Gday all

When is the best time of year to hit the FADs for Mahi Mahi and tuna?

Was thinking Jan to March???

Cheers

I came across this on another fishing forum and thought it may be of interest to some.  It clearly has US origins but that shouldn't be an issue.

https://www.onthewater.com/the-right-way-to-vacuum-seal-fish?fbclid=IwAR2OLb2vxVwbBzK_f20wX7FpBkuGvmQjoMtGte_yp4LLvqVaqWAFms8Cjxg

Hi all.

Planning on getting into some crays once i relocate back to Perth in a few weeks, and need to sort out some pot lifting gear on the boat.

Interested in hearing people's thoughts on a pothauler with integrated capstan winch vs pot tipper + capstan winch as separate items.  Particularly keen on hearing personal experiences from people that have used both.

After making a few enquries, the pothauler option is the more expensive option by a long shot, so the way i see it, i will be paying for the convenience of a more compact and portable solution (i.e. far smaller, weighs less, removable winch).

Look forward to hearing back.

Thanks.

Tom.

Has anyone got a tip on waterfront stay in Mandurah with a private jetty to take the family away for a few days? Somewhere around Halls Head where the kids can scoot to the IGA would be ideal and not really interested in staying on the Murray/Serpi.

 Herring hard work today didn't really 

fire till after lunch! Pinned a few

smaller pike. still no larger models

yet? Did get a good hit which couldve

been larger specimen but no joy .. 

All kept for beach baits . Got pinged

on the beach Friday night . Braid let 

go.. gonna have too put on new line

i think after a black smooth round 70kgs

maybe bigger done a number on me few 

weeks back on the sand .. cheers 

pirate.. 

 Anyone dropped a GoPro down to fish marks and lumps? Any ideas on how to rig it up ? I was thinking it would need a fin on the back to stop it spinning around in circles, and be weighted a bit.

Enjoy 

 There can be some cracker spring time Snapper fishing here, it was good to try fishing bait after fishing with only lures for so long

 Hey guys looking for someone who has a boat and wants to go out on weekend willing to pay $$$ for fuel bait even the drinks haha just wanna get out on water again. Without restrictions on where to go from charters 

have all my own gear .in hills area but willing to meet where ever .
Pm me 

Cheers for ya time 

 Hi, I have a Lowrance HDS 12 which has been wroking fine but last few times out on the chart section it just shows the boat symbol on a white screen it produces a trail but does not show any chart at all? not sure if I have pushed a wrong button on the screen, any help appreciated, Kelvin

 Fly out to Broome tommorrow leave on Thursday at 11am arrive 9 am friday the next day. Never have I been so excited. 

Target species

GT 

Wahoo

Sailfish

Dogtooth tuna

Mari humphead 

Full report to come!

So excited

 Just wanted to say there are a lot of dreamers posting  the B version baitrunners on facebook marketplace and gumtree........most of them seem to think they are a new model.......hahaha.....they are the next model up from the original baitrunners which i bought 20 +years ago....I had 2 x 6500 and i bought both of those second hand......the gears lasted 17 years on both of them.....The b range had super stopper...smoother reel and better drag stack but some people are asking more than what they cost new.!.....Good luck to the dreamers !!...a lot of stella dreamers selling second hand too !

Let one of my boys take boat out . When it hit deck coughed up big prawn . Hooks went in prawn back down it went.very silver ,very clean and fat . Flesh was really nice . Chopped frame head up and froze it ,ready to be recycled for crays .

Hey guys

Im having an issue with my gme gcom gx700 vhf. When I try to use the radio it comes up with the busy icon. Has anybody else had this drama? I can’t find anything on the net or looking through the manual so here I am. I’ve just put a new antenna on there as the old ones wiring looked dodgy and the unit itself would be around 12 months old. Any help would be much appreciated

thanks 

Paul

 Hi I am chasing a 12 inch carbon. If you hear of one could you let me know. Thanks 0417829899

 Hey guys,

just wondering if anyone has bought a dedicated ice maker for drinks/esky filling and has as recommendations.

Lots of different ones online, production and storage capacity varies so much. Wanting to be able to take it away on fishing holidays so not sure of how the water filling situation would work too, some with small water reservoirs and others with mains water connections. 

any advice? cheers!

 Hey all

Just wondering if anyone has any experience good or bad with the early model Sailfish cats (Pre 2006).

I have heard all sorts of opinions from a number of people already but nothing from anyone who has either owned or knew someone who owned one.

Again this is only for the early hulls not the new Gen 3's which I know are pretty impressive but unfortunately I don't quite have the bank account to match.

 Looking for advice on tippers I have a winch already and want to put a drop in self locking tipper in main question is the couple I have seen oneline look good but one has a full width stainless steel roller and others have a v to a central  single boat trailer roller, with a full with roller will the rope slide side to side making it hard to guide the rope up and keep the pot center one it's at the boat ?? Any advice recommendation appreciated I also will be pulling pots a lot solo 

thanks in advance 

Enjoy 

 It always gets the heart going jiggin up kings on such a small boat

 Gday fishwrecked. 

 Just a word of warning about purchasing  on eBay.

I put a largish order in for rod holders,squid jigs, hooks,a fishing shirt for my wife etc.

Got a postie note saying collect your package from the post office, ok so wife goes, signs for the package and brings it home.  I opened it to find a small skirted lure that I dont remember ordering. Anyway another "late night" ebay purchase i presume.

Weeks go by and I ask the seller where's my order?. They reply you have it you signed for it. Ive sent 100 messages explaining my wife signed for a little lure that I didn't order and have sent photos in etc.

Point of the story is they sent a tiny item to get the postal tracking signed for and have not sent the real items. The return i opened on eBay has now closed.

Buyer beware.

Cheers anypuddle. 

 Hi Everyone,

Going to Dunsborough this weekend and hoping to chuck a line in, no boat have 4wd.  Any suggestions on where to go and what to use would be appreciated - thank you.

 I started occy fishing a couple of months ago. Not done it before. I have 5 of the square commercial black weighted pots on a 20m length of rope that is weighted each end. In 5 pulls each 2 weeks, I have only got 1 occy. I am in 4m of water in Warnbro in brocken weed/sand. Any hints on improving the catch rate would be appreciated.

 Put 4 pots in on Saturday with my boys off Mindarie.  

 First pull the next day- nothing. 

Next day pots felt a lot heavier after a soak and got one red. Pro cray boat setting about 300 m off the beach.

I'm 1km offshore in 8m. Will try again in the morning. 

How are you going so far?

 Not good- but at least he got his boat out.

 What are your opinions on the 2020 Saltiga?

 I have a 3.5hp tohatsu outboard, its for a small dinghy we use now and then.

I was looking to get it serviced, wondering what places/people are recommmended ?

anywhere near the city/melville/freo/clmnt area is good.

 Herring back in numbers . Taking

metals easy . Pike starting to pick 

up hopefully start seeing larger

models next month.. every one

seems too be setting there cray

gear early .. goin too deploy in

a fortnight. Cheers pirate. 

 Hey guys just chasing a few opinions on a new 15lb/20lb spinning outfit for lure casting 

Budget is $600-$800 for the combo.

Was looking at the Shimano Dialuna BS 706m and the new Shimano Vanford 4000 and loading it up with 20lb frog braid

Let us know what you guys are using and like

Cheers,

Nathan. 

Enjoy