The IGFA Great Marlin Race (IGMR) is a partnership between IGFA and Stanford University that pairs recreational anglers with cutting-edge science to learn more about the basic biology of marlin and how they utilize the open ocean habitat. The goal of the program is to deploy 50 pop up archival tags (PAT) in marlin at [...]

Conditions have been better than last week with light SW winds glassing off the gulf. Bait schools are spread wide and far throughout the gulf and many pelagic captures have been reported. Sailfish have been harder to entice with bait being plentiful, but for those willing to put in the hard yards the rewards are [...]

Wind, wind and more wind was the story in Exmouth this past week. For those with larger boats or for the smarter skipper reading the ever changing winds, fish were on the bite. Deeper waters offshore have still been producing good numbers of billfish and sailfish in the gulf have been a popular choice for [...]

Wow, how strong have those southerlies been this last week? Through the night the gusts have exceeded 30knots and thankfully mid-morning to mid-afternoon it has been calming off in the gulf. Some keen anglers have taken advantage of the reprieve and snuck out from the marina or Bundegi for a quick fish. Large squid have [...]

The Betta Billfish Bonanza was another great success for the Exmouth Game Fishing Club. There were over 100 anglers and 23 teams that included 9 junior anglers for the tag and release competition.  Day one of the competition was a little breezy with strong southerly winds whipping up the west side of the cape. However, [...]

Although the weather has been a little unpredictable, many anglers are still reporting good fishing with a wide variety of species being landed. The gulf has been producing large numbers of both shark and Spanish mackerel and fish of up to 25kg have been landed 300m from the marina rock wall. Bait schools are starting [...]

The billfish are starting to show up in better (pardon the pun!) numbers this last week and all in time for the upcoming Betta Billfish Bonanza. Whether it is sails in the gulf, or marlin off the west side, it will be an interesting comp this year with the Exmouth Game Fishing Club hoping there [...]