Just saw your mug on the cover of FWA.  Well done, and got a bit of a FW logo in there too.  Good Stuff!

Ok, well, i thought it might be a good idea, since tis the season now for it and coming up... to throw it all out there about hunting these fish..

Now I dont mean, knock off from work, its blowing a NW or SW not too strong to battle to cast and not too light for no chop so Ill go fishing and see what happens at sunset...

I mean: OK I am going to hunt tailor, ANYTIME OF THE DAY..

Apart from the usual rigmarole of berleying up bigtime near some whitewashy, reefy sandy gutter or hole, i really want to get a good list of spots that can fire during the day, aswell as early morning and sunset...

Im sure others would be keen on finding out some info on this as I hate it when you got some time up ya sleeve for fishing and you wanna go L/B and you want to try for some tailor but you got no bloody options because its either too sunny, or too flat, or just not right conditions where you usually go....

So I guess what im asking is, does anybody have any standout pointers or qualities that they look for in a spot for fishing for tailor during the day?

Better yet, does anybody know some good stretches known to hold the toothies during the day? Ie, stretches of beach or something that actually have something to hold the fish there...

Or is this a fallicy question and no matter what, unless its just a blue moon thing, the tailor just cant be had during the day because theyre too far out.

so whoes goin out on sunday might be a few hours fishin to be had ?

i've got a school camp comming up to walpole and i want to take a rod but it has to be teloscopic. as i will only use it once i dont want to spent much more than $30ish. i was wondering weather any one had one i could buy or weather anybody knows where i could get one, will mainly use it for chuking lures around, and i will matched it with 10lb
cheers

gday guys,

havent been out for fricken ages and im pretty keen, if anyones heading out n they need someone, im more than keen

chip in the usual..sundays looking the best

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDW11400.html

cheers
sam

i want to buy a new rod and reel for flicking soft plastics there is just to much to choose from which one should i get, need some suggestions (keep the price reasonable lol) it is just for small plastic Bream, Flathead, herring etc   

Hey pertherians

I am going to be down that way as of sunday for a week  on a course.  I want to pick up some gear including a new barra rod to replace the one i snapped on the weekend.  What is close to the city that i can get to preferably on a saturday for a look,  I will have a car but i cant really be bothered venturing too far.

Cheers

Has anyone been crabbing by any chance down mandurah since the peel harvey estuary was re-opened? i was thinking of dropping some nets on the up ad coming monday and was wondering what the numbers were like down there.

cheers
james

After seeing pictures of Andy and Tim tagging a number of different demersal species, We were just wondering how you go about getting the required equipment/permissions to tag Demersal species, would give us a chance to tag many of the undersize fish we catch and release.
Tried a google and didn't come up with anything

Cheers
Dean

Shimano T curve 400 overhead jigg stick Not bein used still got tags on it, New to buy 1.7 m two piece jig weight 300-500 gram line weight 37 kg has bag as well

Mum bought me a new one as did the sister so one is for sale

$160 pm if interested 

anyone fishing tonight ? or tmr night?? maybe at triggs or floreat beach?? i wonder wat do you catch there at floreat? havent been there? anyone been there could tell me wat is it like?? hmm feel like going for mulla or tailor....any nice spots ? any recommendation for those fishes?

Anyone ever test the catch rate comparing the two different bottom rigs?

Has anyone tried an Okuma Axeon AXS-90? Seems to be a nice strong reel for beach and rock fishing a reasonable price. Thanks Colin Hay

heading out to the swan on friday for a scurf and a fish. never fished the river be4 and was hoping to get my fist fish on SP's could some one recomend a spot. we'll be in my mates dingy and launching from freshwater bay so could travel as far as the narrows or blackies. was thinking of heading round to point walter and chucking some SP's, HB's and even some prawn stars at the spit

any help is appreciated
cheers miles

A mate dropped off 8 really large meat tubs for me but being that they are a metre long and two foot wide have 6 that are free they are heavy duty plastic,if you want one send me a pm

G'day Guys,

Recently I have purchased the first 2 editions of the Ocean Geographic magazine and think they are superb and well worth a look for the $10.95. They release 4 a year and have stunning underwater photography, paintings, articles and environmental information from around the world. It is called the 'Almanac of Our Seas' and is more on the conservative side and only covers a little bit on fishing, more the commercial impact of fishing, but its images are awesome. The latest one has some brilliant sailfish, shark and coral pics too.

