August 2008

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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
time so moved away. I got some photos from my dinghy when my wife’s cousin visited us this month.

My wife’s cousin, Tony McEwan and kids, Olivia and Laura whale watching at the mouth of the Murchison.
I tried to get a pic of the whale and the kids but the whale would not come up and the
kids would not go down.
Not a lot to report on this month as the 5.3m boat is up in Coral Bay for 2 weeks and the 7.8 is at the
Mackerel Islands for 2 weeks as well and no reports back from them yet.

Thevenard Island trip
Alan Hagan got hold of my new 7.8m walkabout boat for a 7 day trip up to Onslow and out to Thevenard Island at the beginning of the month.
Unfortunately I didn’t manage to catch up with them after the trip as they handed the boat over to another hirer but

Mark Mofflin emailed these pics of some of the fish they caught and said that the boat was great.
Plenty of room to fish 6 with comfort and it handled the rougher water well and was surprisingly
quiet for an ali boat! Thanks for the compliment Mark.
Look how calm the ocean is, what a day!

Nice fish from Kalbarri

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.
Didn’t anyone tell you that it was the wrong time to go fishing Jeremy?
I notice he got a mention in the Friday’s paper as well as the Sunday Times!

Is it worth it?
Some times I am asked if people wreck my boats? Well to be honest, yes there are a few times when the boat comes
back a bit messed up, bumped and scratched. Nearly always it is accidental and usually from
inexperience in boat handling. These incidents pale into insignificance by the majority of the times when the boats return with
very happy hirers and excited kids detailing their stories of how they caught their first mackerel or dhufish or recounting
how many times they threw up but loved every moment!
Looking back over the last ten years I have had the boats, I have loved every moment
& yes I do think I have the best job in the world!

Jake

Brice

Some of the kids pics that make it worthwhile

Stefan

Viaan

Patrick

Jordan

Sarah

Mackenzie?

And the classic pic of “The Pascoe Kids”
All unforgettable fish for them

Bite of the month

Bite of the month can only be awarded to a fish caught on one of my boats.
There have been a lot of hires going up north this month, but unfortunately few hirers send me their pics so it is hard to show the best fish of the month.
However this 8.15kg dhuie caught by Murray Rantall during the local comp this month sure deserves the award.
See all the previous Bite of the Month winners on my website.

Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club, Local comp 23rd August 2008.

One of those rare occasions when a Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club fishing comp falls on a good weather day!
We took advantage of it and having the 7.8m available headed North West a long way.

There was a strong easterly blowing but we kept in close to shore and set a burly trail hoping for a few snapper to appear, but it was a day for sambos with 4 turning up.

They got bigger each time with Murray holding onto the biggest one at 14kgs.

When the wind died down we went out deeper landing a procession of snapper, red-throats, baldchin & dhuies. Murray had the biggest bag and won the individual section.

Son Jared missed out on the big ones but won the junior section.

Paul Maindok fishing out of another boat in the same area as us picked up this 6kg red emperor!

Next door neighbour Paul Thomas runs the local Kalbarri Café and has hired my boats a few times before.
So when his brothers Peter and Martin were visiting up from Perth, treated them to a trip out in the new 7.8m boat.
They went to the same area as we went during the comp and caught a fair amount of fish
but unfortunately busting off a couple of big ones.
The Kalbarri Café is the place to go for a quick snack and get your supplies for your boat trip lunch.

Thevenard Island
Last year the 6.1m boat spent a lot of time up at Thevenard Island in the Mackerel Islands group off Onslow.
It is also up there this year.
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 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