Another crack at the deep drop, another fail, but I feel like we are creeping up on them, albeit very slowly. Man, this deep drop is hard, and huge kudos to the blokes who have nailed it, I now understand the effort that goes into this extreme form of fishing.

THE GOOD

My sounder is now working more than adequatley, plenty good enough to find fish. Thanks to all the blokes on this forum for their advice, the TVG settings made a huge difference and I am now runnng betweeen 2.5 and 4 gain in depths of 250 to 400. This is a quick shot of a bit shallower show where we got a good fish show. See the ugly as to why we were at these depths......

TimVB drops down, bang bang.....hookup, the big electric groans, a few short and determined runs......then heaps of weight and a few head shakes.......this has gotta be the holy grail.......WRONG!

Very dissapointed when this amberjack surfaced.......still, better than greeneye!

THE UGLY

1. Current - wow!!!! It was pulling us against a plus 12 knot wind at over 2.5 knots!!! Almost impossible to hold bottom even with a 350 chev engine block as a sinker.

2. Weather forecast - bloody Nora! It was shite out wide. A few little squalls meant local winds above 15 knots, whipping up little white horses and this pushed up against the very fast current to make very uncomfortable conditions that meant out sister boat out there had a very green skipper and deckie.......our boats crew utilised quells to subdue to carrot chunks.

3. The fuel bill - 177 km, 181 litres of fuel. Not bad given we were pushing into rough conditions on the way out and then pushed hard at plus 26 knots most of the way home. Not bad fuel consumption for a reasonably heavy boat but a big bill when the fish boxes are empty!!!!

Moral of the story : Dont think your ganna head out to do dep drop and it is easy.....it aint! Should make success that much sweeter........

Duges66 and myself .. thought we'd give the snapper another crack yesterday and took my tub out , hit the water about 5am and headed out in the dark from woodies past the islands . Decided to anchor on some new ground that looked interesting . Dropped a half filled  scaling bag with old fish heads and frames that had been marinated in thai fish sauce and also threw in a can of tuna for good measure ( we like to spoil our potential fish ) . Kicked back for a hour or so , pretty well on change of light we started getting hits .. a few small models to start with , then a few keepers . I was commenting to Duges "great no sharks for a change" .. then the rod goes off small bronzy only the one though should've kept my mouth shut lol , plus a largish docile Port Jackson . The water was great sat on 30+ knots on the way in ... We've put in a good effort of late and finally a good return .  

So I tried out Trigg for the first time this evening, after reading about it and from the advice of a passer by down at North Beach. Had a rare afternoon to myself so after stocking up on gear I hit North Beach but that was futile, both the platform and the beach to the right, getting snagged and weeded out. Was a bees dick away from cracking it and going home but decided to drive down to Trigg. Wasn't sure really where to fish and nearly bypassed it but doubled back and parked down at Clarko park and checked it out.  Not a lot of room to the left of the island and seeing as I still suffer from the odd erratic cast I decided that the right side would be infinitley better (and safer for the surfers and other fishos )

Bombed out a few unweighted yellow tails on 3/0 gangs and all was quiet save the churning of the water and it smashing against the rocks until just as the last slivers of  dusk disappeared behind the clouds, wammo! No preamble from the fish, it took the lot and proceeded to scream off to the left and try and brick me. Seeing as it didn't want to fight fair, neither did I so I leaned hard to the right and dragged it back around.  Soon this beautiful green back was swinging through the air and onto the rocks. This was my first tailor for a few months, having seen just one in the proceeding months and that was a cheeky bugger performing acrobatics at the end of the Busso Jetty and giving my stickbait the old heave ho.

Went quiet and just before 6.30 as the bait had washed further in on the breakers, I got a couple of enquiries before it stopped pissing around and swallowed it. This one was a bit feistier than the first and there were a couple of hairy moments as it skirted around a rocky outcrop just in front. For some reason I had eased the drag off so when it hit it took off like a rocket. That was it and I was out of there at 7 with a satisfactory haul in my books.

