What are some of your favourite sayings?
One of mine is-----Any day you wake up is a good day

Any day you get up is better still

And any day you get it up is best of all

Since he was old enough to poke at the eyes of a sambo through to catching his first pinky and red at Gnaraloo.Progressing to his first dhuey on his own in a dinghy at Two Rocks on to catching cod in the deep of Yallingup and now comes Alex about to follow his father Jeff's example by being a real fishing fanatic
Being a father and grandfather to them I can see the newest grandson Axel following in his big brothers footsteps as well.

Got e-mailed these today and i thaught they would be worth a laugh(wrong place wrong time)


(sorry about the writing above the first picture it didnt come out properly basicaly national geographics are looking at it for photo of the year(it is realy apparently))

Regards:Geoff&Luke

There are lots of reasons people go out fishing and they dont realy know the reason they like it. sit back for a moment and think about the true reason you go fishing weather its on a boat or from the shore....For me its a couple of reasons, getting away into your own little world for a while away from it all, and the chance to actually get out there and catch your own fresh fish for the dinner plate, i know it would be cheaper in the long run to just go and buy some but i spose its the old hunter gatherer thing. also its a chance more so now that its a chance to go out with my wife and or family to spend some quality time together while forgetting about everything else for a while.

Hey guys...

Apologise - not fishing related..

Just a quick one, Im looking for a quote to get roof tiles changed to gal sheeting in Duncraig. Any roofies on this site keen give usa PM. I can either remove the tiles prior or depending on price you can do the removal and the new install...

Cheers guys,

Kane

Looking for advise on camera that I can use whilst diving in water up to about 20mts.Also to have in boat for those shots of the good fishing days and the shots of the days that we should of stayed home. Needs to have a good zoom so I can use it to take some photos of the young bloke body boarding , which is some times about 100mts away from shore( to bloody cold to head out there) .

I seen some underwater photos on this site from various cameras and some are top class shots with several comments on what camera was used ,but cannot seem to track them back down.

All comments appreciated

A shot of a shark that has swam into an un cut plastic strap from a carton/box.Once the shark swims into the circle of the strap there is no way it can swim backward to get it off resulting i it gradually digging into its flesh and in time killing it.The meat on it was just like jelly inside a shark skin bag.Having seen literally thousands of sharks and fish over the years it was definitely in the worst condition of any of them.

Please bring your rubbish especially plastics home with you and most of all cut the straps on any cartons you open whether on a boat or anywhere it may get into the river/ocean environment.

Righto lads, i did this not so long ago but we have quite a few new members now. Here is your chance to gloat a little bit. If you could pic just one fish that you have caught in your life, and ONLY ONE as your most memorable catch which would it be

Mine, still is my PB barra, probably because it took me quite a few years to finally land my first meter plus fish and then when i did i managed another one not two weeks later

104cm, not huge but a great fish for the Pilbara and something that I will remember forever, it was released.

Has anyone got any dumbells ,bars and free weights ,there wanting to get rid off.Can do a trade carton beer ,or a days fishing on the boat, or cash.PM me or just add to post .
thanks

Come across this machine on ebay, up surfing crap because im coming off nightshift. Cant tie our own hooks, next will be a machine to bait them.  Maybe they will call it the "The Mass Tee Baiter"

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/In-see-video-test-electronic-fishing-hook-Tyer-new_W0QQitemZ380139785815QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Sport_Fishing_Tackle?hash=item588218ce57&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

hey everybody

saw a couple of pics recently on this site of sharks being caught, released, finned and killed.

honestly, i dont know why someone would do things like that. I'm not a greenie, not a fundamental vegetarian and i certainly love fishing as much as everyone else on this site. but why would you target sharks? some sharks were certainly not caught as bycatch. a rope, chain and 10/0 hook is just not a normal fishing outfit. What do you do if you caught a shark and killed it? throw it back, fin it or put it on a wall? eating it is waste of time, shark soup tastes like crap, and its only the spices anyway that give some taste to it. otherwise its just cartilage and water. 

