Hey Everyone!

Have finally got around to signing up to this website, long time reader but first time poster!

Although you may recognise me from other fishing websites!

Love this site though, so much info. Guess it also helps with Adam living in exmouth and giving regular updates.

Anyway I am off to exmouth in a week and a bit, 12th - 19th october.

Will have a small tinny and my mates will have another. Any hints and tips would be great as to where to go. Do have a chartplotter and a big yearning to catch some fish!

Went up last year but got blown away, although did get a few. Hopefully this year will be better!

Anyway key question is where do I find a sailfish?! And a nice red emperor?!

Cheers guys!

Percula (David)

For those sending me PMs, I'm having great difficulties in replying due to time outs from Fishwrecked :(

So I'm not ignoring you.

Anyone else suffering the same problem?

This is the year for my old club.

When ever you catch a Queen Snapper go through its stomach for small shells.
Most times you will find only bits and pieces but you never know.Over the years I've found heaps of perfect small shells.Parrot fish have a few but no where near as many as in queenies.

Hey guys ive seen alot of you using smileys but i cant find were you get them could you please help me?

Regards:Geoff & Luke

G'day lads,

just got reccomended to this site buy a mate, great site first of all and love how there is a pilbara section hahaha!

i live in karratha and like all u guys i love me fishing, i been fishing with plastics for ages now and still cant get over how good they are!

hear is some recent fish i have caught all on softies hope u guys like them

Caught it down eshed sat arvo..

South-West fisherman who carried out a sophisticated fraud to get more than
$20,000 from the Department of Fisheries has received a hefty fine in Bunbury
District Court.



Nicolas Emanuel Soulos, 53, is set to be stripped of his commercial fishing licence
after he was fined $25,000 for claiming an inflated amount of compensation for
his father and himself when crab fishing was banned in Geographe Bay in 2005.



Soulos pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud.



The court was told that Soulos inflated his catch figures and got $13,000 more
for himself and $11,000 more for his father than either was entitled to.



Soulos’ father was unaware of his son’s fraudulent actions.



Defence counsel Phillip Laskaris said Soulos had inflated the catch figures in
a bid to persuade the Department of Fisheries to allow fishing.



“It was not to get an ex gratia payment, but was solely to persuade authorities
in charge of Geographe Bay that the fishery could sustain a commercial catch,”
he said.



State prosecutor David Lima rejected the claim, pointing out that Soulos had
gone to considerable lengths to falsify documents.



It was a more sophisticated example than most fraud cases, Mr Lima said.



The court was told that Soulos would now not be able to work as a commercial
fisherman.



He had paid back the illegally obtained money.



In July, Soulos was fined $40,000 for filing false catch returns and selling
specimen shells illegally.

Courtesy of the West Australian

“It was not to get an ex gratia payment, but was solely to persuade authorities
in charge of Geographe Bay that the fishery could sustain a commercial catch,”
he said. 

- so that's OK is it? 

Woohoo !

After buying a slick pick 13 every week for god knows how long, and the results looking like a sound check (check 1...2) , we FINALLY struck it RICH with a MAGNIFICENT division 5 dividend!

Slick pick cost $13.60 and we won $18.90, so I have HUGE $5.30 .

Might lash out on 2 or 3 snapper sinkers  

went out today with mills charter and fished from 110 metres to 60 and first drop was 4 mulloway and 3 snapper moved on and one of the guys caught an 13 kg dhuie and a BIG queen snapper i didnt catch anything coz sickness but got handed a 4kg and 3 kg skippy and a couple little fish 

got back to the marina and found out that blue juice only caught 4 fish for the whole day and we landed 64 so it was a good day out

Congratulations to the hawks for a hard fought well deserved
grand final win. Well done Luke Hodge, Norm Smith medalist.
Looking forward to season 09.

Has anyone got an update on the Exmouth Bundegi Ramp

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=QiITxXmyG3E&feature=related

Great little vid of a 14kilo blue spot coral trout caught in queensland.

Latest info on when the long awaited repairs will start is not less than 2 months
Most of the timber etc is there but they have had to construct a large work barge/pontoon to use when they start putting the new piles into place.DOSHWA /WORKSAFE have stepped in and said the pontoon has to undergo marine survey before work can start.This means pulling the pontoon apart,transporting it to Fremantle,re assembling it so narine surveyors can assess its seaworthyness,stability etc before giving a safety certificate.Then pull it apart ,transport it back up and put it back together again.
A price was given to hire/tow another barge up was in the vicinity of $300.000 which was too big a dent in the finances they have available.

