Issued 1630hrs (WDST) 

Sunday:  S/SE winds 13/18 knots easing NE/SE'ly 5/10 knots during the morning. Winds shifting S/SW'ly and increasing to 15/20 knots during the afternoon and evening. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Swell at Cottesloe:  to 0.4m.
Winds on Melville Water:  Similar.

Monday:  S/SE winds 13/18 knots easing E/NE 5/10 knots during the morning, then tending S/SW 15/20 knots during the afternoon and evening. Seas to 1.5m. Swell below 1.0m.

Just wondering who's doing swanfish this year?

Liam(SOI), James(Flangies), Nicson(OT) and I are doing it this year.

should be good

Hey guys...Anyone been gettin any bream in guilford? Heading to Lilac hill this arvo and haven't fished ther before....Any reports??

         I know I'm one expecially when it comes to fishing tackle. The attached link will lead you to some 40 remaining Diamond jigs on ebay, I am not indorsing the product nor do I know the seller or much about "Jiggin". But..... I got a winning bid on one @ .6 cents U S; of corse you have to factor in $ 4.99 shipping, But for $5.05 it's coming to WA with me.  Sometimes the prep and "foreplay'' before a fishing trip become alittle consuming. Hope it works. Cheers       http://cgi.ebay.com/Sea-Saltwater-Fishing-lure-Diamond-Vertical-Jigging-JIG_W0QQitemZ120370987610QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item120370987610

heading out on a mates boat tomorrow to do some bottom bashing.

i want to be prepared so what types of rigs should i be looking at making?

we will be targeting dhu's and snapper plus others.

i will use 30lb main line and 50-60lb leader.

thanks

callum

IM half keen for a shore dive tomorrow Sat mid morning NOR know some spots should get some crays anyone interested

hey guys going down hillarys tonight to do a semmi all nighter

going for sharks and anythin big 

when i get home i will post up how i went 

cheers 

danobigfish

Anybody on here from Bunners or Busso fishing on sunday. Keen for a fish. Will chip in to cover costs..

After some considerable hard work and perserverance Otoshi picked up this great Mulloway near the Narrows the other day.
Well done Otoshi

eh guys, i'm currently using a 7'6" graphite rod to flick small lures and sp around, however i also have a 7'6" fibreglass rod with glass tip that i was using when i started baitfishing for breams...

which one would achieve greater casting distance with 8lb braid and 40cm of 8lb fluoro? i'm mainly using sps and little minnows

as well which one would better allow to feel the bites?

a last question not relating to rods, any tips on how to avoid weed when using sp's and lures?

thanks in advance for your comments

cheers

I had a spool of 8lb Fireline laying around and recently decided to put it on a cheap little reel. But it appears that the line has gone off. I reckon the breaking strain is about 8 grams now.
Has anyone heard of braid going bad after a period of time?
All the best, Colin Hay

Not wanting to hijack Bodie's thread http://fishwrecked.com/node/19268 and responding to Ryan's

"miyagi way" comment.

Yeah, I forgot my prawn net the other night, so resorted to catching big blues.  I spent most of the dive just following Soupster around.

Getting sick of watching these big prawns wandering around, I thought I would try catching them by hand.  I picked out only the big prawns - 15cm long, thinking more to grip.  My hand approached slowly to within 20mm of the prawn...grab, flick, gone; prawn settles into the silt with just his eyes poking out.  Arh, your mine now.  Hand over him, grab, flick...gone...WTF..these critters are quick.

I tried this on about 10 prawns.  ME - 0, prawns - 10.  Hmm, back to the crabs...much easier to grab!

Anyway, got me thinking.  Besides us divers, does the humble prawn have any other predators in the river?  Do the mullas eat them?  If they do, then I would think that they would have to have a big suction action (like a barra boof) to capture the prawn.

I have previously sat and watched a flathead for 20 minutes on a dive hoping to see him hunt.  A few prawns (smaller river prawns)came within range(well 5cm), but no attack.  Maybe they have to touch the flattie...or maybe the prawns reaction time is just too quick and the flatties don't bother with them....or the flatty was hiding from me!

Have any of you Mulla fishos found prawns in a captured mulla?

Cheers Pete

Pretty keen to get out somewhere, fish or a dive whatever! Always happy to chip in for bait and fuel etc.

Laters,

till

Hey Guys,

My mate and I are going fishing looking for whiting, herring and best of all flathead.  I would like to know any info on rigs, bait, lures?  Best time of day? I'm going around bent street boat ramp towards tern island on the flats, is that a good place to start looking?

Cheers,

Any info much appreciated

i am looking at getting a heavy surf/rock reel that i can use for sharks and rays and the like becuase i have finally been pressured out of an alvey by fishoreub.im looking at the rovex big boss 9500 mainly becasue its well within my budget and flangies one felt really nice and balanced. what are your suggestions? im lookingat a budget of 200 bucks and i would like a large spool capacity capable of handling 30lb braid and lotsa drag pressure.
thanks
Liam

hey guys,

if anyones going out bootom bashing, jigging, fads whatever on sunday and need a deckie i am free.

have own gear, will split bait fuel etc.

thanks

Alright boys am trying to buy a copy of this book but struggling to find a copy in the UK does anyone have a 2nd hand one they dont want or have anyideas on how i could get one..obviously happy to pay.

