Fished South Beach this morning for the second time. I'm new to this board and new to fishing in Perth having immigrated from Canada and ocean fishing is basically all new to me for this formerly land locked boy. Had some success at local groynes for bread and butter fish and swung by SB around 430am. Twenty minutes in I pulled in a 31 cm King George, wasn't even sure it was KG to be honest until I looked it up and read about the distinct spotting. Extremely tasty for brekky this morning.

Also pulled in a half dozen herring, all of nice size and kept a couple. Pulled in a small Port Jackson, a small skippy and a single Garfish, my first of this species. The old fella next to me pulled in a dozen or so garfish in a couple hours, and his grand daughters pulled in a half dozen or so fish each.

Overall fun morning for a newbie like me and a mixed bag of catches.

Went for a mission out to Tantas yesterday and was greated by some average conditions, luckily it started to calm down as the day went on.  I couldn't find a deckie for the day so did the solo mission, luckily the dslr got some ok shots.  Within 10 minutes I had a double of hookup of dollies, thankfully one got off and I managed to land the other one (released).  After 20 minutes I had another hookup, not the billfish I was hoping for, but still some fun as this dolly was a lot more acrobatic (released). 

I then did a bit of bottom bouncing and got 1 small goldband before the sharks moved in, which was quite unfortunate as there were some solid fish down there.  As my next spot was quite some way away and the conditions still werent good, I trolled down to the next spot and picked up a small striped tuna.  The next spot was in 168m, after landing 2 pinkies I was then sharked again right on the bottom, after fighting him 166m to the top the hook busted off (got my braid back atleast, but the back didn't enjoy it).

After that I trolled around aimlessly for a while with no luck and tried drift bait a few spots but everything had shut down with the tide change.  I called it quits and was back home by 3, not a bad day, but if I'd managed to get a few of the goldies up to the top without the sharks it would have been great.  Ahhh well, still good to get out there and wet a line as it had been about 3 weeks.

hey there pp i went down to eagle bay yesterday to do some salmon fishing with my partner an boy she was rapped when we got there an two cast in 10 mins resulted in her catching the first salmon of the trip then half an hour later after feeding bubs we got  double hook up an resulted both of us gettin them both in. Thanks to the lady that kept our son happy while we faught the fish. We ended up with three  salmon for the trip an one herring. 

The action down that way is still good but it has slowed down since the easter break but it was still nice to see ppl catching fish. I have never seen so many salmon lost though due to ppl not know how to up keep there gear an paniking when they have a fish on an try to skull-drag the brutes in something has to give an the fish will usually win but all in all it was still fun to see

took the tinnie out to cow rocks off hillaries on sat night got around 30 herring - had a bit of a fish under the lights in the marina and got busted off by a big tailor on a mulie tail - peterb also managed to land one at 32cm and another at 30cm - the one that busted me on 4kg mono would have been 40cm easy - alsogota nice squid and stocked up on yellowtail for bait

Want to try fishing from the North Mole this weekend but not sure of the dredging that's going on down that way

Any info appreciated

Started uni at 12 today so decided to go for a quick fish in the dinghy before, hit the ramp at 6;30 and was chucking lures at mewstone and straggies half an hour later. Was hoping for some tailor and mabye salmon however we just couldn't get past the herring that were thick as everywhere we went. We then decided to see if we could find some KG's. We drove around for half an hour or so trying different spots until I found a school on the sounder and dropped down some fresh herring and seconds later ollie yells I’m on, he was quickly losing his 20lb braid until the fish spat the hooks, he then re drops and quickly brings up a small pinky, it was then my turn, I baited and dropped and seconds latter was on to a pretty serious fish, my tierra was screaming and I managed to lift the fish till it was half way up unfortunately it spat the dam hooks. At this stage we were devastated and I quickly dropped back down which resulted in me immediately hooking up again however this time to a much smaller fish, after a couple of minutes I had color and a nice pinky of 55cm in the net. We then struggled without a GPS to find the school and buzzed home to go to uni. It was the first legal pinky in the dinghy so although we missed some nice fish we still managed a feed.

