Hi all,

I have an Okuma Salina 2 baitfeeder in a 5000 size and would love to know if anyone has a 2000 size as per below that  they might be willing to part with. I'm pretty sure they are no longer made so I thought I would try my luck if anyone knows of someone .

 Thanks very much.

http://au.shopping.com/okuma-okuma-salina-ii-2000-baitfeeder-fishing-reel/info?sb=1#overview

Hi guys,

Just after bit of advice in regards to leader for metro demersal jigging and soft plastic fishing.

Will be using 40lb and just wondering what brand flourocarbon people prefer.

Cheers,

Joycey

 Hi guys,

need some advice, my son has a Mitsubishi lancer 2004. Has been driving for a year on his learners, gets his P Plates at the end of the month ( god help me) he wants to trade and get a 2003 ( BA)or 2004 (xr6) ford. Wants to spend about $5000, I don't know anything about cars.  So my question is are these cars mechanically ok, are do they have faults that make them a lemon etc.

i can see this will turn into a ford vs Holden but here we go

Where are the best spots off bunbury for fishing in the summer and what species to target?

 Augusta marina photos 19th July, locals are still saying September it will be ready.

 Hi everyone, I have been saving up for a while now to buy a new bream combo. I'm looking for a mid range outfit of about $120-$150. Currently I'm looking at the alliance 701SPML graphite composite 7'0" 2-4KG, the alliance 1000 spinning reel 5+1 ball bearings 5.5:1 ratio 195yds-4lb mono (I want braid though), and the Berkley fireline exceed 135m 2kg braid. This all comes to $133.95. Any other suggestions?

lachie

In my last school holiday post I mentioned that conditions looked good for the last arvo of the school holidays and guess what, they were.  Went into work and dealt with my meetings and got away by 1pm.  YPM was chaffing at the bit to get out there and we had asked a quality fisherman, and good bloke, from the MAAC if he would like to join us.  The north easter was dropping as we headed to the ramp at about 2pm.

A slightly choppy ride out to the grounds meant we arrived around 3pm with plenty of time to sound around and pick a spot.  Out with the newly made burley – this batch works an absolute treat producing a very fine cloud in the water with each log lasting longer than 2 hours.  Off we go.

In what started a quality session, the first fish to the boat, within 10 minutes, was a 50cm Dhu.  This fish was right on the mark but we decided to let him live and do some growing – I don’t see fishing as a harvest and to tell you the truth we throw back a lot more than we keep, and anything that is not more than a few cm over gets returned.  The fishing from this point was very steady with plenty of species to keep us amused as we waited patiently for the “pinking hour”.

The pinking hour is a phrase that I have developed over here for that short period where the pinks come on thick.  It usually corresponds to sun rise or sun set but doesn’t always happen.  It is the period where you need to be on full alert and ready to react because the pinks are very smart fish and will pick up and drop your bait in an instant.  I have found the key to successful pink fishing is to provide a bait that presents naturally that the pink can pick up and run with feeling no resistance until you set the hook.  Anyway, that’s what works for me.

We were lucky enough that the pinking hour happened for us.  We were steadily boating them for a half hour or so and the highlight was when a school obviously moved under the boat and every bait went off at the same time.  In all that excitement we only got one in but it was an experience to remember.

Our evening produced 10 pinks, 2 king george, 3 large (>1m sharks), the 50cm dhu, 3 tarwine, 2 big rays, 2 sargent baker and some skippy, with various other low quality throw backs.  The photo shows what we kept for the night – and we also kept the sb fillets for the bait store.  What a lovely end to the school holidays.  Winter fishing in WA is awesome.

anyone else up there then, will be based at yardie creek caravan park for 10 days

An expensive joyride

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/thief-steals-expensive-boat-from-fremantle-and-takes-it-out-to-sea-off-perth-during-mondays-storm/story-fnhocxo3-1226992762133?sv=6d1b418b8e6a7d1ca583852a7638ad03&&net_sub_uid=6196813

???
is there such a thing ?

heading to northam tomoz and will have plenty of time to kill. was wondering if there are any redfin in the Avon? around that area ?

I really have no idea on freshwater fishing .....At alllll !!!! but have done a bit of a search and can kit myself out easily enough.

cheers for any imput

Hi all,

I am heading to Yallingup for a long weekend (I have never been there). Do you have any spots for whiting? No need to give away your secret spots, but will be appreciated if you do!

Many thanks

 Anyone been fishing floreat drain lately? Ye catching much. Heading tomorrow morning. 

Any news on when or if there's a Calamari Classic happening again this year?

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/malaysia-airlines-plane-mh17-shot-down-on-ukrainerussia-border/story-fnizu68q-1226992889461

-298 on board

-27 Australians killed

-Shot down

Condolences go out to all affected

Enjoy

How do you keep your fishing obsessed family, well two of them, amused over the school holidays – go fishing of course.  Our plans of travelling somewhere in this great state to chase piscatorial trophies went to crap because we were too lazy to organise anything properly, and the weather looked a bit dodgy to punt thousands of clams on it being good when you got there.  All there was to it, watch the Perth weather and take a day off when it looked ok.  That was today, although the swell and wind was borderline – and it was quite cold at 6am.

The target for today was to get YPM a good Sambo.  He has been worked by these beasts over the past months but has yet to get a big one to the boat.  He fishes with 30lb braid and the big ones always seem to take 100+m of line and “rock” him on the shallow reefs.  One thing we have learned over the last 6 months is that the big ones fight dirty.

