I see Mark McGowan wants to offer a subsidy on the purchase of shark shields.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/21500029/shark-shields-safer-than-drum-lines-labor/

I wouldnt mind a subsidy on my epirb, life jackets, flares, marine radio.........

They should place signs along the entire coast "use at own risk!"

Been pretty good around the Cape (Naturliste) when wind and swell allow , with great Crays around with some good catches from shore whilst freediving ( in and out before work!) and Tailor on the chew on both sides of the Cape , Mate and I bagged out yesterday morn with some good size amongst them...Good ol Smilin Jack.

Gday fellas, love the design of this boat and was hoping someone out there has some feedback or owns one, by all reports cant fault them in the internet reports/forum. NZ built but is there an AUS dealership??

G'day all

Thought i would drop by and say hello, I have been reading the forums for a while now and decided it was time to sign up.

My girlfriend and I have recently arrived in Perth from Scotland and I am looking to get involved in some of the amazing fishing you guys have out here. I used to fish back in Scotland but it was mostly freshwater for Pike as the seafishing around where I lived was generally rubbish! I am a keen lure fisherman and while I don't mind bait fishing every now and then i personally believe there is nothing like the buzz you get when a fish attacks a surface lure, it still makes me giggle like a kid.

Starting the long process of upgrading my gear as i don't think most of my stuff from the UK will be up to task, not to mention it is still bobbing around on a container ship somewhere.

Would quite like to meet a few folk to go fishing with so if anyone wouldn't mind some company either shore fishing or has a boat and would like a deckie, I am more than happy to pay my way. I am house trained   would just need a few pointers with the tactics out here. I work offshore on a 28 on/off rota so on my time off would be available for midweek fishing.

Tight Lines

Stevie

 Anyone fished for squid on the weed banks off monkey mia?  I am wondering if it is worthwhile stopping on the way out and trying for some squid to use as live bait.

I have only tried squidding a couple of times off monkey mia, and only caught one :(

I know there are good squid over on the denham side, but its a bit impossible to keep them live on the drive back to monkey mia! :/

What are your experiences with squidding at monkey mia?

swanfish is on and i wanted to get out a little deeper  with 2 friends

just need a small tinny im sor  can put in at point walter would need it from say lunch time saturday till sunday some time as weigh inis at 9:30 sunday

i do have a RST and a FFBL and im not a hoon or anything just want to get out deeper mossie bay/point walter blackwall reach

i do have a inflatable but no motor and its only a 4 person  fits gear and 2 people nothing fancy

below is what i have

i know its a big ask to borrow someoens boat but u never know the answer if u do not ask

thank you

eddy

 hi guys, my dads best friend said that 20 or 30 years ago he use to catch ambajack at woodmans point jetty. does anyone have that experiance of that?

hi guys, i want to start catching some skippy but i dont no any good spots for them. What are some good spots, bait, hooks ect.

 Just wondering if anyone has been to thevenard since things changed a little, with the chevron miners using the majority of the cabins? I know you can still get one of the bigger cabins. Is Drew still working there? Great bloke!!

Is the games room and shop still open to the fishos? We were going every year, untill they stopped hireing out the smaller cabins as there are only the two of us. If all goes well, we may get a few more blokes together and hire out a cabin and share the cost, as they are $575 a night now.

Any feedback would be awsome. Cheers Fab

 Hi guys, 

This is going to be my first time going out on a boat and i get really bad seasickness. Just wondering if anybody knows any good spots in perth, fremantle and other areas that are fairly carm and get some good fiah not looking to be going to far out to sea. Looking to get bigger fish like mulloway and snapper. Thanks 

My father and I are planning to drive up to the ashburton river and travel the dirt tracks to fish the rivers between onslow and the fortescue. does anyone have any advice on what time of year to go? Is it worth taking my 5 meter boat? and if so is the offshore any good? are there any barra's? cheers 

 Rather than post in the Friday Funnies

Got my boat serviced last week as it was not achieving full revs.

Went to the local service joint and first thing he asked "Where do you buy fuel"

I told him and he shook his head and said "Had heaps of boats lately with dodgy fuel from there"

So anyway, cost a bit more than usual to drain fuel system and service.  There was heaps of water.  Now I have 80 litres of shit fuel to burn in my VT

I always bought fuel at the place where most people do (not gonna name them, but we all know where most people go).  Now I will have to drive into town and refuel after every second trip.  Apparently Shell has the newest best tanks.

