Welcome to Recfishwest’s weekly fishing report, brought to you by Recfishwest’s fishing expert Joachim Azzopardi, John Curtis for his Mandurah and Surrounds report and Matt Cox for the latest in Kununurra.
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Broome Catches
Picture, Red Emperor are judged by some (maybe most) as the best eating fish in the sea. Great fun to catch and great on the table making them a favourite fish among all Australian fishers.
Boats:
Billfish enthusiasts encountered most of their sailfish this past week near The Peanut and wide of James Price Point. Spanish mackerel and varieties of tuna were also caught among the sailfish together with golden trevally and the odd cobia. Mulloway catches have been improving along the drop offs and ledges located within Roebuck Bay. Charter boat operators have been doing well on red emperor, saddletail seaperch and blue lined emperor in 25m to 35m of water.
Shore-based:
A customer of Broome Tackle World landed a beautiful mulloway at Flat Rock near Willie Creek a fortnight ago. Barramundi have been a little difficult to tempt at Willie Creek as well as some of the other local creeks, however barra activity did increase somewhat in the lower and middle reaches of the Fitzroy River. The rocks near the beach at Gantheaume Point have been producing good catches of whiting and garfish. More whiting and garfish have been coming from Cable Beach and Roebuck Bay together with trevally and queenfish.
Attention to Detail
Technical Rating: Novice
There are some freaks among the fishing community who, no matter where they go, just seem to be able to catch fish and often these fish are big.
When you think about it, if you spend enough time on the water practicing your techniques on a certain species and catching small to mid size fish, then it is inevitable that you will eventually strike a big one.
When you do hook a big one, this is the time that everything has to come together and work so that you can stay hooked up and hopefully land the fish.
So the fishers that catch the big ones, are they just luckier than everyone else?
Recfishwest’s Position on Diving for Rock Lobster
In response to discussion on social media relating to the taking of rock lobster by divers, Recfishwest would like to put forward our position on the matter.
Have Your Say – Calling All Abalone Fishers!
Are you an Abalone fisher?
We’re calling on all 18,000 Abalone Licence holders to have their say about how their fishery is best managed to enhance fishing experiences but doing so in the safest possible manner. We believe every fisher should return home safe after a days fishing!