Couldn't get away from the dhus today. Had pulled a 7kg and a 17kg out of 21m by 9am. Big one was just under a meter. Had a ball catching and releasing several 600-700mm models in under 10m of water on the way home. All caught on jigs and placcys

 Lost a few big ones last night but managed a few 

 First cast bang 70 cm barra on the livie fought it then moved it to the rocks and then quickly climb down than pounced on the barra. I grab it in between the eyes that doesn't work so I grabbed the leader which gave way a wave comes pushes the barra into a hole I quickly grab it and it slides through my hands through the hole and out the otherside back into the ocean. Meanwhile I slip fall into the hole all cut up and bruised and the score is barra 1 josh 0 but I was never going to give up that quickly so kept my head high and got some more livies and kept persisting took another 2.5 hours but I got there in the end. Landed a 72cm 70cm and 60. Kept 2 and hooked a few more. Things I've learnt high tide is good, receding tide is better. 

Bloody stoked as it's my first legal barras on line. 

Good mate Frank and myself went for a pinky fish last night outside of the Sound/Ban area!

We went to several of Franks spots and mine and the night wasn’t looking promising!

I said to Frank we’ll check this spot out as my last spot before it was sunset and always the way … found fish!

Took Dad out off Bunno for some pinks last night.

Ended up with 3 58, 75 and 77 cm and 2 tuna.

Also tested the arms on a 5000 biomaster with this 25Kg plus sambo.

The Tuna were crazy as they were busting up in the middle off about 4 brozies feeding at the surface!

 First afternoon in the mid west, rained all the way up and raining hard now. The old man got his first dhu on plastics in ten metres than out to 35 m for  a good fish on bait. Always good to get a couple on the boat given the crazy weather today. Weekend looking good for few more than off to the Leeman sporting club for a beer.

 Done a solo run today. Went out to the 40's and got smoked. Hopefully just a Sambo. A few squalls came through. So decided to play it safe, came into a lump in around 32 metres and got a Queenie on a jig, a 1st for me on the jig. Also got an undersized Dhu and Sambo, then moved in closer to the Whiting patch and pulled a few nice ones and a few bait sized ones. Enjoyable morning on the water.

Bluewater Tackle World
Friday 22nd of September 2017
  
A recent full moon, late morning high tides and the sudden return of wintery conditions have been very favourable for the land based snapper fishermen. Quinns Beach, Club Capricorn, and parts of the Mindarie Marina rock wall have been regularly producing pink snapper to 5kg in the North. South, the Moles and Woodman’s Point have still been producing and some fish that have been very large.



Customer Andrew with a very respectable landbase fish. Good work mate.

Plenty of boaties were lucky enough to have been able to take advantage of the epic weather last Monday. Stores had stories of demersal bag outs with dhuies, baldies, and pink snapper making numerous appearances. A trip up to Jurien Bay is worthwhile for those chasing some fun and fillets as most boats have been catching their bag limits of dhufish in no time. The fish haven’t been huge with the average size around 6-8kg but the number of fish out there is outstanding. It would seem that the future is looking bright for dhufish as reports of releasing under sized dhufish to catch another day keep flooding in.


Joondalup customer Travis with a 97cm pinkie..........horse!

The Cockburn Sound is holding large schools of huge snapper and will be holding even more so after this blow. Finding the schools can take a bit of time and some days they have been quite shut down. If the snapper aren’t touching soft plastics or even fresh squid then try reducing your leader size to 20lb with a cube of mulie on a single 4/0 hook drifted down you burley trail. Do not forget however, that the closure in The Sound starts on the 1st October.

Staff member Pete has found squid to be pretty small from his land based haunts but the numbers have been there. This can change very quickly though and some very big ‘hoods’ might be in closer to shore after this weather. The Sound remains full with some kayakers and boaties getting there limit in 30 minutes. Further north plenty of squid can be found around the south cardinal marker off Scarborough. Just after sunset has been the most productive time with multiple squid following the squid jig right up to the side of the boat. Also on the cephalopod front, cuttlefish seem to be everywhere when dropping a bait/jig/plastic for demersals with plenty of anglers coming up tight on what feel like an enormous clump of seaweed, only to find one a massive one of these critters at the end of their line.