Book is fishing the wild west by rosscusack and mike roennfeldt

cheers Rayman

4sale $2900 ono

boat: 4.2m seahawkstacer well sought after hull

motor: 1982 25h Jhono, runs well

comes with 3 life jackets

anchor wid chain and 50m of rope

marine radio (works) replaced the arial last year 

2 docking spotlights

sounder works

boat licenced till jan 2010

trailor registerd

handles well

any more info pm me or email me  

located mandurah

Just got some of the new stickers from fisheries at hillarys .Just a heads up.

I need someone who is a good cabinette maker / skilled carpenter and knows his beans.

I need to biscuit join two pieces of quality teack, about an inch thick to form one big plank about 600mm long x 500mm wide. The new dash for my tub.

I am not the greatest DIY around, so if one of you has good hands and tools, or can recommend a cabinetmaker, please yell. I don't mind paying for services in yellow paper or a slab or two..

cheers

Tony

Went for a fish with a few mates last night down in the swan.

Not to sure of the name of the place, but its kinda mossy bay / pepermint gove area i think.

We were fishing there from about 7ish i guess, and had about 15 divers come along and jump in the water swimming up and down where we were fishing.
Found this bloody rude, and quite a few times my lure came within a metre of 2 of them.

Just thought I'd mention this because it was bloody annoying and these guys seemed to think they owned the water. As we said, we would take no responsibility for a treble through someones arm, or leg, or reg hose......
Not to mention, they didnt even have the decents to ask if we would mind if they swam about.....

Rant over!

ps: didnt get too many fish :(:(

hey guys,

 is it possible to change the t-handle on my penn 330gt2 overhead reel.?

i was hoping i could put a round handle on as i big hands and find them more comfy.

cheers

I was looking at the Google satellite image of Two Rocks and noticed a beach just south of the marina where there looks to be a nice gap leading out from the beach into a reefy area. Does anyone know what the fishing is like there. It looks pretty good from the satellite, Many thanks, Colin Hay

G'day guys

Does anyone know if the water up there is dirty due to the cyclone. Got a few days off and thinking about a quick bolt up. Mr G and co is it worth it? Just wondering if the water is dirty on the Tanta side. Probably go and camp at Pilgramunna. I imagine it would be on the gulf side. Does it affect it on the gulf side if its really stirred up?

Cheers Mick

Hi all

Any one used Rock Crabs as bait before, we were at the North mole yesterday, got bored after catching nothing so the kids and I got stuck into catching a few of these rock crabs for bait trials.

We only caught three of them.

 TT ( karl )

Tackleshack Doug and I headed up to my breaming spot last night for a quiet little fish away from the seabreezes.

We landed about a dozen bream between us (all released) and a number of Grunters. Some of the bream were just size, with a number ranging from little tackers to just under size.

We tried a variety of baits and I just thought I would pass on our findings.

The old reliable peeled prawn attracted a lot of constant attention and landed a few nice fish. However, they also attracted most of the grunters and the smaller bream.

I was also using whole whitebaits for awhile and they were also attracting interest. However, the fish tended to pick at them a bit and quite often dropped the bait quite quickly.

Half whitebaits semed to attract a lot of interest. I think by cutting them in half they let out more odour. The fish also tended to be more aggressive with these baits.

Now, these feeding activities may well relate to the size of the fish, and I expect that when the bigger bream arrive, whole whitebaits or blue sardines may be the bait to entice the big ones.

I think the big thing to remember is that, if possible,take a variety of baits as bream can be finnicky at times.

Thanks for a nice evening Doug. Hopefully the bigger bream will turn up in about a month,

All the best, Colin Hay

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24978609-948,00.html
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A SPEARGUN fisherman was dragged three kilometres by a huge blue marlin off New Zealand's Great Barrier Island.

When 18-year-old Nick Dobby speared the 213kg marlin last weekend it began a battle which lasted two and a half hours and carried him three kilometres, NZPA reported.

He said when he speared the fish from a distance of five metres it took off with "explosive power" - dragging him and the buoy attached to his spear through the water.

He stayed above the water for most of the battle as his friend, Mark Colville, followed on their boat, encouraging him and making sure he did not get tangled in the line, he told The New Zealand Herald.

He never thought of abandoning the fight, NZPA reported.

"If you're an idiot for pulling the trigger, then you have to stay with it."

After two hours he fired his fourth and final shot at the marlin when it rounded on the boat.

"It was thrashing its bill and wanted a piece of us, too. That's when it started to get a little bit out of control. The bill would slice you up, too."

But the thought of injury never crossed his mind, NZPA reported.

"The adrenaline was going though," Mr Dobby said.

It was only when the fish was hauled onto the boat he realised its size.

"I knew it was a record because I knew there had never been a blue marlin speared in New Zealand before."

NZPA said Mr Dobby would have the marlin's head mounted and the rest of it chopped up ready to be smoked.
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He is insane, and bloody stupid if you ask me!!

Hey Guys and Girls

Just wanted to drop a post and say that im finally getting out for a fish next weekend.

does anyone know what the scene is like of shore at Yanchep at the moment? wether anything is biting and so forth

thanks heaps

David

Found these old photos from 9 years ago, dodgy shirts and bad glasses but what kind of fish are they.  I reckon they are both catfish but not sure whatsort.  Both bait caught down the east coast of OZ.

Let me know cheers

Rayman