Fishing Discussion

General Fishing Chat

4.5 to 5m Tinny

 I am looking at buying a 4.5 to 5m tinny for the pilbara waters.  What would people recommend?  Looking at it being an all round boat for creeks and a little island work

 

Cheers


Name and Shame

 I ordered stuff from "Star tackle" in singapore on feb 25th and march 3rd.........the parcel was not sent until march 27th.....one item was not available..........i had no contact from them...they put it in one parcel.......they owe me postage....when it came they sent me the wrong hooks which were cheaper and weaker......After repeated e mails to 

a)replace the wrong hooks they sent me
B) refund me the excess postage 
They have not replied or paid me any money................YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED..........the guy is a ****ing tosser.

its a grand old flag a high flying flag

oh boy the mighty demons have their first win of the year , and just to make it sweeter its against caaaarrrrrlllton and mick malthouse , yes we will have a long hard season but this 1 is sweet


inconsiderate fisheries

the big fisheries rib had a steering malfunction after launching at point peron this morning (they hadn't left the ramp before it failed) , so what do they do pull there boat into the shallow end of the ramp , which meant that nobody could use that ramp they blocked it up for a good 30 minutes , I suggested they move out deeper on the ramp so it could be used and they said "nope not doing it " as you could imagine it was as busy as could be down there this morning fisheries should not have been so selfish and hogging a whole ramp to themselves I have seen 4 boats tied up on a single ramp there every one being patient, its when things like what the fisheries did this morning tempers fray


How did you go today with the great weather?

 How did everyone go with today's great weather? I got a little dhu and had some problems with my outboard so headed back. :)


Today's Banger

 Headed out today in absolute mint conditions, Did the usual and anchored up on a huge lump I found in the mid 20's. The deckie dropped his bait on the head of a 18kg Sambo that nearly tore the old boys arms off lol. Lots of Undersize Dhuies put no Pink which was disapointing. So headed out to the mid 30's and a good cray pot line Using my PE 2-4 Demon blood with has a Stella 500 paired to it it loaded up and took off. I could'nt get it off the bottom for about 5 mins and started to think it was a Shark. Slowly started to gain some ground when finally we saw the silver flash down below and the grin on my face grew. She was shot when she hit the surface but glad to get the net under her 11.8 kg oh caught on a Mulie. As we were doing this my other rod loaded up and another Banger at 5 kg. After that I managed two Pinkies at  10mm under grrr. But it we all had fun and some other big fish lost so frustration plus.


Tailor

 I know that I have been posting a lot of threads lately but I am very keen on catching my first tailor and because its the school holidays I have all the time in the world to do it. I live very close to the mt Henry bridge and do have some 10g halco twisty's and will go whenever I need to.

Have heard that the best time for tailor fishing is at dusk, but will try to pick a change of tide close to dusk as well. Have a rod with a 15-30lb mono mainline I think (not sure) and am probably going put a 30lb leader on (this is the poundage that I have heard works best). Any suggestions on land based locations in the river?

lachie


metro tuna spots

 hi guys, there have been a cuple metro landbased tuna cought of woodies. i am going tommorow to rockingham jetty. is it good weather tommorow, tides ect. and i am going from 4:30 to 6:30. is that a good time? also it is hard to catch scalys at rockingham so could a live herring catch a tuna. thankyou


Kids combos

Just after suggestions for kids combos for an extremely excited 4 and 6 year old..

was looking at the tackleratz ugly stick combos but thought 4' might be too small for 6 yo???

thoughts guys??


paid to fish. Dream job

 catching fish aNd getting paid to do it. A few photos from the last two trips


Brilliant.......... not fish related

Thank goodness, every parents nightmare she has been found toddler Chloe Campbell's. 

Found huddled in a corner in the dark crying for mummy at the Childers show grounds.


