We are planning a holiday up in Broome next year but I have heard you need to travel a long way to get to the fish. Is this the case or people just pulling my leg. I know there is an option of barra but you couldn't do that all the time. Planning the trip for may

 First fish hooked . 10 mtrs from the boat and the taxman hit . 

That was it , we went exploring out in the 120 mtrs region. Slowly moving along looking for any signs of life and eventually we found a bit of life. First drift all 3 of us were on . Mum got a fry pan snapper I got a nice robo and Sandy lost hers. Nothing else there interested in the bait so further north we went. Found some more life on the bottom and set drift. All up we all went well. Mum got her first amberjack,  rosy jobfish and redthroat emperor.  Sandy got her first goldband snapper and rosy jobfish.  I managed my first goldband snapper that turned out to be the biggest fish for the day and my first rosy jobfish.  All up was a great day and cruised back from 20 nm out sitting on average of 22 knots. 

 hey guys thinking of heading out on friday saturday for an overnighter but at a loss where to go. got a couple 4wd and just cant decide where to go 

 First day out of coral bay this year was definitely Sandys day. All fish kept were hers . Damn sharks tho

 Can anyone confirm that the possession limits for coral bay has now changed to 10 kg of demersal and 10 kg of palegic (skin on) or is it just 20 kg of fillets

afternoon all, we have for a long time been pushing for a boat ramp facility in the north end of Geraldton.

This would double to provide erosion protection which has been a big issue in the area. 

Below is a link to the survey, takes 5 min of time, also a link to the concept.

Problem is the money allocated now does not cover it and a fair bit more is needed.

IF you could post up, anyone who completes it, thatd be awesome

https://www.cgg.wa.gov.au/news/have-your-say-on-coastal-recreation-facilities-in-drummond-cove/14348

https://www.cgg.wa.gov.au/Profiles/cgg/Assets/ClientData/Document-Centre/Infrastructure/Whitehill_Road_Boat_Launching_Facility_Concept_Investigations.pdf

Coming in from fishing at half throttle, motor slows then surges slows then surges.

We were able to get in by going slow and squeezing primer bulb the whole way. Any ideas ?? cheers

 I would like to get my mum onto some squid for a bit of fun . Where would be the most likely area to try and time of day 

 Could anyone give an update on fuel price in coral bay . Tossing up weather to fill a few Jerry cans before we go down 

 After getting a nice golden trevally I thaught it was time to try out my new smoker. Turned out not too bad but unfortunately I left it a bit long and it dried out a bit . Tasted good tho 

 Kings Lethal 9inch spotties, are they any good ? cheers

 Wondering what your most preferred anchor style is and why?

 Had most of the day off and what's better than sitting down t he beach with a line in the water. 

Lost a metre plus Queenie with the hook breaking just 10 feet from the beach. Landed a couple of the usual critters and a nice golden trev . Just as I was starting to pack up one of my lines started to peel off slowly but not a fight I have ever felt before. Was thinking it might be a ray of some sort but no, it was a turtle that had wrapped the line around it's flipper. Untangled it and a quick pic with a safe release 

 Only 2 weeks til we head down to coral bay. Taught I better get things sorted . Started with stinkers. Hopefully won't lose many but you never know . Plenty of hooks and rigs to tie for 3 of us fishing

 7 day isolation ends thursday for me (yay! ) sick of doing housework and all "that other crap round the house that you kept putting off coz ya couldnt be f&*CKn bothered when you were covid-free  ie  pulling those little weeds from the gaps in the paving with your fingers aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!  ) def gonna get out on the boat fishing for the weekend.  going a bit crazy and drinking way to much piss which is getting a bit embarressing coz the same guy keeps delivering booze from our local BWS and he keeps asking me if im ok! still got a bit of post-covid brain fog. If you going through it i hope you get better soon. lots of panadol, water and vics vapour drops really helps cheers fellas looking forward to posting a big dhuie on here on the weekend fingers crossed

 Chasing some poly/hdpe or similar material to fit over to my roller arms to protect the hull.

Does anyone know a local perth store that stocks some thing similar to the pic (dunbier part 2891B or 2890G) and also anyone that has a dunbier glider kit in stock dunbier part 3108 (grey).

hoping to be able to collect tomorrow morning.

I ordered some trailer parts online 3.5 weeks ago from Melbourne and it only arrived yesterday so I want to source this stuff locally.

Cheers

This mornings news and an absolute crack up

"Fremantle Dockers fan given heave-ho after breaking into West Coast Eagles HQ, says Elliot Yeo"

The midfielder spoke about the encounter on the club’s podcast Coast to Coast, which he claims took place on Wednesday in the hours after the side’s main training session.

“I’ve strolled in a little bit late (to record) but this is actually fact and it has happened, it’s unfolded in front of my eyes,” Yeo told co-hosts Oscar Allen and Steven Bandy.

“There’s a man on Mineral Resources Park, he’s somehow got through the gate, blind (drunk) as anything.

“Freo jumper on, with a stubbie in his hand, rolling around the oval, pretending to shadow kick, take marks, give it to the crowd.”

When asked if he thought the man, who Yeo estimated was in his 40s, was auditioning for a spot on the list, the Eagles star joked: “We’ll take what we can get.”

The 28-year-old appeared humoured by the situation but said the Fremantle fan was “very quickly” escorted from the ground.

