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Exmouth Catches
Picture: All six Australian billfish species (blue, black and striped marlin, sailfish, broadbill swordfish and shortbill spearfish) are encountered here, along with yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi (dolphinfish), wahoo, cobia, Spanish mackerel, giant trevally and many others (Photo: Courtesy of @castaways_fishing).
Billfish enthusiasts have been encountering plenty of small black marlin and big sailfish in depths starting at 50m off the west coast reef. One crew achieved a grand slam comprising two sailfish, a blue and black marlin during a single outing last week. Wahoo and some nice size yellowfin tuna are inadvertently being caught on skirted lures intended for billfish.
A solid longtail tuna, weighing approximately 18kg, was taken on a stick bait cast at the back of the reef recently. Afternoons have been productive off the northern end of the cape and around Norwest reef to Lighthouse Bay with plenty of Spanish mackeral and shark mackerel turning up around the bait balls.
A group of four customers of Bluewater Tackle World had a memorable session casting poppers and stickbaits near agitated baitfish, which resulted in multiple mackerel catches.
Yellowfin whiting have been showing up along the beaches in the gulf and responding well to small pieces of prawn presented on a lightly weighted small long-shank hook. Blue swimmer crabs are in abundance south of town with good hauls coming from Learmonth Jetty and the Bay of Rest.
