http://youtu.be/oZIJpR7ttdA Hope that comes up as a link, if not, YouTube how NOT to join braid to leader. Came across this video while just browsing, he seems to discredit the back to back uni, I have tied it this way many a times, it's great for out in the boat or if the bite is on. It's a double uni from what I can see and it has always worked for me. Just curious on what others think?

 Hi guys just after some info never had access to a boat but do now and would love to catch some tuna it's my mates boat and he know we're to get pinkies and dhuies but he's never been after tuna he fishes a lot out the back of the ffb would you get tuna out there trolling lure and what the best time to get them thanks for any help 

So I might have access to my uncles boat next week fishing out of Mandurah. He doesnt really have much luck so I really need to impress by bringing back some fish haha. Just wondering how its fishing out on the bank for pinkies and dhus and just out to the mid 30s. Up here I usually anchor and burley on the back of the bank at sunrise for snapper, should I try the same down there? I noticed ffb out of the cut is only a few mile and its put me off a bit being so close to shore, is it worth heading down to the bouvard reefs or even NW out of the cut where the bank is a but further out?
I havent commited to anything yet, it really depends on what advice I get from here.
Thanks guys

 My mate and I are heading out for a flick to bring in the new year. Considering a beach fish along the Cockburn coastline and also considering jetties / groynes as far as Rockingham / Point Peron. 

I have had luck down before,  but its not somewhere we fish that often, so if there is anyone who is quite familiar with the area's fishing any tips and tricks would be appreciated highly.

I am very eager to find spots along this way where I can possibly get Squid and Skippy (my favourites), but I'm happy catching anything at the end of the day :)

As for bait, I have Mulies, Squid and Prawns - and I am considering purchasing a few other baits too for good measure, as I have heard that Whitebait / Bluebait are effective down that way for Tailor and Skippy.

Cheers. 
   

my boat willbe back in the water in about a month, after 12 months of refit and mods including new motor and new electronics....can't wait.

anyone familiar with SIMRAD nss9 evo2 units?

After lots of internal debat and tossing up what to go for I got a pretty good price and went for this unit networked to my vessel view 7 display.....have the sounder hooked into a 600w chirp TM mount transducer....I'm hopeful I've ended up with a pretty good set up.....please don't be too harsh if you think I've ended up with shite!!!! I think that'd do me in 

Possibly a free day day out in the offering to anyone familiar with and willing to show me a few tricks and some tutorage on using this unit......

only a small boat thou.....old Fraser 595........

 Had a quiet new years eve & went fishing this morning. Not a great Pic but a nice fish 7 hours into the new year.

Does anyone have any idea what size circuit breaker is required for a microwave oven (assume 850 watts) running off a Victron inverter?
There is power to oven (front panel lights up), however, as soon as it starts heating (big draw 5 to 10 secs after start
) the circuit breaker trips out.
Any help would be appreciated?

 Anyone know if crabs are running in the river? 

 Anyone know of someone who does this nor, twinpower  requires some work

wondering if anyone has any feedback about electronic motor deadman / lanyards?

simplest I can find is autotether sold by a few australian suppliers and costs about $300

this one doesn't need to be wired in to the throttle or boat power supply as it appears to be battery powered and when in use just clips in where the normal red cord lanyard would normally clip, then you put the proximity device in your pocket.....if you fall over board the clip either falls away from the throttle or clicks the deadman toggle to off (depending on the type of throttle set up).

www.autotether.com

Video on the web site.

i have just re-powered with a new merc 4 Stoke and although I don't think I've ever come close to falling overboard when fishing solo (and watching the boat power off into the horizon without me) there is always a first time I suppose, plus now I take the kids out I'd hate to fall in leaving them in a boat headed for South Africa all alone!

as I said, interested to hear pros and cons if anyone has used or looked into them or an alternate brand....I particularly like the idea of not having to wire anything aftermarket into the throttle or boat electrics and risk it failing when out wide and leaving me bobbing around looking for a tow....

I am new to boating so can anyone help me out with this one. I was coming out of the Serpentine River (green arrow) in a small dinghy and another guy was coming out of the Murray River (red arrow) in a much larger boat. As I'm coming up sitting hard on the right shoulder of the channel he moves right in front of me and cuts me off so I had to stop coz I didn't want to risk running aground on the flats. As he starts turning left out to the inlet, I go to ovetake him on the left and he tells me he's got a line in the water, turns out he was trolling at the same time and I have to wait for him to reel his line in.

Is it my responsibility to give way to the larger boat even though I am heading in a straight line?

 I am off work until the 11 Jan so if anyone needs a deckie hit a brother up. Have my own gear, skippers ticket, Fishing from a boat license, cray license and know how to pull anchors and gaff fish.

Conrad

 Heading out tomorrow from rockingham to have a bit of sambo fun hopefully. Just wondering what the best depth/ground on the FFB to burley them up in? 

a fast fish one,2 macko types, 2 tuna types, a dollie, wahoo and the ultimate one would be a beakie as well, arhhh we can dream

Good morning

Im heading up to Jurien on Sunday and was wondering if anyone has any cray reports from up that way? Close in, out wide, depth...any assistance would be appreciated?

Cheers

Brad

 Yesterday had a personal great day on species caught Metro, caugth legal sized Dhufish, Pink Snapper, Red Snapper, Baldchin Groper and Breaksea Cod in the first 3 hours, and thought that is a great species range for Metro demersal fishng.