i dont blame anyone for accidentaly hooking a shark, and i know they can be frustrating buggers if every second fish you hook goes to the guys in grey suits. but killing or targeting them is not an option, their role as apex predators on reefs and in other environments is just too vital and endangered by overfishing and a growing asian market for fins. 

sorry for letting off some steam, but i needed to say it. I'd rather see sharks swimming around getting my fish than dried and cut up in a shop window. 

think about it. and watch "sharkwater". and i still think the fishwrecked logo is cool.

cheers 

Chris 

Looking at the weekend weather on seabreeze just wondering if anyone is heading out this weekend sundays winds are down but the swell is around 2mtr. Havent been out in worse than 1.6 swell so dont know weather too get the genesis outdeep or not. Might head to the sound for an early morning snapper and then head out if the swell"s bareable. I need my fishing fixx

Anyone else heading out.

I have tried alot of knife sharpeners including electric models,thats why I bought the blade sharpener,if you want a quick and fast edge on your knife then the Electric Sharpeners are the way to go for sure ,but if you have a quality knife and want it to last then the oil stone is the only way to go as it removes the least amount of metal,and what the blade sharpener does is keep the knife at a fixed angle so you get the best results using the oil stone, see link below.Thats my opinion for what it's worth.

 http://www.proknifesharpeners.com/EZESharp%20knife%20sharpener.htm

Hello everybody!

I am new to fishing in Perth and just bought a boat. This will be my first outing in my boat this week-end with the come-back of the sun. Can you guys tell me the best places to go to do some crabbing or trolling? Or even bait fisshing! In fact whichever good fishing plans that you can suggest me please.

Dunno if a forum topic has been posted like this before but just thought it'd be good to find out what other fisho's do for work and who knows, maybe we could help eachother out someday! Maybe let us know what you do and where you're located!

Im a subby and install colourbond fences and gates anywhere south of the river (live in canningvale area) and could go a little way north if you're offering beer or a fishin trip in your boat as a sweetner.. haha will give fishwrecked member discounts!

So anyone else?

Hi guys,

Just thought I would say gidday as I just joined the site the other day.

My names Josh, I am 30yrs old and from Auckland New Zealand and yep just like the rest of you I am mad keen on fishing!.

Most of my fishing these days is jig fishing targetting kingfish, snapper and also deep water specias such as Bluenose/hapuku/bass, I have been jigging (new japanese style mechanical jigging) for almost 3 years now and am absolutely hooked!. I have fished most of my life but jig fishing is definitely my prefered method. I also do a fair bit of soft plastic fishing for snapper and the odd bait and berley session every now and then.

I worked in the fishing industry here in NZ for a while and am currently a contributor to our biggest fishing magazine NZ Fishing News (not sure if you guys get it over there?) if you do keep an eye out for September issue as I have a jig fishing article being published which is going to run over 7 issues (7 months) including links to some instructional short video clips demonstrating a few things.

I also work occasionally as a deckie/fishing tutor for a friends successful charter company "Memory Makers" who are based in Whakatane and are jigging specialists who fish mainly around White Island and the surrounding sea mounts. They also provide accomodation there as well, along with hospitality second to none. If any of you guys ever want to come over to NZ to have a crack at targetting big kingfish then I will be more than happy to help you out with planning a trip - i might even come along for the ride

I joined up to basically get some info on coming across to going Sambo jigging with a few mates and the guys have been very helpful so far so thanks very much!.

anyways thats just a bit about me, i look forward to sharing helpful info and fishing trip reports with you guys in the near future. 

Oh yeah, here are a couple of pics of some NZ Kingies

Cheers,

Josh

Got a four foot tank sitting outside ready for the tip ,if anyone would like it pm me.

Just putting some good vibes out for the aussies tonight, if they can pull off this win man that would be insane.

