After reading Neels' herring story it reminded me of a couple episodes..

1. We were fishing in the Daly River, NT competing in the Barra Classic.  The comp is tag and release.

The fish were going off, and everyone was catching nice 80cm+ barra.

A hire boat had a 3 old "Wogs" on board and they were having a great time with their locked drags and 50 pound mono.

After a couple hours these old bloke come up to us and offer us a couple of barra "We have gone over our limit".  That means they had 17 big barra on board.

We told them "No thanks we are competing in a comp and not allowed to have dead fish on board."   The old blokes pissed off back to their caravan park, unloaded and were back out for the afternoon to do it again!  How much bloody fish can you eat????

2. Same location, a cherabin drowner was tied up in the mouth of a nice creek and was catching good fish.  We saw him hook up to a meterey, and trolled a bit closer for a look.  As soon as he had it in the boat, out with the knife and cut it's throat.

We did a u turn to troll back past the spot and he now opens his massive esky and offers us a matre plus threadfin salmon.  "Got no room for the big barra, do you want a salmon?"

We declined and it threw the big salmon into the water for the crocs?  Greedy bastard!

3. Was in SA at a popular crabbing beach.  We returned with our bag limit and saw a bunch of mysterious Vietnamese playing in the weed by the carpark.  They grabbed their gear and headed back out into the water to catch crabs.  We went over to where they were acting strange and discovered they had about 150 crabs buried in the weed.  They were obviously going back out to double their catch.  GREEDY  PRICKS!!

Well, theres a couple of my bad experiences with greedy people.  What have you seen?

Rumours had it the bad limit was going to be reduced. Heard nothing further.

Reason is heard the herring was firing in the cut, so went for a gander.

Sure was  with double headers etc.

However one particular (race not mentioned) had a bucket full that on gestimation would have had way way more than 30 in it. I kindly asked how many have you caught, looks like fun. Answer heaps, perhaps 60odd. I then said wow, but isnt there a limit, adding I think 40 (not 30 as I knew). But Ill check with th Phone. No I was wrong its 30 I said. Then told to bugger off and dont be so nosy.

I smartly said you should fish for the future and not exceed the set limits. There is 3 off us fishing she replied. Where is the others, because if I dont see them in 10minutes Im calling fisheries.

She then packed up the car, and Oh my god, there was 3 other buckets in there stuffed to the brim with herring. She moved the car to the other side of the parking bay (I thought she was leaving), brought a now empty bucket, and you guesed it, started fishing again.

Now Im pissed off lady and called the hot line, gave them the rego of the car. Was advised by watch that the officers were involved all in a big sting operation and might take time to get there. Do I feel confident doing something about it. knowing the law about trespassing in someones car I wasnt about to tip the buckets in the car overborad, but every fish she landed I tried to throw back. Then some Gray nomad walked over to see what was happening because she was yelling abuse at me. Im taping this on the phone after fisheries requested this. When the older gents came over her gave her a mouthful probably bigger than me, told her he fished there everyday, and that him and his mates was going to toss her in the drink if they saw her there, every. Starting now. As mentioned got the car Make, colour, rego, and as the bonnet was opened for whatever reason I got a Vin and body plate aswell.

Now she F*&*%^$d off to a few cheers. I was steaming, the old man name Paul was boiling, a mate of his was making rude gestures to her, and anothe chased her with a sizable fish pacifier to her car.

I might now stop by after work, wednesday midafter after half day, and if I see the crow she will have her fish confiscated. Fisheries sending me a badge saying I can.

That just bloody outraged me. In the 4 white buckets I would gues 50-60 in each, plus the 2 she managed to get in her bucket after we pilfered her catch.

Hope with all the info she gets busted because she wasnt aware we forwarded all the identifying details to fisheries. Did it on the sly.

This has pissed me off all night.

If I possible get a badge as a responsible bag follower, why cant we set up a fisheries help mob like the old VFLO(Edited) previous. No power to arrest, but to confiscte eand dold until Police and cops turn up.

My angry cents worth

Neels

 hi, i have checked and a spinfisher 950ssm only has 7kg drag, were can i go to get it upgraded up to about 15kg and how much would it cost. thankyou

 had bradybunch dave come up couple days ago for a fish. Ended up going down to a pinky spit off cliffs around 11am and always good fun watching a bloke get smoked on a big pink! We didnt land any but getting smoked was good enough! 

