Oceanside Tackle and Marine is having a " one day only " Fishwrecked Boxing Day - Up to 20% OFF SALE

We stock a massive range of gear including softplastics, demersal jigs, rods, reels, braids, lures, tackle boxes and MUCH MUCH MORE!!!

Open tomorrow from 9am - 5pm

Any quesations, please call the shop during working hours or PM us.

heading down to albany for the first week of january staying at the kalgan river and have done plenty of fishing in the river and beach fishing at salmon holes, etc. but this time is the first with the boat so we will be planning to head out in the boat more often than not but dont know where to start and what to target. The boat is a 4m dinghy with a 25hp so will mainly be in oyster harbour and maybe head out into the sound in the weather is right

any tips, info, spots or even general areas for whiting or squid etc would be greatly appreciated

pm me any secrets spots if you dont want everyone knowing about them, but no worries if you want to keep your spots to yourself

cheers, commocean

also if anyone watched the fwa episode a few weeks ago where ryan was fishing for kgws in albany was that cheynes head like he mentioned, i hope not because thats a fair travel from the kalgan

dont know what happened to that post, but I was saying how lucky the 2 old mates where who's boat turned over off Cape Natto last night, go buy a lotto fellas 

 Cuppla lucky lads rescued off Cape Natto last night after their boat turned over. Go buy a lotto ticket fellas.

 hi guys just a querey if u had the choice of weather site who would u choose bom seabreeze or willy weather we wanna pull pots sunday but everyone has a diff report. sat is out of queation as I have to work.

To all our FW customers and the site, we would like to thank you for your ongoing support and wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

From all of us here, the Oceanside Team

 I need some information on how and where to fish garfish, and any other info which will lead to me hooking a few. Don't seem to get many, and when I do, it's usually one or 2 only. Cheers.

 just wanted to say merry Christmas to everyone and I hope you all have a safe and a fun xmas. Make sure not to drink and drive (even ya boat) and hopefully you guys can stretch your arms over the break :). Merry xmas from james, tyne, indi, roman, denver and sahara (thats the family) also a merry xmas from everyone at RAZERLINE BOATS

hi I'm looking at a new reel for boat fishing and will need a new rod I'm looking at something like the shimano stradic fj6000 or the penn conflict 6000 it's to use on a boat for bottom bouncing flicking lures trolling. I get out on a mates boat but not often what would be your recommendations thanks 

Anybody know of any upcoming tackle store sales? Thinking around the 20-25% storewide mark (including top end gear), hoping to have some cash to splash.

hey guys I was putting off upgrading my boat for a while but my neighbour has decided to sell his. It's a 2009 540 freestyle trailcraft with a 90hp 4stroke Honda 67 hours. He has had the boat from new and comes with ski gear all safety gear. Does come with a sounder but is average and will be replacing with mine if I decide to buy it, also comes with a full travel cover... He wants 30k and is in showroom condition. What's your thoughts? 

 Heya All - Heading up to Green Head for a few days looking for a few fish.

Can anyone advise what the ramp is like there? I have a 5m Seafarer, any info would be appreciated!

Thanks and have a merry xmas!

 possession limits are 24 per person

does that mean 24 per licensed person (which would mean only licensed people could be in possesion of crays caught recreationally) or 24 per person in a household

or if i give some to a friend 24 per   both households or i could catch 8 a day and give batches of 24 to friends now if i have these  friends or family living with me does that mean each person can own 24 crays?

this is the only reg i could find

  Subject to regulation 16E(3A)(a)(iv) and (b)(iv), (3B)(a)(iv) and (b)(iv) and (3C)(a)(iv) and (b)(iv), for the purposes of section 51(1) of the Act, the maximum quantity of rock lobster that a person may be in possession of is 24 rock lobsters. 

my head hurts

 Ladies and Gentlemen

I am an avid cray diver and sometime cray potter.

Now, whilst I sympathise for those who have lost pots due to nefarius never do wells, I have come to the following conclusions to explain why pots go sometimes AWOL

1. Not enough weight. Simple, a strong swell, current or wind moves the pot. It may become tangled with reef and the owner assumes they are poached.

2. The float was not marked, so I have heard recently that Fisheries will impound such a pot. Did you mark your float (as required)? Did you mark your pot with your gear ID (good advice to do this)?

3. A boat has inadvertently run over you float or the rope. This occurs due to: 

              a. Inattention on behalf of the skipper

              b. Too much rope on the surface

              c. It is night time and the floats are hard to see

              d. Your pot was in a shipping channel. Maybe not the best location.

              e. Your knots and equipment were not adequate for the rigours of life at sea

4.  Lastly many of my mates have lost pots, been poached or had a gutful and given up. Rather than staying silent, REPORT it and if enough people complain, maybe something will be done about it. 

