Went to pull some pots and go for a fish this morning. Marina was chaotic

 hi guys, i got the tackle all ready but i was just wondering what is the best pound braid to use for surface whitng and maybe a little bit of bream? also what leader? thanks

 Not long now for west coast. Added some squid skirts.... Will see how they go! Doubt it will make a difference. And the result from 3 sharks having fun! Added a couple more sinkers off to the tip tomorrow to scavenge for more

 Anyone heading to Bremer during chrissy break? The family and I will be down there from 19/12 to 27/12 I am hoping to get into some rock fishing and get into me first sambo, weather permitting. We do spend a night at reef beach usually and get into some good fish. Can't wait, we will be at the caravan park that is out of town. If there is any fisho's that are keen to head out for a day, hit me up. Cheers   Rob

 Just heard on the news alge bloom is what killed the fish according to fisheries test and satellite images .. 

Looks like public opnion is turning the tide.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/30305387/wa-opposition-demands-clarity-on-fish-kill/

They must have known this for quite sometime, as they would not have declared the sound safe otherwise.

Question must be asked why?

hey all,

heading down to molloy island in a few weeks! has anyone caught or heard of catching mulloway in the blackwood just curious as will be fishing mostly for bream (bank only)?? and is anyone familiar with beach fishing down that way (no 4x4) any info would be awesome as havnt fished down there before!! cheers

 Starting to get a voice !! Posted it up for those didn't 

get today's paper !! Gotta love Alston !!

went out from Mindarie this morning and while looking for one of our pots we came across a rope floating on the surface. The pot had been run over and the floats chopped off. Thinking it might be ours we pull up and grab the rope only to discover it had some features identifying it as not being ours. So we did not pull it in but attached a spare unmarked float on so hopefully the owner would of marked his drop and would still be able to pull his pot.
Then out of know where charging in from a distance appears Fisheries they must of been hiding under a wave or something as I had no idea of a boat anywhere near us.
Anyway we found our last pot and they pulled up next to us checked our floats licenses etc and we explained the pot we found and what we did.
(I have no doubt that these guys were watching us from somewhere) everything was all good they said that what we did was exactly what we were suppose to do.
They then proceed to pull the pot we marked and threw back the half a dozen crays that were in there.
So if you are missing a pot off Mindarie, Fisheries have it and will return if your License number is on it.

Cheers.

 Washing boat down . Found this on gloves in side gunnel. Hard to see the buggers

 Went out for my first pull of the season at my old faithfull spot.

 5 Fathom out from Falcon - One pot is stuck. 

 Possibly a bigger boat could pull it off the snag but of course i dont know 

 I probably need a diver - can any one help?

 Would be a kick arse dive spot i reckon- It drops from 7 to 14 mts pretty quickly 

 First of all, great to see fisheries out on the water again before sun up keeping an eye on things. I passed a boat at 4:15am this morning on my way out to my pots who had the fisheries boat along side them haven a chat, I wonder if they got done for pulling pots before 4:30am or not. 

Gotta say I'm impressed with there presence out on the water this year, doing a great job boys!

Secondly, the whites have slowed rite up for me on the back of the 3 mile now, but I'm considering lengthening my ropes and going for a longer run out to try get one last full pot. Question is does anyone know how far out/how deep the whites might be out from ocean reef area now? 

Any help appreciated, cheers Paul

 How is everyone goin at the moment with the cray fishing? Me and a mate have ours out of hillarys in pot city and are doing pretty grim and alot of people at yhe ramp are saying the same....we have our pots in 14m+ and are pulling them every couple of days for better outcomes but dont seem to be working out....any tips or info would be much appreciated cheers

 Hey, Is anyone doing alright with crays behind Garden Island yet? I am away and won't be putting my pots in till Friday, hope i'm not too late?? 

Twiggy

 Knocked up some pots last week and looking for opinions and ideas of what people think?

length 900mm

width 750mm

weight 32kgs

 Not into name and shame. But here goes . They launch at point peron every morning. Even yesterday. Driver of boat larger fella. Deckie slimer build Tatts on lower arm. Very nice Stainless steel pot tipper ( full size). The area they where pulling pots  this morn at 5.35 am. And undoing bridals and putting new ropes and floats  on and moving them to new location. Do not belong to them. I know for fact. Everyone there are people I know very well. Sad thing is definately locals. If anyone on site happens to know these lovely gentle men . Give them heads up , put original floats and ropes back on. And return them to location  within 2 days . I would hate for them to loose there boat for poaching. Put this up just in case someone knows them:):):) bad bad move. No rego numb going up on site. That numb will be going elsewhere...  Age 55 plus both grey haired very sad. Should know better

today was the second day of the abalone season for 2015

i was going to go for a swim, but i stayed in bed as it looked a bit windy, and the forecast wasnt good, plus the trig surf cam looked rough

what were the conditions like this morning ?

did many people go out ?