The weather was looking sweet for a run to the islands on Thursday so the day before I put the net in to score some fresh mullet for bait. It went in at 0800 and I pulled it in at one oclock for a grand total of 3 mullet, not a good start, having to swim and check it every twenty minutes or so, oh well one needed the exercise.

A quick run a round and I found a decky for the day and we were off at 0700, destination, a dozen or so little patches of coral about 5nm north of Koks island, I'd found on a trip 6 months back.After much looking and going round in circles all of the little patches couldn't be found, nothing even looked like coral so we headed south to the ever reliable Koks patch.

Stopping at a couple of marks we did a quick drift over one resulting in a just size pinky[released, must be better fish there] and an undersize spanish flag. Another drift and I got a good bite and a hook up straight away and off it goes straight in to the reef, a bit of jiggling and it comes free only for what ever it was to be sharked half way up. Bushy, my decky for the day brings up an undersize pinky. We motor over to the other mark and the first drift results in a reasonable pinky and another lost rig to a shark.

Not content to feed the sharks we head on to the Koks patch. After 2 drifts over the patch we have picked up another 2 legal pinkies and decide to anchor before the tide starts to crank up. Once the pick is in Bushy gets a legal pinky and I get a mulloway, long and skinny guesstimated to go 6-7kg. Next drop I pick up a golden trevally and a spanish flag for a double header while Bushy gets another under size pinky. We managed to get our trip total of keepers up to 5 pinkies, a spanish flag and because Bushy loves then a mulloway and the golden trevally otherwise they would be still swimming before the sharks found us again.

Sorry again,some how submitted the entry twice and deleted the one with the pics in it---Murphy's Law strikes again,will put them in
As "Murphy's Law" goes a couple of times while we both had our lines on the bottom twice we had schools of what looked like biiiggg tuna smashing baitfish right along side the boat and by the time it takes to grab another rod they disappear.

Apologies for the pics, not as good as I would have liked.

Murphy's Law strikes again,accidentally submitted the entry twice and deleted the one with the pics.Will submit them under the latest images section

Caught it this morning just off the rocks :D

90cm

[center] Here's a quick pick of me, the mate and the 32 foot Ocean Master named 'Stress Reeliever' we fish and love! Fishing Reports: April 11, 2010 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGP6K_VDc0U&feature=channel

Sorry this took so long to post, but I have had a big problem trying to get Costa Rican government run internet to mesh with video files and You Tube. But this was an aweomse day of fishing. Wehad heard of Tuna in the area, so we went way out and we found this huge school of Dolphins and Tuna and had it all to ourselves! At first, as you can see in the first video, the school wasreally moving as the Dolphins were chasing huge schools of small Sardines. It was neat because the Sardines were only 2 inches long at most and it just looked like a dark black cloud moving through the water. at high speeds. Finally the Dolphins got them in a big dark ball and that's when we started pulling out the Tuna. We hooked up with 7 in all and they were all pretty nice sized ones, no footballs! We finally left there in search of a sailfish and ended up hooking one (but it escaped before we got it all the in)and a 300 pound Manta before going towards the house. It was the first Manta I have ever hooked, and the way it hit the bait and fought I was sure it was a Marlin. He pulled out part of his body when he took the bait that looked like a giant Dorsal Fin and then started ripping away at line. I had to turn the boat and chase him just to keep from getting spooled! Well, anyway, I'm sure people will ask why i put videos of Dolphins up on the site. Well guys, here's your chance to sell the Costa Rica trip to your wives! All women love Dolphins! And the whales is just icing on the cake! Below are two of the Tuna, and some sails from this week. Great day fishing, I'll keep those Quepos Fishing Reports coming!