Off to the ramp before dawn, and it is never a good sign that there was only one other trailer there.  We waited till it was light as the swell was still 3m at Rotto and we didn’t fancy taking on the “hole in the wall’ in the dark.  It was fairly spectacular to go “through” in the swell with big waves breaking either side of you.  There was one that looked like it could break in front of us and I was pleased we have a small fast maneuverable boat so we could react and “cross” it in a safe place.  Nothing like a “heart starter” in the morning.

We stopped off at 3 Mile to try the new burley – it worked a treat which is good seeing we have so much of it.  No big pinks unfortunately, but true to form YPM got smashed and busted off on the rocks.  We did however put this one down to a large ray as it really liked the bottom.  The 31cm black arse went back as it was just marginal and deserved to live.  We decided to go out further and try our luck as the swell was well spaced and there was not much chop.

Headed to some “solid” ground in about 30m and fired up the Minn to “hover” over it.  The next few hours were awesome, even though the easterly continued to increase.  The skippy were in plague proportions, and a good size as well.  We probably landed close to 40 with many over a kilo.  We returned every one and YPM commented that, “even though we don’t keep them, it is so much better than catching wrasse and parrot”.  Landing one big one did cause crossed lines though and we needed to take a break as I had to clean up the mess.

YPM decided that watching me incompetently untangle things was quite boring.  He threw down the bigger rig to fish the bottom with a whole snelled mulie whilst I did the work!  Within minutes, he was smashed and there was no doubt this was a big angry fish.  I must say he did really well in what was probably a 20+ minute fight.  There were tangled lines in the water that needed to be cleared through the fight, as well as the need to walk around the boat to keep the “pressure on”.  At last, that big sambo came to the boat and there was one very happy young fella who finally caught his prize.  Weighed, measured and photographs and back he went.

You gotta love it when a kid catches a PB.  He followed up immediately with a nice KG (mum really likes them) and it was time to come in.  It’s good when a plan comes together.  The weather looks ok for the last arvo of the school holidays tomorrow, so guess what!

Has anyone been off the busselton jetty recently after mulloway or is the mulloway run for the busselton jetty over

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/shark-death-investigated-as-video-goes-viral-20140717-ztw03.html

given the herring discussion , i thought there may be other bag limits/fisheries management changes that people would like to see

probably the no 1 is to have 1 dhufish per licnece holder

one of my choices would be to see the size limit on crabs increased from the curent 127mm , up to 135 mm , given the bag limit of only 10 per person blah blah , ten bigger crabs at 135 mm is a good feed

i like to see some changes in the shark bay pink snapper rules as well ,

would people want a shore based fishing licence to match the boat fishing licence , that excluded payment for kids under 14 and pensioners,

or my preference of general fishing licence that gave you access to both shore and boat, & when doing the application you can tick a box which one you do most or exclusivly for data info to fisheries on activity etc

,

is the bag limit of squid too many ?

probly lots of others , fire away

hezzy

 I have it pritty good up here in Exxy ,we get out pritty often to put our set net in to catch some mullet and some trevs and queenfish for fishing out wide

 we also chase whiting thro the hotter mounths for a feed and bait also .

 What i was asking is what does ever other net fishers chase and where ,its just a general thing  ??

 i love getting out after work and setting the net and having a beer waiting

     jeff

 Any one catching any slimys? Do you get them this time of year metro? Wouldnt mind cactching a few

Thanks

Was just watching Ifish with Paul Worstling catching massive snapper when they spawn in South Oz. This made me think how good we used to have it with our sambos on the barges west of Rotto. How come there pinky schools aren't plagued by sharks like our sambo schools? Is this more evidence that we need pro shark fisherman locally?

Furuno FCV 627 for sale, Excellent cond $700.

Does anyone know any good whiting spots in Bunbury or Bussulton and what bait or lure to use 

 .

 with the cray season slowly approaching I wanted to set the boat up so its more user friendly. I have a 4.5m quintrex fishseeker ( tiller steer ) with 100mm gunnels, I was thinking of mounting a removable cray pot tipper on the left and a winch on the right. I will be using the normal 3/4 slat pots locally and plastics when I go away. water depths ranging anywhere from 6m to 30m.

I was wondering if anyone had a setup on a similar sized boat and how you found it? also roughly how much your setup cost, ive allowed $1400 to get the job done.   cheers in advance

I'm looking for a soft plastic rod for a Stella 4000fe. They were heavily reduced so couldn't pass it up!

I have brought the line, varivas 10x10 jigging braid 1.5 pe, 28lb

Rods that have caught my interest are:

G Loomis pro blue 7' 12-25lb

Lox Yoshi Blade 6 10', 6-8kg

Samurai Kestrel 7', 10-20lb

Temple Reef Mytho,  5 10', 1-3pe

NS Magic Eye Torque, 7 8', pe2-4

Shimano Type J spin 1.91m, pe1-3

What do you think? Is a big investment and will be my go to pinkie combo. Just too many choices

and any help would be greatly appreciated

 Hi,

I read an article today of two guys putting in alot of time and effort to catch a shark this time of year and they did it, just wondering has anyone else tried it?

Its got me in the mood to target them again as I thought there wouldn't be any around this time of year!

Also seen before someone use a shaker under a ballon to attract them? 

Thanks

 hey guys

just wondering if anyone has fished the artificial reef down at dunsborough recently

would like to know if they are producing some decent captures

thanks