That arvo with the weather looking very fishy! We went for a mulla fish. I managed a small soapy then dave hooked onto a decent mulla! When it was landed it ended up being a donkey!! Always stoked to get guys into good fish and this was a worthy mulla.

Ended up with another smaller one n dave lost another decent mulla. We were all done by 8.30. Good session and some good laughs!

Gota love the croakers. Thanks for the laughs dave.

Hi All, Mate and I are planning a trip to Dongara for 5 nights and taking a Barcrusher 680HT with twin 115 Suzuki's - Never fished off this part of the coast and if possible would like some advice on the following

How far out do we need to go to get some pelagic action and some bottom action. We have heard a lot about the area and just would like some general tips. We where planning a trip to Exmouth however circumstances changed and elected to pick Dongara.

Any advice most welcomed.....Tight Lines Everybody !!!!

 Hey guys what conditions are best for squidding Cockburn sound? Somebody mentioned the tides & moon have a bit to do with it, Havn't had a lot of luck lately :( 

Does anyone sell frozen burley logs NOR? I cant be effed makin my own and want something better than mushed up mulies in a scaler bag for snaps

Hey guys, I'm coming to Perth first weekend in June and we are planning to go on a charter for my nephews 21st. 

Want to go out for the day then be back to party in the evening, he's Waikiki based so preferably from Mandurah or Freo.

Any suggestions, is it worth while in early June?

 Hi all

i need to replace my GPS Lowrance HDS5.

the ones on ebay from the US are between 500 and 600 dollars will they be ok for Australia or do I need to be looking here.

cheers

All over my FB feed is metro fishos raving about what lure they used to catch salmon etc

I guess it must of been a good year as they schools finally travelled north a bit?

But seriously you could cast anything into a school of salmon and hook up...metals, poppers, hard bodies, plastics etc...its not rocket science and is there any need to spend many $$ buying fancy lures?

(But I may be a bit biased as we tend to catch the pesky buggers all year round)

 hey guys so i go out fishing from hillarys normally of rottnest probally 3-4 north and of geordy bay in about 20-33m of water but havent had much luck not even catching an undersized demersal where i fish there is a point and then u cant see anymore of the island i think thats round where the westend is  where abouts does it come into 40 m of water and is it reef there i cant seem to really find any good spots. 

I have latley been thinking of fishing of of mindarie/ocean reef but how far out do u have to go out of there to get in about 40 m of water and what direction do u head and is there good ground out there ? does it hold many demersals mainly dhufish.  where do u think i am better of fishing rottnest or mindarie/oceanreef wich holds more and better fish. I got  a coordinate to the gemenie wreck would this hold dhufish? 

thanks 

 Hi everyone,

Does anyone own or know someone that has a house in Coral Bay. We have two families with kids that want to go up there next Easter but everything seems to be booked out.

please PM me if you can help.

Cheers AaronC 

" How to use an Echo Sounder/Fish Finder " *** Oceanside Sounder Night *** -  Monday 12th May Presented by John Adams

This free night is for Fishwrecked members and a brief overview of;
 

 For you guys who fish from the beach or jetties etc and want to catch a good fish, this the time for a pinkie. Storm coming in with strong northwesters, this is where I caught most of my Pinkies from South Mole. Fish on the south side along side the lighthouse. Catch a herring and cut it into 3 pieces, that's your bait. Pinkies come in close looking for bits and pieces the storm has washed off or broken away from the groynes. A big chunk of fresh herring will get picked up pretty quick.

Good Luck and Tight Lines.

Dale

Any one heading downto through some big Baits this arvo off the wall in the storm ill be the bout 2 if any ones keen for a beer and a chin wag

Went for a fish at Buffalo beach last night. On the beach a bit late and line in the water at 6pm. Water was like glass. No wind, slight swell.

I used a rig with gang and mulie, surf popper below, sinker on bottom. Wasn't expecting to get anything on the surf popper at night.

Nearly caught more fish on the poper than on bait. Herring, small bream, whiting, pike, and this is what I was most surprised about, a Mulloway.

