Does anybody know much about occy traps? What's the easiest way to make them and where should you drop them?

Hey Guys

Going to chase some mackies on the weekend for a bit. Just wondering if you have any further hints/tips for me.

I have heard you look for birds, try behind 3 mile and around rotto. Is that basically it? I see some guys catching some good stuff in little boats so they can't be too far out. Each time I am in close though I hardly see a bird, let alone a flock going nuts over something.

Also where is the chicken run? Is it the SW of rotto?

Anyway wish me luck. Weather looking fairly good on Sunday and hoping it stays that way. They are around just gotta find one!!

Hi guys,

was just wondering what peoples thoughts are on using suncream then baiting up your hooks. Do you think it will effect your catch rate as the fish might not like the smell? And does anybody have any tricks to avoid getting it on your baits as its not so easy just to wipe it off your hands. Im guessing the same effect deisel and petrol would have too.... Maybe the newest bloke on the boat can apply the suncream to the other fishos haha

Mark

Ok for some reason it isn't upping the images proply I will see what prob is

This is the story : http://www.fishwrecked.com/forum/mandurah-crabbing-more-precisely-dawesvillebouvard-way

These are some pics:

Boys did very well scooping with one only from pots!!!

Anybody had experiece freezing blue mannas, raw or cooked?

 Just interested to know if anyone knows the boundaries of the exclusion zone, because frankly the buff bream there are just too tempting!

Cheers, Andrew

Hey guys just after some opinions,

Does anyone use an AG chain knot when jigging ie. tying swivel to leeder. Does it have any strength bonus or is the idea that the thickness/length of the knot help with abbrasion resistance as the knot will presumably be within range of teeth?

I usually use a uni knot to tie my jigs on but have had a few bust-offs on bigger fish just above the swivel (not due to knot failure).

Cheers

Season starts noon tomorrow.. 

anyone giving it a crack this season?

Only got these 3 in last years maiden trip, so hoping to get down there a few more times and bag out this year. Now just gotta make a new snare..

Probably be down harvey way early next week to hopefully avoid the crowds!

 Hi all,

i am am planning on using gulp sandworm in halves for whiting, near sandbars

Are nitro torpedo jig heads or nitro bream pro better?

been using nitro bream pro 1/16  on herring

has anyone used 1/32 jig heads before?

 My mind is set on catching one.

I was wondering if it's worth trying to catch one preferrably around the guildford area. I read somewhere recently on these forums that there's a hole under the pipe at fishmarket reserve which I didn't know about and I've always fished this area for bream and I even ran into a school of chopper tailor one day which we caught on lures.

I can walk to this spot from my house but not sure if mulloway lurk the area this time of year.

 Well after the wait it arrives and past customs and now at its new home 

232 wellcraft coastal what a hull it's all what I wanted and can't wait to get it on the ocean after I give her some Tlc 

gotta thank the guys and girls at port sea marine they have done another stella job no faults what so ever this is my second boat they have bought in for me 100% recommend 

cheers

haydo

At last, an afternoon forecast yesterday that wasn’t a gale.  And, this morning looked the goods as well.  I have been pining for the first post ban legal pinkie so it was definitely time to give it a go.

After numerous discussions with Tim-o about getting out on his Bar Crusher to chase some pinkies, the trip was arranged.  It was a shame that Beau couldn’t come along too, but more about that later.  A day load of text messages about conditions and it was at the ramp about 4ish to head out on a very hot summers day.  The inland storm seemed to calm the conditions down and we were greeted by quite benign conditions – although Tim-o was suspect of barometric pressure impact on the bite.

All of my Metro pinkie chasing has been near shore and although Tim-o’s boat is more than capable of going afar, we decided to stay in close.  Got to the spot, anchored and started to get a stream of burley going.  I brought along some of my “mix” and the new burley bomb I needed to buy as the last one was “lost”.  Given the fish that the home made burley attracts (I have seen the schools in it before) I have been surprised that I haven’t seen more sharks.  Anyway, a week or so ago I dropped the bomb to about 25m as the currents were strong and after about 10 minutes I saw the rope floating next to me?  A retrieve of this showed a nasty bite mark in the rope and I think a grey coat decided it would be a good meal (not sure how it will go passing stainless steel and lead) and I dare say it is in a bit of trouble.

After 20 minutes or so we started to see solid fish on the sounder and hopes were high.  These hopes were not matched with bite rate however and there was plenty of bait switching going on.  After collection of a few undesirables (including Tim-o’s rather large Sgt Baker and baldie that just went 400mm but was released) the anticipation was growing.  Then, Tim-o’s rod goes off with something sizable.  He had been busted off already by what was called for a ray or shark but this one was a little different.  After a skillful display of rod work there was colour and it was silver and black.  Had to love it when a nice 7.5kg dhu found its way to the deck.

