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Kalbarri Trip

Submitted by Francis on Wed, 2017-09-13 15:07

 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 !


Pinkys yesterday!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2017-09-13 14:23

With yesterdays descent front I thought I might get out there in the arvo and hit up the pinkys!

I took good mate Jimmy who was very keen and after locating fish we set the anchor. Baits in and we were on straight away and bagged out before sundown!

Happy Days!!!



Wal's Cracker Pinkie

Submitted by Mick C on Sun, 2017-09-10 22:12

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.

The highlight was clearly Wal’s 87cm 7.9kg pinkie. Took an extra-large half mulie in about 80m of water. A great effort from Wal and a very enjoyable day on the water.


Bluewater Metro Fishing Report 08/09/2017

Submitted by Bluewater on Fri, 2017-09-08 16:56

 

 

 

 
Bluewater Tackle World
Friday 8th of September 2017

A week into spring and the action has been heating up. Fingers crossed, the wind will stay away for much of the coming week, giving us the chance to get amongst it.
 
Snapper continue to be a hot topic of discussion in stores with light winds providing good opportunity for anglers to target them. Five Fathom Bank continues to produce good results this time of year, with a steady burley flow and a strong current pushing through, causing havoc on the seafloor. With the demersal ban slowly approaching now is the time to make the most of any opportunity that presents itself. There have been plenty of demersals around the 40m mark off Mindarie and Ocean Reef with some massive dhuies being taken in the last week.
 
Good numbers of King George Whiting have been caught on the broken ground behind the 3 Mile. Black Magic KL circles in size 1/0 have been working very effectively as always. These hooks are extremely sharp and can handle bigger fish like baldies and dhuies that are common on the same ground. Use the best squid and occy possible and enhance your rigs with genuine B2 squid for best results. The better the quality of your bait, the more bites you will get.
 
On the freshwater front, it has been a ripper start for many and now that there is no longer a season closure in place you can do it all year round.

 

Not only did Tyler help by releasing some trout fingerlings at Drakes Brook Weir, but he manged to catch one as well.

 Tyler's Dad, Steve also got into the fish

Bluefin tuna are being caught behind the reefs along the coast, with small profile 6m deep divers working very well.
 
Deep dropping has been productive from Jurien right down to the South Coast around Albany. Great catches of blue eye trevella and bass groper have come from Jurien, while the hapuka seem to be going off around Albany way. Plenty of good fishing in between as well.
 
The deep dropping has also been hot off Exmouth and Coral Bay as always, with sharks seeming to not be a problem in such depth as of late. This can be a great option for those sick of getting done by the taxman in the shallower water. You do however need to be prepared with the right gear. Big Bass Grouper have been caught in Exmouth up to 35kg, and large Ruby’s have also been hanging around.
 
Staff member Jimmy and a big ruby
 
Reports this week show an abundance of squid being caught land based around the Cockburn and Warnboro Sounds. Squid jigs with red foil have been slaying it, likely due to the diminished visibility from the previous run of bad weather. Solid coloured jigs throw out a great silhouette in poor visibility situations, and so if the jig case is lacking some red foiled jigs, purple is a great colour that is often overlooked. As the snapper start to slowly creep into the Sound to spawn, it’s not all that bad of an idea to have a drift bait out the back whilst targeting squid at the same time.
 
The upper reaches of the Swan have been producing good size bream of late with Morley customer Hung getting amongst the action. “Persistence is key, I had been fishing this snag for a good hour and nothing was happening. The sun had gone down and my hopes were dwindling. Then suddenly a slight disturbance in the water caught my eye just to the right-hand side of the snag. I managed to land my cast right in the hot spot, next thing I know, BAMB! Line started racing off the spool and landed this nice sized Bream going 39cm”.

Morley customer Hung with a very good bream
 

 


Colorful evening on the water

Submitted by Hutch on Wed, 2017-09-06 10:00

 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

 


Rockingham Night Quickie Calamari

Submitted by Karak on Tue, 2017-09-05 19:25

 Monday Night Quickie at Rockingham Jetty.

