Wednesday, July 24, 2013

July 2013

  

 Email: lasue@wn.com.au           www.murchisonboathire.com.au
           
Things are quietening down now that the end of the season is looming. It has been a good year and
up on boat hire bookings again this year. Still a few bookings to go yet before the demersal closure
starting 15th October to 15th December.

Gnaraloo Trip
We had a good trip to Gnaraloo again this month. The weather was very ordinary and we had to forfeit two days to the dreaded wind!
However on the days we did get out we got some good fish.
There have been a couple of minor improvements to the station. They now have plumbed fresh water to all the units, including the showers, which makes it
a lot more comfortable at the end of the day. The road is still the same, corrugated and rutted, but the last 4.5km to the homestead has been
upgraded and is very nice.
We stayed in the Old Homestead which is very comfortable with plenty of space for the 5 of us.
    
There was no shortage of big mackerel and we had to stop fishing for them in the end as they were getting in the way of the serious fishing.
Brian Mosley got a few
 and a red emperor among the many fish he caught and lost.
      
When the bite was on they came in thick,
 John Hoye holds the biggest red for the trip at 9.5kg and Brian holds his rankin cod.
We only kept the best fish returning most. Red-throat emperor were in plaque proportions and to get to
better fish we had to move away from them. My normal red emperor spots failed to fire this time but we found a patch on the
last day with help from a mate, thanks Dave!
   A coral trout for me that went on the table that night 
and a chunky rankin cod for Paul Youngman
 
    Paul was pleased with his red emperor while sue showed us how it was done when she realized there were a few mackerel around,
grabbed her Stella 5000 with new Blue Sniper rod, tied on a big metal and jigged up this big mackerel!
 
Sue got the most red emperor 
while John landed his first sailfish that took a hooked red-throat emperor on his bottom gear,
wrapped its bill in the leader and was landed without hooks!
We landed 10 red emperor, a few rankin cod, caught coral trout, spangled emperor, estuary cod, tomato cod, red-throat emperor, sharks,
mackerel, sailfish, tuna, and a multitude of odds and sods from the bottom.

The best way to get the boat out of the water is to be prepared! First up make sure you reduce your tyre pressures down to 20lb.
Reverse the trailer and the 4WD so that both sets of tyres (boat and trailer) are on steel mesh. I supplied a set of mesh with each hire to
Gnaraloo this year. Winch the boat onto the trailer and using a second vehicle, with a snatch strap, tandem pull the boat out.
6.5m Boat Pair
Craig Rolls and mate Andy hired both 6.5m boats with a bunch of mates, They went their own way and caught different species of fish.
with one boat doing better than the other.
Craig says in an email to me:
Barry Rolls travelled to Kalbarri which is 5 hours further north than he had previously been since living in Perth for over 20 years.
On his 1st ever boat fishing experience and fighting off sea sickness pulled in this nice Gold-spot Trevally (his biggest ever fish) on a fairly light outfit
 and after the fish had tangled itself around the anchor rope. It was a 3 man effort but eventually the fish was pulled over by hand
and Barry has the cuts from the braid to prove it.

Craig was surprised by how hard this parrot fish pulled but by far the prettiest fish of the trip and great eating to!
All 9 of our group had a great time seeing whales, sharks and caught fish all weekend. Everyone is keen to head up to Kalbarri again in the near future.
Thanks guys see you soon
Andy says in his email
Our Kalbarri Holiday....
Peter, James, Danny, Rosa and Andy arrived in Kalbarri on Friday 12th of July afternoon just before doing a quick dash of sightseeing at natures window,
what a view. Got the boat ready and thought we were going to have an early one!...wasn't the case.
After a couple or a few too many beers the evening before at the local pub we all weren't too crash hot to set sail first thing the next morning,
what was a few sore heads and a bout of motion sickness was all forgotten once we were out there and catching fish. Two days on the trot and between
 5 keen fisherman we managed to catch 16 different species of fish between us.
 
