Email: lasue@wn.com.au http://www.murchisonboathire.com.au/MURCHISON BOAT HIRE NOVEMBER 2010 ELETTER
Very quiet month again due to the demersal fish ban on at the moment but that is due to be lifted from the 15th December.
I have been kept busy doing a lot of maintenance, getting things ready for the season. Fishing wise there
has been an early warm current pushed in and it has brought lots of yellow-fin tuna with it. They are a good size
this year, around the 8 to 12kgs and most boats are picking them up. The mackerel should not be far behind, but there
have been reports of Spanish mackerel already being caught and we got 4 spotted mackerel last Saturday!
I am looking forward to a really good year!
Pelagic Action
Davo Ryan rang me last week looking for a trip out for some action. His son Pete is part of the
Adventure Bound film group who were over here a few years ago shooting footage for a Melbourne TV station.
He was with his mate Ian Biggs and Ian’s son Nick. They are all from Melbourne but Nick is presently working in
Geraldton and was showing them around.
Ian Biggs with his 8kg yellow-fin tuna 
and Nick Biggs with his 10kg fish.Trolling at the Sandpatch we spotted a few bait schools and began a troll past them. It was not long till we had a quadruple hook-up
on the 15kg outfits with Halco Laser Pro 190’s!
While holding my rod I gaffed Ian’s fish first and passed him my rod that still had a lot of line out.
Nick was next and his 10kg tuna came aboard. By this time, both Ian and Davo were shouting that they were running out of line!
Davo’s fish was east and Ian’s fish west, not much I could do but Ian had less line so I edged the boat towards his fish.
Unfortunately Davo’s hooks pulled and he got his lure back, so we chased Ian’s fish and got all the line back.
Not long after the fish came up and we could see it was a big shark! Ian fought it to the boat but we could not
get the lure back, so it was cut off and the shark released. I assume that Davo also had a shark by the way it was fighting.
2 yellowtail kings took lures later in the day to round up a very enjoyable day out.
One of the bait schools that we trolledThe abalone season started at the beginning of the month, but has been difficult as we have not had many really flat days.
It looks worse that it really was,
but we got a few as you can see.
6.1m Refit, Respray, Rewire.
4 weeks of sanding, sand blasting, grinding, welding and restoring and the boat is ready for the first coat of primer.
It is good to do these things now and again as I found corrosion in vital places and cracks
where there should not be any. All fixed up now and I am confident that it will be as good as new
when finished.
The primer is now on and the white 2-pack will soon follow.
I will then rewire and refit it out like new, new sign work and renovate the trailer. You won’t recognise it after!
I had to get a temporary shed to do the white 2-pack. Spraying outside was just too difficult.
The easterly in the morning would sprinkle it with dust, leaves and insects and when the wind died
down the hull heated up so much that the paint would boil! So for a carton or two I managed to get his shed
for a couple of weeks to finish off the white 2-pack.
Construction continues on the land backed wharf that is being built between the old wooden service jetty
& the cray boat pens. It is being built to stop the congestion of the cray boats unloading crays
& refuelling at the old wooden service jetty.
First they dump sand in the river to push the water back
Then dig it out to form a dam to keep the water out.
Then pump the water out from inside and keep it dry by pumping out
any water seeping in through the earth dam with these poly pipes.
The wharf wall will be going in the trench down the middle.
Kalbarri Quad bike Safaris recently sold and a mate, Martin Roger & Ellen Nightingale bought it.
I was invited for a try out! I was a lot of fun.
Kalbarri Quad Bike Safaris is the only bush based tour in WA. All
the other ones follow the beaches. This one goes up river along the multitude of tracks and takes you
to the best spots along the river
and up Little Red Hill.
The bikes are Can-Am 400hp 4-strokes and are used in 4WD.
Tours are 1 hour, 2 hour and 3 hour
with a tea and bickie
break at Nanny Goat Well.
You do not need any experience but you have to be over 18 with a drivers licence to drive but the bikes are
twin seaters so kids and passengers can go on the back.
You can book direct on 9937 1011 or visit them on the net http://www.kalbarriquadsafaris.com.au/
Email: quadbookings@westnet.com.au
A recommended tour, this is a good one!
Nick Biggs got more than he expected this month landing a very respectable
yellow-fin tuna out from the Sandpatch late this month. Trolling with his Father,
Ian & Ian’s mate Davo Ryan they got a quadruple hook-up that caused a bit of chaos
on board but they landed two tuna, released big shark and lost the forth. Nick’s
yellow-fin went 10kg on the lie detector.
See all the previous Bite of the Month winners on my website.
Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club Monthly Comp.
20th November 2010
With the demersal ban on at the moment nearly everyone in the comp targeted mulloway.
They were caught in boats, beach and up river. The demersal ban ends on the 15th December.
The river produced these little mulloway.
I was out game fishing with wife, Sue, and we got blown away on 6kg & 3kg line to what we did not
know until I saw the tuna landed by Nick, Ian and Davo above, so it must have been big tuna or sharks!
But I managed to land a very pumped up 4kg stripy tuna on 3kg line out on the 3 Mile.
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.
Drew is still the Island manager: 9184 6444, or assistant managers Jamie & Jessy
This year the 6.1m 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
I have made six blogs; you can view all of my 2005 newsletters with photos @
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2005.blogspot.com/
And from January 2006 to December 2006 with photos @
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2006.blogspot.com/
And from January 2007 to December 2007 with photos @
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2007.blogspot.com/
And from January 2008 to December 2008 with photos @
http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2008.blogspot.com/
And from January 2009 to December 2009 with photos @
wwwmurchisonboathirefishing2009.blogspot.com
And from January 2010 onwards with photos @
wwwmurchisonboathirefishing2010.blogspot.com
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!