 Just after input as to what rod would best suity Stella 6000 with 30lb braid on it, to be used offthe boat jigging etc. was looking at the monster mesh rods, just seeing if anyone would recommend another one.

ive got a limit of bout 400 to spend

cheers

Reece

 Fairly basically setup HDS7 showing a good reading and bottom tails, 3 drifts and we were bagged out, 2 dhu, 2 stoinka baldy , nice pinky and gummy to top it off. Baits up and wasted some time with sambos on plastics in closer on the way hm. Back at ramp 11:00 just in time for the usuall Jurian arvo wind show haha. Time to cryovac some of these fillets.

 Just wondering what you think a fair price would be to go game fishing for dollies and marlin for an 8 hour day off Rotto. All equipment and lunch would be supplied. The vessel is a 34ft Black  Watch, licensed to carry 8 passengers. Could also do deep dropping if you wanted. 

When's the last time anyone's seen them? I used to have a ball catching fish from barely legal size on up to 50cm on softies/metals/minnows/poppers, in 4 or 5 different places, but haven't seen any over the past two years.

Can't be the water quality or pressure from the pros 'cause there's still lots of herring, skippy, and tailor around...would be a hoot having them come through during all this light tackle/surface lure fishing for whiting! 

Gday all

I know there has been multiple threads on this topic and i have been reading through them for a while now.

Myself and a mate are just getting into whiting on lures and while its easy for me to get info because i can drop into oceanside or the likes while i am in perth my mate lives in Walpole and his closest major tackle shop is BCF in Albany.

Im chasing info on what whiting lures have been working for eveyone. Mainly poppers and stick baits.

Any info would be good.

Cheers Jayce

 Hi guys

first post in a while, this FIFO don't leave much time for the internet.

my cousin is 99% set on a new Suzuki 115 for his tub and he wants to make his own ally pod, he is a body builder by trade, so the work is no probs, just the design and ideas.

1 thing that is set is the pod will be a full extension of the hull, just want to see who has done it, any probs or things you would change?

any pics would be great, it's going on a 17ft pacemaker or penquin  half cabin( not 100% sure on breed)

looks like allboats are getting the nod on the motor/gauges/hydro steer unless you guys no better?

thanks to all replays in advance

 hi guys, i just traded with my friend (aussie fisha) for this baitcaster and it was working fine until the level wind started breaking so i took it off and as soon as i put the reel back together it isent reeling in and fells like its jamed so i took it apart and the problem was that the hole is very lose. does anyone no how to fix it or how much it cost for a fix.

thankyou

 only one of them is mine and the other is my pops got them on a doubble hook up.

pop scored his dhuie while gaffing mine

they both went 15 kgs

 Hey Guys,

I have just been relocated to Darwin for 6 months and keen to get into some fishing whilst im up here, can anyone point me in the right direct as to where to go landbased.. ill head down to the tackle shops to during the week to see if they can help

Cheers

Cam

 Anybody shed some light on this combo?
Good bad ugly!
Seen one for sale and having diff tips for diff conditions looks interesting.
And what would be an average price for a 2nd hand setup?

cheers

G'day folks.

I'm wondering if anyone else here works 8/6 and is interested in some long days out at the FADs/canyon?

I really want a Blue Marlin but it seems if I'm not bottom bouncing, I haven't got many takers for deckies, and if I do get one, they're bored after an hour of trolling.

I've caught the sails, tuna, marlin and dollies etc up north, but really keen to crack the Perth scene...

I'm also keen to dive out there if anyone is up for that as well...

I get home wednesday night, PM or post if interested.

Need a few suggestions. I want to be able to throw 28g metals or unweighted mulies at tailor from the beach, or tuna from a boat. What is a good spinning combo?

Info taken from Fremanlte sea rescue:

Three people are lucky to have escaped serious injury after a 50ft steel vessel collided with them in Fremantle Port this evening.

The people onboard both vessels were very shaken, although amazingly unhurt. Rescue Vessel R100 responded and transferred a crew and salvage pump onboard the disabled vessel before towing it to Fishing boat harbour where it was lifted from the water. The steel vessel suffered only minor damage.

This is a stark reminder to always keep a good lookout on your vessel whilst underway, especially at sunset and after dark.

 Just wondering if it is possible to change the mainline of an old fishing rod. The reason is that the mainline is I think about 20lb but am not sure and for bream and flathead it really needs to be about 6-8lb.

thanks

 Hey fellas my boats sayin 21 degrees behind third mile? Trolling for mackies no luck yet anyone else got the same temp? Any luck with metro mackys? Other than ballooning woodies,or rotto, is there any action yet ???