The Angling Report (continued)

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Next Beach Comp isn’t until the 15 & 16 April so a bit of time to relax and recharge before the next one

Beach Fishing Report – March

Rob Meneguz

Summary

Windy Wagoe throws a few hurdles, but some great fish still landed. Alex Morrison had a pair of mid-day Mulloway, whilst Maree Ellis broke 2 records unfortunately one was the shortest time frame of holding a record =/. The greatest catch revealed at weigh in that myself (Rob Meneguz) and wife Deborah are expecting in September.

Highlights

Some of the group headed up to Wagoe and surrounding areas on Thursday to make the most of it and extend the already long weekend. A group of us enjoyed a few cold beverages and some dinner at the Kalbarri pub in the evening before socialising with a larger group outside the Chalets. Adam’s car unfortunately come to blows with a stray Kangaroo on the Thursday night which made a mess of the front of his car, Luckily Jeff gave him a hand to repair it on the Friday.

Friday mornings weather was delightful and quite a few of us took the opportunity to wet a line as the forecast going into the weekend wasn’t looking too promising. John Lebeter hooked onto a Crayfish on the reef but threw it back as he was unlicensed and had Mr Lock the fisheries officer watching over his shoulder. Quite a few Wrasse, Wirrah and small Snapper were reported caught. Locky mentioned he hooked onto 4 or 5 different species within a few hours fishing. I managed to get a 57cm Pinky which I filleted up later that arvo and put in the freezer. After a morning fish it was time to have some lunch and a few frothies. A few of us took a drive into Port Gregory to get some fuel and catch up with some of the others who were staying in the caravan park.

Saturday morning alarms started going off at 4am and people started to crawl out of bed. The wind was already in and was noticeable immediately with the chalet windows shaking and the sounds of the trees whistling in the breeze. My hopes of a short 3-4 hour window of low winds was destroyed! Nether the less we were up there to fish, so fish we did!! Cars started hitting the beach from 430 onwards at Wagoe and no doubt other locations where people had decided to start fishing first. Although the wind was strong the swell was low meaning it wasn’t dangerous fishing if the right precautions were taken.

Fishing Competition Results

There was plenty of action on the water with sightings of Seals, Dolphins, turtles and even a few Spanish Mackeral leaping out the water not far from where we were fishing. If only we had the wind over our shoulder, they would have been in casting distance. Saturday the wind only got stronger heading into the early arvo. Speaking to people throughout the day, everyone was struggling to pick up many fish. A few Dart, Wirrah and Tarwhine were getting caught but nothing that exciting yet. Saturday evening, I managed to get stuck into some Sharks which first bit off a gang hook with a 100lb