April 7th 2010 We've been off the last week putting in a new sonar, and steering system, so it was nice to get back out on the water. We had a pretty good day today, releasing 5 Roosterfish, a monster Barracuda and a Big Eye Jack. We hooked up about 100 times but today the Roosters were tricky! Luckily there were so many shots we got quite a few to the boat. We had a great day cruising around the tropical islands right near the beach. I think the customers had more fun today seeing the exotic scenery than hooking in to the fish! There are a couple of islands we fish on that have the caves near the water, and blow holes that violently shoot water up in the air as you pass by. It makes for some awesome scenery and I am truly blessed to call this my office! Another great day fishing in beautiful and sunny Costa Rica! March 26 2010 Had a great day fishing offshore. The fishing was really far out, but well worth the trip. We hooked 4 out of 5 sailfish that got behind the boat, and also got a really nice Dorado. The highlight of the day was when we had a younger girl, about 13, reel in her first sailfish. And once again, with her dad and Rudy coaching her, she got it all the way into the boat by herself, just like a seasoned veteran! The first picture is of her, her proud father and Rudy! Another great day on the water, looking forward to April and May. Here's some pictures from beautiful and sunny Quepos Costa Rica! March 19 2010

Gday Guys,

Just a few pics of the fish ive been getting inbetween work over the last coupla weeks.

Surface Spangoes

Light tackle Rankin in 12m on plastic

Metre + Queenies by the hundreds

Boga Queendog

THE Rat of all Rats Black on my Hyper 4000 ~20kg

Jigging Ambers up to 12kg non stop

Ive got the tinny marlin bug and have been doing really well as of late. ~40kg

More tinny action. (sorry about the shit pic, its hard to contain a marlin boatside and take a photo while solo) ~30kg

One of my lumps are littered with Goldens...

And Blackspot Tuskys

Light gear Lonngtails to 8kg in the Gulf

Plenty of other bits and pieces suchs as good Brassies, Spaniards, Sharkys, Trout, Jacks, Diamonds, Goldspots etc etc..

Peace,

Sam

Well Easter has come and gone for another year and with it my annual trip to Walpole has also finished. We headed down there on the Wednesday day before Easter with my 4.85 trailcraft in tow, new boat cover firmly in place keeping all my camping gear dry. We set up camp in bright sunlight though the wind was blowing 20 knots from the south east (not good for offshore down there). I have been camping at Rest point at Easter for the last 35 years and you take the good weather with the bad. As I like offshore fishing it was looking like there would be plenty of time to sit around the fire and drink a few cold ones.

Apart from a few runs in the inlet with the tin lids (2 and 4) catching herring on lures there wasn’t any chance to get outside until the Monday. We headed out through the mouth and headed a few miles east to a spot that had been very productive in January, not a bite. Moved around a bit before ending up back near Saddle Island (for those who know the area) and did a few drifts over some lumpy bottom and got a good feed of black ass harlequin (see photo). I also got bricked by something rather large, got it about 5-10m off the bottom before wham strait back to the bottom and ping, not happy Jan.

On Tuesday I took the wife out leaving the kids in camp with friends. The seas were even calmer but with the wife being prone to sea sickness we didn’t venture too far past saddle. I set up a drift over a large lump that I had picked up a dhuie last Easter. The wife got a fox fish first drift then on the next drift she got another then we both hooked up together, she was working hard on landing the biggest sergant baker that I have ever seen while I was working even harder to land my biggest dhuie to date, a nice fat 14kg.

To say that I was stoked is an understatement. We ended up being out for about 3hrs with the wife out fishing me number wise 3 fox fish and a Black ass vs dhuie, queenie and fox fish. Since I can’t seem to catch a feed when I fish up here in the metro area it was great to be taking a few feeds home as we all love fish.

All too soon it was time to pack up and head home, don’t you hate the idea of work.

As I sit here typing this I am thinking of the next trip away, 8 weeks up north with the last two in Exmouth as well as another trip to Walpole at some stage. I just love the offshore fishing down there.

hey guys, has anyone given the north mole a bash for snapper during this storm. I know a mte of mine picked up a beauty on sunday. Wandering if it will still be any good thursday

Just wondering if there is mobile phone service in exmouth with the 3 network?

i got my fisrt snapper last night at high tide 12-15kg land based hopefully many more to come

decided to get stuck into the salmon, was sick of reading all the reports and not being able to catch them myself!

so me and a couple friends who are new to fishing trecked down to hamelin bay for the weekend.

