Can anyone give me the heads up on the purchase of new/second hand steel base 3/4 pots. NOR would be prefarable.

Thank you

Chris

Hey all,

we will be heading to Nornalup Inlet in the Chrissie Holidays somettime. and i would like to know what is *inside* the inlet.

i will mainly be L/B from Coal Mine Beach Road area and will have access to a kayak.

is it worth taking the big rods? what i had in mind was have 2 big rods set up around night time and relax or is that wasting time knwoing that nothing is there? are there stingrays or sharks? i hear there are lots of bream, king george and herring so maybe even a mulloway?

also where is better for breaming? Rest Point area or Coal Mine Beach are?

Cheers,

Eric

Today i experienced something i have never seen or even heard of before. Not sure if its a regular occurance or just a one off thing, but im considering myself lucky to witness such an amazing sight.

Yesterday i went out for my first squid sesh on the ski, ended up with only 3 but saw up to 20, just couldnt entice the fussy buggers to take the jig, i was using an orange/white 2.5 jig. Anybody have any colour reccomendations for squidding in less than 5m of water??

Anyway, thought i would go back to the same spot today with my little bros jig instead, to see if i could add to the bowl of squid sitting in the fridge. Had one squid take it straight away but didnt stay connected. A boat trolled past me and stopped about 150m away, then 15mins later another boat that had been fishing near me took off and pulled up near the other boat. I looked over and could see birds and dolphins in a bit of a frenzy around the boats then noticed one of the guys was hooked up to something solid and figured they were onto a school of salmon! I changed to a 4inch gulp in nuclear chicken and drove up there and started working it near the surface, and one of the guys yells out to let it sink coz the school swam to the bottom. I asked him what he just caught and pulls up has gaff and on the end is a pink snapper, around 8kg!! My heart started racing and i was actually start to shake coz i was so nervous (never actually caught a decent pinky). He then yells out and point towards the other boat and i see this mass of silver in the water so i drive over and its this huge school of pink snapper, around 100+ fish, about 6kg-10kg and a few honkers around a meter!! They were swimming on the surface, tails and fins out and splashing around! I couldnt believe my eyes! i ended up drifting over the school, and noticed they were swimming in a circular motion, like a tornado of snapper, from the surface to the bottom, it wasnt even 10m deep!! They didnt want a bar of the SP's but i did end up jagging one on my 1-3kg gear, using 8lb line, but lost it a few moments later and ended up with one decent size snapper scale on my hook!  Followed the school for around half an hour and couldnt get another hookup!! Going back tomorrow with heavier gear and mulies!! The two boats had there boat limit just as i got there, using mulies.

Does this happen often? Has anybody seen this kind of thing before? It was seriously amazing as fishing off a boat/jetski is a totally new thing to me and ive never seen fish like that doing that! Seriously, if i was using a popper i probly would have been able to jag one. Is this breeding behaviour?? Dont think i'll be able to sleep tonight and i will never forget what i saw for as long as i live!

Hey Adam, just wondering if it would be possible to organise a tour of your work for those of us interested. Perhaps next year when we are there for the F/W classic. I for one would be keen for it & maybe call for expressions of interest from others, Maybe worth a think.  Rob

I have a couple of questions.This will be a little long winded but i hope worth it.

QUESTION 1 :How can we the public whom some of which tagged a great many fish(Both demersal and sambos)get access to the info that we provided in the first place?

Question 2 Who has the info that we provided?

Question 3 Why is the info we provided not used (Told it is because we were to good at what we did)?

Question 4 Why are the facts that alot of these fish have been recaptured not made public?

Question 5 Do the rec fishing public know that if we cant provide evidence that a good amount of the fish released  survive the fisheries will be slowly closed down(CASE IN POINT the sambo aggs).

If it continues to be abused and the shark issues continue then there is a very good chance it will be shut down.The efforts of the likes of Al Beven Gary lilley and Wally(Love him or hate him) that already go relatively un recognised would be in vein.I for one have been using a release weight since Garry first came up with the idea and will continue to do so until i move on to the big trolling ground in the sky.If i was a diver and came up a bit to quick and ended up with the benz i will be down the bara chamber as fast as i could.Why not give the fish the best chance possible.Bring the small ones up slow....Some will not agree with what i put on here but i dont care.The more info the puts rec practices in a good light is good info.Daz caught a tagged dhu the other day and i have checked it against some info from taggers up this way and we can only guess it is an older tag but cant find any info out on it.Told Recfish west now have the info but unsure as to who has control over it.

