Hit the water just after 7 this morning with perfect conditions. I think I have found jumbo city. Single tank dive saw both of us bagging out with ease. These were in 14m

 Not the million dollar fish yet, but the first $10000 tagged Barra. One of 76 tagged fish. Got till the end of February next year to find the big one. Fish released over 374000 square kilometre area.

EVAPACK MATIC cryovac machine is an Italian made product that has been around for many years and a proven product.

It’s performance, power and reliability is extremely impressive. Whether you are in the kitchen, on a fishing trip or heading out on a camping trip, the EVAPACK MATIC will get the job done.

There's no doubt cryovacing your fish or meat etc will keep it at its best and will last a lot longer in the freezer (without freezer burn also).

Hello everyone

Im keen to try some whiting popping in Mandurah, I don't have a boat or kayak so could any of youse point me in the right direction, a walk on sand flat or something?

thank you 

I am pleased to advise that Shore Catch gained formal planning approval from the City of Wanneroo for the establishment of various commercial uses at 7 / 65 Buckingham Drive Wangara.  The approval allows Industry (fish processing, amongst others), Warehouse (storage and distribution of goods), Showroom (display of goods for retail sale, including second hand goods) and ancillary offices (to conduct my technical consulting business also).  The approved uses are shown on the below floor plan.

We now have possession of the premises and will slowly fit it out.  We want to ensure that anyone that visits will have a good experience so we will formally open when the shop, and product range, is ready (the below image shows the start of the showroom).  I do look forward to putting on a sausage sizzle for Members when we do open up, and meeting you in person.

In another development we have commissioned the manufacture of the “Super Shredder”.  This machine builds on all of the previous work in evaluating fish frame reduction to 10mm x 10mm pieces.  The motor, gearbox and drive cogs are shown below, with more updates in future posts.  There are a lot of uses for “the shred”.

A number of Members have asked me about “Shredder for Hire”.  The new machine will process hundreds of kilos per hour so there is the potential to shred frozen fish waste for Members with a “reasonable” fee to cover costs.  I just wonder if this would be a service that people are interested in?

We hope to open by early December, and look forward to seeing you if you are ever in the locality.

Mick 

 hi guy are there any flathead being caught around canning bridge yet, i know there getting alot of tailor around there even mulloway and soapies. ive been fishing around bywater park near shelly but i think im alittle to far south as the water isnt warm enough yet....cheers from the new guy  

Does anyone have a Hover Board yet ?
30 years ago in a movie, they showed a kid getting around on a Hover Board on the 16/10/2015...
Maybe it was just a case of "Back To The Future" !!!!!!!!
Ya just can't believe everything you see in movies hey. Lol

Enjoy 5th one not to Funny....

Hi All. A group of my mates are booked with Northern Conquest ex Townsville on a 7 full days fishing Coral Sea Trip. The trip will cover everything from topwater doggies, bottom fishing, marlin ect. and all gear is supplied. Cost is about $3530 for 7 full days leaving the dock at Townsville on Sat the 28th Nov. First fishing day the next day Sun 29th. We are looking for one more person to fill the numbers. This will be a trip of a lifetime and if you know Northern Conquests reputation you will know what I am on about. The blokes going are top guys If you are interested let me know even if you have a few more questions. Tackle such as lures must be replaced if lost plus you'll have to budget for beer!

Wives and girlfriends if you are reading this- then do the right thing and let them go!

Here's a link to the site and a video report of one trip.

http://www.nccharters.com.au/

https://youtu.be/bZHvFrF0k0E

 Shot out for an arvo dive NOR. Pretty average conditions with heaps of surge. Heaps of jumbos about but the surge made it difficult to get in good position. Monkeys off the back and runs on the board with a nice cuttlefish to top the arvo

If I was to carefully cut the meat out of my cray tails glue the centre flap back on and then inject them with formalin....could I legally sell them mounted once they have dried? I was at fisheries today having a chat with the local hot sheiler  renewing my WRL license but forgot to ask her, my mind was elsewhere

Is there anyone in here that may be able to nominate me for membership if I complete the forms? Was looking at trying to become a member before the open day. Thanks for help

Been posted years ago but just found it in my album and just love the colours off the little Reds. No need to tell you where it went!

