Posts Tagged ‘Southern Ocean’


Tuna Goin’ Off at Coffin Bay

Since our first crew of avid fisherman went on the search of big and wild Southern Bluefin Tuna only 2 weeks ago, the catches have been coming in thick and fast providing amazing fishing, screaming reels and big smiles.

25 fish up to 30kg were caught yesterday, 22 the day before in perfect conditions from Coffin Bay aboard GT Fishing Charters as well as a few prized Kingfish as an added bonus to the day. As the boat limit is set to 6 tuna, of course the remainder were released back to the waters of the Southern Ocean to see another day!

Whilst many think that fishing is a mans ideas of a great day out ( and correct on the subject), but there are plenty of women who also love the challenge to get out and also muscle a few of these blue rockets on board. One of these keen fisher- women, Calalou, starred yesterday after jumping on at late notice and showed the boat what she can do & did it very well indeed! Calalou is shown in the images below with a sample of her catch.

It seems most speacies are on song in the local waters with large snapper, nannagai and strangely enough we got onto a few nice gummy sharks to get the day going just last week.

So fishing action a plenty here in Coffins Bay and there’s no time like the present to get on down here to sample some of the best sports-fishing going around. For $310 per person gets you a great day on the tuna, $250pp will have you bottom bouncing for Snapper, Nannagai, Blue Morwong, big Trevally and KG Whiting, Salmon and hopefully a few more of those sharks with in shore fishing for your popular table fish priced at $220 or $160pp for half a day.

For more details, fishing options and availabilities whilst on the Eyre Peninsula, contact us at Goin’ Off Safaris.

Tight lines guys and girls!

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Trekking the Great Australian Bight

One of the great things we used to do as kids was to do some exploring around the farm, the scrub & sand dunes & rock pools along the coastline. Somethings don’t change & even as big kids a few of us found ourselves exploring some of the coastline & clifftops along part of the  Great Australian Bight.

This really is sensational. There is over 2000km of coastline on Eyre Peninsula, featuring rugged & spectacular towering limestone cliffs as well as beautiful sweeping surf beaches, sand dunes, sheltered coves, rare osperey nests & our treks will show you all of this plus some!

For those of you who like the outdoors & a bit of fitness with some fresh sea air blowing into your face, this is right up your alley!

We provide  2lt camel packs with your food requirements for the day & away we go starting on our coastal farm & making our way along the waters edge & then gradually climbing up onto the cliff tops where hardly anyone has ventured before.

Views are obviously incredible as is the wildlife, but for me, seeing & hearing the surf crash in from the Southern Ocean onto the cliff faces makes you want to sit & watch for hours.

Depending on your fitness levels, the trek takes about 6 hours to do, so we can do this as just a day trip or an another option as an extra activity on one of our Goin Off Safaris packages. We try to avoid November- March as it can get very hot, but spring time is ideal. We can also extend this day trip into a longer format with 2-4 day trks available & for those really keen & inspired we are planning kayaking, trekking & riding a larger section of the coastline. Should be great fun, a great challenge, so contact us about that as well!

Very well done to the members of the Leonello family who took up the challenge & came with us for the first time late last year & hardly raised a sweat!