19 February 2016 – Gascoyne Coast Fishing Report

Exmouth Catches

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Pictured: Black marlin

Black marlin and the occasional blue are still being encountered out wide. Anywhere from the back of the reef line seems to be a good starting point for blacks while the blues are being found in depths starting at 400m. Dolphin fish, some around the 10kg mark, are thick in patches.

Good catches of rankin cod, red emperor and goldband snapper are being picked up by the boats working the 60 to 140m depths.The marina is providing queenfish, trevally, mangrove jack and estuary cod. Fly fishers working the lower reaches of the gulf are catching permit, queenfish, giant trevally and giant herring. Good size bonefish and spangled emperor to 3kg have been caught in the west coast lagoons.

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