 Got into a few decent tailor at a NoR Beach.  Came on the chew right on the predictions at 730 this morning

Was using the first batch of salted mulies I've done and boy are they good you get so many casts out of them compared to fresh ones

Finally decided to join up and share some of my fishing photos with you.  This pinky was 2 weeks ago and the dolphin fish about 4 weeks ago.

Might be heading up this arvo is it weedy up there ATM? Cheers

I went for a dab in Rocky Bay on Sunday with a huge catch of 2 whole prawns. Not deterred, I hit it again on Monday night with a renewed vigor but alas, not a one. Chit chat at the ramp reviled catches no greater than a dozen prawns.

I'm not expert but from what I was told, I though Sunday would have been a great night for it with a good flush out and good rains on the days preceeding it. Any thoughts

Cheers

Adam

fished about 20m to 22m deep just south of the sisters off rocky today the tide was ripping throu but the jumbo sandys are still there as are the occasional size flatty

 Hiya all..Im hoping to head to Yeagurp for a days fishing, be my first trip there..Any reports of fish, tracks lately?? Whats the best way/tracks to get down on the beach??  thanks barty

Headed out with Duges around 5am behind GI and rottnest trying a few spots .. plenty of dhu and snapper not one in the esky though , one dhu went 49.5cm that hurts . Bit of a mixed bag including small sambos , leather jacket , skippy , bbums , we were cursed with small sharks on a few spots . Moved on and then we were pulling up what I think were sea sweep they were like blowies everywhere all released , but thought we should've kept one for a taste test but weren't 100% on ID . 3 other types of fish not sure on ID .. all in all , a good day catching fish and got a feed .. would've been nice if we had a snapper or dhu in the fridge but thats fishing . Seen heaps of birds and bait fish in the sound on the way back to woodies .. with quite a few boats heading out around 5pm snapper hunting I presume , the water was like glass at that stage.

Heading to rotto tomorrow for a trawl and hopefully some demersal jigging, try to stay in close (within a couple of k's of the island) anyone got any tips/ been having success lately?

 Hi guys, 

going out to chase some mulloway, pinkies, tailor or sharks...

Thinking of maybe cottesloe groin or just floreat for some tailor?

Anyone know of any other beaches biting at the moment?

Cheers

Target species was my first decent Snapper in Perth Metro waters.  Pulled a scalie behind the boat whilst being pushed by a stiff Easterly over Seaward reef on Five Fathom Bank and managed a Dhuie of 51cm.  Anchored on the seaward side and caught a number of species including Skippy, Sambo, Baldie and the ever present Wrasse.

Spent the early evening on Sulpher Rock in the Sound and caught my largest Mulloway on a small Snook block bait on light tackle.  Great fight but even greater elation!  Ended up with 14 species of fish.

 Hey guys im heading up to geraldton at the end of may can anyone tell me some land based spots(im not asking secret spots) i dont really want to fish the beaches, im only taking a 7ft rod and a medium spin reel and lures. 

I will be chasing tailor, bream, herring etc

The main target is 50cm+ tailor 

Cheers

Caught this fella at Trigg while teaching the misses how to cast metals and poppers for an upcoming Kalbarri trip. He went 50cm, was caught on a green and gold waxwing he was the fattest Tailor i've seen actually thought it was a Salmon on the first jump. We were having a great day until some arrogant person started to cast over my misses, which caused her to stress out and caused me to use some rather descriptive language. Everybody has the right to learn somewhere. I'll leave it at this if that was you this afternoon then you know my face and you have been warned next time there will be action taken. you have been warned. Sorry to everybody else to leave it on a bad note. 

 Hi guys. We are planning a over night stop over in Carnarvon on our way through to Coral Bay and was just wondering if it would be worth having a fish at the one mile jetty. Anything decent get caught there these days. Have not fished it got years now but used to do ok on it. Thanks in advance for any advice

Before I headed north for a week long trip to Kalbarri, Coral Bay and Exmouth my mate (a fellow fisherman) said to me to treat it like a holiday and that any fish I caught would be a bonus. Well, this report proves him dead wrong!