One of Pete's calamari from the last week.

For the shore based fishermen, the tip of the South Mole and Mindarie and Two Racks Marina’s have at times provided some light tackle fun on 40+cm skippy. Throwing in a handful of oil soaked pellets or cubes of mulies is a good way to keep the fish within casting distance.

There have been consistent reports of herring at the Grant Street Reef in Cottesloe with many anglers taking home a tasty feed of the little pocket rockets.  Tailor have been sporadic with early morning fishing being more productive than late arvo and fish to over 50cm have been taken. Some anglers have been having increased success with garfish baits which have consistently been in stock over the last few weeks.

Staff member Pete Berlinksi has been stoked with the arrival of Spring and some warmer weather, as he is an avid bream angler who loves chasing them on hard body lures;

'With the change of the season I've been prospecting the Canning for some black gold.
 
I've had little luck in trying to crack the minnow cranking code this time round, each year is different depending on environmental and weather patterns.
 
I was blanking badly and only getting a few timid hits here and there each outing. This in turn was starting to really test my patience and will.
 
My good buddy Han scored some fine gold nuggets the other night, making me question my own abilities.
 
Well persistence and a little 'inside information' resulted in myself sharing a bit of glory with a successful sunset wade.
 
A few plump rats caught and released, not worthy of pulling out the Canon dslr... then...a long cast with the wind towards the bank landed in shin deep shallows. A few muffled bumps through lightly weeded skinny stuff and hookup big time! Line peeled over and over as the unknown went even shallower as I followed in haste. With glimpses of a blue back protruding my thoughts of a soapie faded and I beached my bluenosed black gold.
 
Yeeeooow!'

 
Pete's very good bream on a Zipbait.

Bluewater Crew member Brad and Paul Worsteling get stuck into some quality fish right here in Perth and there are plenty of tips and tricks to learn. An episode not to be missed!

 

 Hey fellas

Moved to the NT from perth almost 2 years ago. Having a ball chasing Barra and blue water species. In darwin I've been planning a few trips with boys from Perth. So the most recent one I've been on is to wiligi outstation in west arnhemland, and we had a ball! Caught plenty of pelagics, with Spanish makeral of 10-12kg coming on board less than 1km from the ramp. Plenty of tins and great times. The NT does have some great fishing to offer in the blue if you can get the timing right, Barra are always unbelievable in the runoff and buildupx I would recomend a boys trip here when you can, you'll have a ball,  it is like WA without the rules. 

Anyways enjoy the vid and any questions let me know, cheers boys!

josh

After a few months with the new boat and limited use due to weather or other, took it up to Kalbarri for the yearly family trip. not solely a fishing trip but as long as we got a couple of days out i was going to be happy. spent alot of time on the site and google trying to find as much info on the river mouth, weather and inshore fishing as possible, also managed a day out of ocean reef and caught some herring which was vac sealed for bait so all was set.
Rolled in Saturday midday and had time to check out the town and speak to the local shop about the weather and advice.

sunday was looking good with low wind/swell untill lunch so we got up and at the ramp by sunrise, not keen to tackle the mouth in the dark. made it through without any trouble and we were met with some amazing scenery, sun coming up and fog over the cliffs as we head north towards the sand patch and sounded around, not long before finding a small lump in about 25 meters. tried drifting the first lump and between me and the brother inlaw landed a red scorpionfish, a charlie court and my PB flathead at 470mm. lost a bit of tackle to snags and got reefed once or twice. so we moved on  to look for another spot, the sounder was setup quite well on the boat and could pickup a lump while cruising up the 25m contour at 16knots quite easily. had a few drifts and picked up another charlie court and some more lost sinkers to snags. left my rod in the holder while cleaning up to head back when we saw it load up, ran back and set the hooks/drag, felt the rod load up and the fish just ran, emptied half the 20lb braid off my 3000fk stradic and was still going. was thumbing the spool to try and slow it untill i burnt my thumb, call out for the brother inlaw to start the boat and give chase. followed and fought this fish over a km  before seeing colour, each time it saw the boat it ran again. finally got it up and was pretty suprised to see about 5-6foot of shark, i think it was a bronzie, got some footage but not keen on bringing it aboard so once we had some good shots i tighted up the drag and snapped it off. funny thing was it was only a 2 hook snelled rig on 30lb trace, must been hooked perfectly.so some fish on board and experience on the boat so head home, on the way in found some more ground in the 15m area and marked it for next time.

