Luke Ryan from THQ and friend Zeb K had the chance to head over to the Abrolhos Islands off Geraldton W.A. over the easter break, luckly the weather gods came to the table and greeted the boys with nothing over 10knts for the trip. The main  objective for the trip was to target demersal fish on metal jigs, the the rule of "NO BAIT ALLOWED" on the boat heavily applied! The boat was loaded with more than ample amount of jigs and plenty of spare fuel for the days spent over at the islands. The fishing for the days was really good, plenty of big coral trout came over the side along with some nice dhufish and pink snapper. Jigging with metals definately produced more fish over the side opposed to soft plastics which got ripped up quickly by picker fish, being able to get to the bottom quicker with jigs also resulted in more time in the "strike zone". The Abrolhos is abundent with fish and marine life thats absolutely thriving, being able to experience the Islands is a MUST for all fisherman. Fishing at the Abrolhos can be alot harder then most people expect, fishing patterns change regularly and we have found fish to move around alot more then local grounds, we believe the main reason for the fish moving around so much is due to the forever moving baitfish. All the fish that were caught on the trip were close or under bait schools, finding the bait is the key to finding quality fish. If you can find baitfish on dropoffs you will almost always find fish close by.

Coral Trout like this hit the jigs hard, you need to make sure you fish a tight drag to stop them from busting you off on the bottom.

Trout of this size were plentyful for the trip.

Casting stickbaits around Pelsaert Island produced lots of trout like this.

Lamble Bait Japan 90g was the undoing of this Dhufish

Baldchin grouper were very quite this trip with only a few ok ones being landed

There was plenty of decent size pink snapper kicking around all the bait that was hanging around the drop offs, finding them was easy and getting them to hit jigs was even easier.

Amberjack off the surface was really cool, we hooked a amber whilst jigging and as Zeb got it to the surface a whole school came up and were more then happy to eat a stickbait cast at them.

One of the biggest trout caught jigging for the trip, this fish took a liking to a 180g gold Caprice jig.

Zeb putting a bend in a saltiga 62s, These are the Ultimate demersal jigging rod!

The biggest Dhufish for the trip was taken on a Lamble bait Flat Haoli 120g. This fish weighed just over 9kg

The lamble bait jigs were one of the most productive metals for the trip and something that  we would highly recommend if you want to target fish on lures.

This pink snapper took a jig that was intended for a big school of sambos under the boat. Shows that they are not so fussy as everybody thinks!

We caught a few nice sized spanglys casting stickbaits around Pelsaert, to be able to catch spanglys only 4 hours away from Perth on casting lures must say something about how amazing the Abrolhos is.

MONSTER TROUT on stickbaits were a common capture!!

This trout got into the bottom twice but luckily I was able to get him out, after inspecting the leader I was extremely lucky to land it.

Lamble Bait King got smashed by this snapper!!

Jigs that worked well and are a must for Abrolhos

Caprice 180g : http://www.tackleheadquarters.com.au/shop/index.php?page=more&id=LUR-JIG-CAPRICE180G

King 105g  : http://www.tackleheadquarters.com.au/shop/index.php?page=more&id=LUR-JIG-LAMBLEBAITKING105G

Haoli8 90g : http://www.tackleheadquarters.com.au/shop/index.php?page=more&id=LUR-JIG-LAMBLEBAITHAOLI890G

Flat Haoli 120g: http://www.tackleheadquarters.com.au/shop/index.php?page=more&id=LUR-JIG-LAMBLEBAITFLATHAOLI120G

Mejiyume 105g : http://www.tackleheadquarters.com.au/shop/index.php?page=more&id=LUR-JIG-SMITHMEJIYUME105G

If you are wanting to do a trip to the Abrolhos and want some info and tips pop into THQ or send us an email at Luke@tacklehq.com.au and we will be happy to help.