JUNE 2011

Email: lasue@wn.com.au http://www.murchisonboathire.com.au/

MURCHISON BOAT HIRE JUNE 2011 ELETTER

Another busy month for the boats, with most of them on their annual trips up to northern destinations.
Gnaraloo station was again very popular with multiple groups going up there. Where are all the photos
you were going to send me guys??? When the weather has been good, the catches out from Kalbarri
have been quite extraordinary. Since two of the three charter boats stopped operating the fish have
come back to the nearer spots that I would normally bypass.
Gnaraloo trip

I was lucky this month to get 7 days up at Gnaraloo with Paul Garner and mates, Peter, Alan, Eddie, Shaun and Frank.
We had the 7.8m boat which I towed up from Kalbarri and met the group at the station.

It is imperative to stop at the “King Waves Kill Sign”
and deflate the tyres on the trailer and your vehicle to 35psi. This will give you a better ride over the rough road and corrugations
for the next 70ks of dirt road. The Gnaraloo Station sign is too low for the 7.8m boat to get through, use the gate to the right to get through.
The weather was very crap for the first 3 days, but as Shaun was only there for 2 days we had to get him a fish.
He got one all right, a very good rankin cod and followed up with a good baldchin groper. Paul Garner landed this big rankin, winning
the biggest fish in the betting stakes of biggest fish, first fish and biggest red emperor daily jackpot.

Peter had a burster of a trip winning the biggest red emperor, landing a good sized spangled emperor
and Paul and Eddie hold up their reds caught going over a patch where we pulled
10 red emperor from, on one of the better days
The mackerel were going off while drifting over my “mackie lump”. Drifting with a garfish out, these mackerel, 18kgs for Eddie and 19kgs for Frank kept them busy while we caught bottom fish.

Frank and Shaun with a pair of rankins, while Frank holds up 2 reds which were part of his catch on
one of the days that we caught 7 red emperor.

I got to fish as well, landing my personnel best rankin at 9.5kg and a p.b. red going 9.5kgs.
Next time we are up grading to 100lb leaders, we had lots of bust-offs using 80lb, it’s just not heavy enough!

Accreditation

Murchison Boat Hire is now an accredited tourism business!
It has taken a bit of work and a bit of time but now we can use the logo on all our stationary
website and signage.
So what does this mean to you guys?
Well not much really, you will still get the great service and back-up from me.
You can still be assured that we have all the necessary procedures in place such as
insurances, public liability, maintenance schedules, bookings, refunds, etc all documented
and described.
I guess it is just a recognition that we are doing things right.

Kalbarri Trip
Darryl Friend and mates Ross Jerrard, Stewart Northcroft and son Trey, complete with all the family were up in Kalbarri to have a look around
and get some fishing done. The Saturday was blown out so only the marginal weather Sunday was available.
I took them out in the 6.5m boat as the 7.8m was up at Gnaraloo. First up on strike was Ross, and he dropped 2 mackerel to unusual circumstances, (so he says)
before Stewart took his turn landing this 11kg mackerel setting the standard for the day. It was the first mackerel and biggest fish he had ever caught!
We than had a few drifts over some of my better spots but it took until lunch time, before the fish turned on. A succession of small
dhuies came aboard until, Darryl landed a size one. A very keen angler, 11 year old Trey Northcroft, caught and landed the biggest dhuie
for the day all by himself. Well done Trey!
They got their bag limit which included snapper, cods, a yellow-tail kingfish and sweetlip.

Coral Bay Trip
Hi Laurie,
Here are the pics from our awesome trip to Coral Bay.
The 6.1m boat travelled beautifully behind the 4wd ute and was easy to launch and get back onto the trailer.
Deck wash on the boat was FANTASTIC to use, easy to keep the boat clean.
As you can see from the photos, we had a great time catching spanish mackerel, wahoo, mahi mahi and cobia.
Have recommended the boat to several mates, why would you buy one when you have such a great facility.
Looking forward to coming up to Kalbarri in July and will be booking the boat for next year’s trip with my boys.
All the best
Jeff Hitchins
Looks like it was all pelagics and they had trouble with sharks!
Nice fish Jeff!