Things started off pretty quiet saturday morning couldn't spot any schools so pulled up and fished a gutter with no success, so time to up and try further along the beach, we noticed a guy just catch a lone salmon so stopped for a chat. we continued on our way down the beach and then i saw a school, quickly started throwing lures at it to no avail, then anther school merged with it and also a few other anglers... one guys chucked out a mulie and hooked up in seconds! this was all the encouragement i needed so on with the mulies it was. first cast and bang i'm on, onto a solid salmon around the 5kg mark, u beauty got the first one. so next up was to get my friends hooked up and with the next cas thats exactly wot happened.

the girls were having a great time just watching everyone chase the school up the beach so were stoked to say the least to hook one for themselves. we managed 4 out of the school before it got too cold to wade out into the ocean to reach the school.

so a cruisey night with a few drinks was on the cards to recharge the batteries for the next day.

the next morning after a nice sleep in we just started fishing and a school swam past us so we got stuck back into them with the girls catching another 3 between them and another 3 for myself.

all salmon we caught was using mulies and seemed to be the most effective but lures accounted for a few by others too.

Hey all,

Headed up to jurien with some customers for another trip out with whitey and was not dissapointed.

The day started at 5.30am so that we could get the sunrise bite and first stop was to pick up some livebait to target some big mullas and pinks that whitey had been getting at one of the wrecks.I decided to leave the jigs alone and drop a few livies as well in the hope of picking up a mulla.first drop resulted in instant action with drags screaming everywhere.a few good sambos and pinks were hitting the livies.One of my lucky customers(Rod) picked up this Cracker old man snapper.

the next hour or so resulted in more good pinks and sambos  and a few unstoppables that ripped us through the wreck.

We then headed out to some more ground to look for some dhu's.Livebaits were proving the most effective method drifted down lightly weighted.This dhu came up spewing up three livies that he stolen previously.I persisted with the jigs but can only assume they didnt look too appetizing next to a smorgasboard of tethered livebaits.Although i did get bricked on pe2 on my favorite plastic by a suspected dhu.

Greg was the lucky angler

Just to make us all look bad greg bagged another one shorly after on the driftbaited livey

this stripey tuna was one of only a few interested in the jig on the day

after lunch the bottom action quieted off so we set off to target some pelagics at one of whiteys secret spots.As soon as we saw some birds working we cruized past and the halco 190 got smashed  and for the next 45minutes i watched 3 mackies lost through bust offs and broken snap swivels.I figured the next run it was my turn and thought id show the boys how it was done.Or so i thought..Hooked up and the  20kg+mackie headed towards us for a brief viewing before seeing the boat burning towards the horizon.The next 25 minutes ensued with line lost and won.I was soon becoming suspicious about the stamina of this fish on the pe3 outfit and after a while guessed that he had wrapped me round a bommie.We tried to reposition the boat for about 10minutes to get him off but it proved futile and the braid eventually pinged ruining the dream fro a while longer.

Hooked up to the mack

After that Whitey was adamant we would get the bastard but with a bunch of satisfied and tired customers i told Whitey we would call it a day and head back.

Another Epic trip to jurien

cheers

Chris

Big day on the lineburners =)

Started off with a few Dolphinfish before they shut down. Got a bonus YTK from the Salmon schools @ West End, then endless numbers of Salmon at West End, Rotto. The YTK and the SBTs could really work on their sizes.

There were some attempts made for some oogly bottomdwellers, but they didn;t come to the party. What can I say there but Fisherman > SW Labs.

The other boaties can own up any time too =)

got this nice pink today from a morning fish off rocko in the late 30s, fairly quet today ,nice when the wind dropped

Gday,

Its been a while since I have had a trip report to post, so although this one is a small one I figured I would put it up now, seeing as all the squidders are at the comp.

Headed down to the ammo jetty around 4 yesterday arvo with a mate who was keen for a fish.  We have gone on a river bream mission or two, and he was keen to try again but I wasnt so keen on swan river seafood atm.  Got down there and it was packed right out to the end of the jetty.  Great to see good manners from fishos when it was obviously busy.  Still shitty with the small family who took up 20-30 mts of jetty space for their crab pots.  Sure they were there before us and have every right to fish, but when the wind was blowing 15-20knts from the south theres no need for crab pots with 30 mts of rope and to throw them out as far as you can from the jetty.  The pots made that section of the jetty unfishable for the 3-4 hours we were there.  I tryed speaking with them and politely asking them to shorten the ropes and drop them straight under the jetty as the other people on the jetty did so people could fish that spot, but it was clear from the constant "yes" comments and lack of action that they did not understand a word I said.