the rest of the week was mostly too windy to boat but saw the sights, caught some decent bream off the dock jetty and thursday launched in the river and picked up some whiting off the sandbar on the other side, still good fun on the light gear.
was watching friday forcast all week and was looking good for another early morning fish before leaving to go home saturday morning. picked up more sinkers and advice again from the tackleshop, most importantly dont drift youll get snagged, ah well.

hit the water first thing friday just after sunrise and head north to the marks from sunday found one with a good showing and dropped anchor, threw out some burly and had kept some whiting heads for bait. not long before the Gf hooked up and reeled in a decent tarhwine at 340mm to start the morning and it was a fish every drop after that. by 9am we had bagged out, meanwhile we had whales breaching with 100ms of us (scared the crap out of us too) and pods of dolphins cruising about, was just a fantastic day of the water. Future wife is now a keen as fisherwoman after hooking a 700mm pinky (i had to pull it in for her haha) ended up with 3 decent pinkys from 560mm 2 spangled emps, a blackass and 5 tarwhine all around 350mm in the esky and head home, back at the ramp by 10ish cleaned and packed up to head home.

All in all a successful outing, ive read it on here before nothing beats sounding up unknown ground and pulling decent fish off it and i belive it. thanks for reading

Caught this ugly looking guy too, pulled hard and was close to the 700 mark, didnt know what it was so back it went and swam off strong. went mental and grunted/croaked while on the deck, looked it up once back and it looks like a fork tailed catfish. from what ive found they arent great eating but open to others input.

 Hi Guys

Went out with a mate Friday after work. Perfect conditions. Got to our spot burleyed up  and it was on.

Bagged out in less than an hour then it was just catch and release until the sun went down. Plenty of fish between 60 and 90cm. Great arvo with lots of fish and a couple of coldies.

Solo mission took a while but got there in the end, managed to lose 5 other possible fish. 760mm and 800mm just on sundown beween Garden and Carnac with the other mass of boats. 

It was during a recent flight back from one of our mine sites that I was seated next to Luke.  I met Luke about six years ago whilst living in Kalgoorlie and we have managed to maintain a casual friendship, mainly as we share a common passion – fishing.  Our 90-minute flight back to Perth was unsurprisingly absorbed by discussing fishing.  During our discussion Luke mentioned that he was keen to get offshore as most of his fishing to date was land based.  When I arrived home I checked WillyWeather and noticed that Saturday was going to be a good day to be out with light winds and a moderate swell.  I sent Luke a text inviting him to join me and soon received one back confirming his attendance.

We met at Woodman Point early the Saturday morning and as the first light was appearing on the horizon we were making our way across Cockburn Sound.  We stopped off between Garden and Carnac Island to try for early morning Snapper and to witness another spectacular WA sunrise.  After about an hour of no queries we made the decision to make our way towards Rottnest Island.  The water was relatively flat which allowed us to cover the remaining 25km in about 35 minutes.

Once at Rotto we surveyed the various bommies before we chose our drift line and with the wind gently pushing the Cruise Craft along, we did a couple of drifts over promising looking ground.  Luke managed an undersized Dhufish and also landed his PB Breaksea Cod in the process.  He also got smashed by a good fish which I put down to tackle failure.  After three drifts and witnessing a couple of whales surfacing between the boat and the island, we decided to drop the anchor and burley.   We had found a promising looking structure in about 20m where the Raymarine confirmed a couple of decent looking arches.

When I dropped the burley cage into the water, it came up almost horizontal behind the boat which meant that there was a heavy current pushing through.  This prompted us to upgrade our weightless traces to traces with large No 8 sized barrel sinkers in order to get the bait down into the zone where the fish were holding. This was completely against my grain as I normally try and fish as light as possible.   

