http://www.murchisonboathire.com.au/MURCHISON BOAT HIRE NOVEMBER 2008 ELETTER
November is usually very quiet for the boats. The weather is usually a bit blowie & the fish
can be a bit uncooperative, but it has proved not to be so. The 5.3m boat is in Coral Bay until just after Christmas, and the 6.1m boat is currently at the mackerel Islands.
Mackerel and tuna have turned up early, (see story below) and the bottom fishing has been
exceptionally good, with big fish the main catch.
So it looks like it is going to be an outstanding season.
I can’t wait!
A lightning visit from Perth for Damian Robinson only gave him 2 days to decide which one to pick for
his trip out with mate Jason Robins. Hiring the 6.1m boat they picked “South” as their destination due to the early
sea breezes expected. I have to admit that the ocean did not look that good but they stayed out for quite a while,
which is a good sign. Sure enough they came back pleased with their catch.
Damian had a couple of baldchin and a respectable cod.
Jason Robins shows off his catch, and he still had some in the esky!Top days fishing
Justin Demello, had the same idea as Damian and Jason above, but spending 5 days ensuring a good day out.
They took advantage of the $50.00 boat hire discount by staying in one of my accommodation units
With 6 on board it would have been a bit crowded on the 6.1 so went out in the 7.8m.
I had a suspicion that there might be some mackerel down at Wagoe as rumours had reached Kalbarri, and that is where they went.
Justin Demello, had the same idea as Damian and Jason above, but spending 5 days ensuring a good day out.
They took advantage of the $50.00 boat hire discount by staying in one of my accommodation units
With 6 on board it would have been a bit crowded on the 6.1 so went out in the 7.8m.
I had a suspicion that there might be some mackerel down at Wagoe as rumours had reached Kalbarri, and that is where they went.
First up Shane Demello was onto a very early season mac, quickly followed by thetuna below.
Andrew Ng then got his mac. Caught on the 25th November, the earliest by far that we have ever caught mackerel and tuna here!
Here Marcus Chee fights his tuna. It is the first time he has ever been fishing! 
This northern blue-fin put up one hell of a fight, and Marcus was pleading for help in the end. He still has a lot of work to do on his “pump and wind” technique! It weighed in at 12kgs.The following day he was complaining about the small size of the bream he was catching at the jetty. That’s normal fishing Marcus, you’re ruined for life!
I initially called it for a yellow-fin, but it just did not look right in the pictures and on the filleting table
There was a bit of discussion on the Fishwrecked website, the thread follows
http://fishwrecked.com/node/17864#comment-112529
Read what Justin had to say about the trip on http://www.fishwrecked.com/ about the trip here
http://fishwrecked.com/node/17869
A bottom bounce later on produced this great cod for Justin Demello.I told him to get some Octo Jigs as I was having quite a lot of success with them
and sure enough, second jig and this estuary cod came up with an Octo jig in its mouth.
Only Stan Seow was left to catch a fish. Leaving it till the last moment a big bite on his bait made his braid spooled Riobi Safari outfit groan and sing. 
After considerable time, this more than a metre estuary codglided to the surface. Too big to legally keep we returned it to live another day.
A very successful trip when you consider the smallest fish kept was 8kgs!
Good intention bad planning
Mike Kurgan hired the 6.1m boat for 5 days early November. He arrived with his wife, announcing
that he was on his honeymoon and going out in the boat on his own to troll for mackerel!
Two things are wrong with the statement above!
One is that there are usually no mackerel around in November,
Two, no one has the courage to go fishing on their honeymoon!
His wife probably knew this and thought he had other intentions and was planning a surprise.
But no, he went fishing! Mike picked the weather unfavourably and battled the wind each day.
I took him out to a tailor spot one evening, but even the tailor were uncooperative with just
one baby taking a bait. (poppers were not working)
Mike Kurgan hired the 6.1m boat for 5 days early November. He arrived with his wife, announcing
that he was on his honeymoon and going out in the boat on his own to troll for mackerel!
Two things are wrong with the statement above!
One is that there are usually no mackerel around in November,
Two, no one has the courage to go fishing on their honeymoon!
His wife probably knew this and thought he had other intentions and was planning a surprise.
