diving
mackerel lure!
We then gave the inner reef a
go, only to make friends with a 2m shark who though our fish were meant for
him.
schoolies and a north west
blowie, but nothing size. We then stopped in a small bay for some fun
where we caught
flathead, bream, spangled
emperor, and a small shark on really light gear.
The following 2 days the weather
was good enough to get around to the front of the cliffs. This is where
we found some nice
shelves to fish on, and managed
to pull up 8 good sized snapper there.
As well as 4 huge bone fish, was
we weren’t expecting in
But we did pull up 2 of them,
which were also around the 2-2.5m mark. Also while fishing out there we
inadvertently
hook a whale, which popped up
around 30m from the boat.
On the last day there the
conditions really fired up and we could fish out the front, but instead went to
the cliffs on Dirk Harthog island
and drifted through the passage
where we managed to pick up a couple of size bald chin grouper before we called
it a day.
The boat was fantastic in the
big seas and got through everything we threw at it, (except for the GPS!).
Thanks for all your help with
our trip and I will recommend you to anyone I know thinking of doing a similar
trip.
Also I was disturbed to see 5
men were washed off Steep Point yesterday, a pity we weren’t still there we may
have been able to help them.
But it seems the waters are
getting worse than when we were there, I think we were lucky with the weather
we got.
Shane Boyd
Phil Covington with his bright red coral
trout. A great fish taken in 25 metres of water north of the Kalbarri
River Mouth. Nice fish Phil!
Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Local
Comp.
30th September
Popular Northern Destinations
Island
Manager: 9184 6444, Drew
Norrish & Traci Nathan
The main camp on Thevenard Island is
closed until further notice. However Direction Island is still a good option
and bookings can be made.
Check out the website: www.mackerelislands.com.au
Ashburton Resort
Ashburton
Resort. Phone 9184 6586 email: admin@ashburtonresortonslow.com.au
Website: www.ashburtonresortonslow.com.au
Gnaraloo Station
Gnaraloo contacts for accommodation:
Barbara: 9315 4809
Email: bookings@gnaraloo.com.au
Website: Gnaraloo.com.au
Game,
Bottom and Beach Fishing Action
These
links will take you to Youtube showing some great action video clips taken from
my
boats and also a very good mulloway from the beach.
Archived
Newsletters
After
a lot of effort on my part, you can now view all my past newsletters in my Blogs.
I
have made six blogs; you can view all of my 2005 newsletters with photos @
And
from January 2006 to December 2006 with photos @
And
from January 2007 to December 2007 with photos @
And
from January 2008 to December 2008 with photos @
And
from January 2009 to December 2009 with photos @
And
from January 2010 to December 2010 with photos @
And
from January 2011 onwards with photos @
And
from January 2012 onwards with photos @
They
are quite long URL’s so add them to your favourites.
Remember if you rent our accommodation
in Kalbarri you get big discounts on our boats.
This is the one I go by!
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