Cam Druitt was up on holidays from Perth with mates recently. Cam makes sea anchors and wanted to see some of his work in action. He also wanted to go out for a day's fishing to target some pelagic fish.

They chose to target marlin, and booked Freespool II for the day. In the past, we generally have not had many boats targeting these species in these colder months; therefore we haven't really had the statistics to show how prevalent these species are at this time. However, the results were amazing.

The guys hooked five marlin for the day. Each one of the men tagged their first billfish. I don't think there is any other place in Australia that has this kind of fishery at present. The fish ranged in size from under 50kg to over 150kg. We are extremely fortunate. The guys also caught mackerel for the day and enjoyed the day so much that they are still raving about it and sending letters to tourism departments.

Young brothers Zane and Mason Crocker from Floreat were fishing off the gulf when Mason hooked a flathead, and as he was landing it a crab came close and nearly bit his toe off! Zane caught three yellowfin bream using prawns.

Meanwhile Exmouth local Chris Damen headed out for a day's fishing off the Muirons, with Ant Simper in Ant's 5m centre console. The pair fished various spots throughout the day, concentrating on depths around 30m. Fishing in that depth of water you are likely to encounter a big variety of fish species and this day was no different. Red emperor, bluebone, coral trout, rankin cod, longnose emperor, spangled emperor, mackerel and a big cobia all were encountered over the day.

Chris was really keen to catch a big bluebone, and was lucky enough to score a beautiful big specimen on his very last drop of the day.