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 [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: We love it when our members send us photos! This is Joshua with a big brassy trevally that he caught all by himself with only a little bit of help from his mum at the end! These fish are often mistaken as GT 's because they look very similar [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: Yuesf Kay with his awesome long tail tuna he caught in Exmouth last week. Yusef is also an Admin member of the Facebook group Squid Hunters Western Australia (Photo courtesy of Squid Hunters Western Australia). Billfish enthusiasts have been raising up to a dozen black marlin a session in [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: Although Chinaman fish are consumed in Western Australia, they are known to cause ciguatera poisoning in the Northern Territory and Queensland. Luckily ciguatera is not a real problem in WA waters, so feel free to keep your next chinaman fish catch (Photo courtesy of Dan Elkerbout). On Strike Charters [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: Yellowfin tuna are some of the only fish that are warm blooded, making the mable to control body temperature. This results in large geographical ranges and extra power and speed (Photo courtesy of Dylan Picken). Game fishing enthusiasts continue to encounter fair numbers of striped and small black marlin [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: Shark mackerel (funnily enough, not a shark) can be distinguished by its colouration of green and yellow but also by the intense ammonia smell when you pull it on board. Do not assume the smell makes it a bad fish to eat, it is a must to bleed the [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: A solid Spaniard that fell victim to a deep diver trolled over rocky ground. Peak Sportfishing skipper, Eddie Lawler, has been putting his clients onto plenty of striped marlin as well as a few blacks and the odd blue despite the water temperatures being relatively low. Crews who have [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: Riley with his spangled emperor he caught in Exmouth (Photo courtesy Deon Baddock) Perhaps one of the more unusual catches this week was a 10kg mulloway that was landed at the marina. Mulloway are rarely caught north of Carnarvon, however following the appearance of several salmon in the gulf [...]
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 [...]
Exmouth Catches Picture: The aptly named giant trevally is the largest of its kind in the world with some catches being found to weigh over 60kg (photo courtesy @dan.coughlan) Young angler Josh Minema landed a superb 15kg yellowfin tuna while targeting marlin on trolled garfish off Tantabiddi last week. Spanish [...]