Anyway some other people left and we managed to get a spot that two people could fish without pissing off those around them and we were into it.  Small running sinker on the main line to a small longshank hook with squid, burleyed up and cast out.  Plenty of nibbles off the bat, but not much hookup.  Thought I had been baited so I began a quick retrieve and meters from the jetty got an undersize skippy.  I chucked him back and the bloke to the left of me said that I was the first person who he had seen chuck an undersize one back:/

Some more fishing but not much luck, So I switched to a sinking burley cage and sent it back out, not much action.  So I switched over to a burley blob and sent it back out, but still not much action.  People were landing herring all around us on sabiki jigs but after being in Albany last weekend and Herring being $2.00 a kilo I wasnt so keen.  Had a yarn to the bloke next to me and he said the night before plenty of squid were taken.  You dont have to tell me twice! On with the Yo Zuri Aurie Q Neo in pink/purple.  First cast, let it sink, dart it, sink and im on! Not a huge squid(read snapper bait size) but a squid none the less.  Out she goes again and no joy.  Third cast and its on again, this time its a bigger number.  Hi Fives all around, by this time the sun was setting an along with an army of fishos were plenty of spectators.  Good on them for getting out of the way when asked by me as I was bringing the squid up to the jetty.  Into the bucket he goes and as I reach in to dehook him, he inks straight up out of the bucket and pretty much into my right ear!  Laughs all round and a bit of a wipe down with a rag, fortunately it was just seawater and not ink.

More casts, not much joy, so I switched to the orange yo zuri.  More casts and it was getting dark, we were discussing leaving when I hooked up another squid. Mate said he would have a ciggie and we would be off.  I switched to the blue daiwa jig I have (thinking it was silly as the brighter colors would work better) for a few casts, but no luck.

We packed up and were on our way home for 8.  Good to see proper fisheries officers on the jetty at sundown kicking buckets and handing out size stickers.  I had been to a tackle shop that afternoon and finally gotten hold of a size sticker for the boat for the new regs so I didnt need one, but it was good that they brought them and as I said were actual fisheries officers, not redshirt volunteers.

Finally I think that bait chasing rigs will be the downfall of skilled fisherpeople.  On of our section of the jetty most people were using a sabiki jig straight under the jetty with handfuls of burley, getting stuck into herring and scalie mackeral(double/triple headers were not uncommon).  I would say on the jetty there would have been 150-200 people last night majority fishing this way and fishing to fill a bucket, thats a lot of herring/scalies taken.  Bring on the Landbased fishing licence I say so they can gain some revenue from all these people who aside from tackle and bait would not contribute one iota to the coffers of fisheries.

PS. The crab people caught nothing all night, but another crabber with pots that werent giving everyone the shits got three.

PPS. If teaching your kids how to fish, perhaps dont rock up on sunset and then try to squish a family into a 1 mt gap between people.

Well, I finally got stuck into the mighty Aussie Salmon.

I've been in WA for almost 2 years now & today's first Salmon experience was simply awesome.

I tagged along with a mate down to Bunker Bay (boat based). We flicked poppers, ricta plugs & soft plastics with great success.

They were simply everywhere in Bunkers & the quality was sensational. None were below 5kg... most averaging 7kg.

I flicked a small halco rooster most of the day (rigged with 1 single hook only). Later in the day (and after losing my popper) I took out the 6lb combo & used a soft plastic. I had to work the soft plastic really agressively & pause it just before the boat to get a hookup.

Every man & his dog were in Bunkers, so we ended up travelling around to the western side & worked a bommie with more poppers which resulted in plenty of big salmon. My mate even got stitched up, by what we beleive, was a samson fish. It was far more peaceful fishing the bommie without boats around us.

The poppers & stickbaits were the best option - everyone else used metal slices.