:)


Another Morning Run

Submitted by snuffs on Mon, 2017-09-04 10:02

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.


Northern Norway

Submitted by OS on Sun, 2017-09-03 17:05

 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.


Bluewater Metro Fishing Report 01/09/2017

Submitted by Bluewater on Fri, 2017-09-01 16:40

Fishing Report

Bluewater Tackle World
Fishing Report Friday 1st of September 2017
 Brody with a very solid pinke
 
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
 

 


Happy Couple !!! Happy Fishing !!! Giant Chaophraya Catfish- BKKGUY

Submitted by bkkguy on Thu, 2017-08-31 23:03

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


They have a wonderful time fishing ! Great memories for them to bring back home.


Here are some of the great actions youtube I like to share with you guys.

Hope you guys enjoys my video...



Here are some of the photos highlights during the trip.


Happy Couple with their Giant Chaophraya Catfish !!!





Rare catch on tambaqui pacu.



Redtail Catfish.





 
 
 
 
 

First trip in the Sound

Submitted by Pob on Thu, 2017-08-31 19:14

 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!


Walpole run

Submitted by SCSnapper on Mon, 2017-08-28 22:55

Managed to get out for a fish from Walpple on Friday.

Didn't set any records with the early start as I only got to Walpole a bit after midnight. Also after talking to my old man who went the day before the  water was very dirty and the channel very hard to pick due to wet July around the traps so I didn't want to be looking into the sunrise on the way out the mouth.

Snuck out through mouth with only a minor bump on a rock we haven't found before but no damage luckily.  The channel is quite narrow and hard up against the rocks at moment. 

After clearing the mouth we wondered down towards Chatham to try a couple spots we haven't fished before. Started pretty slow with the old man using bait and me on the jigs. Dad was sneaking a few in on board but nothing seemed too interested in the jig I had on. I'm not if sure if it was tide change but the bite seemed to come on bit as the day went on.  Best drift saw the old boy get a 5-6kg dhu plus roughly a 50cm breaksea cod in a double header. I snagged my jig but it turned out to be a good thing as little more weight and some brighter colours helped turn my day around with a few solid breaksea cods, a solid sweep,  a fun size yellow tail and a PB skippy.  We finished 2 short of our demersal bag with our limit of black bum and a few swallow tail at about 1:30pm.  Headed back avoiding all rocks successfully on the way in.


Bass & Puka Last Week!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2017-08-28 16:15

 Last week there was a small gap with all forecasters saying it would be sweet for deep drop but far from it!!

Short version my staff member James Ancell was keen to get some more fish in the freezer and after keeping an eye on the current winds and wasting a lot of time in the morning we headed off anyway!

The conditions offshore were shit house and I said to James you drop and get some fish and we’ll head in as I have fish in the freezer!

James ended up with a Bass Groper and Hapuku and we had one more quick drop and got another Hapuku and headed in!



My Fishing Buddy- My Wife (Bkklady) Giant Snakehead Thailand- BKKGUY

Submitted by bkkguy on Mon, 2017-08-28 10:38

 Nobody fit the place as having your wife as your fishing buddy for life.

It will be one of those fishing trips that I will cherish and remember for years to come.
 
 
Here is one of our recent wild snakehead fishing trip in Thailand.
 
Hope you guys like it.
 
Do watch the my youtube clip for the fishing actions. Thanks !!!
 
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-CZmrl53o
 
 
Highlights photos of the day.
 
Hold my hand and let's go......
 
 
 
My wife with her 6KG mama toman. Good Job !!
 
 
 
 
Myself with 7.5KG Massive mama toman.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks for watching my post...

Bluewater Metro Fishing Report 25/08/2017

Submitted by Bluewater on Fri, 2017-08-25 15:40

 

 

Fishing Report
Bluewater Tackle World
Friday 25th of August 2017
 
Jeremy with a solid fish on a Zman 
 
With the weather being a little kinder towards us in the past week than previously, we have seen many fortunate fishos fishing both inshore and offshore with plenty of good results. Staff member Jeremy was keen to have some input this week and he truly is a knowledgeable and experienced angler.