I was very impressed with Tim-o’s spiking, icing and general “care” for the fish.  The same goes for his care for the boat before, during and after the trip.  And, most importantly he had awesome stubbie holders that had a sticky base that meant you could put your beverage on the gunnels in a very secure way.  Gotta love that attention to detail.

Needless to say the photo got distributed to Tim-o’s “network” not long after.  I liked the reply from Beau that congratulated him and said he was going to chase the mullas.  I don’t know if it was Tim-o’s response saying the nice dhu was an omen for Beau’s trip but I am sure you have seen the story and we were pleased to see the mulla photo that came in a bit later in the night (although Tim-o’s cursing about how many hours he had put in to try and catch a mulla was very entertaining).

To cut a long story short, we got quite a lot of fish but the bite was definitely slow given the number that we had burleyed up.  A steady stream of skippy, Port Jackson and others kept us entertained but the elusive size pinkie unfortunately eluded us.  My highlight was hooking a pinkie, during the pinking hour, which I called as such and while bringing it up I stated that it was not size and would be about 420mm.  What do you know, we measured it and it was 420mm.  That and a smaller model were the pinkies for the night, but at least they are out there.  We finally relented and came in at about 10.30pm, happy with the catch of an excellent feed for Tim-o and plenty of cray bait.

With the conditions for this morning looking so promising, I had responded to Ricey’s offer of a deckie for Tuesday.  YPM was off with a mate in Denmark so if I wanted to get out and chase the pinkies on first light I really needed someone to come along.  At the time, the forecast was excellent up until about 9am so the intention was a “dash” before sunrise and we arranged a 4.30am start from Hillarys.  I must admit at 11.30pm last night I was doubting my sanity in arranging a trip in a few hours, but I had so needed to be there.  I was a little skeptical about taking someone out that I didn’t know but I reviewed Ricey’s profile before I made the offer and he did look the goods.  General note – including sufficient information in your profile is important – if you ask knowledgeable members for information (not saying that I am one) they will generally want to know a bit about you before they respond.  I note the comment of one knowledgeable member, that I have had a bit to do with lately, that says lots of people ask him for information about the Abrolhos and he will only ever respond if they use their actual name in the correspondence.

Dragged myself out of bed and was a little concerned when the real time data for Rottnest was showing 30+km winds.  The Hillarys real time was 5km so prep the boat, get the bait and off I go – feeling very tired.  To his credit, Ricey was there just before 4.30am raring to go – he said if you want to be a deckie that reliability is very important – I was just glad that I could get there on time and not let him down.  This part of FW is excellent as I had a companion, where as if I hadn’t I probably wouldn’t have gone.

We headed back to the “proven” pinkie ground and after an uneventful tip got there before 5am – the full moon was helpful in navigating the 3 Mile pot zone.  My Minn Kota is currently “out of action” so unfortunately the anchor was required.  After “anchor drifting” on one spot with little success we decided to move another location where the wind still pulled the reef anchor off the spot.  I am completely convinced that weather forecasting is a “black art” as conditions were pretty crap throughout the whole morning.  Eventually we did hold but it was a challenge.

The abundance of fish on the sounder from the night before had disappeared!  The first hour or more was, well, quite disappointing with nothing except a couple of wrasse – I’m sure the pinkies don’t like the anchor in the water and the noise of the boat slap.  At about 7am my “floater” finally went off and with solid head shakes hopes were high.  With light drag the screaming runs did not suggest a solid pinkie and it was no surprise when a rat 3.5kg sambo came to the surface.

A short time later came the highlight of the trip.  Ricey was fishing with “bream gear” and a size 1 when he hooked up solid.  No doubt this was a sambo and a bigger model than the one I had got.  No way, he was not going to land a fish like that on the gear he was using.  To his credit, and after a long fight, a 7kg fish was on the boat.  The size 1 hook was in the corner of its jaw and was very very close to being straightened.  The FW member is not a novice.

Not long after I got another hit and this one was a bit bigger.  1.2m and 13.5kg of sport fish happiness came to the boat as well.  Ricey did a quality job of tailing the fish aboard as it was a little large for the net.  I am still surprised by the length to weight ratio of the sambos.  The 27kg model that YPM got a few months ago was not much longer than this one but was twice its weight?  Ricey picked up a fox fish for lunch and I got a big ray to the boat, but conditions got really crappy and around 8am it was time to come in.  Although I don’t usually keep the sambos, these ones were kept for cray bait filler and future burley.

FishWrecked is a great site.  Got to go out with a mate I had met through the site, and a member that was just keen to come out and lend a hand.  No size pinkies but a really good experience. 

 Hi guys, im heading over to dunsbrough later this month is there anywhere down there where i could pick up some landbased game fish such as sambos, ytks and sharks some info on spots or general locations would be much apreciated.

