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THe 2012 Cairns black marlin season has finished on a high with some of the best fishing we encountered coming in the last couple of weeks.  With the water temperature quite cool for most of the season Capt. Luke picked it for a late run and th

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 24/11/23 Here's an early Chrissie prezzie to show our appreciation to you and all of our fantastic members.You're all in our Festive Prize Draw to win great

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 10/06/22 Fish habitats created by North West offshore infrastructure: Watch above in 4k 60fps. Our contributors Sam Russell John Dempsey Peter Fullarton John Curtis

We finished up our final day of fishing with Team Pelagic USA yesterday with 4 from 5 marlin.  What an awesome end to what has been a fantastic trip. After quickly putting away a 250lb-er for Ron the big bite came on the right rigger to put Mik

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 15/12/23 Demersal fishing open between Kalbarri and Augusta from tomorrow 16 December until midnight 31 January. The green light for fishing for demersals officiall

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 24/03/23 Western Angler Magazine Editor Scott Coghlan had a cracker of a salmon session on the south coast this week filming some great footage on the drone and lan

A great shot of KEKOA in action taken by Talina on Pirate II KEKOA has just wound up another successful Townsville Billfish Challenge. With tournament major sponsor Mike Carney on board again we were only just pipped at the post on the last day̵

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 24/12/20 Land-based fishing guru and Recfishwest Safety Ambassador Gideon Mettam pulled this delightful dhufish from the rocks near Albany while donning his Crewsav

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 03/03/23 The last pair of eyes a prawn or small fish doesn't see! It's easy to see why flathead are the camouflage masters and these eyes are brilliant at s

Queensland’s barramundi fishing season is literally just days away from opening once again (that’s midday on February 1st in case you were wondering!) As we gear up now for our fourth Gulf Barra Season on board KEKOA Capt. Luke has been

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 04/06/21 COBIA! Brenton ledge was sight-casting cobia while enjoying ideal conditions off Dampier and this speedster took his lure. Great pic and cobia Brentron the

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 27/10/23 According to one of DPIRD's leading crayfish scientists the run of the whites is tipped to start around late November to early December. While this exc

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 08/07/22 The South West - Recfishwest Our contributors Sam Bock John Dempsey Peter Fullarton John Curtis G'day > Last weekend I went down south to visit my brot

A great day to end what had already been a great trip back to Cairns yesterday with 7 black marlin on the way in with John Jan and Phil. The pictures say it all! This leaves us just two fish shy of 50 for our light tackle season with a couple of day

Congratulations to Team KEKOA! Team KEKOA’s black marlin was the winner of the 2012 Lizard Island Great Marlin Race! Our fish traveled 1875nm making it a standout winner. Congrats team Capt. Luke and the wonderful Mr. Scotty Taylor. It was an&

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 20/10/23 In case you missed it the Metro FADs fishing season has officially begun with the deployment of four FADs off the Metro coast this week! The four most nort

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 25/08/23 First-hand proof of a FAD working its magic for pulling in pelagics! This snap captured by Sammy Hitzke Fishing showcases how dolphinfish are just one of t

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 01/10/21 Picture: Marco Fraschetti Our Contributers Zach Relph Joachim Azzopardi Peter Fullarton John Curtis G'day > I hope you've been lucky enough to get

Capt. Luke has been a Pelagic Pro Team member for many years but it’s the first time that we’ve been able to host the guys from the USA on the Great Barrier Reef. And so far it seems like they’ve picked the prime time for their fir

Still the best place in the world to catch giant black marlin An excerpt from Marlin Magazine article by Editor Dave Ferrell who joined KEKOA during the 2012 Giant black marlin season off Cairns: View the full article on Marlin Magazine online here.