It did not take Luke long to land his first ever Kingie and went on to catch three for the day – not bad going!   In the mean time I got smashed three times before deciding to bring out the “big gun” loaded with 50lb braid.  Once I had my bait down in the swim it was literally seconds and I was on.  This YTK was not going to get away this time.  When the fish eventually showed its number plate, it turned out to be a Snapper of about 70cm.  Now don’t get me wrong, I will be glad to catch Snapper any day of the week, but I wanted a YTK. With renewed determination a fresh bait was loaded and almost immediately - bang into another fish – this time with decent headshakes.  Was this to be my YTK?  Once again when the fish showed its colours it turned out to be another Snapper – this time around the 80cm mark.  Oh well, beggars can’t be choosers.

With the Snapper now in the swim, I tried to get Luke into a specimen, but after about 45 minutes we had to lift the pick to head back in.  The wind was starting to pick up, we had fish to clean and I had tickets to watch the Springboks play the Wallabies at the NIB Stadium.  I could easily have given up the tickets, but the missus would probably not be as forgiving.

A great result for a relatively short session.  Even though I did not bag my YTK, I really enjoyed seeing Luke have a great session.  It seems that I may have a new partner on the boat.

YouTube clip

https://youtu.be/kwT0Bgaitj4

Good customer Frank and his nephew Alan went out for an early morning pinkie bash. They headed out at 5am. Cruised out in between Garden Island and Carnac Island and quickly found a school of pinkies on the sounder.

They decided to drift on them as they seemed to be moving around a fair bit. Dropped the first bait in 10 meters of water, within seconds of the baits going in the water the rods bent over and it was on. Seconds later Franks line went slack as the tax man came calling.

Alan managed to get his pinkie on board, a nice 75cm model. They then went back around for another drift but had to go hunting as the fish had moved. 5 minutes later the baits went back in the water and another two were on the line. This time no tax man, hurray!! Another 80cm model along with an 87cm one. Back at the ramp at 8am.
Well done boys..

So feel free to stop by and ask the team at Oceanside any questions you need answers to.. (Open 7 days a week)

Had a cracking jigging session on the snapper this arvo out wide with Bodie and Ross. Conditions were brilliant, we used 120 g jigs and PE 1.5 and PE2 in deep water. 

It was Ross's first try of jigs, he got a nice red snapper on jig plus several small sambos, he is hooked!

Was a great arvo, it does not get much better in Metro and nice to give the light jigs a good workout. 

 Just got back from a quick family trip to Kalbarri. Took our time and went the inland route on the way up then home via brand hwy. Suprisingly the inland route was only marginally longer (say 45 mins to an hour), but was a much more enjoyable drive with no traffic. Avoided the Indian Ocean Road completely...

Wasn't a fishing trip but took the boat just in case the weather was nice - and geez we were treated to a week of perfect weather. Could of gone offshore all 7 days we were there but in the end only went fishing twice and took the wife out whale watching.

The channel was intimidating even on a 1mtr swell with no winds, but to be honest it was actually very useable (obviously as people have been using it for longer than i have been alive!). I think the key is to ensure you have enough power to keep control of the boat, and to drive steady and not panic. Perhaps the thought of the channel is more scary than the channel itself. Although I wouldn't like to see it at 3mtr + swell. 

Fishing wise we stayed close to the cliffs both north and south.  First day we went north and headed to the sand patch. Did some trolling with no luck and decided to find some ground and do some bottom bashing. We first tried in about 20+ mtr of water. There was plenty of bait on the sounder but not much in terms of ground. We ended up finding better ground and fish in close in 10-16m. Nothing worth bragging about but a 65cm dhu and a couple of baldies. Made the trip worth it and I felt we learnt a bit...

So the second fishing trip we headed south and decided to stay close to the rocks. We drifted around in 10-18m of water just in front of the "pot alley" gorge and found some really good ground, and got a few random fish including some red throat and a cod of some sort (think maybe a yellow spotted cod) but only ended up keeping 1 baldy. Did some more trolling but again no luck. 

