Dolly from last week aswell

One of the Pinky's I got last Thursday

Has anyone upgraded to the new 406MHz and have an old one lying around that I could borrow? Or have an old 121.5 MHz they wont be using for the next week and a half? I'm heading away south for Australia Day, leaving on Friday morning (23rd) and returning on Sat (31st), so if I could get use of one it would be hugely appreciated.

I'll throw a carton of beer into the equation to sweeten the deal.

- Cheers.

what should i be targeting?

small fish?

big fish?

rigs?

baits?

lures?

will be there for a week fishing everyday so plenty of time to try a bit of everythink!

many thanks for any responce!

Right boys

Not being local I am not sure of all your weird and wonderful species.  Therefore I am asking that if you were in my shoes what would you target and how would you catch it.  This might give some ideas and stop me from trying catch something that aint there!

Rayman

Just went away to the deep south for a few days and stopped in for lunch at a nice little place. They had marron on the menu, so of course, I had to indulge. 2 marron and salad thankyou very much. I then sat back and watched the marron in the fishtank ranging in sizes from just legal to impressive. However I was very surprised at the size of the five marron halves that where served up on my plate. 

These are yabbies was my first thought!!!

The biggest may of gone 55/60mm carapace but the others where well less than that.

Can somebody tell me if it is even legal to serve up undersize marron? Im sure they have there own marron ponds so its not like they are poaching or anything like that but I still thought the marron would have to be of legal size?

whats is the best bait and rigs for sharks of the beach?

hi guys,just wondering if any one has towed a 6m plus boat to exmouth?
just wanna know how long it would take and if its worth doin, rather than hiren a boat there, as ive heard the hire boats their arnt that reliable
cheers

Just wondering what everyone's magic fish is for 09, or the type of fish you are going to put a lot of effort in to catch or better a PB?  Mine is definately to try and get a big blue marlin or 30kg plus GT on popper.  Whats yours?

hi guys,

just got back to perth about 2 days ago and itching for some fishing. was thinking of heading up to the narrows tonight for a couple of hrs.

any suggestion on time and what to target are most welcome.

thanks in advance.

Otoshi

Just wondering how your fishing has changed/evolved over the last 5 years, do you fish more, do you fish less, are you catching more, are you catching less, is it the technology thats helping, is it the rigs, the learning of ground, the learning of techniques?  Whats the trend in your fishing over the years?

just a short note to say thank you for all the good pics and stories ive read over the years...ive met a few of you and ive had some fishing with a few of you....but im moving to sunny qld tomorrow to live with my missus.....im gonna be in the brizzy suburbs but a lot closer to some good land based spots than i am here...so less travel....i will still come on line . it just wont be for a few weeks until i get settled.......so til then keep catching fish and postin up good pics of em and thanks.............

Vander72 aka Rodney

How good are their eyesight? Was just down the beach and they were hovering about 10m above me. Each cast they tried to nail my baitcast mulie, then on retrieve they tried again.

When I actually hooked up they came closer to inspect my catch. When they realised that it was a blowi they buggered off. I eventually managed 1 x miniscule whiptail and they came over absolutely FROTHING for me to give em the whippy. They were literally like 2m from me hovering for the fish. Bugger that hooked im up as livey and pitched im back out. This time a tern dove and nailed it - line doubled over and I was on, albeit to a tern that soon let go once it realised what was going on. Cheeky buggers

30sec later the whippy was gone, maurauding bloody blowie school *BAH*

Still impressed with the eyesight on these terns though.

Hello,

I will be heading to Carnarvon for my (normally) annual trip on the 27th January, inshaa'Allaah. Ordinarily we would be there for several weeks and mainly fish the Quobba coast, but we may not be able to make it there this trip. We will be there until the 1st February, when we will be leaving for a week at Steep Point (our first trip to Steep Point).

So, if I may ask the following:

1) Any general reports regarding fish in Carnarvon lately? I have heard even Garth's Rock has been absolutely fishless, so how about any spots closer to the town (1 mile/estuaries/etc)? Any heads up that can be given by any locals? We will be fishing land-based.

2) Any general pointers/hints/tips about Steep Point that anyone would like to give, as it will be our first trip there? We have a spot booked on the Point, as the beach was fully booked. Any tips would be great (ie can baits be dropped deep or is the bottom reefy like Quobba?)

