Snapper Release This Saturday!
The release of the juvenile snapper grown out under the Snapper Guardians program from eggs recovered from Cockburn Sound late last year will take place this Saturday.
It will take place on the beach at Jervoise Bay, Woodman Point (adjacent to Cockburn Power Boat Club and to the west of it) on Saturday 6 February 10 am – 12 pm.
All anglers and Snapper Guardians are invited to come and help Recfishwest release thousands of juvenile snapper. More details can be found in our Snapper Guardians Project article. See you there!
Exmouth Catches
Pictured: Coral trout
Lisa Wantuch caught a superb 10kg cobia from her 4.4m dinghy near Norwest Reef recently. Those taking advantage of the calm afternoons in the gulf have been rewarded with good catches of coral trout, longtail tuna and squid. Big golden trevally, giant herring and queenfish are frequenting the lower areas of the gulf.
Sailfish are occasionally turning up near Cooper Shoals and Exmouth Reef. Sails and small black marlin are being encountered in depths leading up to 200m off the west coast while the 400 to 600m contours are where most of the blue marlin, striped marlin and big dolphin fish are being caught.
