http://fishwrecked.com/image/state-painted-cray-record

If all the legs had been there would probably have pipped it. :(

http://www.bluewaterfreediversofwa.com/files/WAspearfishingrecords.htm

Panulirus

ornatus

Painted Crayfish

4.280kg

B. Gallash

Marble and the horse painted from the weekend, nearly eclipsing my old mans state record.

Caught this in less then 10m of water. First dhu, plenty of room for improvement.

 it was romans 5th bday on the 21st he got a new shimano beach rod a day early just so he could go fishing early on his bday. He ended up catching 3 big pike 3 banjo sharks and a seagull. Everything was realesed. He loved it and he was the only person to catch anything out of about15 people fishing. Enjoy your new rod little man

Hey guys took this sounder shot from our last trip out south of rotto. We were just moving in between spots when I noticed bait flicking on the surface. This is what the sounder was showing under the bait on the surface. Interested to know what you guys make of it? If the bait ball was all the same density I wouldnt think any more of it but its a lot more dense at the bottom of the school, almost as if something was pushing them up from below. Couple other marks underneath aswell. We dropped jigs and tried fast retrieves hoping for a yellowfin bit thinking back we probably should have trolled a couple deep divers out the back aswell. Cheers. beau

 13 kilo dhu caught by my nephew zak

 No monsters 33cm and 35cm. But it's a start n still a good feed for dinner tonight.

Went out to check the pots today last check was Friday first pot resulted in 12 keepers which was a good start second pot resulted in 7 keepers as my son wasnt on board decided to leave his pots till Sunday and then brother will lift his also so christmas lunch is sorted was a mix of whites and reds

Warm weather on the weekend got the big breeders feeding again. got lucky on an evening low tide and released 7fish 900+ and 5 more got away befor the net.

 Just adding to images

 Went back on the release weight. Biggest one I have got so far. I know you shouldn't hold it up like that but It's the way it goes sometimes.

 Found this pic on FB...

 Doesn't get much better than this. good mates, secret location and marron to burn (in season of course} with a few fish to top it off. Almost perfect.

I still read it every week as it helps a little! Thanks 720 and John Curtis 

My young bloke Tristen caught this snook in about 5 metres of water while we were over at Rotto certaily the biggest snook Ive ever seen measured it and went 75 cm quite a feet for him on his 2500 sized reel took a few slices off him to try for some kg's in the same area and kept on catching Dhuies so had to move location not before I marked the spot for later on down the track  he was even brave enough to have a quick sorkle with me to see if we could nab a few crays since our pots didnt prouduce today

Thought I would submit this for a possible potm posting??

 Take a stab at what fish I just demolished.

also may be a dumb question so sorry if it is: do researchers only take in raw carcasses ??

 Nice feed of whiting from this mornings efforts. Been using zman grubs on very light jigheads with a tiny stinger hook trailing near the end of the grubs tail. A constant retrieve is doing the damage and I find a dab of Sfactor scent every now and then helps too. Lots of the hookups are on the stinger. Got a few on the surface lures but the plastics are doing much better.

what is it with girls always taking selfies? I need an electric to slow my drift or hold position in the current.

 I love this hotel! barramundi for dinner