Thanks,

David.

hey all,

me good mate dropped my gaff out from point perron lately in about 60 metres (on a stonkin dhu, pictures soon).

not sure what brand it was, but jeez it was a ripper. scored it at an auction for $20. it hade a nice wide gape on the hook  (prob about 120mm), stainless hook of about 8-9mm diameter, on a solid thin aluminium shaft of around 15mm ish, and a foam handle with a lanyard. all up, probably around 4 foot long overall.

just wanted to know if anyone else has seen one like it, what brand it is, where i can get one, etc, etc.  

                                                               OR

any other good brands youse can recomend.

the mako ones look ok. nice and solid. also the black magic fibreglass ones look the goods, but unsure about the lifespan of fibreglass.

what do youse reckon?

hey guys,i have been using ebay for quite sometime now and had no problems until recently..i have just bought some fishing tackle of ebay and has paid in full for it but the seller is not making any communications that the item is sent or any communications at all..iit has been 2 weeks now.. so what can i do to get my money back..paid with pay pal

Just for info there are a heap of pro pots back on 5 fatham south side of rotto.

These pots would have atleast 30-40m of rope on top of the water so be carefull. We picked one up on friday afternoon as they were hard to see with the sun.

at a guess i would say they moved there pots onf rom deaper and couldnt be bothered changing the ropes over???

Pretty careless i think to have that much rope on

Cheers

Bodie

Guys i'm in the market for new spin reel to do a bit of bottom bouncing/jigging with. While I would love a Stella or Saltiga can't warrant spending that much so I was looking at the Saragosa. Has anyone got one and given it a good workout? Also what else is there in that $4-500 range that would do the job. I've read a few people have got the Ryobis and are happy with them. Any other recommendations? Thanks.

GO BLUES

Hey guys/girls

i havnt been on in a while and it is nice to be back on cuz i hav been in england cant wait to get back saltwater hishing!

i have been fishing a few times and have cught some fish one of em was a 2.5 lb Roach but the real question is i have a local pond right down street with loads of 2 lb +   carp in it and i was wondering on your own vote yes or no if i would be alowd to fish theere because there r no signs what so ever.

and to the guys who do care about this topic do u know any places where there are also carp and is it allowed to be fished.

thanks for your time 

Eric

hey guys just went down to hillaries aand got a few crabs just wondering on some ideas on how to cook them i and bored of bollied any ideas would be so sweet

Fished the 19 fathom Bank out from Dawsville on Friday. The pros were starting to put pots down, so maybe the crays are working their way back?

I'm looking at buying a rod for throwing larger type poppers for queenies, trevs ect. was just wondering what you guys think about what makes a good rod for this type of fishing in terms of construction. not really fussed about brands at this point. any input would be great.

heyhey

 anyone seen or caught any tuna on or around the 5 fathom out from rockingham recently?? was wonderin if its worth a try trollin out there tomoz

Hi All,

For all those divers out there I was hoping to get some feedback on dive gear.  I'm just about to finish up my course and will be getting some gear next week.

At the moment I can't decided between a sherwood set (from diveimports) or and oceanic setup.

Does anyone have any feedback on either brands?  The sherwood one seems slighlty better specs for the money though with being new to the game I'm not sure which way to go.

Below are the two sets I've been looking at;

Dive Import set
 - Cobra BCD    
 - Sherwood Oasis Regulator    
 - Sherwood Gauge    
 - Performance Slimline Octopus  
 - wetsuit            $1499
    
Oceanic set
- Alpha SP5 regulator
- OCeanpro BCD
- VEO 100 computer NX guage
- wetsuit
- oceanic Octopus
- dive bag            $1799

cheers

Wayne

Friday 16-01-09

"Deepsea Dazza" made the call and it was "goin wide"...Morning started off pretty breezy as we headed out from Peron. Luckilly the howling ENE helped push us wide...real wide. With a forecast top of 42Deg things were gunna be burnin' up.

Reached the spot about a fair steam out there and amazingly the further West we went the wind got lighter, and lighter, until it was almost glass. Hit the first drop and reached bottom after what seemed an eternity. I swear it takes about 3-4minutes of freespoolin before touchdown - bottom. Not too much finesse in it from there on in as these things hit like a train and the next thing you know the rod is doubled over. Being gusseted up in a backbrace was kinda overwhelming - but I soon found out how essential these are.

Phil was fist cab off the rank, with what turned out to be a nice 20(ish)kg Grey Band. Took him about 15mins to retreive the line back onto the spool and then we were greeted with the "bug eyed monster" from the deep. Decompression can do terrible things from this depth..

Following that the two blow-ins from the "internet" hooked up. Results are as pictured, miniscule offereings compared to Phil's fish but very welcome all the same. From here on in things got interesting.