July school holidays

 Hi all.

thinking of heading to Gero in the July school holidays. Taking 16 ft Ally, any words of wisdom would be appreciated. Don't need exact spots just a point in the right direction.

are the Macks still around in July?

thanks all in advance


Cobia off the cut

 Fishing today a couple of k's off the cut(Mandurah),wound up a pinkie with a good size cobia following it up.It then hung around the boat for awhile.Do you usually see them down this far?


heading to south west bank

heading to SWB tomorrow if any one wants to tag along pm me or give me a call on 0418935456


New lure casting rod

 Snapped my graphite 9ft casting rod last weekend, spewing I loved that rod. Any recommendations.  Didn't want to spend more than $200. Will be matched with either slammer 560 or 360 depending on species and strong enough to throw 65gram metals for salmon down south. Cheers boys


Kalbarri Questions

 Hi guys, heading up to kalbarri on Sunday and just wondering if anyone has been up there in the last week or two, if so I was wondering what area the mackies are in because last year we just couldn't get on to them! Have tried the search function but can't find any recent mack reports. Also is it worth soaking a big bait at night around the river mouth or off some of the jettys for shovel nose,mullys,bull sharks ect?

 

cheers,

snapper_seeker


Fish ID please

Hi,

Just got back from Exmouth and I have a question about a fish that we caught. We pulled it up in 190 metres of water out from Tantabiddi. Could someone please tell me what it is and if it is any good to eat.

Thanks,

Ken 


Cyclone Ita

All she's now a Cat 5 and soon to hit. An interesting 24 hours for us to say the least. The Cooktown area is first cab off the rank so good luck to all.

 


Heading out early tomorrow, any tips?

 Hey guys looking at heading out befor sun rise tomorrow from woodman point, want to try and get some snapper. 

Any pointers? Cheers


Remaining FADs

Hi guys, I'm planning on heading out to the FADs tommorow to have a look around.

I heard that some of them are missing. Does anyone have up to date information on which ones are still out there?

It's a long way to go if they're not there...


Win $750 with Clancys Salmon Comp

G'day all , just a heads up over the next few weeks , if you catch a Tagged Salmon either take a photo of tag prior to release or Present Fish  at Clancys , First one gets $750 and two and three get goodie bags . 9 were tagged yesterday ( with one being eaten by a dolphin straight away!! , so only eight now) .

Good luck to all , play safe over Easter and respect your fellow Fisher and PLEASE Pick up your rubbish!


White Point

 Im heading to White Point next week for a night or 2. Never been there and don't know anyone that has.

A couple of questions I have are-

1. What are the tracks and beach like? Is it a hard 4x4 track or a nice easy 4x4? I don't mind either way but would be nice to know.

2. What is the beach like for fishing there? Are there lumps of reef there or all beach? Im guessing we will catch the same as most beaches like Salmon, Tailor, Herring, hopefully a shark.. Anything I should know about the fishing there? Gear to take..

 

Thanks in advance :)

Rob


Who's heading out tomorrow or dumb question

 Looking like a pearler of a day on the water, maybe too nice with lack of drift. Will try it all, troll , burley up and bottom bounce. Finger's crossed ay boys.


Friday Funnys

Enjoy


epirb opinion

 

hi all its time for a new epirb and I was wondering if a.tone has bought one of these Tony

 

  http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/280834059258?cmd=VIDESC&gxo=true

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Out Around Rotto

Hi Guys,

Taking the mrs for a night on the boat at rotto on Sunday, and wanting to get out early for a fish in the morning.

Plan is to do some bottom bashing, maybe plastics. Hoping to get some pointers as to any general areas worth a go. Don't like heading too far off the back when its just the two of us.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated - not looking for co-ords or anything but any general tips would be good.

Cheers,
Lavs


soft plastics up north

 im headding up north in a week and im wondering what people use in the way of saft plastics up there.

will be going to gnarloo and is a first for me; any help is greatly appreciated


sunline super pe

 hi guys, is sunline 30lb any good, what diamiter is 30lb sunline. on the packet it says #3 and i dont know what hat means. is it better to get sunline or whiplash?. thankyou


Point Walter Spit

 Hi everyone. Heading down to point Walter jetty for some tailor on halco twisty's. What gram twisty would you recommend? Anyway got a size 4000 reel with about a 20-30lb mainline. 7.2ft rod. Will add a 50lb trace. Will this get good casting distance. And also would the tailor be slowing down now?

lachie


bream reel

looking for a reel for bream anyone got ideas