“I’m sure everyone’s heard of the superb land-based snapper fishing we’re currently experiencing this season and this week was no exception with anglers coming instore to report their catches off the rocks. Catches have been mainly coming from the Moles and the various metro rock walls/groynes. Remember, this time of the year they aren’t as far out as you might think and sometimes they are right within regular casting distance. As always to increase your catch rate berley the area with quality berley, a good method for land-based fishing is to use an onion bag filled with shredded mulies/tuna tied to some rope attached to a stable object. This is a sure-fire way to increase your catch rate as a steady flow of oil and shred slowly disperse, attracting the attention of anything from the humble herring to a steam train of a snapper. My choice of rig to use when snapper fishing from the rocks is a 9-12ft rod paired with a 5000 Daiwa/8000 Shimano size reel, 40-50lb braid and a 60-80lb leader. This is then tied to a three-way swivel (Shogun 3-way 3/0 size is perfect) with about 20-30cm of leader going one way attached to two snelled 6/0 or 8/0 Shinto Octopus hooks and the bottom of the swivel attached to about 60-80cm of breakaway line (of lighter breaking strain in case of snag) to a sinker suitable for the weather conditions at the time.

As for the boaters, remember distance isn’t always your best friend and as mentioned beforehand, this time of year inshore pinkies are firing closer than you might think. Sound around until you find baitfish and structure, then berley, berley and more berley! My preferred method of berleying on the boat is to have a slowly dispersing burley cage/bag just tied to the bow of the boat and a berley bomb attached to some rope which is lowered to the seafloor. This ensures that you’re covering as much of the water column as possible and focussing on the area directly beneath your boat/drift pattern. Baits on unweighted snelled hooks or 5-7” soft plastics such as the Madeye Paddleprawns, Z-Man JerkshadZ and McCarthy Paddletails with a jighead weight to suit the water depth/conditions are dynamite for catching pink snapper.


Jeremy's brother Jeffrey with a 20kg kingfish on plastic

Offshore fishing, there have been a few good days of weather which allowed myself to get  offshore and fish in and around the 40m mark. The go to in my arsenal was a 2oz TT Jighead attached to a Z-Man 7’ Jerkshadz in Bubblegum. The Fishing Gods really turned it on and within a few hours we had boated our quota of demersals, consisting of mainly pink snapper, dhufish and plenty of arm stretching sambos which truly tested our 20lb gear! Yet again for those new to offshore fishing, sound around until you find some good ground such as rises and drops in water depth and either anchor off the reefs and fish with plastics or bait or figure out a drift pattern and fish the drift with metal jigs, plastics and bait suited to the water depth.


This big baldie was caught by customer Kristian 


Another Jeremy and good customer of ours with a solid snapper

Now for fishing a little closer to home. Our river systems aren’t firing as much but this isn’t to say there isn’t any activity in the water. This time of the year it is harder going and it doesn’t help that our recent rainfall have stirred up the water and made the already finicky bream even more lazy. However the big winter bream are still out there and if you have a couple of spare hours here and there, now is the time to try and break your personal best bream. Aiming for areas which you know produce well in the summer time is a great way to try snag yourself an elusive 40cm+ bream.

That’s it for this week, now with a few parting thoughts. If you’re like me and wanting to try something new the finesse fishing scene is getting larger and larger with the aim of testing your knowledge and skill with our plentiful bread and butter fish such as herring/skippy and yellowtail on 1000 sized reels throwing small metal micro jigs and plastics to entice these fish. Although they are small, they do make up for great amounts of fun and are easily accessible to most anglers. Till next week! “


Staff member Dan and his old man, Bert (pictured) also got out this week and got into some pinks amongst plague proportions of big skippy. 
 

 


Winter Snaps - Sussing the 3 mile.

Submitted by terboz123 on Wed, 2017-08-23 05:31

 Been spending alot fo these cold morning and nights sussing the 3 mile............ i Shall let the pics do the talking.

 

havnt got out int he last few weeks, work took a prioirty for a change! ha 

 

alot of solo fishes and bag outs....... I am finding Mornings they are far less picky! and the sounder is just as critical as the burely! 


