Exmouth was an interesting dry and dusty town “just down the road” the locals say. Down the road from not sure what. Brown tufts of grass lay about and the emus with their young ones walk around the town, crossing the road and pecking at the dust.

With Rio Tinto a major influence and, Exmouth has been developed to include man made canals and private pontoons, making Exmouth in the near future an attractive place to live and a push to make it Fly in/ Fly out from the Pilbara to Exmouth.

Then when you think you’re in the desert, you look out at white fine sand, and crystal clear waters. The fringing reef no more than 4 km off shore and then beyond, the great deep ocean.

For our lunch break Eddy from Peak Sportfishing, dropped us into the reef to snorkel around and view the coral and tropical fish like we see at home. Was wonderful to see snapper, fusiliers, Moorish idols, Burramundi Cod, Surgeon fish and Turtles.

Exmouth is a fishing town filled with interested people, waiting to hear a fishing tale or two. We dropped into Tackle World where the boys had plenty

Just off shore, was where we caught Connors Magnificent creature, and little baby blacks teased us all day. Some friends of Eddy’s where watching Connor from afar and cheering him on. They left us at the end of the fight, yelling “We just caught 2 more Sails while you where on”. !!!of their own as well.

Connor did a great job, he was sore and sorry for himself but proud of his achievement. We thought a number of times he was going to throw the rod across. Being on a light line made for an enormous work-out and a great fight he will not forget for a very long long time

.Mark was not to be outdone on the second day with 2 Dolphin Fish. We had a nice dinner that night and hope Eddy enjoyed it as well.

Next general meeting: 2nd Feb 2012.

Meeting at Townsville Yacht Club

Visitors are welcome

When : First Thursday of every month.

Time : 7 pm

Where : Townsville Yacht Club. Plume Street, South Townsville.