 Does anyone use it?  Heading to Walpole area over Christmas / New Year and since the Engel will be used for food and booze nowhere for bait.  

Cheers

Dave

 Just chasing some advice on cliff spinning and jigging I'm heading to Kalbarri for a month around Feb and I want to target pelagics off the stones just chasing advice on gear lures and techniques that have worked for others 

Cheers cal

 Got this morning-no idea who is organising this. ** Don't know why change of Venue. But now at Palm Beach Jetty Area**

I suppose "better late then never"?

As discussed in a previous post, we will hold a FW Members get together next Thursday.  The address is 7 / 65 Buckingham Drive Wangara.  The time is between 3pm and 7pm.  We will do the same on Thursday the 17th as well.

Our shop is not ready to open to the public, but we are progressing and will open in January 2016.  The intention of the event is to let Members come and have a look at how we are going, and hopefully meet up with other FW Members in person.  Please don’t expect a fully set up retail outlet, as it won’t be.

We will put a few beers on, and a sausage sizzle commencing at 4.30pm.  You can have a look at some of the fish processing equipment, the general layout and the product range we will sell next year.

Our fish processing licence has been granted by WA Fisheries, however we are just going through the “objections” period before it is formally issued (7-8 January 2016).  I therefore can’t sell processed products, but as indicated previously will give some “test” burley away to Members that PM me.  Some equipment can be purchased but we are not really trying to sell anything, it is just a FW Members get together.

From the 11th, we will receive any second-hand gear that Members would like to place on consignment for sale in the new year.  If you would like to bring anything in, you can do so between noon and 5pm up until Christmas.  Just PM me to confirm date and time (I have received my licence from WA Police).

We received our initial bait order and have had a “play” with some of the specialist packs.  I was really happy with the WA Pilchard quality in the bulk supply, and we will do vacuumed packaged select 6 pack (300g), 12 pack (600g) and 1kg offerings (I would want to buy these).  The packaging and sealing method is not quite right yet, please don’t criticise our packaging, but this is something that we will refine before opening.

Squid tentacles (200g) and peeled prawns (100g) is probably something we will do as well, and I made a few “test” packs of these (KG and live bait lollies).

We have a heap of Mustard hooks that were “donated”.  FW Members will be able to “take some home” on the day(s).

We are “giving it a crack” and encourage Members to come along.  What we seek the most is feedback on what knowledgeable Members want, and a nice social gathering of like-minded individuals.

Just wondering if anyone runs a "Whale Tail" on their 4.0m Tinnie.
I have one with a 30Hp Jonno, it came with it on but not sure if I need it.
Traditionally tinnies are normally front light so it shouldn't be hard to get the nose up, but maybe it will need it to keep the bow down & onto the plane ?????
Your ideas & experiences will be appreciated.

 Hi all

Well its time to start organising/planning our monties trip we will be going in may next year. This is our first big trip living off the boat so what things should we take and what things have you taken and never used we are planning on staying for 5 days on the islands so need to pack smart. At this stage there will only be 2 of us on my boat. 

If there is anyone who might be keen to tag along in there boat send me a pm this will be our first trip up there we have a 3 week window and will be picking the best weather to head up there.

A big thanks to Pricey10 for his advise it was good to chat about it and it will be good to catchup for a beer when we get up there.

Cheers

Rod

 Got a couple brake rotors if someone needs cray pot ballast  free.pick up baldivis. Pm or call  scott 0417 269 869

 Hi guys

Got some new jigs today and was wondering if anyone has used them and what your thoughts are? Didnt need to restock but thought they were cheap so bought the lot

Josh

 Just an observation,  but has anyone from  Hillarys noticed a big drop in cray catches in the last couple of days? I am in 16 - 19m behind the 3.

Quick trip out this morning to check the pots.
some big ones in the pots. (all were huge or just undersize ...first time we've thrown half a dozen kakas back)

the whites seem to be much harder with more colour.

 Hey Guys,

I am interested in getting some crays by hand, can you get them off the Beach? If so where?

Cheers

Sam

 Are people using the supple trace for line leader and the tough trace for rigs?