Three-year-old Keisha Barnes was fishing with her dad at the marina and caught a nice size mangrove jack (46cm). The picture tells a story! They headed down to the marina at Exmouth in the late afternoon, and had an early strike but no fish. Over the next three hours they had enough strikes to keep them entertained.They were snapped off three times and landed one mangrove jack for dinner.

 It is great to see kids like Keisha enjoying their fishing around town. There are still heaps of bream, small trevally and queenfish in the marina to keep kids and adults alike on their toes.

The west side has produced spangled emperor, bluebone, trevally and more sharks in the shallows than most locals have seen here for a long time. The billfish scene seems to have quietened down over the last week with only a couple of fish being landed that we have heard. There were many marlin and sailfish raised last weekend but very few making it to the boats.

There have been mackerel at the back of the reef out from Tantabiddi, and good schools of northern salmon along the beaches down the west coast. The tip of the cape has seen some good sized bait balls at times with all sorts of fish hanging around them. The gulf has been pretty dirty but there have still been some good bluebone and trout taken from the bommies within close proximity to the marina. There are still a lot of undersized fish amongst them though, so watch the sizes carefully.

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