Ive just installed some outriggers and due to the layout restrictions on my boat, Ive be given some good advice that Ill need to run short bent butt stand up rods to get the best results, so Ill be offloading the couple of straight butts I have and started looking around for some cheapish options as Im not really keen on spending $500/ $2K a go.

Have been keeping an eye out on here/ gumtree/ ebay etc for some 2nd hand 24 +37kg models (after two of each)but their obviously rare as hell. On my ebay travels I came across these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trolling-Tuna-Rod-Rods-for-Penn-International-Avet-Tiagra-PINNACLE-MARINE-/191208656834?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c84ec8fc2

Now Im usually a sceptic for anything cheap on crapbay (you get what you pay for), but Ive done a bit of googlework on them and the reviews seem surprisingly good:

http://www.thehulltruth.com/sportfishing-charters-forum/212317-pinnacle-marine-rods.html

http://www.thebassbarn.com/forum/6-offshore-fishing-forum/208119-pinnacle-marine-outfitters-custom-rods.html

http://www.swordfishingcentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7620

Has only seen one of these rods in the flesh or know anyone who has one?

Im realistic that theyre not going to be in Tiagra rod class, but at that price (cant find anything anywhere for under 350 a rod except those sagimi jobs that seem more like deep drop rods) and with the decent reviews Im thinking they might be worth a crack. Pacific Bay rigging and ALPs guides are both decent enough quality I think.

Apparently the builder (John) does decent discounts for multiple purchases and Im toying with the idea of getting 4, and if anyone else is keen to buy one as well and it could make them cheaper still and split postage accordingly etc. Give me a PM if anyone is interested in looking into it any further...

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a cheapish alternative in short butt 24 +37kg trolling rods? Shame Shimanos discontinued their bent butt backbone models

Also, stay tuned for a couple of decent straight butt 37Kg rods going up for sale soon to release some funds

 Thinking of heading down to the show tomorrow - who's been and what did you think?

 Hey guys after 2 3/4 sized craypots... If any knows of someone thats making them please let me know... I'm new to this cray thing so any advice if jarra or pine is better? 

 Hi everyone. In the summer my family are going to stay down in Albany, and I want to know what you will catch there? I am really keen and pushing the point to go to Kalbarri instead because of the tailor and they recon its "nicer" in Albany, but I don't agree  . Anyway is there any chance of a tailor or salmon school in the middle of summer? Keen to give my rods a workout. If anything else is around there big like that in the waves, please let me know.

 There is rivers in both locations that hold bream, so Im not worrying as much about smaller river species or jetty fish but more about the bigger stuff.

lachie

 hi guys, today i went to meet up with some old friends i thought i'd bring the filcky, first cast and i'm on. after all it was an awesome session catching 6 whiting enclouding a pb of 22cm!!! i also caught a little flounder. soory guys but this a a secret spot.

thanks

Hey guys, my cousins coming over from New Zealand for my fathers funeral and will be here late Tuesday.  Looking to see if the two of us can join anyone for a fish on the boat for Wednesday maybe thursday. Cheers.

Macks jumping at mindarie bring it on

Enjoy

 hi guys, today me and my mate lachieH(fishwrecked member) went for a fish at our secret spot. we first started ccatching heaps of small ones and a few hours later with no succes we decided to walf to a differnt spot, our baits were getting smashed, we kept lossing decent bream and also catching big yellowtail grunter, lachie soon left to g home while i stayed, i had one last cast and bang, im on!! i beached it and it was a 25.5cm!! only legal one for the day. still very happy with that. was relesed.

if you know ths spot can u please not mention it.

thankyou

 Hey all,

Iv been looking for a decent old galss hull for a new project. Planning on converting it into a centre console.

Just come across this old girl but the seller doesnt seem to know much about it (selling for his mate).

So just putting it out there to see if anyone has an idea to what make/model the hull is??

cheers

Is it possible to get whiting to show up on a sounder or are they too close to the bottom to define. If some one has a screen capture showing confirmed whiting it would be very much appreciated if they could post it, I'm still learning to read what I'm being shown on the screen.

 Hey fellas the family n I are heading up to kalbarri in February next yr for a wk or so, any of u gurus out there that get to travel a bit more then me lol....it's been a few yrs since I went there last, can you shed some light on the weather n best places to fish, when I say family there is 15 of us heading up, father inlaw wants to tow boat up there but I haven't been out from there, so not very familiar with ground, so if anyone wants to help us out, it would be greatly appreciated. As my father inlaw said if we don't get any DECENT fish he is selling all his gear hahaha, it just hasn't been our yr for fish or anything for that matter.

Hi everyone

I'm going to be in perth(freo) this weekend, and if anyone wants to bring along a deckie I'd be more than keen and willing to split fuel, bait costs etc. Have some experience on boats if that matters. You can give me a ring at 0406055152 for a chat if you're interested.

