Well despite the cloudy conditions and rain we have experienced over the last week or more, the fishing has been rather good. We’ve had reports of everything from massive squid to pink snapper to big marlin. The school holidays will be in full swing by the time this goes to print, so we’d like to let you know that there are plenty of options for kids to get out and wet a line.

The forecast is looking good for the first week and there has been plenty of action in the marina. Some of the best results come from kids using soft plastics on light gear. Others have been using baits along the beaches and berley to attract whiting and small trevally. Check your tide times to ensure optimum time for fishing and remember that like most places, dawn, dusk and change of tides work well.

We have a new staff member at Bluewater Tackle World Exmouth this week: Nick Bailey from the Melville store has moved north to experience living out of the city and in the remote northwest. Nick began his stay with a few days off to taste the shore fishing. He was casting and retrieving a Halco 105 Roosta popper south of Mauritius beach when he caught two humungous squid! I’ve never heard of anyone catching squid on poppers before? These two had a body length each of almost 30cm!… Welcome to Exmouth Nick!

Alex Dandie and his family went out fishing off the Muirons last week using his new Saltist reel that his parents bought for him. He caught a pink snapper that weighed over 6kilos! That’s a great effort and fish from these northern waters. We do get the pink snapper here through winter and this is one of the biggest I’ve seen. We’ve had reports of plenty of rankin cod and emperor from reef fishing anglers, while the seem to be fewer sharks. Christine Gates from Bunbury caught and landed her first ever fish in Exmouth on a recent holiday. She was so impressed with the day out that she didn’t want to go back to the ramp! We don’t blame her, by the look of the weather that day. It was absolutely glass conditions in the gulf and she spent the day casting at trevally, queenfish, and other small species using lures on a small rod and spinning reel with light braid. Christine is pictured this week with her husband Peter and Grandog Rubi Gates.