So I am putting out the New Years Challenge to all you fishers, to try and catch the Big 5 and win Demersal Bingo too in 2015?  The challenge is in one trip, but the less ambitious out there might try and do it in the year, Post your name below the next time you BINGO the big 5. Of course these are the vulnerable 5, and fish should be brought up slowly, handled gently and release weights used.

For the record I also added a swallow tail and a queen snapper and a few other reefies, but the challenge is for the 5.

tight lines in 2015, may the winds be low and the hopes high, Happy New Years to you all.

DEMERSAL BINGO HONOUR BOARD

1. RICEY - around Rotto

 Just had a phone call from a mate in Mandurah, says one of his craypots has 2 floats on the rope, both floats with his gear ID painted on it, but went to pull today, and found one float completely painted blue!!!

Anyone else had this happen?

Maybe someone was gonna use his pot , painting over his ID, and got spooked??

 giday guys

every year a group of keen landbased fishos (northbound) head away on a trip that is always action packed! this time we decided too put together a bit of a video showing a bit of the fishing we experenced thoughout the trip. please hit us up on facebook and check out the video ! hope you all enjoy 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM17VDq-IjI&feature=youtu.be

cheers from the crew at northbound!

So today i bought fish in Albany ay Collies seafood labelled as kingfish and after cooking it up tonight and trying a piece it obviously wasn't. I suspect it was sambo instead. So do i go and give them a mouthful or are they permitted to label sambo as kingfish?

Slightly pissed of Old Salt!

 Hey fellas heading up to Moore river just trying to sus out the weed thanks

 Hi,

i am planning to go beach fishing in busselton on christmas eve at night but im unsure if the conditions are good as im really new to beach fishing. Can you please let me know if its worth going and where in busso is good if you can? any input is much appreceated

cheers 

 Im looking to buy 2 combos for my older boys 8 and 11 

Looking at 8ft size 4000 size reel for beach rock and about $150 max for each combo 

Any recommendations

Have a good mate from over east (well he is a Seppo that moved here so it is really a long way east) visiting at the moment.  He is another one that gets my photos on a regular basis so was keen for me to take him out and show him the wonderful WA waters.  With the weather being good today we headed out from Hillarys around 5.15am – still a little late for the pinkies and I am cursing my laziness.  Even at that time the ramp action was really starting to hot up.

Off to familiar ground, “secret burley – well not that secret you just need the gear and time to make it”, “secret rigs” and “secret baits” and we had a very nice little session.  Conditions were good excepting when the NE came up against the SW swell so we has the sea in competition with the swell – quite lumpy.  5 nice big King George, a couple of Blackass (including one over a kg) and lots of “undesirables” to keep us entertained.  It’s nice when a visitor gets a lot of fish.

Pulled the pots before the SW wind came up and although we are still getting lots of berried females, we did get a couple of keepers.  The photo of my mate with 2kg+ cray (tar spot that went straight back) is a classic.  We could bait the pots up again with all the undesirables captured over the morning.

Got back to the ramp and it was bedlam again.  As opposed to Saturday morning, everyone there seemed very capable and although there was a massive queue we cleared in less than half an hour.  This was even with Sea Rescue bringing in a boat through it all.  I am not sure what the difference between today and Saturday was?

KG, Breaksea and crays – it doesn’t get much better than that.  They are the top of the better half’s “go and get them” list, and my mate and his wife get to sample some of the best that WA can deliver.  All this from in close as well – got to love Perth Metro near shore.

 I fished with bait, how shameful :(

 Just devoured two sets of fish wings of a couple of breaksea cod freshly caught this morning,

just fryed them in butter added some garlic, parsley, chives and basil and mate they tasted good.

I never bothered with wings in the past but gotta say they take some beating.

weather forecast today was a little out, swell seemed to be rising 1.5 to 2 metre and only had

a short period of little wind, still a good day on the water, ended up with some good fish, those

dhuies are hard to find. how did others go?

 Hey guys, I am thinking about purchasing a Shimano tcurve deep jig 400 for my saragosa 25k. They seam like a really high quality rod, although any information about them snapping or been a nice rod would be apprechiated.

Cheers Max 

Hi all, 

off to nz in a week. Staying in Christchurch, kaikoura, ashburton and Queenstown. After big trout, Kingies and anything else that would be cool to catch down there.

after advice on gear to bring places to fish and charters and guides available. Also cool stuff to do would be nice 

Thanks for any help 

Goodie

 G'day fellow fishos, any Bunno locals on at the moment???  Just want to ask a favour guys,,,in town from Kalgoorlie for a week with family. Went to the cut yesterday and fished the spot where people put boats/ yaks etc in. Got a few small bream,whiting, crabs where pests and the Dolphins came in close too, what would be the best bait and Rig/tackle to use for a chance to land something larger for a better fight etc.. Any help or tips from the experts is appreciated. Cheers legends!

Hi all

Just recently got a little tinny and am looking to get into some shallow water fishing off Dunsborough. Obviously can't go far so whiting, squid etc would be target species.

Is it best to try the weed beds and sand patches in the bay or not really worthwhile and better to wait for a calm day and head around near the southern beaches?

Been out in the bay and it seems really flat and shallow for miles. Is there any structure about close in or more of the same?

Cheers

Pezdog