Whos coming up for the kalbarri classic this weekend? plenty of fish around if the weather holds up should be good,

Whos coming up for the kalbarri classic this weekend? plenty of fish around if the weather holds up should be good,

 Hi All, 

Long lost friends in the fishwrecked community, its been a while.... no I didn't get pulled over the side by a world record Dhufish and die a horrible death on the fabled spot known as "The Dropzone". Far from it, I have actually been exploring one of my other (newly re-aquired) passions in life... playing guitar.

As those that know me well would attest, I rarely do things in halves so about 4 years ago I bought a heap of equipment and set about learning to play again after a 25+ year abstinence. This past year I joined a band and jamming/rehearsing regularly took over my weekends, so fishing dropped right down the list. So much so that other than rain, my boat only got wet once last year in April.

Instead of the Fishwrecked-Reeltime magazine, I channelled my creative energies into creating a Youtube guitar cover page "Old Guitar Dad" 

www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Ll1jres82nksM2B4c_iGg , (if anyone wants to check it out it has 50+ guitar covers on there now) in an atempt to give me the confidence to actually play in front of an audience for the first time ever. That was a few months ago now and yes I did subsequently play live a couple of times, which was super nerve wrecking, but enjoyable all the same.

Back to fishing: I am about to head up to Exmouth for 2 weeks fishing to break my 12 month fishing drought. I'm getting nervous as my fishing MOJO must be at an all time low.

We got a few marlin a couple of years ago and found a bit more productive ground which we will hopefully take a look see this year. I just checked my reels and thankfully they haven't seized up, so I may have a chance to rekindle my passion for fishing, having scratched the musical itch sufficiently this past couple of years.

Wish me luck, and hopefully we will re-aquaint with a couple of these fish from the last trip.

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 So have a few frozen Hezzas in the freezer and have never used them whole before as Dhuie bait. So looking to catch a big F%^er this weekend as it's our annual comp. How do you guys that use them hook em up/present them? 

 When you buy frozen bait from your local bait store, is there any way to know how old it is. As far as I've seen there is no packaged date or best before. And some smaller stores that dont have high turnover may have there bait supply for quite a while as there seems to be no way to tell.

Maybe bait suppliers should put a package date for bait, giving some idea of its freshness IMO?

Received a call from Milan from Big Angry Fish this morning to discuss burley and other things.  What a top bloke to give me a call from NZ in the middle of filming duties for the next series.

Milan provided some very helpful insights into his burley fishing techniques.  An amazing fact was that he and Nathan typically use in excess of 40kg of burley per day on their trips.  He has put me in touch with their manufacturer/supplier in NZ so we can discuss options for improving our fish based burley offering in WA.  I will provide any updates on this through our web site and blog/facebook pages.

Another thing he mentioned was the value of releasing cubed pilchards for the burley trail.  In this respect I have chased down a supply of pilchard “thirds” and because we have a fish processing licence we can potentially produce packs of pilchard “cubes”.  Is this something that people would be interested in, and if so what size packs would be best?

We will shortly be playing burley related episodes of Big Angry Fish in our Showroom.  Don’t forget the show is on 7mate on Sundays, just before Ryan’s excellent offering.  What better way to spend the day when the wind is up than watching these two quality shows.  

 Hey guys help me decide!

Most of the time will be bottom fishing for Snapper but will occasionally be throwing lures off the rocks as well..

Which would you get?? 

 I brought 2 brand new pots from a tackle store. 3/4 double bait basket jarrah fame and pine slats. Been in the water since the start of the season. I pulled them the other day and both the pots have fallen apart.

 Hello to all fishwrecked members, If your looking to spice up a dull wall in you house, business or anywhere else, we have the perfect deal for you.

 Hi

Sorry about the crap photo

Drifted over this lump a month ago without any rods on board. What can you experts see here?

Worth a crack?

 I've heard that windex and detergent can damage clears in the long run. What's the best method to clean them? Cheers 

 So in the last few years i have had a fair few attempts at bust ups of longtails. Casting my stickbaits and minnows smack bang in the middle of them and absolutley nothing!!!! not even a follow. Have had live hezzas in amongst them and not a touch. Trolled for them and nothing. 

So my question is. How on earth do you tempt these longtails in perth??? Iv seen a few landbased ones landed but very few.

 A group of us are heading out around 8 or 9am sometime over the next few days to go see our mate pull his pots. He's no good for fishing spots and I've got no real boat fishing experience out there I can rely upon so I'm looking for some pointers. Apparently the West End is where we wanna be concentrating on this time of year, as the bigger things like to linger - however we don't mind drifting for KG's or smaller edibles. 

Main thing I wanna know is if we end up drifting around the W.E. or nearby (outside the sanctuary zone of course), is it worth throwing a few jigsheads / SP's down or am I best to use a sturdy Paternoster with baits ? Would be good to get into something bigger like a YTK / Sambo etc. 

We leave from Fremantle, so we will probably also troll 1 or 2 lures once we are going, but I am interested to know if blue mackeral will work as a good Spaniard bait, since thbey're around. 

Cheers in advance for any info. 
 

 Went to set the cray pots with a mater today and saw this dead penguin half way between woodies point and garden island. Hope it's not the start of a nother die off. It had no visible signs of damage or teeth marks

Just a heads up we wont be open all day Tuesday 1st March. We are doing a mini refit of the shop with all new carpet being put in which is a massive job. At the same time we're painting the internals and getting a new shop counter so the shop will look shmick!