Plenty of green eyed monsters of the deep, some knifejaws, and something I thought was REALLY REALLY going to take that smile of Phil's face. Pity that 20min later all it turned out to be was a 6ft Bronzie. Damn and released to fight (or should that be bite?) another day. But - I tell you what I was absoluted rooted after that effort. Given the max temperature recorded was 42Deg i'm blaming that in combination with my gargantuan battle wth the bronzie, and too much water too quick for what occurred next....A power chuck of water over the gunwhales (Sorry Daz and Phil) - consider it pressure cleaning??

This was met with "u want something to eat mate"? as Phil tucked into his left over bbq snags and steaks. Yeah, thanks Phil...

After purging the demons I immediately felt waay better and we headed around for more drifts. More knifejaws, more sharks, and more people happy and willing to sit out the next drift !! This stuff is killer and I can understand why ther references the boyz made to "electric reels" earlier in the day was NOT a JOKE - but reality. If you were doing this regularly - that would have to be the way to go.

Things went a little quiet out wide so we moved in, same thing, quiet, so we moved on back in and the day was getting away from us. Chilled out had a few coldies, listenend to the cricket score, the Kings Park bush fire warnings, saw the plumes of smoke towards the city and made our way back to the ramp for the inevitible SMS messages and phone calls.

All n all an awesome day out and stoked to have been able to hook up with a great bunch of guys to share a very memorable day "out wide".

Thanks again Daz and Phil for lettin me tag along on your boat, and catch one of these mythical monsters of the deep...they do exist.

Cheers,

Ado (Wrassinator)

hey guys heading to moore river tomorrow and sunday is any one herd of the caughting any bream in the river or any tailor of the beach
any one got any hints or tips on where to fish that would be great

Hey All,

I'm taking the boat to Walpole for a couple of days later this month. Has anyone got any advice on fishing locations down that way? Anything on types of species in the Inlet would help as well. I've heard it's a bit of a flattie/KG Mecca.

Archie

Hey guys,

The Man and i (i say man because us chicks get called the missus so it works lol) well we are going to Kalbarri for the Aus Day long weekend. Its our first time and know nothing about the place so tips on where to go what to catch and how to cath it would be great.

thanks Guys. :-)

 Hi Guys,

            I'm just newly back from a couple of years in america, and was thinking about heading to mandurah probably the cut for a good fish.  Does anyone have any advice on where exactly to go or what to use???? any advice would much appreciated,

          Cheers jossy

Snapper tag lottery on again for Freycinet Estuary
Date: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
A review of the pink snapper stocks for the Shark Bay inner gulf area has found full recovery has not yet occurred and the annual tag lottery to fish for the species in Freycinet Estuary will continue for another three years.

Department of Fisheries Principal Policy Officer Nathan Harrison said it was important to continue to rebuild pink snapper stocks in Freycinet Estuary.

“The Freycinet Estuary is a unique part of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area and Marine Park and requires special consideration,” Mr Harrison said.

“That we have seen some recovery of pink snapper stocks there, is largely due to the support of the local community who were part of the consultation process in setting up the management arrangements, but we need to remain cautious for now.”

Mr Harrison said that overfishing was first identified in the area in 1997, and an initial series of fishing controls including a closed season, reduced bag limits, a possession limit and increased legal sizes were introduced through the late 1990s to limit catches in an effort to reverse the decline.

These measures proved ineffective so in 2003, the Department of Fisheries introduced a tag lottery system that explicitly managed the total catch at or below 1400 fish per year.
Since then snapper stocks in the area have rebuilt slowly, but remain below target levels due to a series of years of low recruitment.

“The recreational fishing tag lottery for this year opened this week (Monday 12 January 2009) and will run until Friday the 6th of February,” he said.

“During that time, interested fishers can make an application online at www.fish.wa.gov.au or download the form, fill it out and mail it to the Department of Fisheries – 3rd Floor, The Atrium, 168 St George’s Terrace PERTH WA 6000.

“There will be 1050 recreational tags issued again this year after the applications have closed and the balloting has taken place.

Tags will cost $10 each and there is a limit of two per angler.

“The commercial sector will be allocated 350 tags.

“By issuing only 1400 tags we can ensure that stocks continue to rebuild.

“Only pink snapper with a tag attached may be landed in Freycinet Estuary.

Mr Harrison also said that, outside the Freycinet Estuary, anglers in the Shark Bay area could fish for pink snapper without tags, however, strict bag limits, size limits and seasonal closures applied and must be adhered to.

Information on lottery applications and fishing for pink snapper in Shark Bay is available online at www.fish.wa.gov.au. Click on the special icon on the Recreational Fishing page