Rod and Sandy

Just finished 6 days fishing with Rod and Sandy Kimberly. The week produced a real mixed bag of entertainment - offshore was alive with longtail and mackeral tuna - we caught them on fly, on the troll and casting slugs. Rod also managed to catch his first sailfish after teasing him up on a pusher and switching over to garfish. The beaches were good for a couple of days until a large westerly swell pushed in. The first morning on the beach we caught 60 or so fish on fly. It was pretty much a fish a cast - brassy trevally, Golden trevally, tea-leaf trevally, khale khale trevally and plenty of Queenies on the popper flies.

The creeks produced quite a few solid barramundi, with plenty between 60 and 70cm, the biggest going 78cm.  We caught them on top-water lures, live bait, and fly. The salmon were on the chew as well, and we racked up around 15 each day, mostly blues, with a few nice king salmon in the mix as well.

''Sir William?"

Geoff,  Pete, William and Jake arrived in Weipa this week with one rule...... who ever caught the biggest barra was to be called Sir until beaten. You would not believe it - in the first hour of the first morning 11 year old Will caught his second ever barra totally unassisted - it measured 97cm. Although others came close to beating him [94cm next best], he was Sir Will for the rest of the week.
The rest of the week was a blast - down the coast was firing with double hook ups on Spanish mackerel and grey mackerel, and the tuna were around by the acre!! You could catch as many as you wanted.

Jump Shots

Here are some wildlife and jump shots from the last 2 charters !!!!!!!

''3 of the Best''

Sydneysiders - Ryan, Josh, Brandon and Chris, have just experienced 3 of the best days Weipa has to offer. The boys are big on the plastics back home and were keen to give them a go in Weipa. The results were phenomenal!  Threadfin salmon [biggest 94cm], barramundi up to 88cm, mangrove jack up to 49cm, endless blue salmon and queenfish, Queensland groper and large cod, just to name a few. The 2 days offshore were filled with Spanish mackerel, tuna and large queenies. On the last day of charter, after getting their arms pulled off by the fish mentioned above, Guide Josh Lyons suggested having a crack at sailfish. After a short run to the sailfish grounds the baits were deployed and within 15 minutes a double hook up on sails occurred - Ryan dropping one and Chris landing the other!!!!!!!!!