Fishing Discussion

General Fishing Chat

I hope it was not as bad as it looked

 I also hope it was no one from the forum either that had a bit of a mishap on the freeway tonight.A white 80 series towing a blueish ali boat about 6.2 long flipped the trailer near hodges drive.Looked a bit messy but dont think anyone would have been injured except maybe a dented pride and a few scrapes on the starboard side.


what a bargain!!!!!!

hey all,

Heard about kmart having a sale with there reels... Went in and had a look at a symmetre 4000.. Well it was $189 down to $85 down to $69...

But in the end i only payed $45!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEOW only $45!!!!!


Please identify fish

Hi

My mate caught this between Perth and Rotto, Not sure what it is Northwest Blowie?

 

Cheers

 

derp


heading to busselton,

hi guys,

i am heading to busselton for couple days, can anyone recomend some cheap acomidation ?, im taking my 4.2m centerconsole down aswell as the weather looks good friday =). looking to chase some tuna/pinkies any recomendations? or no if ther biting atm. never fished the area. i got some small christmas trees to troll.  hopeing to get into the squid aswell. but ther prety easy to find i believe.any tips on places to fish will be greatly apreaciated. if i catch somthing expect to see a good report =).. hopefully with pics.

 

cheers fish.


Farmhand Wanted

Have a farm 15 mins north of Wanneroo and am looking for someone to fill a full time position we have vacant.

Great job, variation and  mainly outside. So if you are interested or know of someone suitable please P.M. me.

Thought I would put it out there on this site before I go through the normal channels.

Cheers


Ocean Max24

For those of you that love big centre consoles (don't we all)- check out the Ocean Max24 online. Quality looking Australian built boat.

 

Now all i need is a few more Lotto numbers on the weekend.


fishing tackle auction


Big North-Queensland barra

Cracking barra for this young fella.

--> Lake Tinaroo record barra

 


Oceanside Tackle & Pelagic Products - Photo Comp !!

On behalf of PELAGIC PRODUCTs, Oceanside Tackle & Marine is having a photo competition.

The Prize will consist of 5 Pelagic lures pack valued at $200 !!

All high quality lures with heavy duty components and very strong single hooks.

At the end of each month Oceanside Tackle and Pelagic Products will pick the best photo of a fish caught on a Pelagic Product lure.
The photo must have the fish with the lure attached to be eligible. It will be based on the quality of the photo and capture.

The first one starts 1st of March and ends end of the month. The winner will be announced in the first week of April.

Please submit your photos to the Fishwrecked Competition gallery so we can find them easily.

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** As an introductory offer, we are offering 15% off all Pelagic lures until 28th of Feb to get the ball rolling!! **

 

 

 

 

 


River tide and flatties

tryna bag some flatties around east freo, evryone says to fish the rising tide but just wanted to get a better idea of when that is.

- for example tomoro, low tide is at roughly 4am and high tide around 1pm (seabreeze- freo) when would be considered the 'rising tide'?

and anyone caught some flatties lately?


lecture on the Rottnest barges

Might interest some FW members.  I'm interested to see the ROV footage...

 

from here: http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/whats-on/whats-on-now/#perth

 

The Rottnest deepwater graveyard

In the Wild West Lecture - S1 2011

Jeremy Green, Head of Maritime Archaeology

12.30pm, Friday 11 March, WA Museum - Perth › [Book Online Now]

The Rottnest Deepwater Graveyard has been used for the last 75 years to dispose of old unwanted ships, aircraft, munitions and military vehicles. Find out about the 80-100m deep site West of Rottnest, and the aerial surveys, technical diving and remotely operated vehicles (ROV’s) that have been revealing more about the area.

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Monte trip, suggestions

Hi all,

 

Been thinking about it for a while and now I really want to get across to the montes and into some great fishing. im looking at doing a 5 day trip, and was wondering if any1 who has been over there can shead some light on good charter operators to use, best time of year to go and any other info i may need to know.

cheers.


Carnarvon Flooding.

Hey guys,

For the people who live/work up in the Carnarvon area, how are you doing? Is it all going well? I'm just curious on how badly the water movements and rain has damaged the area. Myself and a few friends are heading up in a couple weeks and just seeing if it is possible for us to get up there for a fish.

Kind regards.

D.



prawning light in progress

hi guys

just got my new lights for prawning this year(still in progress)

 

60 led's per meter, submergable, 1.2amp draw per meter

 

i am running 4x 2.5mtrs strips on a pvc pipe setup that hangs of the towing hooks at the back of the boat, alot better than the halogens i tried a few weaks ago, with much less amp draw.

 

will try to get some in water shots soon and put up some pics.

