Exmouth Game Fishing Club

North West Cape is recognised as Western Australia’s most prestigious destination for Game Fishing. Anglers are fortunate enough to have at their disposal a choice of two outstanding fishing grounds. The first of which is Exmouth Gulf with it’s fish rich shallow water, mangrove lined creek systems and numerous shoals and scattered reefs, the second is the West Coast of North West Cape where the fringing Ningaloo Reef is in it self a natural FAD for premier species like Marlin & Sailfish.

Exmouth Game Fishing Club was formed by keen fishermen in the early 1970’s and currently boasts a membership of over 130.                                                                                     

The Club is pro active in the preservation and conservation of Billfish and the club’s tag and release program is testament to the fact. At the time of writing Exmouth Game Fishing Club can lay claim to 147 record Gamefish captures of State, Australian and World record categories covering 28 species as recognised by Game Fishing Association of Australia.

Exmouth Game Fishing Club is host to two tournaments per year.  Western Australia's premier Game Fishing tournament GAMEX, usually held in October/November, is for the first time is being held in March, and the Challenge, to be held later in the year, plus a number of ‘local’ fun weekend competitions where we invite all to participate.

The visiting angler has the opportunity to target and capture any of the following 41 species of Gamefish from the waters that surround Exmouth

Barracuda	Bonefish	Bonito	Broadbill
Chinaman	Cobia	Yellowtail	Kingfish
Mackerel Narrow Barred	Mahi Mahi	Marlin Black	Marlin Blue
Mackerel Broad Barred	Marlin Striped	Sailfish	Mulloway
Mackerel Spotted	Queenfish	Rainbow Runner	Threadfin
Shark Blue	Shark Hammerhead	Shark Whaler	Shark Tiger
Shark Mako	Snapper	Spangled Emperor	Spearfish
Tailor	Trevally Big Eye	Trevally Giant	Trevally Golden
Trevally Gold Spot	Tuna Big Eye	Tuna Yellow Fin	Kawa Kawa
Tuna Large Scale	Tuna Long Tail	Tuna Skipjack	Wahoo
Mangrove Jack

 

In addition to the pursuit of the much sought after Gamefish species listed above, anglers can expect to secure a feed of prime table fish e.g. Spangled Emperor, Red Emperor, Coral Trout, Cod, Blue Bone, Bream, Whiting, and many more.

 

Kurt Decker - President EGFC