On Anzac Day I left Perth at 8pm with Integrity coach lines. I arrived at the Ajana turnoff to Kalbarri at 1.40 am and was picked up by the lady from the backpackers in town. Met my girlfriend who was already up with her family and slept that night at Murchison Caravan Park.

On my only day in Kalbarri, we took my girlfriend’s younger brothers fishing, lots of small fish whiting, tailor, everybody was waiting for us to catch fresh fish for dinner but of course when you expect you don’t get, so we had to do a run past one of the fish and chips shops in town. There was a 45 mins wait so I asked if I could buy cold produce of them and walked away with extra whiting fillets and frozen king prawn. Was a great feed in the end and ended up feeding 10 people in total.

Next morning we left to Coral Bay at 10 am and arrived at 4 pm and checked into the backpackers. There wasn’t much hanging around though as we threw our bags down and grabbed the towels and snorkels and headed straight to the sanctuary with a bit of bread in the pocket to see if the  elusive snapper were still there. The photos show it all. This was my 4th trip to coral bay but my girlfriend’s first so she was pretty excited.

Then it was time for fishing. Just before sunset we checked out Maud’s Landing. Before the trip I had been doing a lot of research on Fishwrecked so I had a feeling there might be some baby GT’s around. As we walk onto the beach I could see someone removing something from a fish’s mouth, and sure enough it was about a kilo GT with caught with a metal slice. The whole trip I didn’t purchase one bit of bait. Not because I couldn’t afford it but because  I thought it would be a nice challenge. So we walked away with a decent size dart fish and a GT which we released.

Back to the backpackers for beers and pool. I would recommend staying there as it great value. We had a shared 4 person dorm and it was 30 dollars each per night. The backpackers had a large, well-equipped kitchen with plenty of fridge space, its own bar, which was decently priced, a pool, ping pong table and 2 pool tables. I’ve stayed at a lot of backpackers internationally and I highly rate this one.

Next day we fished to the right of the boat ramp on the cliffs. It was high tide and the squid were plentiful. We caught 8 in about 20 mins, meaning fresh bait and squid salad for dinner. Good start to the first full day in Coral Bay. I cut up some bait and you just cant beat fresh bait! in return i caught my first Spango and another decent GT :)

We returned to Maud’s that night and scored some more GT’s, including a double header.

Monday morning, as planned, we checked out of the backpackers at 9am and drove up to Exmouth. We stopped in at Bluewater Tackle Exmouth to restock tackle and got the hot local tips from a friendly bloke working there. We headed north to the SS Mildura wreck at around midday, the first spot he recommended. Fished with a metal slice, but no luck as the tide wasn’t right. 

We drove down to Cape Range National Park and got a campsite at Kurrajong for the night. After a quick dip at Turquoise Bay we hit Pilgramannu for a night of fishing. THis was one of the most amazing landbased experiences I have had. 40kg GT free jumping after grabbing my live mullet. Landed four spangled emperor ranging from 45-60cm, as well as a 2 metre shark after a strenuous but fun battle and numerous bust offs. Cooked up spango that night, and we didn’t even need lemon on it, it was perfect just on its own cooked on a gas stove.

We returned to Pilgramannu the next day for a snorkel and spotted a small shark, queenies, and a remora, which swam underneath us all the way back to shore. A number of turtles popped up but quickly disappeared as we got closer. Hooked a couple of reef sharks, but gave up after I lost four rigs.

Back in Coral Bay the next day we did some four wheel driving, albeit in an AWD Subaru Outback! We pushed the car to its limits and came across a good spot along the coast. After a disappointing snorkel in poor visibility we stuck around and eventually spotted a school a baby reef sharks, counting at least 10 of them. They were feeding on the mullet in high tide. Had a flick using a 7 inch gulp, hooking heaps of long tom. One of the plastics got snagged...or so I thought! Ended up catching long tom with a metal slice, and used that to catch a couple of the reef sharks, one of which had already digested my rig with the gulp attached to it.

That night we returned to Maud’s around sunset. The bloke next to us had caught a cobia, so we knew there would be plenty of sharks about. My girlfriend didn’t listen to my advice NOT to wind in and to wait for the fish to come. Nek minnut...

