Exmouth Catches
Picture: Mangrove Jack are serious predators and the good news is they can be caught on both lures and bait, making them an exciting nearshore sportfish for all fishers!
Andrew Arundel landed two red emperor and a good size goldband snapper while fishing in approximately 80m of water south of Tantabiddi recently. Luke Hamon’s 180kg black marlin was among several billfish caught beyond the 100m contour during the past fortnight. Students enjoying the school holidays with a rod in hand at the marina have been picking up some nice yellowfin bream, queenfish, trevally and wrasse.
More bream, flathead, grunter, malabar cod and the odd sand bass have also been coming from the creeks south of Learmonth. Coral trout have been prevalent in the gulf and off the west side with many of the 55 to 75cm fish being caught on jigs. Youngster Jared Charsley caught a 75cm trout in the 15m depths of the gulf earlier this month on a handline.
