Hi All, I'm after some info on anyone that does Taxidermy on whole fish...post the info or PM me please..cheers

 Hey guys, its time for me to buy a new hat for the boat and im interested to hear what others think works best. 

 I have fair skin so i need to be careful about sun burn and need to cover up well - A baseball cap is not good enough

 but of course theres the practical aspect of it also, some hats are a bit cumbersome    

 What kind of hat do you like to wear when fishing?

Enjoy 

 Snapper are running out at the back of the 5F, went out wednesday morning (1030 ) anchored of a drop off and put the burly out. came home with my tow snapper but plenty of action as i lost a couple of big ones. Fisheries were at the ramp and checked all boats incoming. No one doing the wrong thing which was good.  get out there and hook into them, there are some horse out there to catch.

cheers.

 Staying in portgregory for a week and 8yr old grandson had a nw blowie attack him in couple of inches of water middle of the day right in front of town near the swimming pontoon took a large chunk out of his toe had to go to Northampton hospital to get it cleaned up and antibiotics. 10 year old granddaughter was with him when it happened and says shes never going back in the ocean again pissed off to say the least once a year beach holiday not off to a good start young blokes taking it like a trooper though counting the days till he can get his foot wet again. Has anybody on here every been bit while launching or heard of similar incidents . 

 Hello all,

Going to Dunsborough for 3 nights with family and although the winds look a bit strong, I am hoping to get a window or 2.

I have a 5.6 Barcrusher and would like to just stay in the bay chasing squid and some whiting - maybe spot the odd whale.

Is the Old Boat ramp suitable for my boat?

Any advice as to how the catches are going?

Thanks in advance.

Enjoy 

caught by a mate at Scott reef, imagine the first look at that coming up!

Hey guys,

Decided to buy a Beastmaster 9000A to replace my Tanacom 1000. After a little searching online I got smart. Found one on the east coast (a tackleworld) on sale for $1999 (cheaper than any local store), then made my local Anaconda beat them by 10%. Walked away with one for $1800. A lot cheaper than the RRP!

hope this is useful to someone else...

cheers!

 So , who has used these things? I bought one for a laugh the other day. I havent been fishing for about 6 months due to one thing or another , so needed some hooks and spotted these bottom meats and thought i would try. Picked up a smal dhu and a flathead that must have come up of the bottom to commit suicide lol , on a pretty quiet day by all reports. I was pretty impressed lots of hooks and shiny bits and you can add bait ( im Old school lol) . So just wondering anyone else used them and what size configuration for particular species do you guys use? 

Cheers from a non lure user maybe lol.

Enjoy 

.just thought I would share

 Hi all is anyone using a furuno tx3 how do find it as a depth sounder or just buy the simrad evo3 any sujestion welcome time for a upgrade norma[ fish in the 20m to 60m of water  around  abrolhos islands

 I am heading up to Jurien second half of the school holidays and it’ll just be me and the kids (6,8,11) for the first 5 days as the Mrs is stuck at work.

I just got a new Axiom 9 from Raymarine. 

It uses Navionics on its plotter. 

It came with an Australian wide card. 

The detail is crap. Nowhere near what I can get on my phone using the mobile app. I updated the card online still little detail on the plotter.

Anyone else had this happen? Any fixes?

Pulling in dhues ( not huge) had 5 killer whales come around boat .40 years fishing first for me . Fuck there big . Best day ever they are so gentle . I shat when they where under boat . 4 ks east from s/West Bank . Pretty cool got some great vids. Got pink /black ass/ kgs and dhues . Plus a Noah . Great day

 G'day Folks,

Chasing some info on north west / mid west charters chasing barramundi, mangrove jacks / threadfin salmon in the estuary. Preferred method of fishing is casting at snags for fish failing which trolling is the fall back option. No bait fishing.

Will be bringing all my tackle so doesn't really matter if they don't provide.

If it gives the option of exploring bluewater action that'll be icing on the cake.

Hoping to do the charter in Oct or Nov - I know it's a long shot but I'll just put in on the table anyway.

If you can let me know either by replying or PM that'll be greatly appreciated.

 Thanks

Uluabuster

www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/study-shows-aust-sharks-extinction-risk/ar-AAOEi8s

 Had a good day out today with my son and Stevieboy. A great dhuie at close to 98cm, 2 good snapper, one over 80 and the other over 70 and 3 nice baldies. Got the dhuie while heading to some ground fished previously when there was a little spike on the sounder. Went back and sounded around and found a small lump with some fish activity. Activated spot lock on my Minn Kota and dropped some baits. After a few minutes, my son got smashed and started to bring in what he kept saying was the biggest fish he had ever hooked. After a lengthy fight on lightish rod, up popped this absolute cracker to end an epic day. dont think we would have managed without spot lock as this was a very small lump. Back at the ramp by 2 which for me is quite an achievement. Best of all, no tackle failures - after having cut up all my old rigs and starting over again. No unknown items ever again

 Few squid and 80cm pike chuckd

in the smoked today.. herring still

bit sparse.. hopefully start getting 

some baits together for the beach 

night season.. cheers pirate..

Is there a right and wrong side for a tipper. I had planned to install a tipper on the Starboard side so as skipper I could line up easily on the pot rope/float. And of course have the winch mounted on the Port side. Some have suggested that the tipper should be on the Port side but are unable to explain why. What is the weight of opinion or expert advise?

Thank you for your comments

Enjoy 

 anyone know of local builders who knows what they doing

after a pe6 caster

New furuno doesn’t lie.still trying to get use to it . My JRC was unreal for 15 plus years . Thanks to few people sounder reading mint .andys knowledge with other help . Unreal

 Suprise in amongst the dhus yesterday went 12.5 kegs pulled some string

I took the boat out for the first time in months yesterday, more so just to check it still works! Me and a mate were pissing around off Gage Roads/Freo, around the cargo ship anchoring berths, chasing whiting. we got a couple of tidlers, but half way through our little session a big Pilot boat came charging towards us, and when he was just about on top of us said "you cant anchor in Gage Roads", to which I replied "I'm not anchored, we're drifting". He then said to us "you cant fish here either, you need to leave this area".

I kinda took his word for it, upped lines and moved a few k's away. I've researched the hell out of it today, and cant find anything, anywhere, about not being able to fish at Gage Roads. the only thing I can find about it is on Navionics, where it states there's "ANCHORING PROHIBITED AREAS" inside the Berthing areas and shipping channels, which I have no problem with. 

can anyone confirm if this is a no-no? or is it just the Port Authority being assholes? 

 Hey all, 

I am after an ali welder for a job on my quintrex. The boat is currently upside down off the trailer so they would have to be able to come to me. 

It is in a large workshop with power and possible access for a car if needed. 

Any help is appreciated. 

Located Hamilton Hill. 

Cheers. 

 Had a little spin today in close 

very quiet same as last weekend . 
seems too have shut down a little 

mat moment managed a few good 

sized squid and sight casted a 60cm 

tailor .. went great on the squid 

gear . Cheers pirate..

Hi Peeps. My friend Lynda and I are in Coral Bay until Thursday (heading home Friday) our fishing charter for tomorrow got cancelled. Thankfully we got in one charter last week (photos below… not as sucfessful as I hoped). We tried to get a charter in Exmouth but all are booked too. Does anyone have any good spots around Coral Bay that are good for land based fishing and if so where and what sort of setup would you use. I brought a beach rod and a few flicky rods. Thanks everyone.