...she lands a bone fish! 

Otherwise, plenty of GT’s around as usual, and hooked a couple of monster sharks that were about. After numerous bust offs again, we headed home to our tent at Bayview.

The next day we were on board the Mahi Mahi III fishing charter with Captain Bernie and Mick the deckie. I am not a fan of winches and mono so immediately requested a rod, which we shared for the day. On the way out we did some trolling and hooked an undersize Wahoo before hitting the first spot. We were fishing up on the bow, away from the others using their winches down the back. We had a fantastic day on the water, and the boat bagged out by 12.30pm! Started off well catching a Robinson Sea Brim, but the pink snapper were out in force. Double headers were happening thick and fast, and we walked away with 6 out of the 13 pinkies we landed. Also got a Slim Dusky and other people on board got a couple of Goldies. The only disappointment of the day was the 80cm Job Fish that got away, when it slipped out of the gaff that was in the Captain’s hand, who laughed it off -  ‘fish for the future mate’. But no way it would have survived that barratrauma.

Returning to shore at 2pm we hit the filleting station with a six pack and watched the rewards of a hard day’s fishing. We cooked up a massive fillet of the Robbo that night, which again needed nothing to enhance the flavour. They are beautiful eating. We hit the Coral Bay Hotel hard that night, and bought Captain Bernie a Jim Beam to say thanks for a fantastic day out.

On our final day in Coral Bay, I left the missus sleeping off her hangover, while I cured mine with more fishing before sunrise. I caught and released 20 GTs fishing again off the rocks at the boat ramp. 

Later, we decided to check out another spot along the 4WD coastal track we heard about on the charter boat, a sandbar that goes about 2k out to sea and the water not going past the waist. On the drive I mentioned to my girlfriend that all I wanted to catch was a queenfish and my fishing wishlist for the trip would be complete. After a fair walk out to the sand spit, I used a metal slice and spotted a stingray, joking to my girlfriend that I was gonna catch one for her. Instead I caught a decent Spango and buried it in the sand, having no ice with us. I set out on the sand bar and wandered out fairly far, just casting out with a metal slice. Before I knew it, there was surge after surge of Queenies, schools of at least 25 swimming about. I landed my first Queenie soon after, and hooked up countless times. Again the sharks were out in force, and at once point a 2m bull shark (or a bronzie maybe) which was was eyeing off queenies, soon had me in its sights as I stood in waist deep water. With a couple of queenies and the spango we headed back.

Our final night was again an eventful one. We hit the filleting station for the final time and decided to give the queenies to a fellow traveller who was about. The lucky recipient of the queenie fillets was a German backpacker who was sitting naked in her van when we asked if she would like some fish. 

We set off home for the 12 hour drive home to Perth at 4.30am, waking up half the campsite as we sorted out our frozen fillets in the esky with plenty of ice. As soon as we returned home we weighed up our hard work for the week - 7 kg of fillets.

 hey guys   taking the mrs out for a fish today   somewere  bwtween canning bridge and mount henry bridge just wondering if anyone has any tips on  some  nice spots   we can cast a line  would be muchy appriciated, and as for bait  i was thinking of going and getting some mullet and using cubes of that????? cheers guyss  any info is good info :)

After some awesome fishing with Ken last week for Steelhead I knew I had to get down there one more time before they went back to the lake. After trying to score a day off all week I didn't think it was going to happen. I begged, blackmailed and finally bribed my way to a day off on Thursday at the last minute. There had been some rain on Wednesday night with lots more forecast for Friday, so this was gonna be the last chance to get into them, before the rain drove them back.

With an early start I was in the car and on my way towards Toronto by 4:15am. Arrived at the stream about 5:45 and it was clear straight away things were different. A week before there had been fish everywhere, now I was struggling to spot any. I made a few drifts past some logs with no action. I started the walk downstream towards the pool we had most success with the previous week. Only saw 2 fish on the way, neither of which had any interest in taking a bait. I was hoping to hell there were still fish in the deeper pool downstream.

