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But it is not the
same and I am still having problems. That is why this newsletter is so late.
Its been a good start
for the season with a few early mackerel and tuna, and the weather over
Christmas/New year
was phenomenal.
Crayfishing in December
We put our pots in
each December and see what we can catch. This year we put 6 pots out with 3 licenced
fishers on the 12th Decenber
And pulled the next
day. We got 2, then 10 the next day, then 6, 20, 15, 21, 2, day off, 5, 0, 1,
and 11 on the 24th December and we took
our pots out as it
gets too busy with boat hire and charters.
We fished for 12 days
spent $210.00 on fuel and bait, caught 93 crays at a value of $2.26 each.
Better than the last
few years!
A Big catch from early January on
Charter
During a bottom
fishing session that was a bit slow, we spotted a few small tuna jumping out in
a small bust up. Deciding that they
might be a bit more fun, we pulled the anchor
and trolled tiny skirts through the mass.
Not long and Aaron
hooked up on this small striped tuna.
That’s good I thought
we will try that again. Next hook-up was a triple, one line had the 80lb leader
cut through, the other got off
which left Liz
holding a rod with lots of line unloading. Too heavy for her, so she passed it
to partner Andrew Frankham.
Wondering what was
taking Andrew so long I looked at his reel and realised it was emptying very
quickly!
I turned the boat and
recovered some line for him, but he was still struggling.
After an hour and 10
minutes we got to see this big tuna circling under the boat.
It turned out to be a
28.7kg yellow-fin tuna, landed on 15kg mono line. Quite a memorable fish for
Andrew and everyone on board!
An exhausted and
elated Andrew.
We took some Gopro
footage, and I made a short video, see it here.
Andrew’s 30kg tuna
We did catch other
fish, David Mansell holds some of his catch.
A few catches from my December Charters
Here are some of the
fish caught from my charters over the holiday break.
They are a bit mixed as with the computer crash, I was unable to keep them sorted and labelled properly.
But as you can see we have been getting some good fish
More catches from my December Charters
Annele, got her
biggest fish ever, a good snapper and then promptly broke that PB with a big
gold-spot trevally.
Then Craig
Phillis followed up with another trevally.
The Phillis
group with their catch.
A few days
before, a couple of big cod came aboard. Both of these were too big to keep and
went back with the
help of an
extra-large release weight that I keep in the boat for this reason.
Maintenance time
The trailer from one
of the 6.5m boats is a rust bucket, so time to build another.
Got it all welded up
to the exact dimensions as one of my better trailers.
Got it hot dipped
galvanised and I then painted it with marine pylon paint to protect the galv.
It is all coming
together, slow and with problems, but I am getting there!
Are Bananas Bad Luck?
Bite of the Month
Bite of the Month
goes to Andrew Frankham for his big tuna.
Trolling a small
skirt expecting a few rat tuna, his rod unloaded line at a rate of knots, only
retrieving some when chased with the boat.
An hour and 10
minutes later this 28.7kg yellow-fin tuna was boat side.
Each month I award Bite of the
Month to someone who catches the best fish
from one of my boats.
the 4th
5th & 6th March
Its all go for the
Classic now and everything is in place.
Just took a booking
this week for the last boat, so now all boats are booked over that weekend.
The entry forms are
out and can be down loaded from my website: www.murchisonboathire.com.au
It’s going to be a
pearler, Mate
Need a boat
for up north?
Remember I will
deliver a boat out to the turn-off for free for those heading north.
Just pre arrange
and ring me from Geraldton and I will meet you there.
Popular Northern Destinations
Thevenard
Island
Island Manager: 9184
6444.
There are a few cabins available, just ask and see if you
can get one. However Direction
Island is always open and 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
Steep Point
Steep Point Ranger for booking campsites.
Phone: Paul Dickson -
Steep Point 9948 3993
Email: Ranger@steeppoint.com.au
Dirk Hartog Island
Kieran
Wardle: 08
99481 211 Mob: 0407 383 449
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
You can now view all my past newsletters in my Blogs.
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.
Have
a look on my website for the
details, and check out the savings.
5-day
weather forecasts, www.buoyweather.com go to virtual
buoys, pick the location you want.
This is the one I go by!