Cycling and fishing around Australia!
Hi Laurie,
Guess you will get this when you are back from Gnaraloo so hope you guys had a good time and got some good fish!
Been getting some decent tailor on the lures and still trying for the Mulloway!
Maybe you can include in the newsletter the following.
I'm in Australia for two years cycling and fishing around the country. Previously I cycled from UK to India, fishing along the way
so this trip is a continuation of a world tour on a bicycle. Laurie was kind enough to take me out on his boat in
Kalbarri for a session after spanish mackerel. Apparently conditions weren't perfect for the mackerel but we hoped for some
action all the same! And as it happened it wasn't too long before one of the trolled lures was taken and line screamed from the reel!

A lovely yellow-fin tuna of 5kg was the result! Happy with this fish, I smiled even more when the other rod arched over and the reel
screamed for the second time of the day. This time it was a more solid fish that easily took line from the clutch. Laurie and
I were both hoping it was what we had come for and as it happened it was! A lovely spanish mackerel of 10.5kg and new
PB for me! It couldn't get much better than that! Thanks very much Laurie, much appreciated,
Scott.

www.worldbiker.blogspot.com

Tip #1: Forget the cycling, just do the fishing!

Exmouth trip
My cancelled trip to the east side of the Exmouth gulf is back on again, but in September now.
We are going to go out of Onslow now and as one of the group, Paul, will be delayed getting up there we will be killing time trying for big GT’s for a couple of days around Long Island, a known haunt for big GT’s. When Paul joins us, we will head round the corner into the Gulf and flats fish for queenies, trevally, jacks, and hopefully bonefish, tarpon and permit on fly!

Bite of the month

Peter Callisto has been the Bite of the Month before with a red emperor caught out from Kalbarri
But he gets it again this month for this near 10kg red emperor from my 7.8m boat caught at Gnaraloo this month.
He had a great trip landing lots of good fish, in less than perfect conditions.
See all the previous Bite of the Month winners on my website.
WTF

This was caught up at Gnaraloo this month. A bit of a strange looking snapper.
The book identifies it as a long-finned snapper. Argyrops spinifer
It was about 350mm long.

Look at the size of this stout longtom! Caught in Kalbarri this month, 1.4m long!
See all the fish species on my website www.murchisonboathire.com.au/fish_species2.htm

Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Monthly Comp.
June 18th

I was still in Gnaraloo so could not fish this comp. Pity, just look at some of the fish caught!
Popular Northern Destinations

Thevenard Island
There are new managers at the Onslow Mackerel Motel, Colin and Rosa will now look after you on the mainland.
Rosa will take your accommodation booking for the Onslow Mackerel Motel if you would like to stay. Phone her on 9184 6586
Colin will sort you out with a lock up storage area for trailers and your vehicle when you are at the island.
Island manager: 9184 6444, Drew Norrish & Traci Nathan
This year the 6.5m and 7.8m boats are already booked for Thevenard Island but there are still spaces available for adventures in this great place.
bookings@mackerelislands.com.au
Check out the website: http://www.mackerelislands.com.au/

Gnaraloo Station
Gnaraloo contacts for accommodation:
Barbara: 9315 4809
Email: bookings@gnaraloo.com.au
Website: Gnaraloo.com.au

Game, Bottom and Beach Fishing Action
These links will take you to Youtube showing some great action video clips taken from
my boats and also a very good mulloway from the beach.
Triple tuna hook-up
Dhuie and snapper
Beach mulloway


Remember if you rent our accommodation in Kalbarri you get big discounts on our boats.
Have a look on my website for the details, and check out the savings.


5-day weather forecasts, http://www.buoyweather.com/ go to virtual buoys, pick the location you want.
This is the one I go by!


Big bait – big fish
Laurie