Arrived at the pool and thank god there were fish! Took about half an hour to get one to hit though, much more cautious than they had been previously. Quick couple of pics and it was back in the drink.

It was about 7am by now so I sent a msg to Ken letting him know I scored a day off and there were still some fish here. With that news he and Michael were on their way. I had another hit but missed it before Michael arrived and then not long after my second hookup for the morning. Some nice net work by Michael and fish number 2 was on the shore. Much better than the previous week where I had about 20 hits and only landed 2 fish.

Things got really quiet for a while and we were thinking of moving spots just as Ken arrived. He quickly showed us how it is done and had a good fish hooked up in a tight little pool full of snags. The pressure got to me and I rushed the net job a bit, resulting in a lost fish. Sh111t, sorry Ken!

Things were quiet again so I climbed around getting some photos from the other side of the pool just as Ken hooked up again. After a good fight this fish found its way around a god and bust itself off.

Not long after it was time to get going so I didn't catch traffic on the way home. We think we have traffic problems in Perth but its nothing compared to Toronto grid lock. Ken stayed fishing for a while longer and hopefully got into some more fish, as I was still feeling bad about screwing up the net job.

Ken has been an absolute legend, he knows his stuff as well as anyone I have come across and has put time and effort into getting me onto fish here. Much appreciated mate and hopefully I can return the favour in Perth one day! We had a bunch of rain again yesterday so I reckon the fish will have all returned to the lake by now. What an amazing experience though getting into the famous Ontario Steelhead!

Cheers

We have been going down albany for the last 3 weeks going after salmon for the first time, lets just say im now hooked and absoultely love it!

heres a couple photos, we just got back for a day down cheynes, going by there 5m swell forcast we weren't really expecting much, only ended up being a max of 1 meter where we fish, nice and glassy aswell even in the strong wind, very good area to fish.

We got about 15 salmon and got 2 tuna, heaps of bonito and chucked a balloon out but without getting a hit. Seen the biggest ray ive ever seen, out came the 24kg outfit and lets go! he took a run and let it go and wouldnt take it again, ohwell

The salmon have either been effected by the moon and/or storm because last week they were thick as flies

heres a couple photos

hope you enjoyed, now i think it's time to leave them till next year, but we will see!

out of the 100's we've caught we only keept about 6 salmon and then couple bonito for bait

was fishing at hillarys this morning just next to the aqua car park round the back.not much to report but i did catch my first small tailor.Caught it about 8AM on a mullie on size 5/0 triple ganged hooks about ten metres out with a weighted pulley rig on the bottom.hope this maybe helps anyone who is interested in fishing the area.cheers

hey everyone,

im new to the site and a mad keen fisho, i moved over here a few weeks ago and had no idea what i was doing as i have grown up fishing the murray for yellow belly and cod but thanks to this site and the members i went for a fish today and had i cracker of a time so i thought i would do my bit and put up a little report.

i went down around guildford today and had a cracker day ending up with about 30 bream, mostly around the 20-22 mark but i did manage 6 legal size with the best being 31cm, i also dropped a very nice bream on the surfae about 2 foot from the bank (guesstamation around the 40cm mark, shattered :/ All were caught on prawns and mullet just walking the bank casting into snags with a size 0 sinker. over half the fish and most of the keepers were caugh in one patch of sticks (including the 31 and the dropped fish) this is about the 6th time ive been out and the first time ive really done any good. All in all i had an awesome day and i owe it to the members and the forums, hope i can put a few more reports out and do my bit to help newbies like myself.

Cheers. 

went for a drive down to the ramp last Sunday arvo spied 3 young blokes at the cleaning table so I thought I would wander over for a look they had 3 lovely duhies ,did you blokes get those on 5 fathom I asked the replies were cagey didn't blame them thou a bit more chit chat and 1 said nah not on the 5 fathom on some ground about 40ks past the 5 fathom next fish to come out of the esky was the biggest KGW I have ever seen I nearly fainted it would have been 2kgs at least and looked like a small shark , crickey you blokes did have a good day I said they all laughed and I wandered of green with envy more determined than ever to get my first legal duhie before I turn 60

Anyone been to Willbinga since the storms??

