Exmouth WA

Date: 21 October 2012
Weather: Sunny/Hot
Crew: Hawkesy, Scott, Luke and Cory
Target Fish: Sailfish, marlin, Mackerel, tuna
Bait: Whole Gardies, Lures – Stickbait, various hardbodied lures
Berley: Nonea
Catch: 3 x School Mackerel, 1x 10kg Longtail Tuna
Report: Spent hours chasing Sails and Marlin with no success. Went to a trusty mackerel spot to catch dinner (landed 3 and had enough). On way back to boat ramp saw heaps of flying fish going crazy. Threw a stick bait at them and this thing smashed it on the surface about 10m from boat then took off. Probably my best fishing moment. On 20lb setup. Great fun. Rating below is purely based on last fish caught…
Rating: 9/10

The Royal Bird

Date: 19 November 2012

Weather: Sunny

Crew: Dave

Target Fish: Trout

Bait: Lures - Spinners 5g Brown Trout, Rapala CD5 - Brown Trout

Berley: None

Catch: 3 x Brown Trout

Report: Another first timer. Tried two spots, missed 2 good size fish at the first spot. Managed 3 at the second on Celtas and lost another 3 or so. River access at the second spot is tricky - possibly why it fished so well. Second spot is at the end of the gravel road, through the gate and along the fence. Not the nicest bit of water - but only an hour from my house.

Rating: 8/10

Fishing Tattoo

Date: October 2012
Weather: Miserable
Crew: Toon
Target Fish: Tattoo
Bait: Beer
Berley: None
Catch: 2 x tattoo
Report: Just got my leg tat done, and both tat's are fishing related so thought to chuck them on the blog...  Marlin and octopus tattoo done by Bang Bang in NYC and the skeleton one done by Gene Coffey in Brooklyn.
Rating: 10/10

The Conron

Date: 3-4 November 2012
Weather: Sunny
Crew: Dave, Kellie
Target Fish: Trout
Bait: Lures - Spinners 5g Brown Trout, Rapala CD5 - Brown Trout
Berley: None
Catch: 3 x Brown Trout
Report: First time fishing these rivers. Water was very murky and running hard in places. I managed to pick a little cray up right out of the water. Both fish caught on the walk back downstream to the car. It's always worth having one more cast. Found a Rapala CD9 brown trout in a tree. Bonus!
Rating: 8/10

Goulburn River - Thornton

Date: 20-Oct-2012
Weather: Sunny
Crew: Dave, Parko
Target Fish: Trout
Bait: Lures - Spinners, Rapala CD5 - Brown Trout, Fly - Caddis
Berley: None
Catch: 3 x Brown Trout, 2 Rainbow Trout
Report: Great day, plenty of action. Lost another 4 or so.
Rating: 8/10