The two hunjy runs required is easy enough with a full day of play remaining, just need to see if they can hold on to their wickets.  I reckon it's do-able, but close.  If Clarke and Haddin can hang around for another 70-100 runs then it's game on!

How is it that I've only just discovered fishwrecked after all these years!!!?!?! Awesome to find a WA fishing site thats cranking! Definately look forward to hearing fishing reports and hopefully making a few new fishing buddies to get out for a fish with! I'm 27, livin in Canningvale and love to fish for anything. Dreamin of buying a boat as soon as I have somewhere to keep one (and I find some money) until then its up to tagging along on others boats and fishin from the shore. Anyways just thought I'd announce my arrival to fishwrecked :)

Ben.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mArGzsNglCU

Any machinists out there that could help out?

I need to attach my dive torch to a flexible arm for my underwater video case.

After a stainless steel plate (about 50mm long) to be machined up which will slide (nice and tight) into the torch slot.

M6 bolt to be flush welded through plate.  Also need a small grub screw.

Sketch;

This orange connector will be bolted to the plate.   The connector then ‘snaps’ into the flexible line. 

Pic;

Any crew out there need a Reeeeeeeeeally good knife sharpener,these EzySharp Blade Sharpeners are renowned as the best available world wide.They are like the Lansky but are the Real Deal,Stones are extra,

I have a source where I can get them at a reasonable price if we obtained enough orders.

 http://ezesharp.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=77

Let me know if anybody is interested. The Retail Price $264.00 + Postage The Stone $36.00 + Postage = $300.00 + Postage

 I can do them for $230.00 inc Stone + Postage

can anyone one round up a foto of my 49 pnd dhu cort with matty b lst year,need the foto for my display foto a fish of a life timeeeeee!

cheers to anyone that can help

Just an observation of late there have been a fair number of posts with the odd "F" bomb thrown in when completely unecessary.

I know we all use it in every day language but please remember this is a family site with plenty of kids on here.

There isn't an automatic censorship button we can push to covert swear words to #$^% words, so please help keep the site as swear free as possible. Or at the very least try and hide it with a few well chosen $%^&^'s

Thanks

On behalf of the moderators.

my brother made me aware of this today

http://www.transport.vic.gov.au/DOI/DOIElect.nsf/$UNIDS+for+Web+Display/ACE877B5FAC89A47CA2575E4007EB087/$FILE/MSV_Discussion_paper-RecVessel.pdf

Here is an extract of what they are proposing:

Unsuitable vessels would be prevented from operating in coastal waters. In the absence of information about design standards, vessel
length could be the determining factor in setting limits.

Two possible approaches are set out below.
Recreational vessel Restriction
Length 0 – 4.8m Limited to enclosed waters
Length 4.9 – 8m Limited to 20nm offshore, (37km)
and must have a VHF radio
and be within VHF radio
range of a shore station
Length over 8m Unlimited
OR
Recreational vessel Restriction
Length 0 – 4.8m Limited to enclosed waters
and 2nm offshore in coastal
waters. This acknowledges
the current 2nm ‘within visual
range’ limit for not being
required to carry EPIRBs
and radios.

I don't know whether members are interested but the following website provides tide tables for free for virtually anywhere on the WA coast ...........

 http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/locations/2037.html

Might be a useful site to put in your favourites

After Superboxer next week I think. Will be old bouts for sure but still worth watching.

Any other UFC fans out there besides Tapout?

heres a pic of the new baitrunner 

A question for anyone using hd broadband sounders. I would like to know what depth these sounders read to. My lowrance 107df drops out at about 170mtrs and the screen goes multicolour. I know this is normal but would like to be able to pick up bait balls etc when troling the deep waters off places like Exmouth. All the hype on these sounders shows pictures of the bottom in extreame depths. Is this factual or is it only on top end units?
What unit do you use ,what depth can you hold or what would you suggest for deep water.
Thanks
Paul

which is the better reel between the ryobie metaroyal safari 5000 and the saragosa 1800f? im pretty sure i know which one the tax man is going to get me, im just making sure.