wondering if anyones ever put a treble on as a jig assist instead of the stinger? how did it go? does anyone do this usually?

http://www.mustad.no/assistrigs/Onthewater_mustad.html

Took the tinny out yesterday with a mate to get a feed of squid and whting and to our surprise 3 nice kgs were landed all in about 5m of water, biggest went 42cms. Caught north metro

Well I got to join JohnF and his son Rob today for a possible barges assault if the conditions allowed, and they did.

We stopped in close while waiting for the wind to ease and tried for a few whiting with rob pulling in a couple nice ones on bait while I showed John how to do it with the plastics and landed my new PB flatty at 62cm. Also managed a few smaller ones, one of which spiked me 5 seperate times in 2 fingers and gave me some pain for the trip out to the barges.

As predicted the wind eased and we met up with Just1MoreCast near rotto and made it out there to find the SW charter roaming around with a few familiar faces on it. The hope for anything big soon disapeared after the first few small ambers came aboard so the PE2-3 gear was used all day. They were harder to entice today but we still managed 15 or so Amberjacks between us, with Johns son, Rob, landing his first jigged fish and showing us how it's done! Didn't find and of those bigger sambos that the SW charter got though.

All in all it was another great day out, Thanks John! Bring on the big sambos!!!

Went out with saltwater charters with my girly for my first proper sambo jigging session today.

A few nice fish were landed very patchy but still a fun day with a few of the fishwrecked crew aboard and others on their own boats (just1morcast, Johnf, goodz and who ever else i missed)

First drop and 3 jigs up, bang it was on for me:). Few more sambos were caught along with some smaller amberjacks. I lost a few decent ones along with my jigs :(   At the end of the day we were lucky to spot a school of tuna so i cast out my 100gram jig and caught my first bluey toooona too :)  To top it off last fish i caught was a flathead only a few cms bigger than my 100gram jig haha.

All up i had a great day some new species ticked off and new personal bests :)

Anyone know what this is?

ok so i'm looking and getting a decent quallity blow up boat with an outboard, around 3.5-4.5m or so, i'm wondering how far would be safe to take one of these out, and what would be good to target?

cheers.

Im heading up to my spot on tuesday Afternoon for an overnighter of beach fishing if anyone is keen let me know the more the merrier i say

Hi guys,

Finish exams in a few weeks, so I'm looking for a part-time job, out on a charter/tackle store or whatever..

Best if the job is located south of the river.

Any suggestions or avail spots?

just wondering what the line capacity is on the saltiga 4500z?

i was on the daiwa site and it says 300m of pe3, and on all there other 4500 size reels there capacity is 300m of pe4, was wondering if they did a mistake or is it really only that much? I was looking to get one for this sambo season but if they only hold 300m of 30lb i guess id have to look at something else.

if anyone has one, please let me know on how the capacity is.

hey all.

just a quick question .

do you find that different coloured line with deture some fish?

or is colour more of a persons choice?

cheers

What brand do guys think is good??

I busted up a $60 pair of crimping pliers to. Clean snapped the bolt while crimping. ZZzzzz

Need it to crimp db crimps from 1.0 to 3.0 or so

Heard an interesting bit of info last night .....

Apparently Blowies make absolutely fantastic bait in crab pots.

Sounds too good to be true, anyone tried it?? No shortage of them thats for sure.

i have a bluerose B5315Si just want to know what kilo rod this is as i have heard different things?

Hey guys bought some Berkley 100 pound flurocarbon leader for jigging tommorow and when i pull it tight with my gloves or what ever it strings off a bit like it peels. Not a whole lot but still i have never used flurocarbon leader so im not sure if its normal or not? Is it very weak out of the water or what is it?

were thinking of heading to cockburn tomorrow take the dinghy out but it will take a good 1.5 hrs to get there just wanted to know what fish are being caught and if they jump on the hooks as fish seem to steer clear of mine.

any info would be sweet and also if it would be a good day on the water (still learning about tides n swell)

thanks guys/girls

Hi Guys,

Im so excited that i just purchased my first fishing reel. I got a Shimano FX2500 and got it at a really cheap price.

