The winner for the December monthly fishing competition was William Roach with his fantastic capture of a golden trevally from the gulf. William, aged 8, caught the 12kg fish off Pebble Beach and it took him a long time to land. He was so tired after bringing the fish in, but strong enough to hold it up for a pic! Meanwhile we have had a flood of entrants for January including 11yr old Liam Clancy with a 62cm spangled emperor, which is the biggest fish he has ever caught! Liam has been on holidays from Geraldton and couldn’t wait to show his Dad, who works out at the base.
The Michaels’ family from Mandurah are here on holidays and went out in the gulf with Brett Wolf this week to target trevally on the shoals south of the marina. To their utmost surprise they came across a 5m whaleshark cruising the shore about 2miles off the industrial area 10km south of Exmouth! Young 8yr old Hayden Michaels and 8yr old Sam Wolf managed to jump in with a mask and snorkel while their Dad’s watched in awe and took photos of the beautiful creature that swam calmly around them for about half an hour. It was cruising north and the crew left the whaleshark to mosey on its way. This is the fourth report of a whaleshark in the gulf this last week, and a bonus surprise for anglers fishing out from the marina during summer. Another interesting visitor this last week was encountered by a local couple fishing for garfish in the gulf. They were down off the beaches south of the marina catching garfish when a tiny sailfish that was estimated to be only a foot or two long came thrashing in amongst the berley trail. What a cutey!
We also had some reports of free-jumping sailfish off Bundegi reef. We have had reports of baby sailfish in the gulf and out wide, but not a lot of reports over the years. We are hoping to have marine billfish expert, Dr Julian Pepperell here for Gamex this year and I’m sure he will be keen on what’s been happening with the billfishing scene here in Exmouth. Dr Pepperell will also be assisting with the deployment of 10 satellite tags for scientific research through the IGFA Great Marlin Race.
Che, Tre and Cruise Carson were determined to get through to Exmouth for a fishing holiday when the fires were close. They made it through and had an amazing holiday with the highlight being the last day at the Muiron Islands catching a few spangoes and black spotted tusk fish to take home, also catching and releasing around 20 trevally and snorkelling in the shallows to see all the fish and reef on a crystal-clear day. The father and two sons were stoked with their family holiday and will be back again one day sooner, rather than later, according to the two young boys.
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