I don't have many pics, but I'll post them up when they've been emailed to me.

Daz

how far up are the salmon an where is the best place to go atm

*2 pics added* 

Well I finally made it up to the Abrolhos for a 3 day trip with a bunch of guys on Abrolhos Island Charters the other weekend. Unfortunately I've just moved house so dont have the net on there so I'm on someone else's computer and therefor have no photos to add to the report just yet... not that I took maybe, too busy fishing! I'll hopefully add a few soon, stay tuned :)

Anyway if you care to read a little report then here you go...

Got up there at 12 on thursday night and loaded all the gear onboard and we all crashed out trying to get a few hours sleep before we left the next morning.

Woke up friday morning to beautiful conditions and we steamed out to the islands arriving around 10am. All geared up on the way out everyone was keen to get into it and fishing positions were quickly picked as we stopped at the first spot. I made my way up the front of the boat to get away with one other guy to get away from the 8 other lines squished together on deck. Within 10 seconds of hitting the bottom 2 fisho's were hooked up and reeling in, a small snapper and a nice 8kg dhuie were first fish onboard.

My aim for the trip was to jig metals and sp's with bait as a last resort. After the first hour of jigging a few different metals and watching the other guys with bait pulling in plenty of good fish I made the switch to a 7inch gulp sp and was instantly rewarded with the biggest coral trout of the trip. Great fish to start and a pb trout for me. The rest of the arvo using sp's pulled in some good baldies and snapper being busted off by a couple unstoppables. The rest of the guys caught our trip limit of 6 dhuies with the best goin about 12kg and the smallest going back leaving us 1 more decant dhuie to be caught for the trip. Also some horse baldies came aboard and plenty of small snapper going back.

That night we got an awesome feast of beer battered dhuie and baldie with beer battered chips and the best mexican salad I've ever tasted... I must say we ate VERY well over the weekend with delicious meals and great meat and cheese platters, cakes and other goodies for snacks during the day.

Sat morning we woke to a constant 20knot wind which hung around all day making conditions not as great as the day before and using the sps and lighter metals hard work. The patternoster with 2 long droppers of sp's was the order of the day and first drop was another great trout. The day was a little slower that the first with a another trout and some baldies going to the plastics and a couple small dhuies (only 1 size). The rest of the guys pulled in the usual snapper and baldies but only a few undersize dhu's.

Sat night after anchoring it was time to bring out the light gear I'd brought up. The 4lb bream gear was out and ready for action. Sent out a drift bait to the bottom as the skipper said snapper and baldies could be about in the area. After 5 mins of no action I handed the rod to one of the older guys to hold while I rigged up another rod with a bait jig to catch some herring that were schooled up behind the boat.... wouldn't you know it he hooked up... big! The little 2500 stradic was singing loudly as a decant fish had taken the occy leg on the other end. Wishing I could have taken the rod back I knew I couldn't, instead encouraging old mate to get this fish in on the 4lb string. He fought it like a pro even though he'd only ever been fishing once before and after a long fight landed a big nosed 6kg pinkie! Awesome capture on the light gear!

With the motivation to catch another I spent the the rest of the night until 3:30am fishing alone off the back deck. I landed a 2kg snapper, big red troat emperor and 4 big morwong (the grey coloured ones?) while being snapped off twice. Exciting fun on the light gear for sure. Also caught over 50 bait fish for the next day, herring and some stonka slimey mackeral!

Woke early on sunday morning with everyone else being up already and 1 guy fishing who pulled in a small snapper as I got up on deck. I headed straight for my little outfit, baited up and sent it 30m down to the bottom. Instant hook up and reel screaming the other guys watched on as I pulled in 3 consecutive nice baldies on the "flicky" until the 4th one burried me and snapped me off. Great fun!!!

Last day was windy... 30knots all day and the fishing was fairly slow with the last decant dhuie kept for the trip and a few more baldies and snapper to take home for dinner. We got to stop off to feed the friendly massive spanglies at some spot called........ something that I forget. Man they were big!

The trip home was exciting with the windy and swell knocking the boat around a bit but we made it home safely. Overall it fun trip with plenty of fish caught, though nothing to really write home about. Everyone got to take a few fillets home though we didn't even make out 10kg quota for the trip each!

