hey guys,

im looking at getting a new outfit for flicking soft plastics and lightly weighted baits in 20-40m of water. i will be using it to target pink snapper, harlies, baldies, etc. i was thinking of maybe a Penn Slammer 560L. has anyone had any experience with this reel? also, what rod would go well with it? im looking for something that has enough grunt to pull a demersal out of its cave but also have enough feel to cast soft plastics. i would probably spool it with 15-20kg braid.

thanks in advance.

paul

Courtesy of the ABC

Police say a 48-year-old man is lucky to be alive after being swept away from Rottnest Island in a kayak.

They say the man, from West Leederville, left the main jetty at Thomsons Bay at 1.00pm yesterday to paddle to Longreach Bay.

When he failed to return his wife raised the alarm sparking a search involving police, water police, marine rangers, boats and a helicopter.

Police say the man was located at Floreat Beach in Perth, by a member of the public, suffering from hypothermia and cramps.

He was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Police believe a combination of his large, heavy kayak and strong south-west winds combined with a large swell pushed him towards Perth.

They say he was lucky he was blown to the mainland and not out to sea.

Water Police say the incident is a timely reminder of the importance of informing family and authorities about journeys at sea.

I was just wondering how do people find telstra Nex G coverage out at the bank ? Vodaphone drops off about 30km off the coast anyone know if they can hold coverage with their mobile oout that far?

Thanks !

is it because im using bait chaser rigs down at hilarys that im not getting herring or is it just that they are not there?

i havnt caught a herring for soooooooooo long ther, and im at hilarys all the time

im talking about the north wall btw

i use paternoster bait chasers and whiting style rigs and nothing

i tried a herring style rig a week ago with burley and had nothing

im starting to wonder whats goin on haha

do you guys think it would be too rough to fish off hilarys rock wall tomorrow?

I've just received an e-mail saying Norman More is going to ignore the promise Colin Barnett and Troy Buswell made in the last few weeks of the election about doing a review of this policy before it was implemented. The e-mail said our new Fisheries minister was going to sign off on the Labour party's new rules without any changes for the Recreational fisher people, this stinks, actually it smells just like labour. It looks like another load of lies from these wankers, once a polly always a liar.

I am looking at buying a fish finder and have found a couple of Hummingbird Pirahna Max units at a good price. 

There are two models available, the 210 and the 215.  They are both the same price so I was wondering if anyone owned one and could let me know what they think and what the difference is as I can't see much??

Cheers

After I  lost good fish after having the leader bitten through on the weekend I am on the lookout for strong, abrasion resistant leader. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Many thanks Colin Hay

Took my brother in law for a dive in the Swan this evening.  3 good sized crabs and a good net full of prawns made for a nice feed.

HI

I am in dire need of a 1kw sounder for fishing deep the furuno 585 or lowrance LCX 27 that is where i am at, both have a bit of sex apeal.

a 585 furuno is the first option although for similar dollars the LCX 27 or 37 comes with a plotter and my nave man ploter does not hace the same coverage using C map as the navionics card.

what should i do?

I want to try out deep so need the power.

Had the interesting experience of re-capturing a fish on Saturday that I had tagged with Tim back in November last year. A little Pinky opf 43cm, had grown 2cm in that time and moved about 2nm west.

I didn't realise it was a tagged fish until I had it in the esky. The tag was well and truly covered in slime and was on the other side of the fish as we landed it. Will be giving the guys at fisheries a ring in the morning.

Has anyone else recaptured their own tagged fish as yet?

Just waiting for the 70 odd cm Dhuie I tagged the same day to show up again in a few years, once its had a chance to put on a few extra kilo's.

Hey all went fishing today with original teenage, was at e shed when nothing was really going on so we left to go to that bridge just round the corner, the one with the really fast current. Dunno what its called but it goes under all the trafic. Anyway, when we were walking along the bridge we looked down into the water and wtf! sambos?! no shorter than a meter long, tried everything but it just turned its nose at us. Squid,Mulie, Lures, Plastics, wasnt interested in a thing! then we noticed another 3 more just cruising around the shallows of the bridge. Got photos here in my mobile but cant find my cord to the computer, original teenage has some photos that he could post.

Beautiful fish just to watch cruise around effortlesly in the shallows, tried to hook up to one for a bit of a pull but they didnt want to play ball.

Oh well didnt catch a thing or i woulda tried a livie infront of it, still a good day out just to see one at the river mouth.

any one heading down to hilaries on friday?

be down there about 730-8

probly be near aqua

be with mum so if anyones there come and say hi!

should i be taking the big rod down aswell with a big bait out?

if so what bait?

any help would be apppreciated

Gday people ! Thinking of going out with Saltwater Charters this thurs/fri  has anyone been out with them before?? cheers

Over the years of bottom bouncing i've never been really happy with the sea anchors i've used. I tried the cheap tarp material type, the parachute material type and the very expense ones also with average performance. Some didn't last long and well some just didn't work well. This recently has changed when i told my sea anchor supplier that i'm still not happy with what i've been using so he came up with a suggestion.

