G’day guys, scoping out the weather for the end of the week and have spied a possible window to shoot to the Abrolhos Friday afternoon for a night or 2. For the guys that frequent the place can anyone advise a good anchorage in the southern area. 

Trip will depend on the swell dropping out as forecast and the wind playing the game also, although not been out to the Abrolhos before we are experienced in long range trips and offshore boating. We will be in a bar Crusher. 

Any local knoledge will be appreciated 

cheers 

With my local tackle store out of 5oz owner jig heads.. I gave Big Johns a go - Hooks are solid.. love the heavier jig heads.. pretty rare find at a good price. Had a solid day over the new moon.. released lots of dhus including one over a meter estimated at 17 kegs.. Can’t recommend Big John enough. 

Few questions, 

Does anyone know where i can get a vent right? I’ve contacted him twice directly but haven’t had a response. 

Also, who do i talk to in regards to getting involved in tagging dhufish.. would be nice to see a recapture one day

Thanks in advance for any advice on these subjects 

Jim

 Looking for somewhere to do my RST in bunbury

 With all the reports of good catches of pinkies in geo bay lately I thought I'd give it a crack. We headed out yesterday mid morning. Plan was to squid until the bite time which was around 1.30pm. Managed to bag out on squid and then went out a bit further and anchored up. 15 minutes in and we got our first bite which resulted in a solid pink. Moments later we were on again and pulled in another pink around the same size. The next half an hour we managed four more. Ended up with our bag of six fish all around the 10kg mark. What a hot session, one we won't forget in a hurry.

 Caught and released today 30m out of ocean reef

Headed out off Hillary’s tonight for a snapper bash in some mint conditions! Unfortunately it was very quiet on the fish front with hardly even a bite, plenty of skippy in the burley trail but weren’t interested in any baits I had out. Anyone else have some luck tonight??

Cheers, Mitch

 G'Day All,

It was a glorious day out yesterday. Scored an awesome LAGO (Late Afternoon Glass Off) perfect to test the new boat.

Can any one let me know if there is a treatment for Bimini material.....mine is a little thin and I am wondering if there is some sort of rubberised spray-on goop that could be applied and extend the life of the material before it wears through. Or is it a simple case of when it wears out it's kaput?

Love Ya Work and tight lines.

GO

 Heading to Carnarvon for the annual trip next week, with the new exclusion zone thinking of heading up the coast to Beajiling Shoals & Darwin Reef. Question? has anyone fished up that way & apart from keeping an eye on the swell is it worth the 30-40km trip, any hints on depths to be fishing & what we might catch. Last the channel in the fascine has it improved for access?? thnks Kelvin

Enjoy

 Got out for a afternoon dive today in some pretty magic conditions above the water and some decent visibility below. Not heaps of crays about but much better than working and got a feed for our troubles  

 Gday all, will be heading down to Esperence these winter holidays chasing salmon and some squid in the bay if the weather allows. Would love some info on what’s happening on the salmon front and where would be a good place to have a fish for them. Info on anything else thats on the chew would be awesome as well.

Cheers       

 Anyone heading up to Quobba for the week of the 14-21st July? 

 Got out in the tinny today and got lucky enough to land another 5 and even a sneaky Dhu!

 I am looking to buy a pot tipper soon. Who makes a good quality tipper in Perth? Its for a 6.2 metre boat.

Thanks.

 Anyone use this software through there electronics, is it worth doing??? Seems a much cheaper option than replacement gauges?

 Hey everybody, first time on this forum. Hoping to head up to Shark Bay with tent and tinny mid July and trying to find out if I need to have a EPIRB or is the Freycinet area considered protected waters?

Have tied to get the info from DoT but waste of time. Thought somebody on this forum might know.

Recently we presented a Deep Drop Talk Night at CPBA and it was a great success with 250 people attending and plenty more people that unfortunately missed out.

Below are some of the Specials we offered and now extended to everyone who is keen to get a really good DEAL!!

* Limited Stocks.

 https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/wa-boaties-to-be-hit-by-fee-increases-in-the-thousands-of-dollars-as-part-of-governments-harbour-plan-ng-b88861141z

After 8 years with a trailer boat, we bought a boat needing a pen.  Fees are currently over $8k.. + GST.

According to this, fees are set to increase by 10% plus inflation every year until they have more than doubled.

Fairly sure private organisations don't need nearly $20k per year to cover their costs providing a pen and power. Does anyone use a non-government mooring? - If so, how much for a 12m boat and do you have any spaces?!

Thanks! 

SWMBO has granted permission for a boys fishing trip during the 3rd week of July after the school holidays...

We have another boat lined up ready to go to so it looks like it’s a go…

Now we need to decide where to go? I did Exmouth last year over new years and the fishing was pretty tough… We only really got to grips towards the last day of the trip but the wind was howling for 5 out of 8 days.

Exmouth? Coral Bay? Gnaraloo? Ningaloo? Others?

I’ve done Denham/Shark bay twice in the last 3 years so would rather venture a bit further… Coral Bay and Exy tick the easy box being well serviced with supplies/fuel/bakery & a several pubs…

My concern with Gnaraloo & Ningaloo would be the track conditions, my mate with boat no 2 is not known for his mechanical maintenance and the condition his trailer would be in if actually it got there. Whilst my trailer is new and pretty well built, it is also not spec’d for heavy dirt road use.

I’ve done Coral Bay 5 times in the past 10 years and love the place, however this would be my first real trip with a big boat… (3.7m tinny that I didn’t cross the passage with)

Thoughts/Suggestions?

 Hey guys we are on our way up to Denham today for a week and one of the boats in our group had left a box of reels behind. Is anyone coming up in the next day or two and wouldn’t mind bringing them up for us??

thanks

Jonny

 hey guys was just wondering if yous think tonight would be good for a snapper fish of the rocks or would the night after the storm be better ? cheers 

 If there is more behind this story i don,t know, but seriously I am trying to support our law enforcers but what the hell is going on.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/06/09/19/34/perth-fisherman-fined-for-cracking-a-beer
 

Hi All

Who are people using for boat insurance?

Thanks

Jamie

Furuno 600L sounder went haywire yesterday and displays 500 metres in Hillarys harbour ! anyone seen this happen before ? transducer or electonics fault ? and any recommendations for a repairer ?

TIA

 hey, does any body know how nornalup inlet is fishing at the moment! any help or advise down that way would be good! gonna take the old boy down for a bash in the tinny! any info would be good even beach fishing?? cheers  have a 4x4

Hi all

Has anyone used a Searano 4mt dinghy at all?

Cheers

Jamie

Enjoy

 Went out for a look in the tinny today and got into some nice pinks in 10m. Only two landed from 4 in an hour and a half session.

 Anyone know of where to get custom sinker molds made im looking at getting 16oz and 12oz molds made but want 4 or 6 sinkers per mold