I was thinking of heading up tomorrow night, for the weekend.

Would it be worth it, would it be full of weed or would I simply be off my rocker if I went??

Be honest guys, would it be worth the trip??

Went down to Hillaries last night in hopes of a snapper but again was fairly quiet. Got a couple of PJ's & a ray but that was about. I'd had enough of it by 3am so moved down to a reef a little bit north of Trigg to throw some metal around. I didn't have high hopes but figured it woud warm me up a little so put in a decent effort anyway. Ended up with 4 tailor by first light, all in the 45-50cm range. Not huge but at least some reward for braving the elements. Headed down to Trigg itself about 7am to have a crack but there was heaps of sand being washed out & suspended in the water. Tailor don't like that in my experience so I only put in a dozen or so casts & headed for home. No great captures & no pics but hopefully a little info for those keen enough to be heading out in the next day or two.

Day 1 double header gold bands threw lures for trevally and queenys no reday 2 just threw lures for queenys and trees on light gear was windy so headed in eaearly

day 3 windy in the morning trolled to ruby ground got one in 60m dropped him got another in 200 landed him. Few Ruby's and cod

day 4 straight out to ruby ground struggled with only a squire snapper thing till ten tried about 10 marks finally moved back to the one I fished day before filleted the snapper used him as bait turned him into 6 Ruby's and a cod jigged a ruby aswell also dropped a ruby on jig half way up wasnt happy done by 1130-1200 trolled home for 5 minutes picked up a marlin went home. The mark I wanted to fish had. The wetliner sitting on it so didn't get a chance to fish it this yeyear 

day5 restdayspinning for spangles queenys trees and jacks off the bebeach 

day 6 few reds at one spot lost some good ones to sharks :( moved double header rosys and gold band and picked up a wahoo on the way home 

Just enjoyed three weeks at Monkey Mia

Started windy so spent time on the beach with the kids:

But when there wasn't any wind caught some great fish:

But the fishing stops for special occasions:

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Lest we forget.

Great holiday.

Every fishing family should experience it.

 Hi Guys,

Its been a while since I left Australia and also since i've been on fishwrecked but as promised here's a report of my trip to India. 

It started back in November 2012 and has certainly been a great adventure with not only some great fish caught but also some amazing places visited and some interesting people and occurances along the way.

I bought a small van after arriving which was an experience in itself but persistence paid off. It gave us the chance to travel with the sea kayaks and also meant carting our huge amonut of gear around was a a little easier than by motorbike.

I based m self over on the rugged west coast. Its an anglers paradise with many uuntouched spots particularly for the adventuorous fisher. during the stay a few friends joined me and we had some super catches. To be fair the weather other the season wasn't always perfect, with plenty of windy days putting a stop to boat fishing but overall we didin't do too badly and had plenty of Barra, mangrove jacks, cod, flathead, finger mark and a few other species.

One highlight was finally getting stuck into a couple of decent Gts. Its the first time over there that anyone has had some propper success with the heavy popping so its great to find some untouched popping grounds There seems to be some pretty good potential judging by the results from a few sessions and i look forward to trying some more in the future.

There some of the highlights in the photos below and lots more on my blog at www.worldbiker.blogspot.com

and there will be some more posts there in the coming weeks.

All the best, Scott

www.worldbiker.blogspot.com

Hey guys, just a quick report of sundays deep drop with Tony (Southcity104).

After a few 'electrical issues' to start the day we met up with Dougie (Wangler) and crew on the way out before heading waaay behind rotto.

It was pretty slow going with the dreaded Greeneyes making there presence known but after a few uneventful drifts all hell broke loose with both Tony and myself locked into battle with some ripper Blue Eye.

The results - Mine

Tonys

Not long after the boys were locked into battle with something mega and after what seemed an eternity this appeared on the surface

We're thinking it was a Seven Gill Shark but not 100% sure, either way it was safely returned to the depths

After a few more uneventful drifts and an encounter with a 'pinger' we called it a day.

Cheers Tony for the day out