So it is the final Question to Terry or one of the other guys at recfish what info can you make public on tag #55753.

Thanks for taking the time to read my rant and i hope it helps put light on a small group of people that have been working for years behind the scenes with little to no thanks for their efforts.I am one of them and proud to count most of the rest as friends.I thank you for your efforts.

Adam is it possible to have a recapture section added as i can as some people to add the recaptures up this way and we can put up dazs one and what ever other info the rest of the members have at their disposal.Cheers

Hi all,

A fairly straightforward one. Keen to hear your recommendations on getting the big toothies in to shore. I'll be ballooning live baits and dead baits along the coast between Leeman and Arrowsmith.

I usually fish with tuna oil...but was wandering what is ideal in the water? Is it worth purchasing a load of ox heart and other bloody meats to cloud up the water? Will any other species be attracted to this or will it typically scare the rest off?

I'm not worried what make of shark - just hoping to attract something of reasonable size up to a couple of metres.

Thanks,

Buschy

ay fellas jst wondering if there is any Jigging dvds for samson fish etc to buy ??

as in South australia we have none

cheers

hey,

can anyone tell me weather the maria bull chop lure is a stick bait or a pencil popper.

cheers, tom

had a bet with a mate whos got better jigs..he swears by the name brand ones and often spends $20+ each..i take my nephew out alot and he looses them so i stik to the cheap $4 ones in the cheapo backet..

top Catch is his with his jigs

Bottom is my catch on $4 jigs

All suid was taken from the same area and same time..

also last nights snapper

These photos are from about a year ago but since i just joined il put them up. I have been deep sea fishing on boat only 3/4 times with not much luck except for this one trip. Was with my dads mate an ex crayfisherman who said come up to gero and i will get you some big fish. Not really having much knowledge and luck land based, catchin these fish just made it impossible to not be obsessed with fishin like i am now. It was about a 2 hr boat ride from the port of gero is all i know.

GONE FISHINNN

For next years April Exmouth trip we were thinking of trying something a bit different. Hoping to get across the gulf again but this time stay overnight . This would give more time to explore the creeks etc . Was thinking of camping on one of the islands like Y Island or Somerville Island for the night as the boat is a bit small for three blokes. Either that or somewhere on the mainland by the creeks. Fishing for sport - catch and release - and a break from chasing billies.
Is it safe to leave the car in the carpark at the Exmouth marina overnight ?
Is it OK (permitted) to camp on one of the islands overnight ?
If we stay on the mainland near one of the creeks , are the sandflies going to eat us alive ? Also the islands for that matter ?

Any feedback would be great

Has any onE used these are they the same as soft plastics, also has anyone used the plastic bait?

Hey all, I know most people probably already know about this problem but my mates car got broken into at Woodmans point jetty last night. So if ya going there be extra careful, not a good way to end an evenings fishing!! Oh and there was nothing visable to encourage it either!!

It's short notice but just in case anyone's interested:

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hey guys might be campin at moore river, is it any good (september) bream etc? Then il be headin up to gero  wit ma dad for his car show. Free accomodation mise well try fishin. Any hot spots to let me in on?? Went to S bend last year best beach fishing in yearss, No quad bike to use this time :(

been having this conversation with a few people about using a 1 kw transducer in water's less than 50 meters. (usually they have the 600 watt version)

do you think the 1kw will put fish off the bite or scare them???

put another way , is 1kw too powerful.

i got one! now i want a good rod for it. i sort of want it for boat and landbased fishing if thats possible so any suggestions?

Hey all you egi finatics out there

we have just recieved more additions to our egi range

Harimitsu squid jigs

2.5

3.0

3.5

k'slabo squid rods

vs882feg

vs852feg

Taka mini squid jig bag 3.0

Taka squid jig bag 3.5

We aim to be one of perths premier EGI stores so drop in and check out our rapidly expanding range!!!!

This was a while ago the winch let go on the way out of the water.No major damage from what i saw but needed a truck to get it in the water.They dont make them like that anymore.

hey all

Just realised it was fathers day this coming weekend and thought i better run some specials so you can kit dad up at a great price.

Im going to be running these specials for friday the 27th/8 and sat the 28/8 so make sure you make the most of them.

20% off halco lures
20% off richter lures

10% off yo-zuri lures

10% off R2S lures

20% off rovex braids

40% off mako extreme rods

20% off quantum rods and reels

15% off rovex rods

15% off Avet reels

10% off penn reels

rovex altus combos

330- $139 with FREE braid!!!