And notice squid jig in background always at the ready night fishing off Dampier.

 Big my wife's old man has been rebuilding. Almost finished 

 Hi guys.

Have been looking around for a while now trying to find someone who does custom bait boards in the perth area made of stainless steel or even ally. The only ones I have  come across at a reasonable price were over east. 

Wondering if anyone has had any luck finding someone over here.

Cheers.

Understand the demersal ban for Dhuies, baldies, snapper, breaksea cod and harlies but why for the deep drop fish (grey band etc) that have not had too much amateur fishing pressure?

Be good for the tackle shop economy to not have the ban on deep drop fish and would get more into deep dropping which would take pressure of dhuies, etc, when the ban is lifted.

I am probaly missing something but thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

 Hi guys.

I have a 18.6ft Penguin Huntress runabout with a 120hp johnson, dual batteries, 130L fuel tank with 2 additional 25ltr jerry cans  (180L in total). Boat handles wonderfully, and the motor is quite reliable.  How far out wide would you take a similiar boat out?  I have all the safety equipment; epirb, flares etc.

I am quite confident with my boating skills but the furthest I've been out is around 40mtr deep between 3 mile reef and Direction bank, when I had a Voyager LTD.

Thanks

 I have heard of a couple of boats going over in the last week. Does anybody know how they went over. Hope they were not leisure cats.

After a couple of years of filtering through old posts on this site and a few PM’s to Ryan to help build our knowledge on this form of fishing I thought I would share some of the results. The most recent was yesterday with the weather looking ok, the Demersal Ban approaching and a brand new jignesis rod from ocean side tackle to try we had to go. A 20kg grey band jumped on the new rod to christen it and the parabolic action did make it easier on the back.

Below sounder shots are on a furuno 587 with a TM260 tranny. In one shot you can see a double header of pinkies coming up off the bottom. Special thanks to Ryan, Reece and Harro for the information from your posts over the years and the questions you openly answer when asked have gone a long way towards helping us get results.

Also thanks to the Furuno and Oceanside team for the deep drop talk the other week it was a very informative night. We still have a long way to go before we hit fish consistently and conquer all the deep drop species but after many trips the “code” is slowly being cracked.

hi all, heading down Dunsborough area anyone familiar with the area and know of any places that might be worth having a shot?? no 4x4 land based! no specific target species not sure if the old salmon would be around? probably set a big bait then flick a lure/plastics around?? just never fished down that way? any help would be awesome!! cheers

 Hey guys,

do the same rules as peel apply towards crabs down there? Regarding open season. If not can anyone point me in the right direction to go for a scoop. I know it might be early but will be down there this weekend and dont wanna sit around

Hey guys, lately we have been pushing further and further out to sea, particularly with the deep drop, and can be up to 35nm out.

I am only in a 5.6m boat, and during this off season I want to try and improve my communications out there. ATM I only have 27mhz with a 1.8m aerial.

So the first thing I am going to do is install a VHF radio, most likely with a 2.4m whip.

The second thing is to try and get an external antenna for my phone.

I have found a phone with an antenna port, so I will use that, no cradle required.

Does any one on here run an external phone antenna, and if so, what sort of results are you getting?

What sort of antenna will I need to get phone coverage 35nm out?

Cheers

How much would a 1.2metre dhufish weigh approximately?  I caught one on Monday but don't have any scales.

 G'day,

just wondering if anyone out there has modified their trailcraft trailer to better suit driving their boat onto the trailer? I've got a 6.6 Trailcraft and unless it's dead centre it can be a bit if a bitch to get on straight away, and wondering if I could convert it to skids or modify the rear rollers so I could drive it straight on without having to winch it,Any feedback appreciated, cheers.