Brief Midday Fish

Submitted by snuffs on Mon, 2017-08-21 09:23

Weather was rough as guts out wide yesterday ... but decided to rough it and head out for a brief fish nonetheless. Managed to bag a few, but drift rate made it challenging. Pic attached.

Cheers
John


Weekend mercy dash to the south coast.

Submitted by Chris fish on Sun, 2017-08-20 16:28

This weather lately has made it tough to get a fish in but with a tiny break for this weekend we certainly made the most of it. 2 huge walks to remote places for a good sambo the first day on a live herring and slidebaiting and the second day we got a chance to revisit a spot we haven't fished for years to try get some fillets for the freezer. A hard 3km walk into the ledge and it payed off with 6 fish hooked and 4 landed between the 4 of us. Biggest 16-17kg and smallest about 8kg and kept 2 for some freezer stockers with 2 leadered up and let go back into the whitewash they came from. All the groper landed before 8am and we filleted them on the rocks and packed the fillets into our backpacks and walked out. Mission success and got to blood a new rod with the bigger blue.


where are the Snapper hiding

Submitted by makoshark on Sun, 2017-08-20 12:03

 Hi Guys,

 

heading out for a fish tomorrow and will be looking for Mr pinky, any suggestions,

 

Cheers


Bluewater Metro Fishing Report 18/08/2017

Submitted by Bluewater on Fri, 2017-08-18 16:59

 

 

Fishing Report
Bluewater Tackle World
Fishing Report Friday 18th of August 2017

The boys on the stones have struck gold again after a long week of ferocious winds, brutal rainfall and hail. Some people say these keen anglers are crazy yet they continue to produce excellent results from shore. Morley customer’s Bono & Petar over the past few years have shown that if you put in the hours, you will come up trumps. This winter has been no different for them and  this past week has been one of their most successful yet. Numerous amounts of bust offs from some big snapper but they have managed to tame a few in the trying conditions of North Mole in winter. The boys got into a couple of nice sized snapper from an early morning mission on Wedneday. keep up the good work boys!  

 
Customer Bono and Petar with a couple of good fish

Finally, fingers crossed, we may be in for some good boating weather next week and for those who can get out the options are plentiful.

It goes without saying that the pinkies are out in force and will be hungry. If you haven’t had much success before on the pinkies change it up. There are plenty of ways to skin the proverbial cat, however many of the staff agree on a few of the approaches below. Firstly, when anchored make sure you are running drift baits. A standard paternoster rig often doesn’t cut it and neither does any at all sinker on your rig. The majority of our staff run a 2 or 3 snelled hook rig with no sinker, your bait does not have to be on the bottom. When it comes to baits, unless its freshly caught squid, big oily fish baits are a got to. Mulies and scalies can be good, but a big bait such as half a blue mack or a whole sanmar is deadly. Lastly berley, a small amount often creates a consistent trail that fish will keep coming back up in over and over and make sure you take plenty out with you. You do not want to run out when you are out there.

Solid skippy are being caught in the reefy sheltered areas just off Hillarys. Small Zman plastics are dynamite on these feisty fighters. Berley in the water will get them biting and make for several hours of exciting fishing. The commotion from the skippy will often also bring some big sambos and kingies into the picture which will really add to the days fishing with some arm stretching runs.

For many, chasing the truly fantastic bottom fish we have off our coastline will be on the cards and no doubt there will be great catch reports coming in over the next week. Lately there has been some good dhuies caught right in shallow from the 5m mark out to the 40s.

Customer Daniel sent in a brief report and the following would make anyone jealous.

“Had our annual fishing trip last weekend and got my pb dhuie at Turtle Dove Shoal on the first drop. We had a convoy of 5 boats 20 blokes and the weather was mint. The end result was a mixed bag of dhuies, baldies, pinkys, coral trout, red throat and tuna and few other bits and pieces. A great trip was had by all.”
 
 
Customer Dan and his PB dhu from Turtle Dove Shoal.
 

