http://www.murchisonboathire.com.au/
Last time I was out it was quite rough coming back but right in the channel was this kite surfer.I have to admit he was the best I have ever seen and he was jumping 3m breaking waves just out from Black Rock. I had no worries about running him down in my 7.8m boat as he was travelling twice as fast as me across my bow.
Back into the river mouth.I pays to heed the Almanac regarding best days, times etc to fish. On this particular day the almanac predicted a poor day with the prime bite times of 3am and 3pm. of course we did not fish any of the bite times and our very poor and embarrassing catch reflected the prediction!
Coral Bay Trip
6 great days were spent at Coral Bay by Brad Nel and visiting South African mate
Cliff Rudolph with my 5.3m boat last week. The weather behaved itself as you can see in the
following pics taken by Brad, and the fish were biting!
The great barracuda caught by Cliff trolling at about 7 knots near South Passage. He was using a Halco Crazy Deep 7 metre lure. “The 5.3m runabout was just the right size to move around in the swell and wind to work with an angry Barracuda” Brad told me.Finally on board, it added to a good day of a couple of Bluebone, Rankin Cod and Dog mackerel.
You made bite of the month on my website, Cliff, well done!
The Chinaman Cod caught by Brad in 40m plus water took a mulie/occy cocktail and was released.
Cliff took the time to dress his bait according to a good old South African rule.He used a strip of mackerel and rolled the skin inwards producing a bait that appeared to look like a crayfish tail minus the shell. After a drift towards the breakline he missed a huge strike.
Second attempt he set the hook which started a battle of fish and current verses Cliff and Daiwa Sealine.
Brad told me that the new boat launching facility gives access to both North and South passages and that all their fishing was done out from the South passage. They had a couple of windy days but it did not hamper the handling of the 5.3m boat.
“Only time for caution was the entry back into the passage was when the Northerly blew which did whip up some cross chop across a Southerly swell. Still the boat handled exceptionally. Note transit markers are very clear on opposing land for easy directions through the passage. Worth taking one of Laurie's boats up as the Charters in Coral Bay are very overloaded. Plenty of accommodation and room to store boats on sites”.
Cliff holds one of several Rankin Cod for the trip and
Brad shows off his red emperor caught on fresh rankin cod leftovers over a drop off in 40 metres. “Lots of other fish were caught but the “forgot to take photos happened”. TRUTH”. Yeah sure Brad!!Bunbury and Monkey Mia feed dolphins, here in Kalbarri we feed pelicans. But in Coral bay
they feed spangled emperor!
Some of the largest Spanglies seen can be viewed right in the bay of Coral Bay.
Fish are fed at several times of the day, but feeding and touching is not recommended. Experience these beautiful fish at your finger tips. They are extremely tame and will swim around you hassle free. A must if Coral Bay is visited.
They come right up and smash bread out of the hands of the feeders, muscling each other out of the way
These underwater shots, taken by brad, were in the shallows. He just bent over and held the camera underwater. He has the same camera as mine; it’s an Olympus shock and waterproof, around $500.00 when I bought mine.
No! The camera is not edible!
You are not suppose to feed them but if you accidentally drop a mulie in the water, what can you do!
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This months “Bite of the Month” goes to South African holiday maker Cliff Rudolph
for his big barracuda caught in Coral Bay as detailed in the above segment.
See all the previous Bite of the Month winners on my website.
Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club, Local comp 20th September 2008.
The comp was nearly cancelled due to the very marginal weather. A forecast of 8-12 knots SE
shifting to 8-12 knots southerly and a rising swell from 3 meters upwards made for a crappy day out. On top of that the Almanac predicted a “poor day” with best bite times for 3am and 3pm I am surprised anyone caught fish at all?
I was out in my 7.8m and despite dropping in over some of my best spots I was too embarrassed to take a photo of any of the few fish we caught. Not to mention one of my crew bringing a banana aboard! The banana felon justifiably paid the price by not getting a bite all day!
Karen did well to land a mulloway in the big swell 
and Brett had this 1.25kg bream from the river,
tagged and released live.
Cheryl landed 5 tailor in the river 
while Graham caught an unusual catfish
6.1m Boat Trailer refurbish
I felt it was high time the trailer for the 6.1m boat got a birthday. It has been so busy, in and out
that I have not had a chance earlier. The frame was integrally sound and the bearings were always checked before each trip needless to say, but it was starting to look a bit battered.
I totally stripped it down, and wire brushed the rust spots away. I used a wire brush on a 4 inch grinder.
Don’t do this at home. It is quite dangerous! At one time the grinder brush snagged and ripped out of my hands burying itself in my luckily baggy shirt and stalled but still under full power. I clamped my gloved hand over it and turned it off. I can visualize what would have happened if it had got into my chest hairs!!!
With a bit of primer, 3 coats of 2-pack, new mudguards, new led submersible salt water lights, new hubs and bearings, new tyres,
new winch, new slips, new wiring, it looks like new and ready to go.
Now the boat looks a bit scruffy when on the trailer!
This year the 6.1m boat spent a lot of time up at Thevenard Island in the Mackerel Islands group off Onslow.
Helen will take your accommodation booking if you would like to visit. Phone her on 9184 6444
bookings@mackerelislands.com.au
Check out the website: http://www.mackerelislands.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.
Triple tuna hook-up
Dhuie and snapper
Beach mulloway
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2005.blogspot.com/
And from January 2006 to December 2006 with photos at
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2006.blogspot.com/
And from January 2007 to December 2007 with photos at
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2007.blogspot.com/
And from January 2008 to present with photos at
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2008.blogspot.com/
They are quite long URL’s so add them to your favourites.
Noel and Robyn are willing to accept bookings for my boats at Port Gregory
I will deliver the boat down there for 2 or more days hire for free.
& return it to Kalbarri for you.
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, http://www.buoyweather.com/ go to virtual buoys, pick the location you want.
The Southern Right whale and calf stayed in the entrance for quite a while this month but has since moved off further up the coast. 
I think she got a bit stressed, with all the boats, jet skies etc buzzing her all the
I tried to get a pic of the whale and the kids but the whale would not come up and the
Mark Mofflin emailed these pics of some of the fish they caught and said that the boat was great.
Jeremy Erdmann, holidaying up from Perth caught this 18kg mulloway from the old wooden service jetty on the flick rod shown in the above photo. The little Shakespeare reel was loaded with 5lb braid taking him about 45 minutes to land on the night of Monday 11th August. It was 3 hours after low tide and a couple of hours after the forecast bite time.