 Gday i recently installed  a new GME GX600 VHF radio and GME VHF antenna to the boat. I tested it straight away on land (Jindallee) by calling VJ6LQ, the reception was perfect with no interference at all and they said i was coming through 5 out of 5 so i was pretty pleased with myself. Went out of two rocks and tried to call VJ6LQ on the lead line there near the cardinal marker - they could hear me but the reception was shocking - loud loud interference and i could only just make out their reply . Continued out 25km west of two rocks tried to call VJ6LQ - nothing but real loud interference. Any ideas why this would happen?    

Geday lads

my question is I have a Baron sportsman and would like to retreive it easly manual or electric whats your thourts

 Was down the beach for an hour and saw two boats towed in, then a 15 knot westerly came in, no pinkie session tonight

 Well we needed to get out for one last fish before the ban & Monday looked the goods. It was going to be the usual hit the 40's off Mandurah and see what comes. But the predictions were looking great, so we decided to stow the big gear for a deep drop. Especially after attending the Oceanside/Sounder night the other week. Doug & I were primed for another go at it.

Got to Mary St. ramp at 5:30am, and hit the water. We cruised out in perfect conditions and the call was made to go deepish. So we made our way out,and came across a bit of ground that looked good in 88m so decided to have a drop. Not long after Doug got a 55cm Pinky, so we at least had a fish in the esky if the deeper stuff failed.

We got out to a spot that looked promising in about 175m to 195m. So definately not Super Deep by any means. But we were picking up fish on the top of the drop off as Ryan had explained on the night. However getting the drift right took a bit getting used to. We were getting bites fairly regularly, and I got a nice Nannygai, but no Cod.

Decided to have a look a little wider out to 230m but didn't find anything worth dropping on, but still did just for the hell of it. So went back to the other area just as the wind really dropped off. Set a drift and Doug was on, fingers were crossed for our first Greyband but it never gave up, right till it was in the net. A big Queen Snapper, it went 80cm and was caught in 190m of water. I didn't know they were out that deep!! Next drift Doug is on again with something even more weighty and with more fight. I decide to leave the my rod in the holder and get the net organised for him and sure enough my rod gets hit. So it's each to their own, mine felt ok but wasn't pulling string as Doug's did. Mine hit the surface just before his and it was a cracker Nannygai (I think, correct me if I'm wrong)-64cm. Doug's ends up being a hefty Amberjack. 

So we got our bag, but still missed the Greyband, but feel we done ok. Chucked a couple of skirts out for a couple of miles on the way home and got one Striped Tuna & dropped one.

Beaut day on the water.

Cheers

Chris

Sorry about the sideways photos. Your necks might feel like my arms!!!

I just got a Furuno 627 with P66 and currently have a Humminbird 798 with the transducer mounted. I have a Seafarer V-Sea which has a factory built pod on the back.

Obviously I want the P66 in the prime location as I only want the Humminbird ducer for GPS and side scan. I was going to place it next to the existing ducer but the current one is already just off the swing radius of the prop and the P66 needs to be 75mm away. Not much I can do about the 75mm distance but I'll have to place the P66 where the Humminbird ducer is as the side of the pod directly to the right (starboard) is curved.

I've got two question for all of you versed in the black art of ducer placement. Will the P66 be ok within 75mm of the swing radius of the prop and will the Humminbird ducer be better placed in between the P66 and the keel or should I place it on the port side. I'll only be using the Humminbird side scan at low speeds when bream fishing or chasing tailor etc adjacent to exposed reef.

went out with skipper Al today from two rocks and I thought bugger no bait today, dropped lines at 6am,had on a z man N chicken on a BJ lead head,nice heavy one hit the bottom bango a nice 630mm dhuie [my first on a placcy] which was soon in the ice box, then had a hit which turned out to be a cuttlefish? it went quiet after Al caught a under size dhie so we went out a bit,thought I would try a jig I borrowed off BJ on sunday, hit the bottom and bamgo a nice 700mm dhie my first on a jig and first try for one, the skipper says f... bait but I only got a nice flathead on the jig, we did try for awhile on the 3 mile but very quiet,fantastic day out on a calm ocean, gave the skipper the smaller one and we were both happy, might have one more go for pinkies tomorrow night and that will be that,easy fishing placcys and jigs hey