Adrian Desbessi from Dunsborough is up here with three mates on a fishing holiday. On their first day out, they got into some goldband job fish and red emperor, out around the 100m mark. Adrian landed the biggest red, which weighed in at an impressive 10.3kg! The boys joined up with another group from Perth who had been here for a week already. These other guys have been getting into the reef fishing as well with robinson sea bream, chinaman fish and spanglies to add to the good times on the water.

Other reports of reef fishing have been indicating that the fresh strips of mullet and squid combined on a circle hook have been working well, particularly with the emperors. One charter boat had a large black marlin swim around the boat and give all the punters a good close up view. The boat was at anchor, so luckily they did not hook the fish or they would have been spooled for sure.

One of the types of fish you can expect to catch in the waters of the gulf while crabbing, a northern salmon.

The blue swimmer crabs have been running in the gulf and providing a fresh feed for most families on a daily basis. Once again the better bait for this is the fresh mullet. While the nets are set, why not have a cast with a small lure to target the queenfish and small trevally that roam the areas along the gulf coastal waters? If you don't want to keep any of these sports fish, then please remember to use barbless trebles.

Typically, the whiting are now prevalent after I wrote last week that the whiting were quiet...!  So, if you're keen to get a sweet tasting easy dinner, then get to the beaches along the gulf side to target these species using prawn segments on small long shank hooks that are lightly weighted.

The red beads at the top of the hook tend to attract the whiting even more and make sure you have some polarised sunglasses to see the schools as they cruise along the coastline.

The Minister for Transport, Simon O'Brien, was in town this week and had a brief meeting with the President of the Exmouth Game Fishing Club to discuss the final details of the proposed lease for the new clubhouse. After seeing the actual area and talking with the some club members, the minister is prepared to speed the process up, which we all know has been taking so long. The lease is planned to be finalised in the next week, so that the club can begin construction before the deadline of August 31st for the Royalties for Regions funding. We will keep you updated with the progress.