One of the days I was surfing jacques I saw a bait school a bit offshore with some big fish jumping out of the water and smashing them. So can only assume they were macks or tuna. That surf break is unbeleivable even on a small swell. So much fun.

If I had my time again I would focus my efforts starting from the northern end of the sand patch and further north OR I would head a bit further south - bit more towards wagoe maybe. All fish were on placcies or jigs. Anyway learnt a lot and got some more confidence with the boat. And the wife was happy as I left the rods at home one day and took her out whale watching and got a good show. I didn't take any pics of the fish but I'll pop up a photo of the whale to give this post something more interesting to look at.

Sun, Surfing, fishing, whale watching, 4x4ing and exploring - couldn't of asked for a better week. Will be back to try and figure it out more when the water temp heats up.

Cheers !

Headed out with Dean and Wal from Ocean Reef yesterday in the MAAC monthly comp. A trip in wind conditions that light to be a rarity in the Perth metropolitan region.

As usual, “no run no fun” meant the bite was fairly slow throughout the day. We did a lot of “spot hopping” and did manage to pull pinkies, baldies, harlequin and breaksea to end up with a tasty, hard earned, bag.

 Headed out for a long overdue fish with Mark and Kev yesterday with the plan being to anchor and start a burley trail out to the back of rotto.

Things were looking good when a couple of XOS kingies started flashing in and out of the burley only a couple minutes after the anchor had been deployed. For a good half an hour or so they wouldn't touch the heavier gear no matter what we chucked at them so I flicked out a whole mulie on my 4k twinpower which got engulfed as soon as it hit the water in an epic subsurface take. To say I didnt stand a chance would've been an understatement after this brute dumped over half my spool before finding a bit of reef. Kev also hooked up at the same time on his heavier gear which went straight down into some gnarly country.

Things went quiet for a while after that rush with a few Skippy coming over the side until Kev boated a nice Blackarse at 43cm which I followed with my first harlequin going 60cm on the tape taken on fresh Shore Catch mullet.

Twas a great few hours on the water, we are all hanging for the weather and work schedules to line up again to hopefully get stuck into more good fish.

Hutch

 Monday Night Quickie at Rockingham Jetty.

:)

With the weather forecast looking the goods on Sunday, we decided to head out for another morning run. Winds were reasonable (albeit brisk), nice sunrise, bit of a tide running, but more importantly the fish were biting. Couple of nice fish, then back home for lunch.

 For the second year running I took a trip up inside the artic circle to Lofoten Norway and stayed at Nordic Sea Angling's camp. The big halibut were a bit quiet this trip with only one smallish one landed by our group. However the big coal fish were running hot! We found some lumps rising from 50 metres up to 5 and had some epic action trolling Halco Laser Pros and casting soft plastics. 

Sorry the pic uploaded sideways I can't seem to rotate them.

Fishing Report

There have been glimpses of the spring sun and the odd day of good weather lately. The warmer blue skied days have been encouraging a lot more anglers to get out and about. The coming week is offering up a mixed bag weather wise, which will hopefully provide a few good days to get offshore.
 
Demersal fishing fired up in a big way. This week saw anglers get amongst the bottom dwellers with better boating weather. The inshore reefs around Scarborough and Hillarys are producing huge snapper with the odd dhufish and yellowtail king thrown into the mix. Anchoring up with a berley trail and using snelled mulies or Zman Scented Jerk Shadz has been a winning recipe. Two Rocks fished very well for dhuies in depths ranging from 10m to 45m. Reports from Tuesday say that many big models were jigged up using slow pitch metal jigs and big plastics.
 
Tuyets dhu 9kilo 82cm Mindarie 10m of water


Laith and Dhu taking a selfie
 
Good customer Brody managed to get out from Two Rocks this past week and immediately after anchoring it was ‘on’. An hour later 7 snapper to 90cm had been caught and 5 released. The bag was capped with a 10 and 11kg dhu after that.
   