Penn 320gt2 combo- $139 with FREE braid!!

Make sure you drop in and grab dad a gift.

If you havent popped into the store yet make sure you do, we have new exciting product coming in daily.

Make sure to mention you are a FW member to recieve these specials

cheers

luke

No1 daughter, is her birthday and i bought her a Eupro Twincraft pe 1.5/3.

Now i only want a cheapie as i dont know how well she will look after it , any sugestions

Thought id post this photo i took in a karratha taclke store on my last trip. The rod racks all place directly under the fans!! I did ask if they had ever lost any tips and he answered "Often".  

Has any body heard when the jetty will be open? I heard it was meant to be open in  mid august but i have not heard any thing since

I'm pretty keen to get to the Montes within the next 12 months. I've had a prowl around the archives, and heard medium to poor comments about some of the fishing charters up there.

So I'm wondering if anyone has a good one to recommend.

Time of year is another issue. Is there a window of a couple of months like further south??

hey,

I read that changing the bush (behind the anti reverse/freespool lever, part of the drive shaft) with a bearing is worth doing to avoid the problem that toriums sometimes have in this area. Supposedly this part is one of the big differences between the torium and trinidad?

I dont know much about the technical aspects of reels, anyone heard much about this? I would be pissed if hooked into the fish of a lifetime and the antireverse dies on me.

thinking of getting the carbontex drag washers at some point so been reading up on other upgrade options to have done at the same time...

As long as im on the subject I have also heard removing the spool pin can help with casting?

any thoughts on any of this appreciated.

cheers

afternoon crew :)

ive got a oppertunity to head to cairns with work so im asking the obvious question .. whats the fishing like ??

i know its great for huge marlin out deep .. BUT ..  is there anything in closer ?

having a 25 foot boat will help but im not going to be getting paid enough to go trolling the shelfs edge very often. im happy with sports fishing so macks, GT's, sails small marlin ?? anything like that ? ive tried to find info but all im finding in big marlin ..

any help would be great guys  

Just thought I'd send in some shots of our Gnaraloo trip. What a place to fish. We were there 8 days and managed to get out 5 days . The first couple of days we were basically trying to find the fish. Got the mackie on our first trawl out of the bay.On the way in to the bay on the same day we had a sail fish swim right past the boat and head straight for our lures only getting spooked at the last moment.The third day was when we really had some fun picking up three Coronation Trout and realeasing two plus an assortment of Spanglies, Rankins and other stuff, but still no Reds. the next day I mananged to pull up a pearler of a red on a spot Johno67 gave me but lost it at the boat, was starting to get a bit sad then still no bloody reds. Friday last day out drifting aimlessly studying the sounder for any clue of good red ground and finally jackpot within 20 mins 4 reds on board 4 Rankins and a baldie. The best red was saved for last ,with one being pulled up with two lines tangled together and my line involved but still on the bottom I was trying to untangle the top two when I felt my line take off. I knew that would be my bloody luck so I pulled rank and told them to cut their rigs off for a quick untangle. The fight that ensued with the fish was the best I've ever had and it turned out to be a stoinka of a red just over 11kg.Still can't wipe the smile from my dial .Already booked again for next June.Thanks to Colin and Carnarvonite for the heads up on a few things it pays to do your homework when going somewhere secluded like that. Mind you there were a group of cavemen up there who would go out and fish and drink all day not a good combo methinks, first beers were cracked for us when the boat was on the trailer.

First Mackie

Wednesdays Catch

Friday Reds finally!

A bloody happy skipper!

The Stoinka!

Happy crew!

As it says where can you buy a good braid tried and tested for a reasonable price without spending $300 plus dollers to spool up a reel these days ?.What brands do people use and where to get it?. Cheers

hey all.

just a question to every ones favourite tailor lure to flick around.

ive heard that people like the ritcher plugs, ive got one that i need to test but wat are some others?

cheers

danno

Hey all

here is a list of some of the new porducts that just rocked up today

jinkai leader 20lb-600lb

jinkai plus leader 40lb-150lb

jinkai leader crimps

schnieder leader line 55lb-110lb

north star soft glow squid

north star flashing lights

wighted slide bait clips

unwieghted slide bait clips

richter slide bait clips

gemini rig clips for casting off the beach
grapnel sinkers 3oz-6oz

8in pink squid

drop in and check out some of the new products