 


Can't even catch a dog

Submitted by Anchorman on Mon, 2017-08-14 15:39

 

Spent an afternoon on the weekend with a quiet beer making some fishing rigs up while the weather hasn’t been too good.

Left my tackle bag and box out the back under the pergola. 

Next morning woke up to find all my rigs, knives soft plastics spread out all over the lawn.

Bloody dog got into them chewed all my soft plastics and knives handles and ripped the rig bags to bits.

Can’t believe I didn’t end up with a huge vet bill removing hooks from the dog or stitching her mouth up.

My rigs must have been useless as I couldn’t even catch the dog. LOL


Bluewater Metro Fishing Report 11/08/2017

Submitted by Bluewater on Fri, 2017-08-11 11:02

 

Bluewater Tackle World
Fishing Report Friday 11th of August 2017
   
Tackle prep or braving the elements? This is definitely going to cross any keen anglers mind with the upcoming weather this weekend.

Squidding has generally been slow but steady with quite a few larger models being caught. It seems that the size is compensating for the lack of numbers around, so if you are wanting to crack you pb hood, now may be the time to do so. In terms of land based squid, anglers fishing at Woodman Point have come up trumps. The marinas and the lower reaches of the river have also been fishing well.

Decent reports have filtered in of bream being caught around Burswood/Maylands just before the heavy rains kicked in. If you have found the bream fishing slow, next week once the weather is fishable again the bream should fire up. Bream often scavenge on the shallows opposite the prevailing wind as various food sources get forced up against the banks or washed out of any rocks on the shoreline. Just like pinkies, they are looking for an easy meal, however in an estuarine system instead. It is hard to go wrong slow rolling a Zman grub through this ground. This may involve wading out and casting back towards the shore. Tailor and salmon have also been appearing in the lower reaches of the river as staff member Laith found out in a hectic session.
  
 
 One of many salmon laith landed on micro jigs
 
The weather is the only thing that is stopping us getting offshore and getting stuck into the hot demersal action on offer at this time of year. Jackson Gregory, our Stella Giveaway winner, managed to sneak out and, after spooling it up with OCEA PE3, christened it on a ripper dhu!
 
Jackson recieving his stella and christening on a big dhu
 
Mulloway have been fishing well around Mandurah and have been found schooling together tightly in the deeper reaches of sections Murray. Conditions have not been ideal but there have also been a couple of reports of decent mulloway in the middle to upper reaches of the Swan as well.
 
As anglers continue to make the best of the bad weather, raiding the beaches and clambering over the rock walls in search of snapper, a fair portion of those have been successful. Most fish coming in have been around the 70-80cm mark. For those unable to pin a snapper, there have been lots of mulloway around as very welcome bycatch! Some anglers have reported sessions where a couple of dozen pinkies have been landed in just a few hours at the moles.
 
For those who aren’t as brave, or maybe just smarter at picking their days, people have been catching their bag of herring in the breaks of wind and swell from the usual haunts such as Hillarys Marina and Mindarie rock wall, all with the help of some berley of course.
 
Snapper have been fishing exceptionally well from the boat as well, with some great fishing coming from the northern tip of Garden Island and also around Carnac.
 
There are plenty of skippy around the rock walls and marinas, small soft plastics worked slowly have been very effective. Motor oil and chartreuse colours have been doing the damage for some anglers and trying to wrestle skippy away from rocks and pylons on light gear can be very exciting. If you want to up the antics now is the time of year sambos are in the marinas. Heavy gear and a well worked stickbait or popper can be quite effective. What people don’t realise is that it is a chance to get out some PE8 or heavier gear and be in with a shot of an incredibly hard fighting sports fish. Apart from occasional seeing the fish in the marinas, look for anything from nervous water, birds hovering or bait getting smashed on the surface.
 
Morley customer Zack had a good trip to Kalbarri last week managing to find some solid river mulloway. A bit of knowledge from the locals put him onto an area upstream where he had some good runs losing some and landing two beauties.
 