Ended up catching a dozen herring, 2 pike, 2 small bream, a whiting and 5 undersize mulloway biggest being 42cm.

Just starting to do a bit of fishing around Bunbury a bit more now so hopefully I will have some larger specimens to talk about soon. Had a few decent bites but no big hookups. Really want to get a big mulloway and a shark to fill the freezer.

Cheers

Rob

hey guys,

a recently planned trip to exmouth has fallen through due to work commitments ( sent missus in my stead hahah)

working a 8/6 roster will give me some time to get up for a few days if i fly up,

question is , what would you guys rccomend?

im after macks and tuna and well really anything that will make my drag sing!

nice bottom bouce and stuff aswell,

i know there is a shit load of charters up there, but i know nothing bout em,

love my LB fishing but would love to get into the deep blue and tick some boxes off

any suggestions would be helpful! also prefered time of year? e,g im looking at abrollas islands but im concerned bout weather as we heading towards winter....

cheers in advance guys.

p.s willing to pay a local boat owner up north to let me be a deckhand instead of charter if thats pssobile

 Not sure if anyone will get in or out of steep point this week, but if anyone does, please advise on the track conditions.  We're heading that way saturday night / Sunday morning.  I think (hope) the rain has cleared by then....

 shot out to 3 mile off hillaries this arvo tryin to get a bit of bait for an up coming north trip and maybe a feed smashed the bait bagged out hezza,slimies,yakkas and garies my mate manged a just size dhu squid and the tailor tried livies, fresh slabs, fresh mullies, old mullies, just couldnt tempt any big ones, bait freezer looks good though

 Hey guys looking at the weather what do you think? Big swell to big?

Just wondering about the state of these 2 Exmouth ramps.  Is the sand still present and will only allow boats to launch at high tide?

Thank you

took thesupervisor[Rob] out for a salmon hunt, we tried out from hillarys trolling stickbaits and a small deep driver, went into north beach then triggs, threw a few lures around Rob actually got 4 herring on a small slice, continued down to scabs, out to the reef, berlyed up did get 13 big skips up 43 cm,Rob had a good time on the light gear, couple of small sambos, trolled back on the inside of the reef throwing lures into the white water a few more herring then home, will try again soon. mint conditions could put the boat in real close to the reefs

my dilemma,

my combo unit died !

A)...I can get a simrad NSS8 with lowrance 600w 50/200 tranny, wifi unit and gold card for $1700 (to be used as a combo unit)

B)..I can get a Lowrance elite DSI 5 with gold card...(use as chart plotter only...but also comes with tranny 83/200 down scan etc...) AND a furuno 627 with 600w 50/600 tranny (both) for under $1700.

which would you guys go for?

pick a box A or B

might as well mess with my head a bit more and give me some other options as well.....

:)

 When I finally do come back to perth (awhile yet) I'm looking at spending 150k on a boat and 4x4 

I would want a boat that's on a trailer, 7m or bigger with probably a single engine as don't want 600$ fuel bill when going out for a fish 

and a 4x4 that would be able to tow it and still be able to head on the beach for camping and so on

so my question is, how would you spend 150k on a setup?

also what setup do you have ATM? 

Cheers, Troy 

I have searched through the forums cant really find what im looking for. Can anyone tell me what is the major differences with 1 piece or 2 piece rods. I am looking at buying something for snapper dhui's etc mainly bottom bouncing. what would be advantages of 1 piece over 2 piece or visa versa

any help would be great.

Hi All ,

       Was thinking of putting braid on my Penn 9500ss , are these reels suited for braid . I will be using it for bottom bouncing ,trolling lures & light jigging .

 I was thinking 60 lb ? , any suggestions . I used to have it on a 7ft  penn power stick until I snaped the end off . Any suggestions for a rod to suit .

 Thanks in advance .

   Cheers Ray

fell thought person sold t on me

 Hey guys recently purchased a Storm Gomoku erito (red) pe 0.8-1.5. Im currently using it for light lure fishing, was wondering if i can use this for soft plastic fishing for snapper and dhuies?

 hi guys, do any of you have any reviews on a fin nor lethal lt100. is it good for big rays and sharks, also how much of 80lb fins would fit on it. thankyou.