 Discovered by a mate in the Peel Inlet over the weekend...appears to be some sort of offshore demersal. Based on the feet/rod/reel, am guessing around the 50cm mark. He said it had a plastic bag in its gob. Original colours obviously long gone. All I can think of is red snapper/nanny, but do they have fine, sharp teeth?

Hi Guys,

Anyone fished in the Inlet an Denmark. was thinking of going down there in Feb. will be taking to tinnie so can get around a bit.

Just wondering if you catch anything in it or not.

Would it be worth putting some crab nets in while i have  fish around.

Josh

Heading down to Mandurah next Monday to do some crabbing. First time putting the boat in water in that area. Any suggestions of where to launch and possible better areas for crabs. Suggestions would be appreciated.

What happened today weather man. After being laid up for a couple of weeks with a really bad cold I set out of Woodman's Point at 0600 this morning looking for a great day and got the message very quickly with multiple boats coming in as I headed out. Disappointing day.

just had a phone call from mate who lives out near minninup beach Stratham

he says there is a seal of reasonable size layed up on the beach there ,they saw it this morning , not sure how long this one has been in the area, but be mind full of if your out that way ,

divers should also take note if your thinking about diving anywhere in that area , last time a seal was layed up there for a few weeks was when peter kurman was attacked offshore at minninup beach
might be no significance , but id be mindfull of it anyway

hezzy

 The guys from northbound have out together another little metro vid of some landbased mullys

please take a look lads 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOFbPcpLN4I

cheers from the crew at northbound! 

 Hey all,

The missus has been bugging the crap out of me to come out fishing with me, but i'm not keen on steaming out through the swell to the good area's to have her winge about how rough it is, and have to come back in...

Plan will be to stay in the sound where it's protected and chase some squid and KG's.... Wondering if anyone can help me with a few good area's for each, would be appreciated.

Does the sound offer up anything else worthwhile other than squid and kg's (and snapper when legal to catch?)

 Hey fellas,

Could anyone reccomend a good 2 stroke outboard mechanic thats not going to cost an arm and a leg.

Gotta service a 130 Johnson Oceanpro.

Cheers!

 Hey fellas,

Could anyone reccomend a good 2 stroke outboard mechanic thats not going to cost an arm and a leg.

Gotta service a 130 Johnson Oceanpro.

Cheers!

 polystyrene foam boxes.

could anyone suggest where i can buy different sized cooler boxes made of foam (light) and are decent sized storages. 
ive already looked at a couple sites but if anyone has any ideas that would be great !

Early last year FW member Ben (Goodz) brought me down a sea anchor I had purchased from Perth. I invited him to join me for a fish next time he was down. Managed to tee it up yesterday while Ben is down on holidays with his family. Went out off the Cape in search of a few Dhuies. We couldn't get away from the Sambos early in the day but managed to find a couple of good fish around lunch time. Ben was first with a solid fish caught on a jig. A change of spots and it was my turn with another good Dhuie on a fresh squid head. It was around 98cm so I was pretty happy. Great to meet and fish with another FW member.

 I have a pot near the island which I couldn't pull on my

Last day there due to injuring my leg.

Not sure on legalities of this but if you are willing to swap

Floats to ones with your gear id and recover the pot for me

you are welcome to any crays in the pot.

Pm me for location and my gear id no.

 I'm planning on buy a 1-3kg pflueger trion (which is on sale for $99 at bcf) paired with a sienna 1000fd for bream fishing with light lures.

I looked for some 4lb braid on their website but they only had fins and fireline which I heard is crap.

I did however find some sunline super pe 6lb which is I heard is great and I'm considering buying it with 8lb leader but would there be a big difference between 4lb and 6lb and would it be worth it? I do also go to fremantle and fish some flathead and skippy if that helps.

 just like to announce ive had enough of this cray shit. As I told u all b4 I had my pots vandalized so I got new ones first time picken them up this afternoon out the back of little island and they have been nicked.thanksalot to the dh that stole my shit  

Cant bring myself to buy more as money is tight enough atm without having to buy new pots every couple of days

hey fellas heading up to abrolhos in few weeks time heading away for 5 days just seeing what i need got rods reels sorted jig and plastics just anything else you woulnt think off cheers again :):)

Well, im back in NZ and amazingly it was sunnie and 27 yesterday! with remours of the first marlin tagged off NP making me smile even more!

Thought i would bring this up on discussion, Here in nz, i am a member of the New Plymouth Sport Fishing & Underwater Club. Week in week out, they are open wednesday through sunday (weekend lunch period as well) from roughly 3 pm. Cheep piss, Cheep and quality food and good company.  

I am more so curious as to why it doesnt happen over in here in WA. I am unsure of regional fishing clubs, and i understand the EGFC does open thurs-sun.

Its a great way to meet crews, and get more involved within the reco fishing industry/fishing club, social times etc etc...

Be interesting here to PGFC thoughts, as i know they are a user on here.

thoughts?