Going to have a crck for a lb maky tomorro but cant make up my mind wear i was thinking quinns but checking down coburn sound the water seems to be a bit warmer not chasing a specific spot just a bit of info on if theres been bait or birds around to help make my mind up 

cheers cal

Hey all,

got my first fishing charter next weekend with port bouvard charters. ive done a bit of research and theres clearly some mixed opinions of this and other charters in the metro area. so mabye avoid that discussion, its a birthday voucher and i intend to make the most of it.

anyways ive read i can bring my own rod and reel but being that ive never been deep see fishing im curious as to whether my combo is suitable. i have a shimano 8000D baitrunner on a terez 15-30lb rod with 30lb braid, i was going to put a few meters of 40-60lb leader. i find the combo overkill for the shallow water snapper ive caught at shark bay and prefer to use a lighter outfit for these but ive never targeted or caught dhus etc. will this be heavy enough to use out deep without causing to many tangles with the other fishos?

also do they provide everything as stated? hooks, leader, swivels, sinkers, all the small things that make a big difference, just dont want to get all the way out there and find something missing. i trust the charter will do their best ot put us on fish but as i said, id like to make the most of it. any advice on this or something i may have overlooked would be appreciated.

Niko

Was down at the Swan last night going for Mulloway and had the rod in the holder get absolutely smashed. Whole rod was going nuts for 5seconds or so as I grabbed the rod. There was a good amount of weight then a big splash on the surface and the hook came out!

Just wondering if anyone has had that before and what it could have been? We assumed a Mulloway with the hectic nature of the take plus the amount of bouncing of the rod tip.. but wouldn't have thought they come up to the surface to shake the head and get the hook out? Water would have been 5m deep or more and the bait was on the bottom with a sinker. Didn't feel ray like at all and there was no damage to the snelled hooks either so not sure on the Bull Shark likelihood. 

Curious to see if it's happened to anyone else before? We were only there a few hours and that was the only action we got.. the one that got away! :( Makes me thankful for the couple that I have managed to get in that's for sure!

Hey guys,

Over the next couple of months, I plan on keeping an eye on the weather and possibly making a couple of weekend trips north of Perth with the boat in tow from Mandurah. Boat is a 5.6m Quinnie Classic.

Would love some peoples opinions on their favourite places to head north of Perth for a weekend of fishing.

Would probably head as far north as Dongara for a weekend.

Places that I am interested in are, Lancelin, Cervantes, Jurien, Green Head, Leeman and Dongara.

Things I am interested in are ease of boat launch, how far to travel to get to decent ground and other activities in the area (surf would be nice)

I have only visited Dongara when 10 or 11 years old and Grey a couple of times around 10 years ago so any advice is welcome!!

Thanks Guys

Hi is anyone out there running the Garmin 7410xsv. I have just bought a new boat fibreglas Allisoin 24 foot and want to put good electronics in it. Have looked at the Hondex and Furono sounders and these Garmin units. This time l want to get it right the first time and not have  dramas and headaches. Using these units for deep fishing using  at least 1 kw transducers. Thanks for any imput.

Enjoy

 I notice that Craig from Saltwater is advertising night fishing out from Hilleries.  Has anyone been out with him at night?  I'm interested and would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks

Baz

 Came across this new app soon to be released Called "iDfish"

youtube videos give a rundown and looks pretty good.

https://youtu.be/RCwsyO_lEBU

https://youtu.be/a5zJ7lcEZlo

https://youtu.be/EPeWzA_vzRE

Any theories or what they do to keep their fishing spots productive

I personally only only fish a spot 2-3 times a year at most

I also release all females and anything over 8 or so Kgs

As you can tell my families not huge on eating fish its more RandR for me and something in the esky is a bonus

But my spots always produce

I regularly see photos of large pigeon pairs ect 

Do you find that fish take there place on that structure

The way I work i figure a male will always find a female  so when I take one another won't take long to take he's spot which appears to be the case

Just wondering if anyone else has a system or theory they use 

 Hi,

I am new to catching crays and have set myself the goal of at least catching one cray this year by freediving. Unfortunately the springloaded loop I ordered won't be able to arrive before I go on a road trip to the southwest. I however do have a self tightening snare, the ones usually used for marron. 