 

bring on the prawns!!!

cheers

ron

 

 

 


Drifting the 3 mile drop-off at 2 Rocks

Had a recent session moving North along the 3 mile in  100m increments and stopping and drifting the back edge drop-off as we went. The shark flesh tasted great that day , but was crap 2 days later. Obviously its one to eat fresh. cheers Pete


bbq tailor or herring??

crap thread alert!!     which do you prefer ??

went up to sandy cape the weekend just gone for a camp and beach fish.

wasn't expecting much fish wise bar a ray or two off the beach next to camp.

managed to get some bull herring on the bite later in the eve tho , and took one for breakky.

got to say , i prefer herring over tailor any day. it was fantastic , scaled and pan fried in salt and pepper and oil.


scarborough fishing

hey guys,,

 

whats being going on scarborough way for fishing lately..been out of towna nd hitting it tomorrow id say..many tailor and herring around?

thanks


tailor on stickbaits

i want to get into surface fishing for tailor does anyone have any tips for landbased lure surface fishing?


Ballooning

Hi all,

Went fishing over the weekend off a little rock shelf I found a bit North of Leeman. Didn't have much time so I only pulled out the light gear, snagged a little Skippy and a couple of herring around 30 - 35cms. (I think that's a good size for herring isn't it?) I also caught some colourful little numbers that I didn't recognise, it had spots up top and stripes/blotches on it's body, colouring was black, yellow and silver, serious gill rakers and some nasty little spines up top and underneath. Anyone know what these were?

I released everything I caught anyway but the second part of this query is ballooning. This ledge I was on looked prime to drift out a balloon with a small herring or skippy on live, has anyone done this up that way? What would the possibility of a lurking spaniard be like?

Still relatively new to WA so any advice is appreciated!


Easter weekend

Hi all!

Heading to Prestons Beach over the Easter weekend. Can anyone tell me what the Salmon fishing will be like at that time of year?


Salmon?

heya guys,

 

am heading down to yeagarup (south coast near windy harbour) camping this weekend, wondering if anyones heard if any salmon are around yet???


DAIWA SALTIGA SURF 6000 AND SALTIGA BALLISTIC RODS INFO NEEDED ?

Ay fellas currenty int he market for buying one of each

just wondering whats peoples reviews on this rod and reel

looking to use it down here for mulloway in SA

what braid / mono poundadge are youse running ?? etc how many metres and that..

also on the ballistic rof expereince and all info

thanks fellas


SUNLINE super Pe - in stock?

Hey all, just a few questions in regard to Sunline Super Pe

1. Do they make it in 4lb i have only ever seen 6lb advertised?

2. what shops have it in stock?

3. If sunline super pe isnt made in 4lb
what is the next best alternative 4lb Braid.


Cheers in advance for you repsonses

Duffman


Maintenance Port- Shimano Reels

Hey all,

on my Shimano Symetre there is a "maintenance port" can you guys tell me all of the info about it because the instruction booklet isn't that helpful

Cheers Dan,


throttle cable trouble

Have just started work on my neglected 4m whaler and while most things are in great shape I have found the throttle cable to be buggered. I am having trouble getting into the forward control housing to remove it from that end. It is a Yamaha 40 2 stroke. Was wondering roughly what a new forward conrol set up might set me back or if I have any other options?


at last an ali boat that rides well!!!!

hi guys i thought i should share an interesting observation with you i have made in the last 2 weeks, i have been going in my mates boat ,560 bar crusher c/c last week we did 63 miles on the log and the week before we did 50+ miles and both trips were out of mindarie in pretty average conditions and amazingly i'm still as tall now as 2 weeks ago, these barcrushers REALLY ride well!!!, i have had 11 boats(10 ali 1 glass) and the last 4 before the current 25'7 glass c/c (seafox)have been well known ali hulls and the latest models quintrex 620 offshore(08),660 sportscab trailcraft(09), and this little barcrusher would eat every ali boat i have ever been on , so my advice if you are looking for a new boat and would like ali but want a reasonable ride  check out the barcrusher range!!! i'll be looking at the 760 ht when it comes time to trade the seafox for sure!!!   cheers


color gps with card for perth wanted

hi guys

have looked in the for sale already.

 

asking for a freind...... who wants a

color gps, or a combo with a card for perth,

 

long shot but hey, if you dont ask you dont get!!

 

pm with details

thanks in advanced

ron


Rec. fishing licence renewal.

My fishing licence is now up for renewal, my beef is that this is a blatent descrimination against engine powered boat owners as opposed other boaters e.g. yachts and kayaks, etc. So we can have one licence per "engine powered " boat, and we have about 20,000 boats taking part in fishing activities through out WA. Say an approximate revenue for the fisheries of $600,000, probably much more depending on who has brought licences, but we have about 640,000 persons taking part in fishing activities. If every person who fished had to buy a $5 licence, the income would be $3,200,000.

OK the figures are a bit up in the air, but as far as I am concerned everyone who puts a hook and bait in the water is affecting the balance of the sea. Why is it the moles and wharfs are lined with people fishing, but not contributing a single razoo to the fish up-keep, and a few boat owners are pinged, just because we are easy picking, i.e. Rec licence numbers on record, boat rego's etc.

I am not against paying for a licence, I agree something must be done, I'm against this discrimination.


Search Engine

Whats happened to the search bar that used to be to the left of screen.

I have used the one up on the top tool bar, but brings up a google search and still can't find what I'm searching for.

If anyone knows please let us know.

Cheers all......

 

ps. Profisher your a knob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!