But no, he went fishing! Mike picked the weather unfavourably and battled the wind each day.
I took him out to a tailor spot one evening, but even the tailor were uncooperative with just
one baby taking a bait. (poppers were not working)
It was still the biggest tailor that he had ever caught!On the last and best day, I went out with him and tried a couple of my good spots, but
the fish were less than enthusiastic!
My baldchin groper came up on an Octo jig, 
and the red-throats were big when we got a bite but a pretty slow day all round.Highlight of the day was when Mike announced that there was a shark following out the back!
Luckily I had a shark rig ready to go and a fat mullet was tossed out. Unsure of the species, as it looked quite fat and blue, Mike called it for a mako. Well when it realised that it was hooked up after a few minutes all hell broke loose and it dragged 150m of 80lb braid before doing two enormous cart wheeling leaps.
We chased it down, then it went again with two more leaps twice as high as the boat!
I was stunned! But I got a photo of the splash. 10 mins later the 100lb leader parted
above the metre and a half of wire!
Abalone season off to a good start
The super low tides that we have in November each year really help when collecting abalone.
When this coincides with a low swell picking abs is easy. Son Jared back from boarding school came along to help.
We only pick the real big ones and picking them was easy, I did not even get my shorts wet!Luckily we are north of the Greenough River and the season runs from 1st October to 15th May all day any day.
We are standing on the reef platform between Kalbarri and the end of the Southern Cliffs. There are plenty of abs but finding the big ones needs a bit of reef hopping.
These above were size but we left then as they were not quite big enough, 
but there were a few bigger ones on the reef above.
They have to be over 60mm; 
the one above has a lot of algae on it as it came froma very shaded area under a ledge. You have to look quite hard and under ledges to find the big ones
5.3m Day Trip
Nick Dunn was up in Kalbarri early November and stayed for 5 days or so. He had the 5.3m boat hired for a dayand waited for the best day during his stay to go out. With his brother Tim, over for a short 4 week holiday from
Aberdeen, Scotland, they headed to the Sand Patch picking up 3 snapper. They set a burley trail
expecting a few more but it did not happen, only a few small rubbish fish with Nick trying for
“Bite of the Month” by getting severely bitten by a conger eel!
Keep away from those teeth! They have an anticoagulant in their saliva that makes you bleed constantly!
Bite of the month
This months “Bite of the Month” goes to Stan SeowA difficult decision this month, Damian’s big cod was going to make it
then Marcus’s big tuna looked like it might knock the cod off,
Then Justin’s bigger cod was looking good until right at the end Stan
got his big bite he was waiting for landing this after an enormous struggle.
See all the previous Bite of the Month winners on my website.
Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club, Local comp 22nd November 2008.Not much caught during the comp, due to the very ordinary weather and rain on the Friday night.
However Ashley van Viersen landed a few good mulloway from across the river last weekend.This one went 25ks and he says that he got others at 16kgs, 10kgs and released a few more.
He also got loads of tailor as well, all released!
It makes me wonder?
Last Saturday morning I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch and slipped outside to hook the boat up to the ute.
It then started to rain and the wind picked up to 30 knots. I decided that it was not worth going out and admitting defeat
went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed.There I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible.'
My loving wife of 20 years replied, 'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that shit?'
I still don't know to this day if she was joking, but I've stopped going fishing!
Last Saturday morning I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch and slipped outside to hook the boat up to the ute.
It then started to rain and the wind picked up to 30 knots. I decided that it was not worth going out and admitting defeat
went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed.There I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible.'
My loving wife of 20 years replied, 'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that shit?'
I still don't know to this day if she was joking, but I've stopped going fishing!
Thevenard Island
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
Or go to the Adventure Bound website and view them there. Click this link.
http://www.adventurebound.com.au/news/latest/youtube_kalbarri_wa_offshore_episode.html
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
Or go to the Adventure Bound website and view them there. Click this link.
http://www.adventurebound.com.au/news/latest/youtube_kalbarri_wa_offshore_episode.html
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.
This is the one I go by!
Big bait – big fish
Laurie
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.
This is the one I go by!
Big bait – big fish
Laurie