We will be open again Wednesday onwards (as per normal). We apologize for any inconvenience and we appreciate all our Fishwrecked customers understanding.

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 Headed over to see mick today and pick up an early birthday present the shop looks great the premade rigs,bait freezers chockers checked out the new knife collection and big Johns jigs which I'm a huge fan of

I left with a beautiful tiagra 50w with a km of braid on it to say I'm stoked is an understatement just hanging for the wind to go east now

While I've only been up there a handful of times when I go in there I feel like I've been going there for years with Mick and his lovely wife go out of to make you feel comfortable and always have a great Chin wag 

Cheers for the dream reel mate

Quick report.
Decided to head offshore yesterday. Willyweather had <1m swell and <10knot wind. Sounded good for a bash but decided against heading further offshore as it was just wrong. Deckie (other half) gets green under the gills with slop and it was sloppy but still OK for a couple of nautical miles off. Whiting pretty much anywhere off the cut adjacent to reef on sand I was told. Was surprised by 2 things. Caught a couple of red herring (goatfish) which I know in Victoria is prised by some Italians as a prize fish. Do they occur in numbers here, as I have never caught one here? Fighting another day they are.
And the Deckie caught a sand whiting 42cm on the brag mat. I thought originally it had to be a yellowfin but it certainly wasn't. I have caught plenty of sandies but didn't expect one that size. What is the sizes that one see. Never realy targeted offshore whiting as I would have gone further wide chasing demersals in the past and mostly have fished further offshore up Karratha way with the "new" Mrs/Deckie.
We only needed a feed so got our 30 easily and gently steamed back dragging the scaling bag which does make a huge difference. Finished with a kilo off fillets which is more than enough for a fresh fish feed.
Had pics on GoPro but as it is a new hero4 I stuffed the recording up :-(.
Hoping someone can answer the questions as I am fairly new to targeting whiting down south from a boat, but have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. Took out a berley bomb but they were on the bite from go to whoa so didn't even use it. Some other models of sandies were typical "chippy" size, but a few were also thumpers, but nothing like the big model.

Most would have seen this on news , net etc , but will be watching this one.

Was he fishing? it was late , so not much going on there , so he could have been.

3 scum arrested, not there first I would imagine, ice heads ?, or wallet snatchers?

Even my teenage girls said , gee dad you will have to watch it if you out late, Perths not

the place it was, crime out of control? or do we just hear about it more, last few days have been mad, dudes getting run over in

there driveways etc.

We are moving to a new place soon , and security screens are first on the list.

thoughts?

 Got six weeks leave coming up mid year (from June) and heading to Ningaloo. I have to tow camper and boat (4.7m) so need to do two trips from Albany.

A couple of years ago I managed to store the boat at my brother in laws place in Carnamah and only had to come back 2/3 of the way to collect the boat.

Looking to repeat the process this year but in Geraldton instead of Carnamah.

Anyone recommend a secure storage place that will take my boat for approx 4weeks?

Anyone selling or care to lend the sounder book by John Adams ? off to Bali in a couple of weeks and need something interesting to read rather than suck Bintang all day

 Taken in 14m on a soft plastic. Only 1 red today bit choppy out wide

 Hit the water early today.trolled for a few fruitless  hours before heading out to drop  an occy tenticle on a few spots.second drop, bang!although not huge it fought real well refusing to come off the bottom for 20 seconds. The 60lb braid eventually  won. Was magic today ,perfect drift without sea anchor

Nice reds taken late arvo today kalbarri

 Hi guys I have a voucher for accomodation in Kalbarri what's the best time to go up there for land based fishing and what kind of lures and gear do I need I've seen some of the tailor up there and they are huge thanks for any help

 I've never been out for a night fish and have been trying to arrange to go out with Craig Warne tomorrow night.  Anyway, it seems that he couldn't get enough interest to make it worth his while and he's heading up to the Abrolhos in a couple of weeks.  Does anybody have any recommendations for other charters that take charters out at night?  I'm not interested in sambo jigging.  I would prefer to chase the aforementioned snapper etc.  Any good suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks

Baz

 Any body keen to share a few land based squid spots for bunbury.

I am here for the weekend and never fished here haha and probably never will again.

Have a heap of spots in my gps for offshore in bunbury i will swap.

Cheers Jayce

Afternoon everyone

I only do a small amount of shore fishing each year and that is mostly from the reefs at Rotto. Ive got a 9ft Gary Howard rod for the light stuff but am looking for a 20-30lb rod with a bit more length. In the past Ive used my 4m low mount with 30lb mono but really dont need the extra length.

Is there a reasonable quality 11 to 12ft rod which you could recommend for casting weights ranging from a baitcast mulies and up to about 4 ounces. Budget is around the $200 mark...give or take a bit. I fish mainly for tailor but hope to get the occasional YTK off Radar Reef.

Share your thoughts on low mount versus high mount for spinning reels as well.

If youve got something you are looking to sell which meets this criteria drop me a PM.

Cheers

Brad

 thinking of heading out early tomorrow for a fish as sea breeze shows good weather low winds early tomorrow but willy weather pretty much says the opposite any thoughts on which one to believe .

 thinking of heading out early tomorrow for a fish as sea breeze shows good weather low winds early tomorrow but willy weather pretty much says the opposite any thoughts on which one to believe .