Here is a little recount of what happened to me for the past few days, one of those wicked trips with awsome sights and a lotta fun with friends. This is why i couln't be there on thursday to watch doug get shaved hahaha.

Well, at about lunchtime on tuesday we left from school, headed for the blackwood river with my outdoor ed class. We spent the whole of tuesday getting down there and setting up camp, playing cricket and then a bit of fishing (with a cheap $2.50 handline from a shop that we stopped near on the way down, the bait was beef jerky).

The next day we were up at 6am and packing up our gear, getting ready for the day ahead. We put the canoes in the water at Sues bridge and after stacking it in the mud too many times we were ready to go. We spent the day paddling down the river and getting bashed around in the rapids and pissing myself laughing at people capsizing (the funniest was when two guys capsized, so another group went to help them only to be pushed out of their canoes by the guys in the water lol ), we eventually made it too camp. This time the banks were even muddier and even more funnier to watch, we eventually got the canoes on land and and went and set up camp. After we set up camp, all the boys went back down to the river to go for a swim, it was blooooody cold (cold enough to make ya have three adams apples).

The next day was the hard day, it pissed down all niht long and waking up to a wet sleeping bag and tent and gear diddn't help. We paddled even further down the blackwood, which included bigger rapids and more of them. Today was freezing and after flying through a reaaly tricky rapid we managed to get side on and flip the canoe. SHIT . The water was cold enough to make your nuts go inside your stomach. we had to get all our gear out of the water and into the bank. By the time i got the gear and the canoe to the bank i was spent. I was blue and shivering uncontrollably. I finally got back in the canoe and caught up to the group, i was still freezing. The guide said i had mild hyperthermia from being the the water too long and i needed to get warm fast. We finally made it back to camp andm i managed to get warm with some dry thermals and my sleepng bag.

This was the end of the canoeing for the trip, so we had to put the canoes back on the trailer. This was hard work because the river bank was very steep and muddy, funny to watch people stack it in the mud. We rigged up a pully system to pull the canoes up the bank and onto flat ground, were we could put them on the trailer.

The next morning (this morning) we got up and headed to an abseil spot called WI16 were we practiced on a couple of smaller ledges before we headed up the road to Brides cave, a 33m absiel to the bottom, and then a bigg ladder climb out, the cave was awsome, tiger snakes were basking in the sun, just starting to get active.

It was time to head home after the abseiling and what a perfect way to cap off an awsome trip that i will remember for ages.

Hope the story wasn't too long, and i know that i'll cop some crap from a few people but who cares.

Blake

P.S. spewing i couldn't make the fishwrecked night at on thursday, it sounded good.

Watch out for this Guy! He's a new member here
Very dodgy

Last seen wandering connections northbridge!

The next chapter in the Fishwrecked auction marathon took place at the Tackleshack in Malaga last night with a good crowd on hand to see Doug lose his glorious locks, Jesse's new look, to inspect some Daiwa and Xzoga "bling" and to pick up a few bargains.
Many thanks Doug, Brendan and Matt for a great night. Thanks to the Team Daiwa guy for bringing along some great looking new products.
And more importantly some more dollars went into the Fishwrecked bank.

A new drink can self inflating life ring has come onto the market recently.They were demonstrated at the Volunteer Marine Rescue annual conference and all there were most impressed with the product.
All you have to do is throw it to who ever the unlucky person is in the water and it self inflates in a matter of 3-7 seconds.It comes with a re usable pouch that can be attached to a belt and only weighs about .5kg.Most boating shops should have them in stock by now or will have them soon.They are priced approx $60,which is cheap if it means saving someones life in an emergency

hey people have been watching chater fun videos and just suggesting if we should make another charter trip book the boat out with fishwrecked members and partners stuff like that if your interested give me a pm coz i  am going on mills this saturday so i can talk to them that day if we get some feedback see how much it will cost to book the boat or if there is any other reccomended charters we can book so yer thanks guys and gals    

   keen _fisho

The Boss Doug has decided to shave the hair for a good cause on the tackleshack/fishwrecked night this thursday.

We will have a jar in the shop on the night and if we can raise atleast $150 he said he will do a full completey bald head shave.

Donations can be pledged here also.