If you are in your newsagent, have a look, its pretty good!

Cheers,
Adam

Just wondering what sort of action you guys use for stickbaits. Do you use a different action for a different species of fish and in different areas/conditions? (I would assume so) I have always used poppers and only just started getting into the stickbaits and have been using a flat out retrieve with some interest, but no hookups. I did have a solid coral trout follow it to the boat today, but couldn't get him interested again after then initial chase. :( I've only really used them 3 times and always in ordinary conditions. I've tried to adapt my technique on working them based upon general fishing principles and what I've seen from a few good fishing vids but it hasn't been overly successful to date. (It could always be the spot or fish not biting) Anyway, I thought I'd try and get some tips from those in the know. By the looks of the latest images I should just PM Scuttlebutt, but if anyone else has any handy info it would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Adam

My wife has agreed to pay for a fishing charter as a Xmas present. I am going to try and stretch it to a trip to the Abrolhos Islands. Does anyone have any knowledge about the various charters and have any recommendations on who may be good? I believe that most don't leave until after April. I would appreciate any assistance. I want to strike while the irons hot before my missus changes her mind.
Many thanks Colin Hay

hey all i am a little disheartened in some peoples ethics on the water. I was fishing on my favourite spot at this time of year not another boat for at leasta kilometer. i had two rods going both of which were bent over most the time on sambos from 5 to 10kg. having fun a boat that must have been watching form a distance came right up next to me while im fighting the fish and pinged my sot on his gps. how rude is that. He then said looks like your having fun and i told him to well yeah nicely leave. and go find his own spots. The dude then proceeded to go around the front of my boat where my anchor  was and pinged that too. i know the sot is not just mine and its a free world but to come from a distance away right up to me and then ping my spot is just dam right rude. at least i know the anger management courses are wrking because that guy still has his gps onboard his boat. im one for sharing soem spots with others but not in that way.

i'm only new to the area and am looking to buy a 2nd hand quintrex dory or something similar. over east the 'trading post' was where everyone advertised but over here its not so big. where do i start looking?

Hey guys,

Im umming and ahhing over purchasing a starlo stix 9' shorespin... I know theyre a fantastic rod, so im not gonna ask for feedback of it's performance, rather, I wanna put the thought out there for opinions on what the maximum sized (daiwa or shimano) reel you would use with this rod would be?

A mate of mine uses a Stradic 6000 on his and however, when loadtesting the rod and whathaveyou, I put a 5500 sized daiwa reel on the thing and it felt a bit bottom heavy, but still usable...

Also, what would you say the absolute minimum reelsize would be for this rod? Anyone used 3000 sized reels at all on them? If so, how did it feel?

Im trying to decide whether its worth buying a surfcasting reel or just using my second spool on my TD Sol 3000 for the rod. Im looking for optimum casting distance using 30-40gram poppers using 20lb tuffline

Apart from Jamie's report regarding the number of sharks at the Hillary's aggregation, has anyone else started there Samson jigging campaign for the 2007/2008 season?

John

hey guys i'm thinking of buying a spinning reel and rod, enough strength for deep sea and also flexible enough for landbased fishing?? 100-150 my budget it not alot but yeah...if it's worth the money i may consider over my budget...and just 1 more thing just wondering if i have an overhead rod can i use spinning on it too?

I'm planning to go to the Mackerel Islands next year with others from Compleat Angler Rockingham.

My usual fishing buddy is unable to make it so I thought I would open it up to you guys to see if there is anyone interested in coming along.

I have tentatively booked for 3 people and a boat mooring.

There is also the possiblity of going to Exmouth and other places on the way up.

If you are interested or wanna have a chat to get some more details send me a private msg.

Simon

 hi pplz  im in a spot of bother  i need to  move on the 10th anyone know of  cheep  truck rental  i only have a car liance  and am looking for  one with a lift  if anyone can help be great

any one know where i can hold of these?
also are they the same setup as placcy or wooden pots, couple of ballasts, baitbox etc etc...or are they set up differently?
when does cray season start aswell?

cheers
sam