how'd everyone go this weekend?
with the glass off conditions these last 2 days how did everyone go?
went for a double dive on yesterday off mindarie and managed a few crays and looped a foxy, On the way out saw plenty of tuna out smashing baitfish and continued through the whole day. Only took the overhead out for trolling, DOH!
With this in mind i figured i'll target tuna today got out there nice and early and saw schools of baitfish (whitebait to big scaleys) everywhere bubbling on the surface, trolled for a hour around and through the schools but no luck. Waited for the tuna to start feeding but they never showed up, didnt think it would take that long with that much bait around. Not sure where they dissappeared too. Did catch a nice harley tho. Anyone get any tuna today?
Andy Mac
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We tried for some but....
nothing doing.
Lots of baitfish languishing on the surface but few birds working and no slash and burn antics from bigger fish.
Cheers
Andy Mac (Fishwrecked Reeltime Editor & Forum Moderator)
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hlokk
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Date Joined: 04/04/08
Saw some out on Saturday
Saw some out on Saturday free jumping. Glass conditions, so bit touchy whether we'd get one, but pulled up the bottom bouncing gear and trolled over to them. Got two hookups to one landed (divers arent the easiest to keep connected). Managed to land mine at 7kg, so nice sized.
Didnt see any birds or feeding schools (maybe the clouds turn the birds off). Saw a fair few bait schools though, but didnt troll around them (and didnt look to be getting smashed)
Cammos
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Date Joined: 30/06/09
Had a couple dives today for
Had a couple dives today for a bag of crays (thanks to my buddy). We were in 30m and 12m out of Ocean Reef. Not much around fish wise, nothing of real size apart from some inquisitive sambos.
Saw a magnificent Gorgonion Fan, must have been 5-6 feet tall.
grayzeee
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Date Joined: 09/07/09
was out trolling staggies
was out trolling staggies sunday morning on light change
HEAPS of baitfish but as has been said , nothing harrasing them.
gave it an hour then headed out for a dhuey, bb and a few just undersize pinkies
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
deepwater
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Date Joined: 09/05/07
was out from tandas on
was out from tandas on friday and trolled for many hours for 1 shark and bottem dounced for a short while and got 2rankin,3 goldband,1 robbo ,1 tommatocod amd 1 cometgroper it was a good day out with Ads
jeff
wazzbat
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Great Day Sunday!
Went out from Two Rocks Sunday in just about all day glass - MAGIC! Ended up with a PB 12kg Dhuie, 2 x Baldies and 2 KGs. We also releases a Black Arse and another Dhuie. Awesome day out! Will post up photos later!
I also met a fellow site member PaulG (sporting his Fishwrecked shirt) at the boat ramp!
I fish for the future - Cause I can't bloody catch anything!
Paul G
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Hadsome good dives over the
Hadsome good dives over the weekend not a lot off fish but you get that.Did a arvo fish with the wife saturday for a couple of hours,Lisa got three snapper and a dhuie ,all released .Jesse busted of a good fish on 4kg line .
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fishfish
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Date Joined: 01/09/09
Boats ???
I was very surprised to see very few boats out on the water, with the conditions like that I thought it would have been chocas !!! but the Point peron boat ramp was only about a 1/3 full, I've seen it busier on normal days .....
Also too the only problem you have with the new bag linits is you are done by 8:30 and looking for something else to do !!!!! So we looked around for new ground and came down in tackle size and had a ball then back to the ramp by lunch time flat out on 72 clicks......
Cheers fishfish....
Bodie
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Date Joined: 05/11/07
went out Saturday morning in
went out Saturday morning in the MAndurah estuary for some crabs, got our 20 in 3-4 hours.
Cant eblieve the number of crabs around still, was cruising the shallows (hard to do in a 26ft boat) and was standing on the bow, i could see litterally hundreds of crabs, small ones all over the place. all in 1m of water. Was amazed at the number.
Started our way back and i got an 'oil alarm' going off on the engine. After inspection noticed she had no oil, so cruised back on 1 engine, called the mechanic and he met me at the ramp.
Diagnoses was oil leaking from the exhaust. which was weird. Pulled the oil filter out, and seemed to be some gamaged O rings ont he housing behind it. Fixed them up, filled it back up with oil and the orders from the mechanic were 'keep and eye on it, and if the oil levels drop again give me a call'
Took the missus out for a spin ystrerday of rockingham for a couple hours. got home cleaned up the boat, checked the oil, and oil level had dropped again @$%^#$&$%&%$
Lamby
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Date Joined: 04/08/09
Seems baitfish had the day
Seems baitfish had the day off yesterday, frolicking away in the glassy conditions they were! Got a nice queen snapper on a lucanus from a nice lump.. was well stoked. Starting to really love this jigging thing
crasny1
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Out on Sat and Sun
And Finally landed my first legal BlueBone! Not big but what the hell. Could only get out late on both days so was restricted to close in around the Dampier Islands. Sun took some pots and got 2 (only) legal crabs and used these for bait to get the BB.
Was a ball with lots of odds and sods including one oogly with the biggest mouth I have ever seen. A six inch fish with a gob that could hold 2 7/0s with ease.
Took home Bone, 2 Estuary cod and 1 large flag (we rate the last 2 species highly as a feed).
Dinner tonight.
Neels
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biggerfish
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went out saturday night
went out saturday night beautifull conditions got a 8 and a 6 kilo duhie heaps of rays and sharks. didnt seem that anything else wanted to bite oh yeah got 3 undersized duhies to. only kept the 8kilo duhie Im hoping if i keep throwing my duhies back the dream duhie isnt far away plus one 8 kilo duhie is enough for a few feeds. starting night shift tonight 12 hour days seven days a week hopefully get out for a few hours after work sunday for a troll gotta get my fix somehow
Play hard fish harder
sea-kem
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Went out Sat on the glass
Went out Sat on the glass seem you could have got out of the boat and walked home. Out to Direction bank not even a nibble , plenty of baitfish around and cruising sharks. The young fella got a 1.5 kg foxfish and kept telling his old man how he'd been outfished by a 7yr old.
Love the West!