I was wondering if the self tightening snares can be used on crays or will it actually be so difficult that it even won't be worth attempting. 

Thanks

hey fellas thought it was about time i went in for a look after driving past and having friends tell me about it. great shop great lay out and advice that is next to none, its nice to have some helpfull and handy advice then some young kids at bcf who dosn't want to be there. im happy to pay an extra 5 dollars for some decent advise and someone happy to teach you a thing or two. if your in the guildford area defently worth a look  

Comments below reflect the discussion on introducing commercial fish traps into the Gascoyne region.  Original thread creator has asked for it to be removed due to personal reasons.  I have kept it open and removed his name as it is an important topic to discuss.

Adam

This lot was dumped less than five metres from the bins at the wash down area at Ocean Reef this morning. Black arse is barely legal, if at all, and all are a waste.

 Great  conditions.fishing wasnt great.plenty small dhus.couldnt find the big boy

www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/two-women-seriously-injured-at-salt-creek/news-story/5ab01750697b5f8e59939d2f243b4a37

Good on you boys, SA fishermen all right in my book , basicly saving one girl , assisting the cops etc,

be watching this one to see what sort of soft sentence this pr##k gets.

We are all out there, more than the general public , in these areas, so help whenever you can,

in all sorts of ways , breakdowns , boggings , crime.

 hey guys

havnt been on the site for a while but i need some info from the perth guys. I am a keen fisho and love fishing but i am moving to perth in 2 weeks to start uni and having only lived in Busselton i only really know spots down around busso 

obviously i will be bringing my fishing gear up with me to perth but i have had zero experience fishing in metro waters. I will only be landbased and i dont really want to be travelling long ways as i am going to be a poor uni student and wont be able to afford large fuel bills.

i will be staying on campus at curtin so spots near by would be ideal but i am sure i would manage a couple of trips north of the river every so often 

i like all types of fishing but really enjoy my artificial lure casting, especially from rocks into surf and wash.

i understand that secret spots are secret but any general spots would be much appreciated 

thanks heaps 

Nathan 

Hi,

Went out last night before sunset off three mile. Got 1 wrasse and a hookup i belive a shark in 3 hours of fishing.

I didnt see anyone else out fishing. Was there no action last night because of the heat? water temp was showing 24.9c on 3 mile.

Normally i cant get away from the wrasse and other unwanted last night was dead and called it quits @ 9pm.

cheers Harry

 Just wondering is their any one around that can reabuild rods well? 

 Headed out from mindarie about 5 yesterday weather was great all day, managed a good feed few baldys lots of sambos and trolled up a few tuna beneath the birds. Certainly beats laying bricks in 42 degrees

Caught this in about 35 metres off mindarie yesterday

any ideas what it is? Was thinking morwong? Was about 60 cms

thanks 

Looking for some new spots to try in the Mandurah estuary for whiting on poppers. My usual spots of the serpentine river mouth flats and owen street (Novara)aren't producing the usual herring and tings.

Can anyone recommend other spots to go within the industry looking at going this weekend :) Any suggestions appreciated.

 I recently wrote to fisheries about the new 5kg possession limit in the new management zone in shark bay.  My question related to fish caught outside the zone (in my case scenario - monkey mia) but being transported along shark bay road.  Shark bay road is a boundary of the management zone.  The response is below and i think also clarifies steep point catches and possession limits:

 Hi Guys

I have been looking at getting a baitcaster for a while now. As this is my first baitcaster l am looking for some advice on what baitcaster and rod l should be looking at.