I have a Jarvis Walker devil rod to match it up with, i am so excited about using it.

I would like to catch my first herring on my new outfit, have you guys got any tips for me?

Thanks guys,

Reuben

In todays (30-10-10) West Australian Newspaper, Glen Jakovich talks about the Demersal closure and the rules and penalties for breaches. The following is taken directly from the artical.....

" If any fishos are found trying to catch these species during the closure period they could face a $400 infringement notice, regardless of whether or not they have caught a fish".....so I guess this means that you can not even catch and release these species????

giday,

Im chasing a good quality , good condition handheld vhf for my rib so if anyone is wanting to part with one for whatever reason drop me a pm

cheers

Now is your chance fishos,

We gamble on the weather, bait, areas, fish, so here is another

Who is going to win the 2011 Melbourne Cup

heading down to coogee or maybe woodies today going to fish the lowtide - anything around there?  probably take a 12 foot and cast out a scalie or livey if i get one and a flick rod give a few casts with soft plastics/slices..

anyone wanna predict whats on the bite?

need a deckie asap for monday the weather is looking super good . taking the stealth to cockburn to get some squit lah or chasing flattys in the swan

shoot us a text on 0423622846 with a name please

brenz

I'm looking to reduce the postage bill on a few jigs, if you're making an order soon and you're keen to split the freight bill let me know.  If you're SOR it would be ideal...

If not I'll be making an order in the next few days so happy for any late decision makers to tag along on the order too.

Went to penguin island today . Fished the western side off the reef and caught this shark. Anyone know what it is? Im thinking leopard shark? I released it unharmed :)

Heading there next year for four weeks and want to stay in a fishing lodge - there are plenty of them - anyone been there and, if so any recommendations (or otherwise)

Enjoy

Fisheries Department media release

hi i am new to this forum and was just wondering if anyone knew of any good fishing spots around Broome both land and boat spots. i fish from the jetty nearly everyday and get the boat out when my dad isnt working.

Cheers,

Bryce

If you could use 1 halco lure for the rest of your life what would it be??

Having never been sambo jigging before im heading out soon after winning a competition aboard Mills Charters

Just a few questions:

1) What brand and size jigs do Mills or other companies use?
2) How much do the charter companies charge for replacement?
3) is it worth buying your own jigs and bringing them along?
4) what jigs (brand and weight) are affordable but reliable on sambos that come with pre-tied assist hooks?

Cheers in advance for ya replies
Duffman

hi everyone, im new here,  looked on your site a number of times but never joined, but i just had an experience that i had to share, it prob has been talked about on here before but i ordered a lowrance hds7 from wmj marine in the US, seemed a pretty good deal at $1000, $600 cheaper than in aus, add the card for all of aus for another $280  and still looking good.   now here is the tricky part,  you can get it sent via united states postal service for around $60 and it takes 4 weeks or so, or for $170 you can get fedex to send it quicker,  still about 2 weeks.

what they dont tell you is that once any package arrives in aus that is worth more than $1000 US  you have to pay customs taxes,  which includes gst and fees.   and that customs tax for my unit was $200,  so all up now this cheap looking package from overseas is really not worth the wait, still cheaper than aus but for all the stuffing around i wouldnt bother again,  i really should have supported local business.

what got me the most is the excessive customs tax, i had no idea about that and wmj never told me, of course, which pissed me off,  i emailed them and they said that next time they can write down the value to less than $1000, and i responded saying there wont be a next time and it would have been nice to know about this extra costs they knew about.

anyways i just thought id let you guys know in case your thinking of taking advantage of the good aussie dollar!!

i get the hds7 early next week so hopefully it does ok,  not sure what happens with the warranty seeing as the unit is from the us.

take it easy

gav