So lets get this going and see if we can have 2 shaves happening as i have good confirmation that Jesse will be sporting a new look on the night as well.

hey guys,

looking for somewhere around an hour from perth where we can have an overnighter this weekend.

needs to be free, 2wd accessible and out of the way enough that a few boys can dribble shit and have a small fire going.

any ideas?

cheers

Im donating for auction a used Daiwa Procaster X Interline baitcaster. 10-17lb line class.

This rod was purchased and rebuilt about 6-8mths ago. Hardly used hence it was up for sale recently but decided will austion it off and donate proceeds to Fishwrecked.

Starting bid $0.99

* Oceanside- Advice, Knowledge, Experience....that's our difference *

Manager "Oceanside Tackle & Marine"
364 South Street, O'Connor, Perth Ph# 9337 5682

Cheers

All money raised will be donated to fishwrecked

##### AUCTION TO CLOSE AT 8PM 23rd TUESDAY NIGHT ##########

A LATEY BUT A GOODIE FISH WITH SIMON C   to the TWO HIGHEST BIDDERS

Get your arms stretched - 1 day of your choice either fishing the Biscayne off Lancelin or chasing Kings and Sambos behind rottnest. Fuel and Pizza Shapes included, BYO jigs and heavy gear.

Come on guys & girls Jig your hearts out with simon c 

######AUCTION CLOSES SUNDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER AT 8 PM #########################

So far you guys have rasised more than i ever expected good on yeah thumbs up to you all but it is not over yet

Here is were i will keep a running tally of all your donations a a grand total

CASH DONATIONS                       $748.67 PLUS Tills donation Closed

PILBARA STYLE  FISHING TRIP      $560.00   Dpost80  Closed

(With Pilbara Brad)

PAUL G FISHING TRIP                   $260.00  winners team over-dhu (colin & matt) closed

DROP ZONE  WITH ANDY MAC       $605.00 team Lockie/staal  Closed

PLASTERING & RENDERING           $220.00   Deefa    Closed 

(Luke)

ROD & REEL                                 $120.00  winner uncuttriggerwa  (vince)  closed

(Tim & Spess)

HARNESS & GIMBAL BELT             $85.00  winner andy Mac     Closed

(Ocenside tackle)

FLYING GAFF                                $110.00  winner Jody  Closed

(The Tackle shack)

BISCAYNE OFF lANCELIN OR

KINGS & SAMBOS OFF ROTTO       $175.00 Colin Hay + $180.00 Honsu     Closed

(Simon C ) 

CAPE NATURALISTE                     $105.00  gpc123 +$110.00 Till         Closed 

JESSE HAIR CUT                         $160.00   Well done mate

                           Grand Tally     $ 3438.67       

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL AND ENJOY YOUR TRIPS GUYS

All moneys for auction must be paid to recive your prize please show recipt of payment

all fishing trips are to be arranged with owners of auction not Adam .

Sandy & Russ

I just updated my blog. Surely I am the master of Yorkshire puds... Even if it was my first effort....

http://vinceholt.spaces.live.com/default.aspx

Weed - lots of it!

Saw a guy haul his tub out, you could not see the trailer, looked like he hauled out a big, big lump of weed with a boat on it!  Forgot the wife's mobile had a camera until much later.  Weed was not just at the ramp, but all the way round to the restaurants.

Anyone have any fishing planned for the long weekend?

I will be heading up to Lanno for a few days catching beer and drinking fish :P

Got to go see if I can break in the new color sounder with a few obliging fishies.

Cheers
Neander

Oceanside Tackle and Marine donates an New Okuma Game Harness & Gimbal Set ........ valued at $89.95. Ideal for game fishing and/or deepwater bottom fishing!

Cheers

Ryan & Honsu 

* Oceanside- Advice, Knowledge, Experience....that's our difference *

Owner/Operator "Oceanside Tackle & Marine"

364 South Street, O'Connor, Perth Ph# 9337 5682

Cheers

All money raised will be donated to fish wrecked

Irish Coffee

Ok So Adam is having to move the site at a large cost . so how about we all get behind him and chip in a few dollars were we can .

We all enjoy the site so lets all help keep it going.

A few cents or dollars can go along way if we all get to gether. It cost us nothing to use so now is the time to put something in .

Let me know how you feel about this .

                         Target is $500 by Sunday night Meet target by 11am Saturday thanks so much  

Russ & Sandy