In conclusion.... I must suck at jigging metals as I didn't even get a hit.. though I only used them for maybe 2 hours and gave up switching to the sp's which were definately the go on this trip. Also I recommend taking a very light rod to fish with at anchor during the night.. so much fun :)

The End.

Pics - *First fish of the trip - Coral Trout* , *Baldie on 2kg outfit*

Went off midarie to the 3 mile... this time instead of going to staggies reef for kings we headed towards alkimos in the hope of a dhuie or two. Saw bird activity but bait went deep by the time we rocked up.

there was a gd mix of fish all day. skippys, wrasse, and small break seas everywhere. got onto a school of pinkies, which where on 48cm went back alive and well. I personally think 1/2meter size limit for snapper is rediculus.. this 480 that went back was solid with its own little lump on its head. I think if u cant take a fish that decent home whats the point.. but anyways kept fishing, dad got a decent break sea. boat drifted onto sand and I got a yellow tail king (they are everywhere atm). last drop of the day was drifting wrass fillets for dhuies with no weight, produced a very nice harlequin cod. All in all a gd day out, seems the last few trips there has been decent fish all in 12-15m of water 3 mile off ocean reef, mindarie, and two rocks

 Im intrestead to know what else is been caught on the 3 lately, feel free to add!!

Afternoon all,

Just wondering if anyone had any luck out from Mandurah over the weekend? We tried several spots, close and out wide but came up with nothing (apart from a sea sick step son ).

cheers

its been a good 5 weeks since i went fishing last and as it would have it, all the moons , suns alligned for a perfect days fishing in augusta. as my wife were tagging along an early start would be near impossible but we were at the ramp by . with no wind predicted all day i was very very excited. after giving my wife a quick run down on how to be a good deckie we tackled the worst boat ramp in australia , flinders bay.

on the way out we collected skippy, herring, scalies (and sand whiting just in case we caught no decent fish) for fresh bait. all the whole way out we saw Salmon,bonito,tuna bust up bait. could not get within casting distance of the balls, fish got spooked. then we hit some lumps on the other side of the island and after a few drifts my wife nailed a 50cm harlequin on her new saragosa 8000. lucky for her ive never caught one. Then i hit a 55cm breaksea cod. And well thats the new bag limit 2 high risk fish( i was the only one with a license) got some big skippy aswell.

also the river has been doing well for size 35cm and under,,,, king geroge whiting.  very few and far between yellow fin whiting. no crabs either.

also rumour has it that this winter the river will be sealed with sand and busted open when rains fill the river to the rim.for a long time the river has not being emtying and filling with the tides because of the mouth has been slowly closing. hopefully the govt can follow through with this project to give this huuugggeee waterway a second chance. Augusta,s lively hood is fishing and this small town sure does need the tourism. 

hey guys just posted my pics up from hillarys 3mile in reports forum .. and they are farken huge (again ) lol ill get it one day could someone please resize them for me ..cheers ..

Went out on a mates' boat on Monday, we were heading for the three mille off Ocean Reef but we didn't have allot of time so we dropped the pick on a lumpy bit of ground not far from the marina. Things started off quietly but good conversation and a few beers helped pass the time then this fellow came along. Measured 64cm to the fork, we got one more very undersize pinky then the stingrays moved in so it was time to head back and light the barbie. All in a very relaxing way to spend a Monday.

I fished Hamelin Bay last weekend after a tip-off from my neighbour who fished it the weekend prior and reported some good sized fish.

hey guys thought id give a thumbs up to anybody looking at having a fish on the 3mile.
We headed out yesterday about 1pm in the arvo to our little spot 10 min from the boat ramp,anchored and burleyed hard in about 13m of water.

The result 10 small bronzies,3 big rays,a 55cm pinkie,a 70cm pinkie,and my pb 87cm pinkie, the sharks were takin on full baby squid un weighted and the pinkies off the bottom ,,awesome arvo i reckon.

Just proves you dont always need to cruise far to catch decent fish (as we usually do .good luck for the long weekend .