Cheers

 I own a reel that came with a reel seat sticker to protect the reel from corrosion and scratching when you mount it to a rod. The only problem is the sticker is getting worn out and fits poorly. Are there reel seat stickers you can buy or something around the house that does the job better than the one that came with the reel?

cheers

 Hi....I was recently up at Dampier for work.( No fishing allpwed )I could see Malus island and was wondering how the fishing was around the inshore islands and what species 

one could catch near by...

hey all, recently up in exmouth for a week with the gf's family (report still to go up) semi successful trip but still fun.

caught a few baby cod from the reefs around the shoreline (like 12cms) and put them all back as u would then on the last arvo there brother in law got one about 25-28cms. im not familiar with cod species but knew 300-400cm min. so i just said its under and had to go back. closer reading of the recretional fishing guide and a few pics and the fishwrecked id guide and i found it was actually a chinaman rock cod (charlie court) no limit and according to the site dont get much bigger and very good eating quality.

so just curious what size would people keep them at and are they worth it? it was kinda fat but mostly just a big mouth.

cheers, Niko

 Lee Raynor usi ng rapala 10 deep divers slow troll and rapala clackawraps just sitting g near the bottom

 who is going to the boat show?

Ill be there working so come say hi  :)

We have a few flashy boats this year so come see the razerline stand and ill give you a deal :) or come have a beer 

was watching an episode of fishing WA and saw a part when they fished a large cliff-like hill next to meet Henry bridge. They pulled out tailor up to 40cm on their light lines. So I was thinking if I got in my kayak and casted some 10g twisty's towards the shore at this time of the year already, would that work? Or should I wait until the middle of summer? I have heard it's the best tailor spot in the river and I live close to it so it wouldn't be much of a struggle getting down there whenever I wanted to fish. 

 Hey guys I've managed a 7 hour window tomorrow with no kids & I was going to take my brother out to the 5 for a fish... We are heading out from dawsvill launching at 6.30am I've never fished the bank before and I was just wondering what side of the bank have you found to fish better? Be nice to come back with other than a feed of whiting lol (not that that's a problem) anyway ANY advice is much appriceated :) don't care even if it's fun with a few sambos :D anyway cheers guys

 hi guys, i have been looking for a new bream/whiting on stickbait reel. i cant spend any more than $150 on the reel. i have been looking at the aird 1000 and daiwa lexa 1500, should i save up abit more and get the stradic 1000fj? what do u guys think is a good bream reel?

 Hi I am looking for a graphite surf rod to compliment a sustain 6000

I am looking for a rod for middle to heavy duty lure casting

Would daiwa seajigger 7kg to 15kg be suffice,model sj325h

Are t-curve revolution coastal any good?

I am open to other options though 

thank you

 Heading to Cervantes tomorrow afternoon with a couple of mates. Friday is looking ok, not great with seabreeze showing SW up to 16 knots and swell increasing to 1.7 m. Saturday swell over 2m so probably not going to get out in that, considering the size of my boat. Are there some spots in close that could be fished in that swell/conditions? Wondering if it is worth coming back home instead? I've never fished from there and would appreciate advice. Thanks

 caught a harlequin today.  Checked the regs to ensure it was legal but found it to be quite ambiguous.  It is listed with cods and there is only a minimum size listed for estuary cod @ 400 and breaksea @ 300. I am assuming, dangerous I know, that there is no legal size for them  It measured 450 so was a good size but I hate not being sure so it went back.. Can someone clarify for me. Cheers

Just a heads up. Channel 7 will be running a story on WVSR on tonight's news.

Hi, Just wondering what your thoughts are on which Shimana Saragos SW reel size to use on a Shimano Deep Jig 200 rod.

I'll be spooling it with PE4 - 5 braid and it's going to be the general purpose rod for bottom bouncing, occasional jigging at the barges, live baiting, trolling, etc

I've got a 6000SW and 10000SW as examples as the 5000 and 6000 are the same size reel and the 8000 and 10000 are the same size (the only difference been the line capacity on the spools).

I'm leaning towards the 6000SW

 Heading to Coral Bay this weekend for a couple of weeks. Anyone got a recent fish report.

thanks

 been watching fishing wa old episodes and saw Steve making his own burley.he used pollard, oil, water and on the day mixed maggots with it. So I went to the shop today and bought 1 litre of tuna oil, a bucket, 2kg of pollard, obviously have water here at home and can't find any frozen maggots, does anybody know where I can get maggots from?

anyway the main question is should I add anything else to the mix? Haven't made any yet so am pen to suggestions. I have seen some peo use cat biscuits which I can get from city farmers so I might get some tomorrow.

it will be burley for herring, gardies etc. beach species but not snapper and the big stuff

lachie

 Hi people my engine has just packed it in at the perfect time just before summer so I'm not a happy camper ,if anyone knows of someone selling a 70hp out board I would realy appreciate it if you could let me know

Alan Hawk's review of both the Spheros SW and Saragosa SW is now up for anyone interested.

http://www.alanhawk.com/reviews/spsw.html