Exmouth Catches
(Picture: A fish that is not often seen being worthy of attention, Charlie Court AKA Chinamen cod are not usually a fish you hear being bragged about. With little attention and two names, handy to know the Recfishwest App can end the confusion – either use the fish ID function or type in one of the two names to find your match).
Riley Smith took out the Champion Junior Angler during the Exmouth Classic Reef fishing tournament held by the Exmouth Game Fishing Club recently. Budda Damien won the spangled emperor section with a 2.6kg fish. Gary Mounsey caught the biggest ruby snapper while John Prince caught the largest rankin cod. John also caught the largest charlie court that weighed a whopping 400gm. He also managed to land the largest red emperor that came in at 5.2kg. Ian Huxter caught a ripper Spanish mackerel that weighed 23.6kg and Chin Prince caught an 11.8kg tuna.
Champion Boat went to Awesome with 2000 points while Jakel was not far behind at 1800 points. The Ultralight Champion Boat Section was taken out by Hindsight, crewed by Murray Lewin and Brian Snook, but the highlight of the event was the reaction of four-year-old old Harvey Mitchell, who fished the event with his Dad. Harvey weighed in a 3.1kg morwong he caught on 2kg line that took him about 15 minutes to land, although technically not a game fish species, he was awarded Champion Junior Angler for the competition by the EGFC because there were no other fish weighed in by any juniors. The next fishing event is the Fly Fishing Festival, which is being coordinated by local guide Allan Donald.