He said "how about i make up one that is made of strong material, opens up all the time, slows the boat down just nicely and you test it out and let me know your thoughts".... that sounds sweet i said!

I've been using this prototype/sample for sometime now (in all conditions) and i'm completely impressed with it. It opens up all the time, slows my boat speed down and isn't a big bulky thing. I gave him the nod and he's now made them up for me to sell.

They're suitable for 6-10 metre boats, has two swivels, a dump/retrieve cord and a carry bag. They normally sell for $199 but i'm doing a " limited special " Only $149 but whilst stocks last. I can get more but they'll be at the normal price however. If your in the market for one or you've had issues like i've had then check them out!

PM me for any more enquiries!

Cheers

Ryan

Hi all

My family and i are heading up to the show tomorrow and we will be staying near the north and south mole. I was wondering if it is worth throwing a rod in the car and having a fish there and if it is worth it what is the best techniques and gear to use.

Cheers Connors 

Monday:  NE winds 5/10 knots shifting NW'ly 10/15 knots by midday. Winds increasing W/NW'ly 15/20 knots during the evening. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 2.5m.

Anyone heading out from Two Rocks tomorrow ?

With any luck the weather guru has thrown the right dart for Monday and it holds 5-10 through the morning !

Fish today - Work Tomorrow !!!

Showed either my complete lack of picking weather, or tragic addiction to fishing and put in at Hillaries at 5.30 saturday morning. Afters shortening my spine by a few inches arrived west of rotto to chase some Kingies and ambers 2 hours later. Nothing much exciting to report on the fishing front, but for the first ten minutes we had about a 12ft mako going nuts 50m from the boat launching up in the air obviously chasing bait - was impressive to say the least.

How about we try and get a fishwrecked gathering at Rotto this summer......Bathurst Beach Pens

Theres about 30 pens so we could have a pretty good turnout. Anyone interested....

A few beers and crays with a bit of sambo jigging to boot!

Hi my name is luke im geoff(gpc123)'s son. We were out in cockburn sound fishing today for some pink snapper (unfortunately didnt catch anything at all) and i have heard about the D9 and i was just wondering what it is and how it got there. If anyone knows i would be happy to hear it.

Thanks, Luke
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ok guys as i,m gonna be spending half my life in perth ,i,m thinking of bringing my boat up every few weeks, so does anyone want to swap some waypoints.. perth areas for geo bay or west of cape nat..

i,m into getting a feed, so kg,dhu,snap spots would  what i,m chasing..

i have good ground down here also ..willing to exchange..

confidentiality assured.. /i expect the same..

just a stab in the dark you never know.

north areas mindarie etc/rotto/

Taking UncutTriggerInWa(Vince) out from Rockingham tomorrow!!! Hoping to get into the 60+ water for some Dhuie and then some KG's on the way back in. Anybody else heading out from Rocky and what channel will you be on????

Heading down there tmw, wondering with all this building going on is the ramp still open for launching?
Cheers
Sam

Hawthorn get ready for the thrashing of the season.and maybe a few headbutts.

After the great result we had last Web Sale I've decided to offer some "Long weekend" Deals!

Spend $50 and get a FREE fishing hat valued at $10-15

Spend $100 and get a FREE fishing watch valued at $19.95 

*I've purchased a shit load of Gillies Octa Jigs, i rate these jigs highly so here's a deal *

Spend $100 plus on Octa Jigs and get one FREE

Spend $250 and pick another $25 worth of stuff on us FREE

Spend $500 and pick another $50 worth of stuff on us FREE

** This "Long weekend" Deals only last for Sat/Sun & Monday so the Sale finishes 29th Sept **

Woo Woo no sleep tonight,off to Onslow to fish with BJ in the warmth of the northern sun,2 weeks of mayhem,cut hands, sore shoulders and happy to see them swim away.First time in about 30 years I don't have to tow the boat either,
Can't wait.

after last night i saw my self walking away with a few items my self.
#1 raba raba rod
#2 egi gaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhe20027g5o&mode=related&search
cant wait to give that gaf a go looks good to me lol
brenz

I have the marks for the Key biscane where i fish for sambo, Though i live at ocean feef,

The Sambo to me is a catch and release fish, So i would love to swap marks with anyone got the marks, the containers at rotto or closer in to Ocean reef.

Looking forward to getting some exercise on the sambos Its been a couple of month now..

someone told me thers a fishing store down at the wanneroo markets...

is that true or is someone telling me a load of BS? hahah

im looking to go up to jurien

around the december to january time

and was wondering what i should be targeting?

best baits?

time?

all land based!

thanks