We have attached some photos for you to see. In the picture of 4, from left to right Andy, Danny, James & Pete.
 
      Rosa with a club-nosed trevally 
and James’s dhuie

Even a golden trevally!
  • Carpet shark
  • Pink Snapper
  • Trevally
  • Wobbegong (carpet shark)
  • Dhufish
  • Black arse cod
  • Baldchin Groper
  • Mullet
  • China man cod
  • coral trout
  • Wrasse
  • Skippy
  • Spangled Emperor
  • Tropical Fish
  • Scorpion Fish
  • Morwong
And all in days fishing we managed to see a tiger shark, numerous pods of dolphins and loads of whales. Amazing!
Laurie and Sue and the people in Kalbarri were great! Thank you for your amazing hospitality and local knowledge of the great fishing spots.
We have attached some photos for you to see. in the picture of  4, from left to right Andy, Danny, James & Pete.
Thanks, all of us.
Slow day that ends well
Reuben Osborne was back for another shot at a good fish and came with mates Nick Sillem and Travis Raymond.
The day started very slowly with the group struggling to find fish in the 7.8m boat.

A series of small fish made up the catch until Nick hit the jackpot with his first ever dhuie
Not a big one but 65cm is still a dhuie!
A short troll on the way back went well for Travis Raymond when his rod started to scream.
This nice chunky yellow-fin was the result.
Reuben caught a nor west blowie, a wobbegong and a couple of small fish, but he says he will be back to catch
what he hopes is his first big fish!  
Shark Bay Trip
Bryce Wilson and his brother had a couple of great days up at Shark Bay with the 6.1m boat.
 With some big bites from potential sharks, a floating bait was sent out the back for a hook up.
What wasn't expected was this 40kg cod, at 1.1M brought in on a handline. After a couple of photos,
the poor old cod was placed back in the water and sent on its way.
It was a great trip and a pleasure to be on the 6.1m boat.

Some nice pink snappers were brought in during the trip.


Out at Steep Point, it was amazing to see a massive tuna school, some 300 metres plus in diameter
however not a lot of tuna were biting the lures out the back.
Kalbarri Catches

Hi Laurie
Please find attached a photo of our two best fish caught.
Thanks for providing us the opportunity to hire a boat in Kalbarri, we had a ball.
Your professional service and helpful knowledge was much appreciated. We look forward to using your hire company again in the near future.
Kind regards
Shanon Sime
(That red emperor is a pretty good catch! We don’t get them here very often well done!)
Crayfishing video
I have at last got round to finishing my cray fishing video.
It has been selected as one of the feature short videos on ABC Open, My Crazy Passion.  https://open.abc.net.au/

 Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Local Comp.
20th July
        A couple of red emperor this month, came from out wide on a fairly ordinary day as well.
Red emperor and dhuie for Graeme Black
 and the same for Ron Neumann.
Each month I award Bite of the Month to someone who catches the best fish from one of my boats.
Each month together with Striketech reels I am giving away a Striketech reel to the Bite of the Month winner.
Craig Rolls gets bite of the month with this delightfully coloured male surf parrot fish. A very
unusual catch as it is usually only the brown/blue females that get caught. They are weed eaters so do not usually feed
on protein, but the females sometimes do when they need the protein to breed.

Need a boat for up north?
Remember I will deliver a boat out to the turn-off for free for those heading north.
Just ring me from Geraldton and I will meet you there.

Popular Northern Destinations

Thevenard Island
Island Manager: Art and partner Jade, 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
Gnaraloo Station
Gnaraloo contacts for accommodation:
Barbara: 9315 4809
Website: Gnaraloo.com.au
Steep Point
Steep Point Ranger for booking campsites.  
Phone: Paul Dickson - Steep Point 9948 3993
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
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 to December 2011 with photos @

And from January 2012 onwards with photos @

And from January 2013 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.
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!

 

Big bait – big fish

Laurie




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