I am willing to pay up to $150. l'm for looking a rod with a 4 to 10kg weight rating most of the baitcasters l have been looking at are mainly designed for casting lures l want something l can use for bait and lures it would mainly be getting used on herring, Trout, tailor, small mulloway and salmon. I have seen the combos at bcf are they any good for what l would be targeting.

Thanks in advance for the advice

 Hi all,

Planning to tie up some wire traces for metro mackie trolling.

Which wire is best - single strand or coated wire?

Cheers

Joycey 

Living in Bouvard and 500m away from the ramp its easy to go for a bash.
At the start heaps of small ones and the odd big. All in the deep (1.5m plus)
Recent deep trips have been pretty lean.
On one of the trips there was 5 boats all lined up to go in, when one of the Pro boats came up behind. I had a quick quite word to 2 boats in front and we decided to let her jump the line (eventually all but one gave way to the Pros -I mean its them working not having fun).
She thanked me and others heaps and gave some advise. They have appeared to have moved out of the deep into the shallows, and to try the drop off's on the edges.
So now the theory was tested last weekend (im always sus on Pro advise as why would you give away info to let every amateur block your fishing).
Headed a little further south than our usual tried and trusted spot, as it was swamped by others.
Ran 2 lines off five with Identical baits in all pots (im a scientist so have to control the experiment).
5 in deep water (1.5m) and 5 on the adjacent drop off in about 1m or less.
Result: 1 in 2 pulls in the deep and 9 in the first pull in the shallows from 5 nets.
Despite having 2 licences 10 is always our target if there is no hangers on, as it is all the family will eat (and all I will clean as NO ONE ELSE WILL). The pickup pull in the deep the second run had none, and we dumped another 5 in the shallow set.
So I think despite every other year they are in the shallows, and afterwards we cruised the shallows to check and there was plenty. A scooper around the same area also commented that he was selective and only keeping the "don't bother measuring" size one, and dumping some obvious size ones.
So just a little info, but as we all know things can change and with this hot spell maybe they will head back deep with the shallows warming up.

Howdy all 

I have sold my tinnie and have now bought a Frazer western craft 525.

As I only went out to the five fathom bank in warnbro sound in my old boat.  I now want to go further out to the 30s and 40m area.

My question is is there structure around those depths I should be looking for and where is a good place to start in finding new ground as I have never been out in those depths fishing before. Any help would be most appreciated. 

       Cheers Darryl 

 Hi Guys

still trying to sort out these pics for the record board, so we will try a new page and see if that works.

Adam will set up a Page 2 in the Record Holders and we will try this.

Just Throwing Scotto's pic up for another test

 Hi Guys

short notice but...

 we have a 2 week fishing holiday in exmouth from the 24th March to the 8th Aprill.

ATM there is 2 boats and 6 people going, the house is very nice(not a canal house) can sleep 12 people, so we are looking for another boat and crew who

would want to share with us to keep the cost down, as anyone knows exmouth holiday rentals are very exspensive.

if your interested give me a call on 0414064989

cheers Ron

 Hi Peeps,

 I have been getting into a fair bit of metro landbased shark fishing, well paddling and balooning baits out with only a couple of small strikes and no proper hookups.

 Iam running 80 pound braid mainline, tied with a bimni twist and a clench knot to 140 pound mono leader joined to a swivel which is attached to a 300 pound wire trace. Where the bait is usually suspended

 by a baloon tied to the swivell above the wire trace. (Any suggestions on this setup?) 

 Ive been really wanting to get onto a decent sized bronzie or tiger shark. Any tips on what baits go well with these sort of sharks?

 Also what sort of berly slick do you guys normally get going? Just an oil slick? oil and bait slick? Is it possible(okay/ legal) to create a small chum slick?

 Also what sort of weather wind and swell conditions should I be looking out for? (Usually I head out when ever the wind is blowing offshore, depending on the beach on rising tide)

Cheers guys

 Hi guys

heading out tomorrow looks to be a great day any ideas of what depths and locations metro mackies are about atm?