Sincerely

Willy

 Hi guys not sure if anyone can help tho heading to Hamlin bay over Xmas going to take boat down anyone give me any hot tip on were to fish keen on few dhu cheers surge...

just wondering if anyone is heading out tomorrow we would like to get out n try set sum pots for last minute chrissy crays, i have searched 4 different weather sites and all of em have a different opinion of the weather. are the crays still afround or is it hard pickings

Interesting dilemma.

Pulled our craypots out on Sunday after an awesome season.

Got to one of mine and thought, jeez, someone set theirs awful close to mine....in fact I thought I'd have trouble being able to put it without running over his rope. There was probably 25 metres on the surface.  Anyway, lets run up on it and see what's going on.

Turns out there was a brand new plastic pot floating and tangled in my pot, with all the rope floating on the surface.

First dilemma....had to pull this dudes pot first and untangle it.  Technically illegal.  Once done, we could see it had no weight at all...still baited!.  Then thought, I'm not bringing this back in as the 7th pot on board....asking for trouble.  Fisheries were at the ramp (Ocean Reef) as we left.  Motored away from the rest of our pots and chucked it overboard.  Second dilemma, as you can imagine, all that did was put a floating pot with two floats and 25 metres or so of rope on the surface, ready to catch the next unsuspecting boat propellor.  I couldn't do it...I said stuff Fisheries, I need to bring this in as it's a navigation hazard, and I'll give it to Fisheries to contact the owner.

Anyway, got back in and Fisheries had gone, so I just left it near the launch ramps.

What would you have done?

 I took my family for a day trip over to GI recently. My daughter and I got into some squid, she loves it. Then landed a 49cm bluespot first cast at my 'secret' location, flicking lures along the beach.

 I'll be fishing out from the cape for a few weeks after Christmas and looking to find Tuna (Yellowfin specifically). Does anyone have any advice on where you're more likely to find them and the best methods for targetting them? (Beyond the obvious look for bait schools and birds etc, etc..)

I've trolled up stripey's and SBT's around Rocky point before but for now i'm really mainly interested in targetting yellowfin.

Any helpful hints much appreciated.

Cheers!

Having noted a broken leaf spring on both sides of my trailer I spoke and got a recommendation from Trailer Parts to take it to Fremantle Trailers.

Was pretty concerned that, at this time of the year, I had little chance of getting it done before Christmas and wouldn't risk towing it far loaded with a 6.8 as the remaining springs looked crappy and wouldn't put other people on the road at risk by driving it in that condition.

Well I am glad to report amazing service from Fremantle trailers despite this busy time of the year, they also discovered a spun bearing rendering one axle unserviceable and rather than mess around given the age of the trailer I asked that they replace both and am more than satisfied with the work, trailer looks like new and all done super fast enabling me to use it over the Chrissy break.

Nice to actually receive top service at this time of year - thanks Paul and the team  

Hi all, just wondering if the use of a throw net is allowed in Kalbarri and surrounds ? 

Cant find anything on the fisheries website or the netting brochure.

Cheers

heading out tomorrow morning from Hillarys
willy weather is looking better than sea breeze

either way I hope they haven't got it wrong
keen for a fish

Hey guys just got a few pots and was trying get my head around the whole whites vs reds so what I believe is the whites march for deeper water ? This is happening now or is it finished. Then do they head back into shallow reefs?

Anyhow I head out from Woodys to ffb area. Any advice would be great appreciated .

 Big girls all ready for first drop tomorrow

Fingers crossed! 

I won a couple of vent right ally bait skirted lures in a social media competition.  I also got the wife to buy a couple when she was last in singapore.  well I have them rigged and ready to go.

I can change hooks easily when needed just by undoing the shackle.  I can also introduce an addition hook (back to back) by shackling one straight through the eye of the hook.

ready to go and find those metro tuna (when this wind buggers off.. )

 hey guys can anymore help with some cray fishing advice please

Never done it before so any tips would help thanks guys

once considered not good enough for the aussie team, love to see someone fight back,88 yest. 3 wickets in a flash. won the last series for us,who were the selectors back then

 The oldies won't be happy about that, plenty down south they reakon,pros. Won't be happy either

Hey Guys,
looking at getting a better handheld for my fishing

The Garmin GPSmap 78sc come preloaded with Aus and NZ bluechart, I use the slightly leser model (78s) at work so I'm sold on the unit and such but
just curious as to how good the marine charts are?

my Navionics on my phone does the job but once out the main metro area (just south of Bunbury) I loose all the charts...

will this be the same on the GPS charts that come preloaded with the garmin? has anyone used it?
I'm hoping that the charts will be for all the way around Australia, not just the metro areas.

I've posted a link below to the unit with its description.

hope someone can help
Cheers, KP

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRAND-NEW-GARMIN-GPSMAP-78SC-AUS-NZ-PRELOADED-BLUECHART-/291328714279?pt=AU_Electronics_GPS&hash=item43d48b6627

Enjoy