 Just doing a bit of watching about sharkbanz.  Has anyone tried them and are they worth the $

 Another day out exploring new ground. This time we ventured out past the anchorage for the ships to look around at some of the ground . Again we found the fish. Sandy got our first pilbara red , unfortunately it was a bit on the small size but love the color of them.  Managed another good haul of blue lined emperor with a couple of big ones amongst them. Sandy found out first hand how hard the big catfish fight (kept for bait next trip). I hooked up while sorting that out and expecting to see a monster fish on the line going by the fight as it got close to the surface I had 1 trout on the top set of hooks (released straight away) and on the bottom set of hooks a nice trout and a blue lined emperor  , my first triple hookup. Certainly surprised me . Ended up cruising in on 22 knots.  Great day on new ground so we're going to explore a lot more building up our spots out from hedland 

Are they any good and does anyone know how to use them? Otherwise it's just going to be a tool storage fridge  

 Wasn't too much around . Lost a nice salmon at the beach , a metre plus Queenie out a bit and landed a nice size golden trevally.  Also managed to get a few whiting for the table as well as some for upgrading hopefully on sunday

 Just wondering if there are any FW members with a mooring at Rotto they are prepared to have another user on? We've been allocated one in Thompsons and one at Narrowneck and both are used most of the time so not much use to us. The one at Narrowneck is a cracker but the guy virtually lives there in the season! 

Happy to work out an arrangement if anyone is keen to help.

Cheers

 Looking at going to Broome for the annual holiday next year. What time of the year is best for the weather and fishing. Gotta book in plenty of time or miss out

Writing these Covid observations as I sit here watching my three kids sprawled on the couch watching youtube

I returned a positive RAT test Monday night after returning from an 8km run and being a bit sniffly and the Mrs insisting I use one. I was completely surprised at the result as I felt fine otherwise. Since then I've had two of my kids return a positive test last night and one that is very sick but returned a negative test.

Myself (thrice vaxed) history of chronic asthma and chest infections spending a lot of my youth in hospital (twice with pneumonia) but otherwise very fit am absolutely fine with a bit of a tickle in my throat. The Mrs and I did an hour kickboxing session on the pads last night and I'd love to go for a run if I was allowed.

The Mrs (thrice vaxed) has been constantly exposed to me around the house, same bed, bathroom etc, kissing the kids and helping clean up their vomit all with no mask and has no symptoms and is testing negative.

Oldest son 12 (unvaxed) went downhill extremely quickly yesterday afternoon and tested positive. Very listless with a slight temperature, headaches, chills and aches and has vomiting a few times throughout the night and into the day.

Middle son 9 (unvaxed) went downhill extremely quickly yesterday afternoon and tested negative and again at night. Listless with a fever and a high temperature, sore stomach, chills and has been vomiting constantly throughout the night and into the day. Our best friend is an ER nurse so she's giving us advice on treating him at home and when to consider taking him in if required.

Daughter 7 (unvaxed) tested positive with no symptoms. Vomitted once during the night, listless with a headache and no temperature and just vomited again.

Thankfully we've got great neighbours and my folks around the corner so just had a pile of stuff dropped off including hydralyte, kid's panadol and nurofen, some icepoles, easter eggs, more RATS and a carton of Asahi for us to enjoy when the kids recover.

Absolutely spewing as we had tomorrow and Friday pegged to take the boys out for a good demersal bash before heading down to Hopetoun with my folks to see my brother's family but hopefully we'll make up for lost time the second week of the school hols if some accomodation pops up.

 Felling very bored and thoroughly pissed off.

Was supposed to be holidaying down at Augusta with the family , who have come down from Exmouth for their usual yearly  salmon catching adventure, but are stuck in isolation after missus tested positive Saturday morning after we all gathered for tea on Friday night. So we have 2 households sitting back twiddling our thumbs for the next 7 days.

At least the owners of the holiday house have refunded 100% of our booking fees even at 24 hours notice that we won't be coming so it a big thank you to Sandra and Errol.

Retested myself this morning and still negative but with the way the missus is I would expect its only a matter of time before the 2 red lines appear

 Got out for a bash today with the plan to do a bit of exploring . The winds weren't as good as predicted but still fishable. First area we tried held some small blue lined and managed a dark tail . Final drift in that area resulted in my first legal trout. 

Moved out a bit further looking for some ground with no luck. Having a look on the g p s i decided to head in a bit to some ground that i would like to try out . On the way we same across a nice lump in the middle of no man's land that was holding fish . 

Spun the boat around setting up a drift . In the end after 4 drifts over the area we nailed some nice size blue lined and another nice trout . Sandy also got a just legal trout that we returned to fight another day. Had a classic catch today , I hooked up to a fish of a decent size but unfortunately I was bitten off , within a few seconds Sandy hooked up to a nice fish That turned out to be a good size blue lined and there was my hook in its top lip. The bugger must have been hungry. 

 Don't know what it's like in Perth at the moment but Sandy wanted a box of squid for bait on Saturday.  Paid $45 for the stuff. Better catch some good fish with it. Damn robbery if you ask me . They blamed a shortage of the stuff in the u s 

 Thought I'd throw this Cmap  image up as the ground looks bloody interesting. 

Our drift lines are in 100m to the north where we caught the below. 

I'm very keen to see how these "holes" read on the sounder as I only installed the card after the last trip up there. By the scale on the GPS not small either, even the ripples above look to be holding good lumps. 

The ripples themselves  are literally on the 100m contour line. 

 Headed out at around 8:30  as the tide was quite low and couldn't launch earlier. Went out to similar area as 1st trip with no luck so we went exploring and found an area with a decent lump showing fish. 

1st drift I got a legal black snapper and Sandy out did me with a double of black snapper and Spanish flag on the same set of snelled hooks. A few more drifts around the same are produced some more black snapper and a couple more Spanish flag.  Sandy got a reasonable black snapper and I got a nice cod to finish it off.  Wind came in so we called it a day . Happy to get out there and get a few fish for the fryer