Bluewater Tackle World News for October 30th

The biggest solar boat in the world, still to be built, will begin its world tour in

2010.

To achieve the first round-the-world sea voyage powered by solar energy is the dream of Raphaël Domjan : 'I want to prove it is possible ', explains the adventurer. More than a dream, it is a real conviction. 'We want to be the Philéas Fogg of the 21st century. But beyond Jules Verne’s dream, our project is to resolutely serve humanity and the environment to overtake the possibilities of fossil fuels.'

PlanetSolar will achieve the first round-the-world sea voyage powered by solar energy. The world tour will be made on board a revolutionary 30-meter long catamaran covered with 470 square meters of photovoltaic solar panels. The first solar-powered round-the-world voyage – scheduled for 2010 – will run from East to West, along an equatorial route.  More at their website.

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New restrictions this cray season for both amateurs and pros in Western Australia. The recreational daily bag limit drops from eight to six, and a possession limit of 24 is introduced. There won't be too much complaining about that, but some of the other proposals are questionable; though not yet finalised.

The credibility of Fisheries management in WA wasn't helped today by the Corruption & Crime Commission making an adverse finding against the acting Fisheries chief executive, Peter Millington, for tipping off an illegal fisherman that he was under investigation.

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This week's Bluewater Tackle World internet special is 25% off Hydra Junior Spring Suits. Great for kids for Christmas, in sizes 2 to 12. That makes the 2-4-6 sizes a mere $33.74, and the 8-10-12 sizes $37.49. They're a quality product that we have no problems with. See them and all the other specials here.

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The iconic, 110-year old Savage brand name will be back on the market from January 2009, manufactured by Telwater on the Gold Coast.

All brand and manufacturing assets have been sold by Brunswick for an undisclosed sum.

Effective as of 31st October 2008, the agreement means Savage manufacturing will relocate to Telwater’s facility at Coomera, Queensland. The model range will be unchanged for the near future.

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The new Bundegi boat ramp at Exmouth was officially opened Thursday October 30th at 4pm. This was right in time for the Betta Electrical Billfish Bonanza, which starts on Friday October 31st.

The first boat to officially be launched was the Boston Whaler AQUA, a regular Exmouth tournament vessel.

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Here’s a preview of this weekend's Sunday Times fishing news, with a bit of extra stuff...

PERTH METROPOLITAN

With a fair number of smallish tailor off the metro coast, a baby mulie laced with a gang of 1/0 hooks is an ideal way of picking up a few. Marinas are holding skippy, and herring are only occasional visitors, garfish schools more prominent. Grant Street Reef has produced reasonable quantities of herring, the Mullaloo area yielding sand whiting. The Swan around Point Walter has heaps of chopper tailor about, bream better near Garvey Park and Fish Market Reserve. Bait schools were noticeable at the Causeway, the suggestion that it might be time to soak a bigger bait there.
 
Anglers aboard Blue Juice Charters hopped into deep sea sweep, some legal jewfish and really good king george whiting when fishing in 40m of water north west of Rottnest. Brad Brown of Bluewater Mindarie was also into jewfish, bagging a 15kg jewie from Direction Bank, others on the same boat too enjoying success on the jewies. Samson fish are turning up in large numbers.
 
BUSSELTON
 
The many crabs around Geographe Bay is the major feature for seafood lovers in the area, squid also being enjoyed, although they’re dropping off a bit, but both the Jetty and small boats are finding enough to make trips worthwhile. Big samson fish have created mayhem from the end of the Jetty and good tailor have come from there.
 
King george whiting are another prize catch in Geographe Bay while in better weather conditions larger boats located jewfish at the back of Naturaliste Reef. Some nice bream came from the Blackwood River near Augusta, Molloy Island and Alexandra Bridge among better spots to chase bream.
 
KALBARRI 
 
Chinamans yielded quality tailor for both popper and bait fishers, Blue Holes, Wittecarra and Red Bluff also going fairly well for the choppers, the occasional good mulloway hitting the sand at Wittecarra. Some pink snapper came in from the coastal gorges and also for beach anglers, numbers of the pinkies quite close to shore for small boat users, including from spots adjacent to the cliffs, snapper encountered from rock and beach areas as well. 
 
Pink snapper to five kilos were reported from Wagoe Reef, and boaties working not far offshore have been rewarded with baldchin groper and pinkies, deeper coral waters west south west of town turning up fair jewfish to seven kilos, good size red throat and some pink snapper.
 
Plenty of yellowfin whiting have come from the Murchison with bream from jetty territory and deeper holes further upstream.          
 
EXMOUTH
 
As is usual for this time of the year, Exmouth is windy but they’re raising heaps of sailfish in the Gulf when boats are getting out, late afternoons offering better conditions. Reef species are on tap in good numbers during better weather, rankin cod and spangled emperor major contributors to bags.
 
The Marina is beginning to fire with some mangrove jacks around, beach fishing for mullet, silver bream and whiting available.

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