Zack with a solid fish on light gear
 

 


Need a bigger chilli bin bro

Submitted by JohnF on Fri, 2017-08-11 09:36

Quick run out yesterday arvo between storms. Conditions pretty average but perfect for snapper and 36 ft of Rivierra certainly made it more tolerable, and got my daughters boyfriend Ross onto a few nice snapper, best going 880 mm. 

 

 

 


Fishing Reports

Submitted by Lowza on Wed, 2017-08-09 12:00

Just curious what people are using for fishing reports nowadays since the days of John Curtis are over :(.

Also interested in hearing from any Mandurah locals, heading down this weekend to chase some bread and butter species would be good to hear what's biting.


garths rock

Submitted by duncan61 on Mon, 2017-08-07 20:02

 Went to Garths on the last day my legs are still caning


ballooning

Submitted by duncan61 on Mon, 2017-08-07 19:32

 


Pinkys Sat 5th August!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2017-08-07 16:51

Saturdays forecast was looking snapper'ish so good mate Frank Fianacca and myself went for a fish and got stuck into the pink snapper!

We bagged out before full sundown and left them on the bite!

Was a great snapper sesh with nice conditions and good company 





Pinky Sesh 2nd Aug!

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2017-08-04 16:20

Well it's that time of year again and after 20 years of targeting inshore Cockburn Sound pink snapper I still look forward to it!

I went out a few nights ago and took out staff member James and we bagged out on pinky's on baits!

Looking forward to many more sessions out there including targeting them on softplastics and fly! 

Probably the only good thing about winter haha 
 



Bluewater Metro Fishing Report 04/08/2017

Submitted by Bluewater on Fri, 2017-08-04 15:56

 

 

Fishing Report
Bluewater Tackle World
Fishing Report Friday 4th of August 2017
 

This winter’s fishing continues to be excellent. Plague proportions of herring, horse tailor, plenty of squid and fantastic numbers of land based snapper. Much of what we have talked about locally over the last few reports continue to apply week after week and the staff here are loving it. When we are getting out and getting amongst it along with the other lucky ones we have been having a ball. Perhaps not as much this week as we have been prepping for our four-day Storewide Sale, but its been great nevertheless.  


Myaree Customer Arnel with a cracking land based pink

Reports of amazing snapper catches from most rock platforms in the metro area have flooded in this past week. These have occurred during and immediately after strong blows which is typical for this time of year, however the numbers of snapper being caught is sensational.

Boat fishing has also been productive in close with small to medium yellowtail kingfish being caught in close and large pink snapper behind the Five Fathom Bank and around Carnac and Garden Island. No doubt it will be a similar situation the entire length of the Three Mile Reef. The sheer amount of dhufish being caught as snapper bycatch is also worth a mention. Plenty of small fish have been caught and released, some going just size and then every now and then someone lands a monster.

There is some excellent squidding to be had in the Warnbro Sound when the wind drops off and Parmelia Bank in Cockburn has also been red hot. If it’s too rough to head out or you don’t feel like dealing with the elements from the South Mole then try fishing the Swan river for squid. The size of the bait in the river is generally smaller so it would be wise to use a smaller squid jig. Size 2.5 is as big a jig you need to use. The weed banks and jetties in the Bicton  and Claremont stretches are both good starting points. Those who are land-based and have been on the hunt for the squid, have done well in the clearer water inside the harbors. Myaree staff member Pete who is one of our resident egi experts had a quick but productive session this week. His report is as follows.

“Unless you are one of them madmen chasing snapper from the stones, you are probably like me and a man going mad stuck between walls hiding from this weather we've been having of late.

Well today the grey of the clouds parted and that forgotten ray of light known as the sun beamed vitamin D zapping away my depressive state with open arms.

In between morning Auskick and wifey booking me in 'quality family time in the fresh air' commitments, I squeezed in a few casts Freo way. 

Before my 2 loved ones got bored of uno games in the Prado boot, I got my long overdue dopamine hit driving my jigs deep into some cephas crowns.”

Staff member Pete with a great squid he got during the week
  

 


Quobba

Submitted by duncan61 on Tue, 2017-08-01 20:20

 Going to Quobba and 3 mile tommorrow,Have the helium and balloons.Will post pics