Samson fish have been a popular target this week with a few days of calmer weather allowing the boaties to get offshore. Hi speed jigging in the deeper water is intense and really gives your arms a workout when the big girls come out to play. If you are keen to try something different on the less desirable fishing days though, popping for sambos in the marinas is not as crazy as it sounds. You will need big gear with plenty of stopping power if you decide to take on this challenge as the resident sambos will work you over quickly in the shallow water with lots of structure to wrap you around and help their cause.
 
Morley staff member Kelvin and friend took advantage of the conditions on Monday and headed out for a day of deep dropping on electric reel setups. It was reasonably quiet but they still managed to bring up some good fish, boating a greyband cod, pink snapper and some pesky green eye sharks.
 
Away from the constant spewing of tannin water from the mouth of the Swan River the squid fishing has been sensational. The boaties are bagging out with ease and the landbased crew are enjoying a good run of the southern calamari with the odd arrow thrown in.
 
Tailor are being caught in good numbers on the beaches from Cottesloe to Floreat. It is taking a bit of persistence and patience as there is plenty of weed in places but on the right days in the right areas you will find clean water and they are there to be caught. Plenty of 30 – 40cm models are being reported with the odd fish up to 50cm. There were also reports of juvenile salmon on the same stretches last weekend.
 
Big bronze whaler sharks have been seen cruising the shallows around Whitfords dog beach this week. As the weather warms up coming in to spring numbers will pick up and we will start to see plenty of tigers about. For those keen on this type of fishing now is the perfect time to get your reels serviced ready for some big runs and start making up rigs in preparation for the coming months. All Bluewater stores can help you with rigging techniques.
 
Mulloway have been hit and miss this week but the hits have been huge! There were a couple of big mulloway caught to the South after the beaches settled down from the blow. Long deep gutters that formed during the storm, hold lots of bait making them perfect to target these fish. Weed can still be a problem though, so success will come to those who are patient and willing to work their way through it. Small soapies have been prevalent in the upper reaches of the Swan River this week, most are bycatch and are being caught on Motor Oil Zman Grubz by anglers chasing bream.
 
Bream have been slow in the upper reaches of the Swan by all reports so fishing downstream from Claremont or into the Canning is the way to go. With it being slow going bait will see the most success but those fishing from a boat or kayak could also use the Gulp Sandworm plastics. These can be fished off the bottom with little movement and the will still attract fish. The Gulp juice is very strong and the big fish love it.
 
Today marks the start of the Freshwater Season. The trout and redfin scene can be great fun provided you are using the right gear and put in a little time. Travelling down south to the Blackwood River or southern dams will see the most success but for those with a sense of adventure and a little ingenuity you won’t have to travel far at all. Local redfin haunts are generally a secretive matter, but they are closer than you think and not that hard to catch. Baits, vibes, small divers, small stick baits, plastics and even micro jigs will tempt a strike from redfin. They are great to eat and does not allow the introduced species to be returned to the water. Finding the right locations will take some research but that’s half the fun. Morley customer Hamish (Hamburger) is no stranger to finding the local redfin. Check out his Redfin Vlog and other adventures on YouTube WA Kayak Angler.
 

Hamish and a good redfin
Morley customer Mellon spent the last week and a half visiting his family and fishing some isolated waters in the N.T. for Barramundi. Local knowledge and access to these creeks made it a fantastic trip with many solid Barra landed from both boat and shore. 120 Classic Barra lures in Guns N Roses colour were doing lots of damage but there were some fish which Mellon called as unstoppable taking baits.

Customer Mellon and barra

 I brought a SG couple for a fishing trip at IT Lake Monster in Thailand.

 Managed to get out in the sound last week with my Dad who's over from the UK, first time out there in my tinny so decided to keep it close sticking around Woodmans Point without much luck but finding my feet with the tinny. Decided to head back towards the ramp and drop a line in around the ASI groyne on the off chance of something and while drifting along the wall picked up a 77cm Snapper, to say I was stoked is an understatement, been chasing these bloody things of the rocks for a couple of years to no avail but then to catch one with my Dad on a rod he bought me, still makes me grin over a week later. And a huge thanks to the guy that gave us a hand at the ramp!